Shortcut on Distance/Rate Problems – GMAT Math
Learn this trick to solve GMAT “Rate” problems faster Remember those math word problems that gave you nightmares in high school algebra class? You know the ones — the problems where one train leaves Boston traveling west at a certain rate, and then another train leaves an hour later traveling on the same track at […]
Get More Right Answers in Less Time on the GMAT
GMAT Time Management Tips & Study Plan I recently put out a survey to my current and prospective students about a new GMAT Bootcamp course I was launching. One of the questions asked what topic they wished I would devote more time to in the course. Do you know what most people responded? Time management. […]
Factors, Multiples, and Divisibility on the GMAT
The Key to GMAT “Number Theory” Questions You’re likely to encounter at least a couple of what I call “number theory” questions on the GMAT, on both the Problem Solving and Data Sufficiency sections of the test. They can be phrased in various ways and ask about factors, multiples, divisors, or sometimes straight-out divisibility itself. The […]
A Wrinkle to a Popular GMAT Problem Solving Strategy
Don’t Start with Answer Choice C when “Back-Solving” on Certain GMAT Quant Questions! (or Should You?) Warning: What I’m about to teach you in this article may go against everything you’ve been taught about the GMAT math strategy I call “Working Backwards.” Okay, with that disclaimer out of the way, let me also say this: […]
GMAT Geometry: Polygons
How to Find the Sum of the Interior Angles of a Polygon In the world of GMAT geometry, a large number of questions deal with polygons. A polygon is simply a geometric figure having three or more (usually straight) sides. In other words, a triangle is a polygon, and by far the largest percentage of […]
Standard Deviation on GMAT Problem Solving
GMAT Statistics: How Standard Deviation is Tested Students sometimes freak out a bit when they learn that the GMAT tests statistics. Perhaps it’s because they still have nightmares about their college stats class and all those crazy greek letters, complex math equations, and endless regression analyses. If that’s you, fear not! The good news is […]
From 550 to 710 in 3 Months – A GMAT Success Story
What It Takes to Truly Dominate the GMAT I’ll never forget the first phone call I received from Keith Richards. My first thought was, “Woah, what’s the Rolling Stones rock legend doing going back to business school?!” (I did have the privilege of coaching U.S. figure skating legend Michelle Kwan on the GRE a few […]
Avoid This Common GMAT Data Sufficiency Mistake
Learn to Master this GMAT Data Sufficiency Strategy Most of my GMAT students have a love/hate relationship with Data Sufficiency. At first, they hate it because it’s so foreign to them. It’s unlike any math problems they’ve ever had to do before. Eventually, after going through my GMAT Data Sufficiency video lessons, they learn to […]
Tackling GMAT Problems You Don’t Know How to Solve
Uh-Oh, I Don’t Know This GMAT Question…Now What? Here’s the deal: I wrote a guest blog article for the MBA admissions consulting firm Accepted.com that was published on July 23, 2013. It’s really good. The premise of the article is this: What do you do when you come across a hard GMAT math question that […]
Basic GMAT Math Refresher – Basic Math Review
Beef Up Your Foundational Math for the GMAT “Help! I need to take the GMAT but haven’t studied math in 10 years. I don’t even remember how to do some of the most basic things like multiply and divide fractions!” Sound familiar? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. I always tell my students that they were […]
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