Should I Hire a GMAT Tutor? If you’ve spent any time studying for the GMAT, you’ve probably been inundated by test prep options: on-demand online classes, interactive in-person classes, self prep, or one-on-one-tutoring. As deadlines approach, deciding on the test…
GMAT Percentiles If you’re applying to a top MBA program, you’ve probably read that you need to score above the 80th-percentile in both Quant and Verbal. While this used to be the case, as you’ll see below, percentiles have been…
How to Calculate GMAT Scores GMAT scores are calculated by taking your scaled score from 6-51 on each section and arriving at a composite GMAT score from 200 – 800. Nonetheless, there’s a lot of confusion about how to calculate…
Having trouble with GMAT word problems? In this video, we’ll cover powerful techniques to successfully tackle GMAT questions. We’ll provide you with a step-by-step method for turning wordy questions into algebra, and we’ll cover common mistakes students make when tackling…
Having trouble with GMAT standard deviation questions? Though standard deviation isn’t a huge topic on the GMAT, it’s one that you need to master if you want to achieve a Quant score in the 45+ range. In this video, we…
GMAT age questions can be one of the more challenging question-types on the exam. Many test-takers have difficulty staying organized and setting up relationships that properly account for people’s ages at different times. In this video, we’ll cover the common…
In part 2 of this series, we’ll look at another major criterion that determines the difficulty level of hard GMAT questions: Disguising the Mathematical Concept the Question is Addressing. As in part 1, I suggest that you attempt both questions first,…
I get it. The GMAT is a timed exam, and, faced with the challenge of completing more questions than you have time for, it’s all too natural to deal with rigors of time management by rushing through questions. Maybe you get through a tough quant question, realize you’ve already spent two minutes, and quickly do…
Two years ago, GMAC reached out to me with an offer to curate and write explanations for their GMAT Official Advanced Questions. Since the job required selecting the “hardest” of the hard questions, they asked me to explain to them what I thought constituted a difficult GMAT question. I wrote up a pretty lengthy explanation for…
The GMAT Verbal can be tough to crack. While GMAT Quantitative percentiles have been steadily increasing over the years (compare old GMAT Quant Percentiles from 2007 to this current Quant percentile chart), Verbal scores have mostly stagnated, with, for example, a 40 scaled score from 2007 corresponding to same percentile now (again, compare old GMAT…