You’ve decided to go back to school and have registered for the GRE or the GMAT. Then you discovered an awesome website that offers free, customizable 1 month and 3 month study guides, which you quickly signed up for. Now that you’re getting weekly emails that contain a set of weekly tasks,...

For all those just starting your journey to B-School this guest blog post from Vanessa the GMAT Doctor provides an instructive look at creating a coherent strategy for tackling the GMAT exam. So, What’s Your Game Plan? A game plan is essential when you begin any project whether it’s a...

Some of the trickiest questions in the GRE quantitative section are the quantitative comparison questions. Different than any other questions on the test these questions measure: your ability to reason accurately about the relative sizes of two quantities and perceive whether or not your ability to...

I’m a word person but I hate word problems. So imagine my delight when I discovered that the GMAT loves word problems. Yes, the wonderful test writers have contrived to deliver 22  fantastic opportunities for me to flaunt my mathematical incompetence.  Considering that there are only 37 quantitative...

GRE veterans understand that pacing is key. In fact, I’ve already written about pacing strategy for the quantitative section. While time management on the math section is relatively straightforward, the GRE Verbal section is a different beast. Time cannot be equally budgeted to each question,...

Added to the GRE in 2002 the analytical writing portion demands that test takers be able to do more than choose correct answers they must also be able to articulate your own ideas and arguments in a coherent way. The analytical writing section has two separately timed short essays. “Present Your Perspective...

As you’re already aware, owning the GRE requires sound test-taking strategy in addition to topical knowledge. For a reading/writing-centric person like myself, the quantitative section is already difficult enough without the added burden of a time crunch. If this has all of you fellow “C”...

Critical Reasoning questions test your ability to use basic logic to analyze and critique arguments made up of premises and conclusions. GMAT test-makers write arguments that assume information which doesn’t exist! A logical and consistent approach is the best way to avoid formulaic traps. Follow...

Are you several years out of college and considering taking the GMAT or GRE to get ahead in your career? The GMAT and GRE’s are the standardized test that graduate schools use as part of their admissions. Chances are If you have been working for several years you do most of your arithmetic through...

When it comes to the Verbal Reasoning section of the GRE one of your greatest assets will be your mastery of vocabulary. This is especially true when it comes to the analogy portion of the exam. Unlike in the Reading Comprehension and Sentence Completion questions this type of question lacks context...