Get Clear. Get Into Grad School. Get On With Your Life. by Dr. Khia on May 22, 2012
Learn what sophisticated GMAC research reveals about last-minute time-crunch strategies on the GMAT.
It’s All About Timing
Of course, learning to solve problems under time pressure is an important part of preparing for the GMAT. Of course, you should do everything you can do to maximize your ability to perform at the highest level on as many questions as possible. Of course, that’s what any responsible person preparing for the GMAT will strive to do.
All true, but as our friend Robert Burns (1759 – 1796) reminds us, the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray. As well as you prepare, as diligently as you practice, you may find yourself at the end of a section on a real GMAT running out of time. What should you do? Guess randomly or omit the question? [click to continue…]
Get Clear. Get Into Grad School. Get On With Your Life. by Dr. Khia on February 29, 2012
What is integrated reasoning?
The GMAT Integrated Reasoning section is a new section on the GMAT, and will be introduced on June 1st, 2012. Instead of making test takers suffer even longer, GMAC, the writers of the GMAT, have decided to replace one of the essays with the Integrated Reasoning section.
As the section implies there is a fair amount of reasoning involved – most will be quant-based though there will be some verbal-based reasoning as well.
Here are some important points to keep in mind:
- You must answer a question before moving on
- Once you answer a question you can’t go back to it
- A graph or prompt may have multiple questions
- You will have 30 minutes to do 12 questions
- There will be an onscreen calculator for this new section (but not for the rest of the exam!) [click to continue…]
