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Taking the GMAT Exam in Miami
Table of Contents: Who administers the GMAT test? Where are the test centers located? Top MBA programs in the area Test Day FAQs About ¾ of the way through your extensive GMAT prep you should begin to start planning your test day, including scheduling the test,...
How to Choose the Right GMAT Tutor
So you have decided that you want to attend a great MBA program and now you just have to get over the hurdle that is the GMAT. At this point you will have a few choices to make including: when you want to take the test, your score goal, the best MBA program for you,...
12 Schools That Offer MBA Programs In Luxury
As the world of MBAs continues to evolve every day, programs continue to offer broader opportunities making ever more career choices attainable. The idea of expanding horizons gives prospective MBAers a place to become creative and innovative. Applying to top MBA...
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Common Sentence Correction Errors: Verb Forms and Parallelism
GMAT Sentence Correction Practice Questions: Verb Forms and Parallelism Two related error types on GMAT Sentence Correction questions are verb forms and parallelism. The form of a verb must be logical and appropriate for the timing of the performance of the verb. And...
Common Sentence Correction Errors: Animals and Agreement
GMAT Sentence Correction: Subject-verb agreement and pronoun-antecedent agreement Among the more basic and familiar types of Sentence Correction errors are subject-verb agreement and pronoun-antecedent agreement. A singular subject needs verbs of the singular form. A...
Common Sentence Correction Errors: Comparisons and Contrasts
Comparing or contrasting two things or ideas is a common function of Sentence Correction questions on the GMAT. GMAT Comparison and contrast errors fall into two main categories: (1) using incorrect and unidiomatic wordings to express the comparison/contrast (2)...
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[2023] GMAT Scores & Percentiles
When applying to business school, the GMAT is often inevitability. Most top-tier business schools require students to take the exam. While many programs claim that they do not have a GMAT minimum for admissions, it is important to aim for a score that lands you in a...
Common Sentence Correction Errors: Correlative Conjunctions
Many GMAT Sentence Correction problems involve the use of word pairs known as correlative conjunctions. These words are used to express a correlative relationship between two elements of a sentence. Here are the most commonly-used pairs: either/or neither/nor both/and...
Common Sentence Correction Errors: Meaning Mistakes
Some GMAT Sentence Correction answer choices are wrong because their meaning isn’t clear enough – they might be misconstrued. But others are wrong because they have one clear meaning which is simply illogical. Almost always, this happens when the sentence is...
Common Sentence Correction Errors: Clarity, Clarity, Clarity
Every correct answer choice on GMAT Sentence Correction questions produces a sentence with a clear and unambiguous meaning. It’s hard to overstate the centrality of this aspect to the Sentence Correction “game.” Here is a short excerpt from the introduction to...
GMAT Verbal Reasoning Section Overview
Almost every MBA hopeful, at some point in their GMAT journey, discovers the truth that quant is only half the battle – even lifelong English-speakers can’t take Verbal Reasoning for granted! Rather than viewing the verbal section as another hurdle, successful GMAT...
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[2023] GMAT Percentile Rankings and Score Chart
The GMAT exam is an important part of the admissions process for over 7,000 business programs worldwide. GMAT performance is widely regarded as one of the best predictors of not only high academic honors, but also long-term career success. Achieving an excellent GMAT...
GMAT Rate Problems: Algebraic Answers
Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. In this final article, we’ll explore problems that have algebraic expressions as answer choices. You have a few options whenever you encounter one of these problems, but this article will focus on solving them by...
Apex GMAT Must Have GMAT Study Tips
If you're planning to take the GMAT in 2022, you'll want to start preparing now. Here are the must-have GMAT study tips for 2022 to help you get ready for the big test. GMAT Study Tip #1: Don’t do math “If you’re doing math, you’re doing it wrong,” is a core principle...
GMAT Rate Problems: Change of Speed Problems
Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. In the last two articles, we saw how GMAT quant problems employ the concepts of average speed and instantaneous speed. This article will introduce methods for solving problems where the speed of a vehicle...
GMAT Rate Problems: Instantaneous Speed
Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. In the last article, we learned about average speed and observed various ways that data sufficiency problems can try to “trick” test-takers with this concept. This article will contrast average speed against...
GMAT Rate Problems: Average Speed
Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. This article and the next will introduce concepts related to average speed. Though average speed is a simple concept, there are many ways for GMAT quant problems to “trick” test-takers with average speed...
GMAT Rate Problems: Inequalities
Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. The last article covered rate problems with geometry elements. In this article, we’ll see how rates are used in data sufficiency inequalities problems. Inequalities are a common form of data sufficiency problems,...
GMAT Rate Problems: Geometry
Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. In the last article, we learned about problems involving fuel consumption rates. This article will address rates problems that incorporate geometry concepts. These are speed = distance/time problems where the...
GMAT Rate Problems: Rates of Consumption of Fuel
Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. In the last article, we learned about the usefulness of “machine hours” for solving problems featuring more than two or three machines. This article will prepare you for questions that involve rates of...
GMAT Rate Problems: Multiple Machines
Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. In the last article, we studied problems where two objects are moving, either in the same direction or in opposite directions. This article will return to machines and address problems that feature more than two...
GMAT Rate Problems: “Two Moving Objects”
Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. The last two articles covered machines working together to complete a job. This article addresses problems that have two objects moving at given speeds instead of two machines working at given rates. Recall from...
GMAT Rate Problems: Master Methods for Combined Work Problems
Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rates problems. This article will build upon the last and prepare you to easily solve combined work problems. To begin, let’s review the standard formula we learned last time: (1 / c) = (1 / a) + (1 / b) where c is the combined...
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