Business Passage Articles
Executive Assessment: Verbal Strategies – Part 6
Welcome to the sixth and final installment of Verbal Strategies for the EA! If you’re just joining us now, I suggest going back to the first part and proceeding from [...]
Executive Assessment: Verbal Strategies – Part 5
Welcome to the fifth installment of Verbal Strategies for the EA! If you’re just joining us now, you may want to head back the first part and proceed from there [...]
The GMAT Official Guide 2018 Edition – Part 3
The new Official Guide (OG) books have landed and I’ve got the scoop for you! (If you’d like, you can start with the first installment of this article series.) Today’s [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Review Your Work - Part 6
We’re done! Phew! That was a complicated passage and those questions got pretty tricky at times. (If you’re just joining us for the first time now, follow this link back to [...]
How to Improve Your GMAT Reading Comprehension Skills
I’ve had multiple conversations recently with different students about how to improve Reading Comprehension (RC) skills, and each person had a somewhat different angle or issue going on. I realized, [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a Tough Passage - Part 5
Welcome to the final installment of our series on tackling a tough Reading Comp passage from the GMATPrep® free exams! If you’re just joining us now, go all the way [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a Tough Passage - Part 4
In the first installment of this series , we deconstructed a challenging Reading Comprehension passage from the GMATPrep® free exams. Pull up that page and keep it handy; it contains [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a Tough Passage - Part 3
In the first installment of this series, we deconstructed a challenging Reading Comprehension passage from the GMATPrep® free exams. Pull up that page, as I’m not going to repeat the [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a Tough Passage - Part 2
In the first installment of this series, we deconstructed a challenging Reading Comprehension passage from the GMATPrep® free exams. Pull up that page, as I’m not going to repeat the [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a Tough Passage - Part 1
Halfway through a GMATPrep® free practice test, I hit the passage I’m going to discuss in this series—and I groaned aloud the second it appeared on the screen. Why? Here’s what [...]
Get Ready to Rumble: GMAT RC Start to Finish - Part 1
We’ve done a lot of RC over the years, but a passage contains so much text that I rarely do a full passage with all of its questions. We’re going to [...]
How to Tackle “Why” Questions in Reading Comprehension
Most Reading Comprehension questions are “what” questions. What is the primary purpose? Which of the following does the author claim when discussing…? It can be inferred that the author would [...]
Knewton RC Challenge, Round 2: Explanation!
// Thanks to everyone who tried Knewton's RC Challenge yesterday! For the answer and explanation, check out this video from our GMAT teacher Jess. If you haven't answered yet, the [...]
Knewton RC Challenge: Efficient Market Hypothesis (Part 2!)
Last week the Knewton challenge question was an RC problem that over 50% of students miss. Ready for another tough question from the same tricky passage? Leave your answer in the [...]
Knewton RC Challenge: Video Explanation!
// // // Thanks to everyone who tried yesterday's RC Challenge question ! Here's Jess, one of our GMAT instructors, with the answer and explanation. If you haven't had a [...]
Knewton RC Challenge: Efficient Market Hypothesis
Dense, technical passages can be especially tough on the GMAT. Here's an example of an RC question that over 50% of students miss. Try it out, leave your answer in the [...]