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 [...]

Are you ready for your fifth and final question? We’ve been examining a History RC passage from the GMATPrep® free exams. If you’re just starting, go through the earlier installments first, [...]

Are you ready for your fourth question? We’ve been examining a History RC passage from the GMATPrep® free exams. If you’re just starting, go through the earlier installments first , then [...]

In the first installment of this series, we examined a History RC passage from the GMATPrep® free exams. If you’re just starting, go through part 1 and part 2 first, then [...]

In the first installment of this series, we deconstructed a history-based Reading Comprehension passage from the GMATPrep® free question set. I gave you the full passage plus one problem. Today, [...]

Some people really like history-based Reading Comp passages—and others find them pretty boring. Either way, you’ll probably have at least one historical passage, so let’s talk about how to tackle [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We’re up to the very last question in the series on the Meteor Stream passage from the free set of practice questions that comes with the GMATPrep® software. If you haven’t [...]

A couple of years ago, I wrote a small series on the Meteor Stream passage from the free set of practice questions that comes with the GMATPrep® software. A student [...]

We’re almost done with our full review of a GMATPrep® RC passage and all of its associated questions! In Part 1, we deconstructed the entire passage and answered an Author’s Purpose, [...]

We’re continuing on with our full review of a GMATPrep® RC passage and all of its associated questions! In Part 1, we deconstructed the entire passage and answered an Author’s Purpose, [...]

We’re continuing on with our full review of a GMATPrep® RC passage and all of its associated questions! ( Click here to read part 1.) Last time, we deconstructed the entire [...]

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 [...]

Originally, I was only planning to do one question from the Meteor Stream passage. But this one is so much fun, I figured why not? Yes, I’m being sarcastic. I don’t [...]

In the past, we’ve done some “one-off” review of parts of RC passages, but this time I’ve got a full one for you. In this article, we’ll look at how to [...]

Which type of RC passage is your favorite – social science, business, hard science? Just kidding! I know that most people don’t have a favorite type (though most of us have [...]

This week, we’re going to tackle a dense GMATPrep® reading comprehension passage, along with a Specific Detail question. Let’s start with the passage and problem. Take up to 3 minutes to [...]

A student recently asked me to show an example of how I read and take notes on a reading comprehension passage. In this older article , I discussed how to [...]

// 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 [...]

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 [...]

// // // 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 [...]

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 [...]