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anukrati: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 56; Joined: Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:10 pm; Followed by:2 members

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by anukrati » Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:34 am

There are list of topics for Issue and Argument on the Official site. I just want to know that is it really true that the topics for the essays on GMAT Exam come from those list of topics only.

And also I want to know when I practice for these essays I usually run out of examples. In those 30 minutes of time I am not able to think more than one example.
Please tell me what can be done in this case.

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by vineeshp » Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:38 am

I think the problem is that you are looking for air tight examples. What they are trying to test is your ability to write.

I am not sure if the questions come from that list only but almost all questions have the same loopholes and same weak arguments. You just need to identify those loopholes and give some random example.

Don't worry too much about AWA. As long as you get a decent score, that is enough. You should not end up with a minimum. That is all.

Vineesh,
Just telling you what I know and think. I am not the expert.

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:47 am

anukrati wrote:There are list of topics for Issue and Argument on the Official site. I just want to know that is it really true that the topics for the essays on GMAT Exam come from those list of topics only.

And also I want to know when I practice for these essays I usually run out of examples. In those 30 minutes of time I am not able to think more than one example.
Please tell me what can be done in this case.

Yes, the prompts you see on test day will be from the list of prompts posted on the official site.
Issue questions: https://www.mba.com/the-gmat/test-struct ... 00606.ashx
Argument questions: https://www.mba.com/the-gmat/test-struct ... 00606.ashx

To help you find flaws in the given argument, it helps to look for flaws that are common to many arguments (bad statistics, bad analogy, cause and effect errors, etc.)

You can find a free series of videos on AWA at https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat- ... assessment

Cheers,
Brent

Brent Hanneson - Creator of GMATPrepNow.com