Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with the GMAT 5
Chapter 1: The Lowdown on the GMAT 7
Chapter 2: Maximizing Your Score on the GMAT 17
Chapter 3: Mastering Business School Admissions 27
Part 2: Creating a GMAT Study Plan 33
Chapter 4: Planning Your Approach 35
Chapter 5: GMAT Practice Assessment 41
Chapter 6: Scoring and Interpreting the Practice Assessment 55
Part 3: Vanquishing the Verbal Section 71
Chapter 7: Applying What You Learned (We Hope) in Grammar Class: Sentence Correction 73
Chapter 8: Not as Enticing as a Bestseller: Reading Comprehension 95
Chapter 9: Thinking This through Logically: Critical Reasoning 117
Chapter 10: Bringing It Together: A Mini Practice Verbal Section 143
Part 4: Acing the Analytical Writing Section 159
Chapter 11: Analyze This: What to Expect from the Analytical Writing Assessment 161
Chapter 12: Present Perfect Paragraphs: How to Write a GMAT Essay 165
Chapter 13: Deconstructing Sample GMAT Essays 173
Chapter 14: Sampling a Series of Writing Prompts 181
Part 5: Conquering the Quantitative Section 189
Chapter 15: Getting Back to Basics: Numbers and Operations 191
Chapter 16: Considering All the Variables: Algebra 213
Chapter 17: Getting the Angle on Geometry: Planes and Solids 237
Chapter 18: Keeping in Step: Coordinate Geometry 257
Chapter 19: Manipulating Numbers: Statistics and Sets 271
Chapter 20: It’s All in the Presentation: GMAT Quantitative Question Types 287
Chapter 21: All Together Now: A Mini Practice Quantitative Section 305
Part 6: Excelling on the Integrated Reasoning Section 323
Chapter 22: Best of Both Worlds: The Integrated Reasoning Section 325
Chapter 23: Deciphering Data in Charts and Graphs 341
Part 7: Practice Makes Perfect 353
Chapter 24: GMAT Practice Test 355
Chapter 25: Practice Test Answers and Explanations 381
Part 8: The Part of Tens 409
Chapter 26: Ten Question Types You’ve Got a Good Shot At 411
Chapter 27: Ten Writing Errors to Avoid 415
Chapter 28: Ten Ways to Increase Your Chances of Getting into Business School 419
Index 423
