{"id":1773,"date":"2016-05-03T18:16:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T18:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaaronanderson.com\/blog\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2016-10-11T16:01:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T16:01:50","slug":"gmat-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jaaronanderson.com\/blog\/gmat-study\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"reading-title\">left off on pg 46<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.mba.com\/~\/media\/Files\/mba2\/the-gmat-exam\/files\/register\/gmat-handbook.pdf<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><strong>So yoda what is this GMAT Im staring at ?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\">Remember this is a BUSINESS test.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"reading-title\"><strong>Analytical Writing<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ::\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 1 question 30mins to do it<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230; an analysis of an argument<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au\/lsu\/content\/B_DSC\/gsssp\/graphics\/argument_analysis_paragraph_structure.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"447\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In the article &#8230;. which appears in &#8230; argues that &#8230;.._____ &#8230;. not only _______ but also _______ &#8230;. !<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Maybe quote something from the reading real quick.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This paper will analyze what ______ purports from my viewpoint of _____________ .<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Body paragraph Claim\u00a0 1 &#8230; A ______ &lt; certain perspective &gt; ____ would probably agree with _________ point of view with relation to the financial aspect<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Body paragraph Claim\u00a0 2 A ________ &lt; certain perspective &gt; ____ would probably be upset at how much money is spent on<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Body paragraph Claim\u00a0 3<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Body paragraph Assumption 1 A first point of analysis has to do with &lt; statement &gt; exaggerated statistics and in their inflation appear to be unfounded by sound investigation. ________ contends that &#8230;. The main argument of this<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Body paragraph Assumption 2 &#8230; Another issue of necessary analysis is the assertion that ______<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Body paragraph Assumption 3<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Conclusion :: This brief has analyzed _______ who insists that _____ and believes _____.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">However, after analyzing __________ essay, it is reasonable to suggest that ___________ should be looked upon more as a whole. Perhaps instead of just _______ consider it more in terms of society as a whole.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\">These ruminations offer a potential solution to<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"reading-title\"><strong>Integrated Reasoning\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><strong> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ::\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 12 questions 30mins to do them :: 2 mins each<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">multi-source reasoning<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">table analysis<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">graphics interpretation<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">two-part analysis<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\">&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\">break<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\">&#8230;<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"reading-title\"><strong>Quantitative\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"reading-title\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ::\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 37 questions 75mins to do them; ONE\u00a0 &amp; HALF min to answer each!<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230; problem solving<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230; data sufficiency<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\">\n<div class=\"reading-title\">&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\">break<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\">&#8230;<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"reading-title\">\u00a0<strong>Verbal\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"reading-title\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 41 questions 75mins to do them; ONE &amp; HALF min to answer each!<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;. Reading Comprehension<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230; critical Reasoning<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230; sentence Correction<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-title\">\n<div class=\"reading-item\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-item\">\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><strong>GMAT Is a Key to Excellent Opportunities<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-description\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a common requirement for admission to the well-known Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs, for some Master\u2019s degree programs in business-related areas, and to some management job opportunities. GMAT is a standardized computer-adaptive test (CAT) conducted in English, which checks the level of your analytical, quantitative, critical reasoning, and written expression skills. These are crucial skills needed for your successful business and management studies, as well as for your everyday routine as a manager and a business decision maker.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-description\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-description\">Answer all questions and get off to a good start<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Guess and estimate when necessary.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Try your best on the initial questions.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-description\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-description\">This is more of a entrance test, once Im presented something how can I apply info and solve something in application&#8230;. can I apply all Ive learned to some new challenge. What you know, what you do, how you think<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-read-more\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-item\">\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><strong>Understanding the GMAT Scoring Algorithm<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-description\">a test of higher order thinking&#8230; higher reasoning<br \/>\n<em>GMAT is trying to do with the questions it feeds you. \u201cIs this person above a 700? Yes.\u201d \u201cIs this person above a 750? No.\u201d Because the test needs to get those \u201cno\u201d answers at the upper limit of your ability, it will continue to feed you harder questions that you will likely answer incorrectly as it tests your upper threshold, and at the lower end it will feed you easier questions to test your minimum ability.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-description\"><strong>\/!\\ remember ANSWERS ARE ASSETS TRY pluggin in answers to SOLVE<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"reading-description\">QUANTITATIVE :: arithmetic, algebra, geometry, probability statistics<\/li>\n<li class=\"reading-description\">use symptoms of numbers &#8230; even or odd pos or neg rule out answers!<\/li>\n<li class=\"reading-description\">Ignore each element each for themselves ; <strong>clear your mind for each<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"reading-description\">The 2 wrong answers :: DONT infer assumptions, dont inject limits,<\/li>\n<li class=\"reading-description\">what info that is there in problem statement that Im not using to answer<\/li>\n<li class=\"reading-description\">cant assume whats there : play devils advocate : think CRITICAL<\/li>\n<li class=\"reading-description\">could be this but what else could it be : be street smart!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-item\">\n<div class=\"reading-title\"><strong>3 Mistakes Every GMAT Rookie Makes\u2026.And How to Avoid Them<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-description\">600 &#8211; 700 avg target &#8211; 800<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-description\">\u00a0Simply by determining your task first, you will save time and build confidence.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reading-read-more\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Problem Solving<br \/>\nSentence Correction<br \/>\nAnalytical\u00a0 Writing\u00a0 Assessment<br \/>\nData Sufficiency<br \/>\nCritical Reasoning :: MIND THE GAPs<br \/>\nIntegrated Reasoning :: MIND THE GAPs<br \/>\nReading Comprehension<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Basic Concepts:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Integers and Prime numbers<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Fractions and Percentages<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Mark-up and Margin<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Exponents and Roots<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Equations and Inequalities<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Probability, Permutations and Combinations<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Statistics, Graph and Data Interpretation<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Coordinate Geometry, Area and Volume of Various Geometrical Objects<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Others to Be Discussed in Class<br \/>\nBasic Question Types:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Solving Equations<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Profit, Cost and Break-Even Calculations<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Distance-Rate-Time Problems<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Divisibility<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Averages and Weighted Averages<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Word Problems<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Data and Graph Interpretation<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Area and Volume of Geometrical Shapes<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Mixture Problems<\/p>\n<p>Basic Grammar Rules (let illogical meanings answer things):<\/p>\n<p>Answer A is always the one featured in the &#8220;stimulus&#8221; or challenge question. REASON your way into correct answers<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Subject-Verb Agreement<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Pronoun Reference &#8230; it or should it be refers &#8230; SCAN for obvious differences check all pronouns<br \/>\nSCAN for obvious differences check all verbs\u00a0 its vs. their :: let meaning be your guide.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Prepositions and Articles<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Verb Tenses and Voices &#8230;<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Parallelism<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Idiomatic Usages<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Others to Be Discussed in Class<\/p>\n<p>Dont get hung up on what feels bad. They try to get you tripped up.<br \/>\nBasic Question Types:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w8YVymgVTcg&amp;spfreload=10\" target=\"_blank\">Sentence Correction<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">let logic and decision making be guides<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Reading Comprehension<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Critical Reasoning\u00a0 IR == Integrated Reasoning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>left off on pg 46 \u00a0http:\/\/www.mba.com\/~\/media\/Files\/mba2\/the-gmat-exam\/files\/register\/gmat-handbook.pdf So yoda what is this GMAT Im staring at ? Remember this is a BUSINESS test. Analytical Writing \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ::\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 1 question 30mins to do it &#8230; an analysis of an argument \u00a0 In the article &#8230;. which appears in &#8230; argues that &#8230;.._____ &#8230;. not only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-introspection","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jaaronanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jaaronanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jaaronanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaaronanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaaronanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaaronanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1835,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaaronanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions\/1835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jaaronanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaaronanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaaronanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}