https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/GMAT strategy, study plans, pacing tactics and MBA application advice from the EMPOWERgmat team.enTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/10/Explain-the-Discrepancy-Both-Facts-Are-TRUE/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/10/Explain-the-Discrepancy-Both-Facts-Are-TRUE/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatCritical ReasoningVerbalDiscrepancy questions hand you two facts that seem to clash. Stop picking a side: treat both as TRUE and most wrong answers fall apart. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/09/Your-Application-Doesnt-Need-a-Perfect-Score-It-Needs-a-COMPLETE-Story/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/09/Your-Application-Doesnt-Need-a-Perfect-Score-It-Needs-a-COMPLETE-Story/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatMBA Advice & TipsRound 1 is close, your essays are half done, and you're eyeing one more GMAT. Do the math first. The retake may be costing you the admit. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/07/Sequences-Write-Out-Five-Terms-Before-You-Look-for-a-Formula/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/07/Sequences-Write-Out-Five-Terms-Before-You-Look-for-a-Formula/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatQuantTest ItSequence questions tempt you to dig for a half-remembered formula. Write five terms on paper instead, spot the pattern and take the point. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/06/Your-Notepad-Is-a-WEAPON-Train-How-You-Use-It/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/06/Your-Notepad-Is-a-WEAPON-Train-How-You-Use-It/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatGeneral GMATA messy notepad costs you minutes and points. Build one layout per GMAT question type and stop rereading every prompt. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/04/TRIAGE-Let-One-Question-Go-So-You-Can-Get-Three-Right/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/04/TRIAGE-Let-One-Question-Go-So-You-Can-Get-Three-Right/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatGeneral GMATFighting one monster GMAT question for five minutes isn't courage. Learn to spot it in 30 seconds, guess on purpose and bank the points you CAN get. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/03/Science-Passages-Are-EASIER-Than-They-Look/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/03/Science-Passages-Are-EASIER-Than-They-Look/Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatReading ComprehensionVerbalScience passages on the GMAT look scary, but you never need the science. Learn to find the author's claim and the structure, then test yourself on a fresh passage. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/02/Overlapping-Sets-Draw-the-GRID/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/02/Overlapping-Sets-Draw-the-GRID/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatQuantProblem SolvingOverlapping sets questions turn 'both' and 'neither' into a mess in your head. One simple grid turns them into fill in the blanks. Here's how. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/12/Comparing-Your-Score-to-Strangers-Online-Is-KILLING-Your-Prep/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/12/Comparing-Your-Score-to-Strangers-Online-Is-KILLING-Your-Prep/Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatGeneral GMATThat stranger's 705 post has no story behind it. Here's why scrolling score posts wrecks your GMAT plan, and the three numbers you should track instead. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/11/Graphics-Interpretation-The-Dropdown-Tells-You-What-Math-to-Do/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/11/Graphics-Interpretation-The-Dropdown-Tells-You-What-Math-to-Do/Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatData InsightsGraphs and ChartsStop studying every graph. In Graphics Interpretation, the dropdown choices tell you what math to do, and sometimes that you need almost none. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/09/Test-Day-Score-Below-Your-Practice-Tests-Check-THESE-Before-You-Blame-the-Test/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/09/Test-Day-Score-Below-Your-Practice-Tests-Check-THESE-Before-You-Blame-the-Test/Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatGeneral GMATYour official GMAT score came in below your practice tests? It probably wasn't bad luck. Here's how to find the real cause and fix it. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/08/Ratios-Use-the-MULTIPLIER-and-Stop-Guessing/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/08/Ratios-Use-the-MULTIPLIER-and-Stop-Guessing/Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatProblem SolvingQuantA ratio of 3:5 does not mean 3 and 5. Add one unknown multiplier and GMAT ratio questions shrink to one short line of math. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/07/Burnout-Is-a-Training-Error-Not-a-Character-Flaw/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/07/Burnout-Is-a-Training-Error-Not-a-Character-Flaw/Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatStudy PlansDreading every GMAT session isn't laziness. It's a broken plan. Here's how to build rest into your training on purpose, starting tonight. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/05/Median-Range-and-Spread-Skip-the-Formulas-Picture-the-Numbers/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/05/Median-Range-and-Spread-Skip-the-Formulas-Picture-the-Numbers/Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatQuantProblem SolvingMedian, range and spread questions get easy the moment you line the numbers up on paper. Two worked examples show you how to see the answer, not grind it. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/04/You-Dont-Need-MORE-Questions-You-Need-to-REDO-the-Ones-Youve-Done/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/04/You-Dont-Need-MORE-Questions-You-Need-to-REDO-the-Ones-Youve-Done/Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatStudy PlansRacing through new GMAT questions feels like progress, but your old misses hold the points. Here's how to redo them so the same mistakes stop. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/03/Rates-and-Distance-Build-the-TABLE-Before-You-Touch-an-Equation/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/03/Rates-and-Distance-Build-the-TABLE-Before-You-Touch-an-Equation/Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatWork RateProblem SolvingRate questions aren't hard, they're messy. Build one simple table on your notepad and the equation writes itself. Two worked examples inside. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/01/Remainders-Small-Numbers-Reveal-the-Pattern/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/01/Remainders-Small-Numbers-Reveal-the-Pattern/Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatFactorsTest ItRemainder questions look like number theory. They aren't. List a few small numbers, spot the pattern, and grab the points in seconds. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/12/Reading-Comp-Answer-From-the-Passage-NOT-From-What-You-Know/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/12/Reading-Comp-Answer-From-the-Passage-NOT-From-What-You-Know/Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatReading ComprehensionVerbalKnow a lot about the topic? That can cost you Reading Comp points. Here is why the GMAT punishes outside knowledge, and a habit that stops it. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/10/Your-Score-Scale-Changed-to-205-to-805-Your-Goal-Should-Too/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/10/Your-Score-Scale-Changed-to-205-to-805-Your-Goal-Should-Too/Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatMBA Advice & TipsGeneral GMATStill chasing a 700? That number belongs to a test that no longer exists. Here is how to set a real 205 to 805 goal and train for it today. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/09/Evaluate-the-Argument-Find-the-Question-That-Would-SETTLE-It/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/09/Evaluate-the-Argument-Find-the-Question-That-Would-SETTLE-It/Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatCritical ReasoningVerbalMost people pick the Evaluate answer that sounds related, and they miss it. Learn the both-ways test that finds the question that would SETTLE the argument. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/08/Table-Analysis-SORT-First-Think-Second/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/08/Table-Analysis-SORT-First-Think-Second/Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatData InsightsGraphs and ChartsTable Analysis hands you a sort button and most people never press it. Learn to read the statement first, sort one column and make each call in seconds. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/06/Verbal-Without-Sentence-Correction-Your-Reading-Has-to-Get-SHARPER/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/06/Verbal-Without-Sentence-Correction-Your-Reading-Has-to-Get-SHARPER/Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatVerbalReading ComprehensionSentence Correction is gone from GMAT Verbal, so grammar rules can't carry you. Here's how to train the careful reading that now decides your score. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/05/Multi-Source-Reasoning-Dont-Read-Every-Tab-Like-a-Novel/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/05/Multi-Source-Reasoning-Dont-Read-Every-Tab-Like-a-Novel/Tue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatData InsightsReading every Multi-Source Reasoning tab word by word drains your Data Insights clock. Skim, build a map, then hunt for exactly what each question needs. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/04/The-10-Minute-Break-PLAN-It-Dont-Just-Take-It/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/04/The-10-Minute-Break-PLAN-It-Dont-Just-Take-It/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatGeneral GMATYou get exactly one 10-minute break on the GMAT. Here's how to decide where it goes, what to do with it, and how to rehearse it before Test Day. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/02/Quant-Is-ALL-Problem-Solving-Now-Good-TEST-THE-ANSWERS/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/02/Quant-Is-ALL-Problem-Solving-Now-Good-TEST-THE-ANSWERS/Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatProblem SolvingTest The AnswersEvery GMAT Focus Quant question gives you five answers. Here's why plugging them in beats your algebra, and how to build the habit this week. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/01/Data-Insights-Is-Where-Data-Sufficiency-Lives-Now-Dont-Treat-It-Like-Quant/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/01/Data-Insights-Is-Where-Data-Sufficiency-Lives-Now-Dont-Treat-It-Like-Quant/Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatData InsightsData SufficiencyData Sufficiency now lives in Data Insights. Grinding more Quant won't fix your score there. Here's how to train for it on its own terms. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/11/3-Answer-Changes-Per-Section-A-SAFETY-NET-Not-a-Strategy/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/11/3-Answer-Changes-Per-Section-A-SAFETY-NET-Not-a-Strategy/Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatGeneral GMATThe GMAT Focus Edition lets you change 3 answers per section. Plan to rush now and fix later, and that safety net becomes the trap that sinks your score. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/10/Current-GMAT-or-Focus-Edition-Let-Your-STRENGTHS-Decide/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/10/Current-GMAT-or-Focus-Edition-Let-Your-STRENGTHS-Decide/Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatGeneral GMATCurrent GMAT or the new Focus Edition? Your own practice test data already knows which one pays you more points. Here's how to read it. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/09/Weighted-Averages-The-Answer-Is-Closer-to-the-BIGGER-Group/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/09/Weighted-Averages-The-Answer-Is-Closer-to-the-BIGGER-Group/Tue, 05 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatQuantProblem SolvingWeighted average and mixture questions look like algebra. One common sense rule lets you cross off most of the answers before you do any math. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/07/Word-Problems-Translate-Before-You-Calculate/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/07/Word-Problems-Translate-Before-You-Calculate/Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatProblem SolvingAlgebraMost GMAT word problem mistakes happen before any math. Learn to turn every sentence into a note first, with two worked examples and their traps. https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/06/Inference-Questions-The-Right-Answer-Is-BORING/https://www.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/06/Inference-Questions-The-Right-Answer-Is-BORING/Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTEMPOWERgmatCritical ReasoningReading ComprehensionOn GMAT Inference questions, the clever answer is the trap. Learn why the dull answer that MUST be true wins, and train yourself to pick it.