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6 articles tagged notes.
Your Notepad Is a WEAPON. Train How You Use It.
A messy notepad costs you minutes and points. Build one layout per GMAT question type and stop rereading every prompt.
Overlapping Sets: Draw the GRID
Overlapping 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.
Rates and Distance: Build the TABLE Before You Touch an Equation
Rate questions aren't hard, they're messy. Build one simple table on your notepad and the equation writes itself. Two worked examples inside.
Word Problems: Translate Before You Calculate
Most GMAT word problem mistakes happen before any math. Learn to turn every sentence into a note first, with two worked examples and their traps.
Geometry: Draw It. EVERY Time.
The easy GMAT geometry questions cost you more points than the hard ones. Here's why you should draw and label EVERY figure, even the ones you can 'see.'
The ASSUMPTION Is the Whole Game in Critical Reasoning
Most Critical Reasoning arguments hide one gap. Find it and write it down before you read the answers, and the trap choices stop working on you.