GMAT Sentence Correction, SAT, ACT Advanced Grammar Rules
The SAT, the ACT, and the GMAT all have significant grammar sections. These can trip up students who aren’t prepared, and even those who are. Most students never really study English grammar, so they’re not quite sure what to make of these sections. The good is that I am almost positive you can read English, […]
Difficult SAT and ACT math problems (for my friends at Reddit r/SAT, r/ACT)
I often have particularly good students ask for hard SAT and ACT problems. These students also tend to frequent Reddit. It’s an interesting Venn diagram. Anyways, here’s a list of some hard problems that I give these students. I’ve pulled these from the GRE and the GMAT, two exams I teach which have similar […]
How I went from a 1290 on the PSAT to a 1590 on the SAT in one year: r/SAT Reddit success story
Summary Doesn’t recommend prep classes. Did a lot of Khan questions, which they recommend (they have kind of a peculiar method). Big fans of Khan, PrepScholar blog, QAS tests, r/SAT. Somewhat fans of Erica Meltzer and SAT black book. Disliked Barron’s. Original Reddit post So I saw a thread that u/boredandusingreddit posted about how they got their […]
How I went from a 1370 to a 1560 on the SAT (with 22/24 on the essay) in 2 months: r/SAT reddit success story
Summary Materials: Khan Academy College Board book of 8 practice tests Princeton Review Official SAT Guide College Board Essay Rubric Method: One month for content review through Princeton Review book. Go through the entire thing, mark the ones you did incorrectly so you can reattempt them [editor’s note: my error log app 21st Night is […]
GMAT Study Plan Review. What’s the best GMAT study plan?
GMAT study plan review and comparison: MBA.com vs. Magoosh vs. MBA Crystal Ball vs. Kaplan vs. GMATClub I’m a professional GMAT tutor, so I get the chance to see a lot of people go through the GMAT studying process. Here’s how the process normally goes: “I’m a smart, confident person. The GMAT should be a […]
How to avoid silly mistakes and careless errors on the GMAT by a GMAT tutor
How to avoid silly mistakes and careless errors on the GMAT, by a 750 scorer (and GMAT tutor) If you’re looking at this blog post, you’re probably feeling quite frustrated right now. You might have just taken a practice test or done a huge chunk of quant practice, and it did not go as intended. […]
Questions 1-11 in PrepTest 63, Section III LR explained with my LR method
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Stop what you’re doing (in Logical Reasoning), because I’m about to ruin (your incorrect approach)
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To improve on Sentence Correction, think of it as a logic puzzle
Sentence Correction on the GMAT is a deceptive logic puzzle. It’s deceptive because it looks like it’s just a question of grammar, but that’s not the case. Take this question, for instance: A professor at the university has taken a sabbatical to research on James Baldwin’s books that Baldwin wrote in France while he was […]
How to improve on GRE verbal according to Reddit (r/gre)
How to improve on GRE verbal according to Reddit (r/gre) Related: a guide to studying for the GRE Introduction Studying for GRE Verbal is hard. There are a bunch of recommendations floating all over the Internet, and it’s not easy to sort through them. That’s why I’ve decided to compile the Reddit experts’ opinions on […]