GMAT Prep 2023 for dummies

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. 39

CHAPTER 6: Scoring and Interpreting the Practice Assessment. 53

Part 3: Vanquishing the Verbal Section. 69

CHAPTER 7: Applying What You Learned (We Hope) in Grammar Class: Sentence Correction. 71

CHAPTER 8: Not as Enticing as a Bestseller: Reading Comprehension. 93

CHAPTER 9: Thinking This through Logically: Critical Reasoning . 115

CHAPTER 10: Bringing It Together: A Mini Practice Verbal Section. 141

Part 4: Acing the Analytical Writing Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

CHAPTER 11: Analyze This: What to Expect from the Analytical Writing Assessment. 159

CHAPTER 12: Present Perfect Paragraphs: How to Write a GMAT Essay. 163

CHAPTER 13: Deconstructing Sample GMAT Essays. 171

CHAPTER 14: Sampling a Series of Writing Prompts. 179

Part 5: Conquering the Quantitative Section. 187

CHAPTER 15: Getting Back to Basics: Numbers and Operations . 189

CHAPTER 16: Considering All the Variables: Algebra. 211

CHAPTER 17: Getting the Angle on Geometry: Planes and Solids. 235

CHAPTER 18: Keeping in Step: Coordinate Geometry. 255

CHAPTER 19: Manipulating Numbers: Statistics and Sets . 269

CHAPTER 20: It’s All in the Presentation: GMAT Quantitative Question Types. 285

CHAPTER 21: All Together Now: A Mini Practice Quantitative Section. 303

Part 6: Excelling on the Integrated Reasoning Section. 321

CHAPTER 22: Best of Both Worlds: The Integrated Reasoning Section. 323

CHAPTER 23: Deciphering Data in Charts and Graphs. 339

Part 7: Practice Makes Perfect. 351

CHAPTER 24: GMAT Practice Test. 353

CHAPTER 25: Practice Test Answers and Explanations. 379

Part 8: The Part of Tens. 407

CHAPTER 26: Ten Question Types You’ve Got a Good Shot At . 409

CHAPTER 27: Ten Writing Errors to Avoid. 413

CHAPTER 28: Ten Ways to Increase Your Chances of Getting into Business School. 417

Index. 421