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    GMAT® Prep 2023 For Dummies® with Online Practice Published by: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774, ww. wi ley .com Copyright © 2022 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission of the Publisher. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http: //www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Trademarks: Wiley, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, Dummies.com, Making Everything Easier, and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and may not be used without written permission. GMAT is a registered trademark of the Graduate Admission Management Council™. The Graduate Admission Management Council™ does not endorse and is not affiliated with the owner or content of GMAT For Dummies. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. LIMIT OF LIABILITY/DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: WHILE THE PUBLISHER AND AUTHORS HAVE USED THEIR BEST EFFORTS IN PREPARING THIS WORK, THEY MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS WORK AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO WARRANTY MAY BE CREATED OR EXTENDED BY SALES REPRESENTATIVES, WRITTEN SALES MATERIALS OR PROMOTIONAL STATEMENTS FOR THIS WORK. THE FACT THAT AN ORGANIZATION, WEBSITE, OR PRODUCT IS REFERRED TO IN THIS WORK AS A CITATION AAND/OR POTENTIAL SOURCE OF FURTHER INFORMATION DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PUBLISHER AND AUTHORS ENDORSE. THE INFORMATION OR SERVICES THE ORGANIZATION, WEBSITE, OR PRODUCT MAY PROVIDE OR RECOMMENDATIONS IT MAY MAKE. THIS WORK IS SOLD WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PUBLISHER IS NOT ENGAGED IN RENDERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. THE ADVICE AND STRATEGIES CONTAINED HEREIN MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUR SITUATION. YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH A SPECIALIST WHERE APPROPRIATE. FURTHER, READERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WEBSITES LISTED IN THIS WORK MAY HAVE CHANGED OR DISAPPEARED BETWEEN WHEN THIS WORK WAS WRITTEN AND WHEN IT 1S READ. NEITHER THE PUBLISHER NOR AUTHORS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFIT OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES. For general information on our other products and services, please contact our Customer Care Department within the U.S. at 877-762-2974, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3993, or fax 317-572-4002. For technical support, please visit https: //hub.wiley com/community/support/dummies. Wiley publishes in a variety of print and electronic formats and by print-on-demand. Some material included with standard print versions of this book may not be included in e-books or in print-on-demand. If this book refers to media such as a CD or DVD that is not included in the version you purchased, you may download this material at http: //booksupport .wi ley . com. For ‘more information about Wiley products, visit ww. wi ley .com. Library of Congress Control Number: 2022936110 ISBN 978-1-119-88663-1 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-119-88664-8 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-88665-5 (ebk) 1 StudyX

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    Introduction... Part 1: Getting Started withthe GMAT......................................5 cHapTer 1: The Lowdown onthe GMAT Lo... 7 cHapTER 2 Maximizing Your Score onthe GMAT ............. o.oo... 17 cHapTEr3 Mastering Business School Admissions... 27 Part 2: Creatinga GMAT Study Plan ........................................33 cHapTEr 4: Planning Your Approach .............. oll 35 cHAPTER 5: GMAT Practice ASSeSSMent. .............uiieieiiiiiiiiiiinieaeeeieeenn.....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 carter 8: Not as Enticing as a Bestseller: Reading Comprehension ..........................93 cuapTer 9: Thinking This through Logically: Critical Reasoning ..............................115 cHAPTER 10: Bringing It Together: A Mini Practice Verbal Section.............................14 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 ...............coooveviieinieeieeen..... 171 cHAPTER 14: Sampling a Series of Writing Prompts........................ o.oo. 79 Part 5: Conquering the Quantitative Section .............................187 cHaPTER 15: Getting Back to Basics: Numbers and Operations ...............................189 chapter 16: Considering All the Variables: Algebra.........................................21 cHaPTER 17: Getting the Angle on Geometry: Planes and Solids. ..............................235 cHAPTER 18: Keeping in Step: Coordinate Geometry...........................co0oioe.......255 cHAPTER 19: Manipulating Numbers: Statisticsand 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 Chartsand Graphs ........................................339 Part 7: Practice Makes Perfect..............................................35 CHAPTER 24: GMAT Practice Test. ........ooviiiiiiiiieatiiiiiiiiiie ieee... 353 cHAPTER 25: Practice Test Answers and Explanations. .......................................379 Part8:ThePartofTens.....................................................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 ...................An ~+ Studyxy

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    INTRODUCTION ............... About This BOOK o.oo 1 Foolish Assumptions .................... il 2 Icons Used in This BOOK +... ..vivue tiie 2 Beyond the Book: The Online Practice.........................................3 Where to GofromHere .......... o.oo 3 PART 1: GETTING STARTED WITH THEGMAT ............................5 curren: The Lowdownonthe GMAT .........................................7 Knowing Why the GMAT Is Important ....................ocooiiiienenao.. 7 Timing It Perfectly: When to Take the GMAT (and What to Bring) ..................8 When to register for and take the GMAT. ...................................8 Things to take to the GMAT (and things to leave at home)....................10 Forming First Impressions: The Format of the GMAT ...........................10 Getting familiar with what the GMAT tests .................................10 Understanding the computerized format .................................. 11 Honing your computer skills for the GMAT .................................12 Knowing Where You Stand: Scoring Considerations ............................13 How the GMAT testers figureyourscore...................................13 How the GMAT testers report your score .......................ooevn.....13 When should you cancel your GMAT score? ............................... 14 Repeating the Process: Retakingthe GMAT. ...................................15 cuarrer2z Maximizing Your Scoreonthe GMAT .............................17 Discovering Strategies for Successful Guessing ................................17 Forcing yourself to guess soyoucanmoveon..............................18 Understanding the importance of completing each section. ..................18 Winning the Race againstthe Clock ..........................................19 Giving each question equal treatment. ....................................19 Making time for the last ten questions. ....................................19 Keeping track of yourpace........................oiiiell 20 Getting Rid of Wrong Answers... 20 Keeping track of eliminated answer choices for the computer test format. .....20 Recognizing Wrong answers. ...............ooieieiiiiiiiiaiieeeaa.. 21 Playing It Smart: A Few Things You Shouldn't Do When Taking the Test ...........25 Don'tloseyourfocus. ...............ooiiiiiii een. 25 Don't read questions at lightning speed ...................................25 Don't waste all your time on the hardest questions. .........................25 Don'tcheat ........viiii ieee 0 25 Tackling a Case of Nerves with Relaxation Techniques..........................26 carers: Mastering Business School Admissions ..........................27 Choosing a Business School........................o i 27 Lining Up Your Ducks — Applying to Business Schools. .........................29 Whentoapply ........... co. 30 What to submit .............o ee. 30 Crafting Effective Business School Essays .....................................31 BR - tucyx

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    PART 2: CREATING AGMAT STUDY PLAN ................................33 euarers: Planning Your Approach ...................035 Using the Preassessment: The How-To ............................coeee.....35 Evaluating Section 1: Quantitative... ......................................35 Evaluating Section 2: Verbal ..............................................36 Evaluation Section 3: Integrated reasoning.................................36 Devising a Plan of Attack ........................ iil... 36 cumerers: GMAT Practice Assessment .........................................39 Section 1: QUaNItAtiVe «oo. teeta... 40 Section 2: Verbal ....... o.oo 4 Section 3: Integrated Reasoning ......................ooiiiiiiiiaia... 48 carters: Scoring and Interpreting the Practice Assessment .............53 Section 1: Quantitative Reasoning ...............................o.oi.......53 Section 2: Verbal ........... oa 6 Section 3: Integrated Reasoning ......................coiiiiiiiiiii....... 64 Answers ata Glance ............oiiiiiiiiii ea. BT PART 3: VANQUISHING THE VERBAL SECTION ..........................69 carer: Applying What You Learned (We Hope) in Grammar Class: Sentence Correction ...............................................7 Building a Solid Foundation: Grammar Basics ..........................0..... 72 Getting wordy: The parts of speech .......................................72 Pulling together: The partsof asentence ..................................75 Pointing Out Mistakes: Common Sentence Correction Errors ....................76 Errors in grammar and sentence construction..............................77 Errorsin expression .................. i iii... 83 Implementing an Approach to Sentence Correction Questions...................85 Spotting the error .................. iii... 86 Eliminating answers that don't correcterrors...............................86 Eliminating choices that create newerrors.................................87 Rereadingthesentence ................................... oo... 87 Reviewing the process and guessing on sentence corrections.................87 Sentence Correction Practice Problems with Answer Explanations ...............87 Practice problems ..........................i.........88 Answer explanations. ................ oie... 90 waeers: NOt as Enticing as a Bestseller: Reading Comprehension ......93 Judging by Appearances: What Reading Comprehension Questions Look Like. .....93 Approaching Reading Passages. ...................ooiiiiiiiiiiee.. 94 Mastering the message: The main point ...................................94 Absorbing the ambiance: Author'stone....................................95 Finding the framework: The passage’s outline ..............................95 Sticking to the Subject: Types of Passages. ....................................96 Experimenting with natural science passages ..............................96 Gathering in social circles: Social science passages..........................96 Getting down to business passages ......................ooiel 97 Approaching Reading Comprehension Questions..............................97 Identifying the question type. ...................... oll 97 Eliminating answer choices .................................... LL. 100 X GMAT Prep 2023 For Dummies with Online Practice

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    Dealing with exception questions. ........................... oo... 102 Reading Comprehension Practice Questions with Answer Explanations... ........104 Reading comprehension practice questions...............................104 Answer explanations. ................ oii... 109 euaerers: Thinking This through Logically: Critical Reasoning ...........115 Focusing on “Critical” Concepts: An Overview. ................................115 Understanding the structure of the questions .............................116 Figuring out how to answer the questions ................................116 Making a Case: Essentials of Informal Logic ..................................117 Fighting fair: The elements of anargument ...............................117 Getting from Point A to Point B: Types of reasoning ........................117 Thinking Inside the Box: Question Types. ......................ocoeeee...... 119 Stalking Your Prey: How to Approach Each Question Type......................120 Strengthening or weakening arguments ..................................120 Delving into drawing conclusions... 124 Spotting those sneaky assumptions...........................ooee..... 125 Using your noggin to make inferences. ...................................127 Pondering the paradox. ......................ooo ie... 128 Making your way through method-of-reasoning questions ..................129 Critical Reasoning Practice Questions and Answer Explanations. ................131 Critical reasoning practice questions .........................ooeen.....131 Answer explanations. ................ iia... 136 cuarter 10: Bringing It Together: A Mini Practice Verbal Section .......... 141 Working Through Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions. .......................142 Understanding What's Right with Answer Explanations ........................150 PART 4: ACING THE ANALYTICAL WRITING SECTION .................157 cuarrer 11: Analyze This: What to Expect from the Analytical Writing Assessment 159 Fitting in the AWA with the Rest of the GMAT.................................159 Calling 411: Your AWA Writing Tools ..........................ooeeena..... 160 Analyzing an Argument. ................ oii... 160 Racking Up the Points: How the GMAT Scores Your Essay ......................161 Getting to know yourreaders .................... oie... 160 Interpreting the scores. ..................ooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiee......162 Requesting your essay be rescored .................. o.oo. 162 cuarter 12 Present Perfect Paragraphs: How to Write a GMAT Essay .... 163 Avoiding Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics Errors .......................163 PUNCEUAtION @ITOrS Loot ein. 164 Sentence-structure problems ..................... ool... 165 Faulty forming of possessives ...........................................165 Spellingissues .................. iii... 165 Moredosand don'ts... 166 Practice makes perfect! ........................ ol... 166 Building a Better Essay: Ten Steps to a Higher Score. ..........................167 cuarter 13: Deconstructing Sample GMAT Essays ............................. 171 Defining GMAT AWA SCOTeS. . ovine ieee ieee 171 Taking a Look at Sample Essays .................coooiiiiiiiiiiiniiee.. 2 172 BR - tucyx

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    Sample essay #1 ........... ieee 172 Discussion of sample essay #1 ....................ciiiii Ll 174 Sample essay #2 ..........o ieee. 174 Discussion of sample essay #2 ..........................coiiiea Ll 175 Sampleessay #3 ........... ieee. 176 Discussion of sample essay #3 .....................ooiiie L177 Sample essay #4 ......... eee TT Discussion of sample essay #4 ............................. oo... 178 cuarrer 14: SaMpling a Series of Writing Prompts ............................179 Sample Prompt #1... ee 179 Sample response toessay #1 ................. co... 180 Dissection of essay #1... 180 Sample Prompt #2. ........ e180 Sample responsetoessay #2 .......... o.oo... 181 Dissection of essay #2..................c. iii... 182 Sample Prompt #3... ee. 182 Sample responsetoessay #3 ................. oii... 183 Dissectionof essay #3................. co. iii... 183 Sample Prompt #4... ii... 184 Sample responsetoessay #4 .............. iii... 184 Dissection of essay #4................ iii... 184 PART 5: CONQUERING THE QUANTITATIVE SECTION .................187 cuarter 15: Getting Back to Basics: Numbers and Operations ............. 189 Just Your Type: Kinds of Numbers ..........................................189 It's Not Brain Surgery: Basic Operations .....................................191 Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing .............................191 Checking out the real estate: Properties of real numbers. ...................193 Using Little Numbers for Big Values: Bases and Exponents.....................196 Adding and subtracting with exponents ..................................19 Multiplying and dividing with exponents..................................196 Figuring out the powersofOand 1.......................................197 Dealing with fractional exponents .......................................197 Working with negative exponents. .......................................198 Checking Out the Ancestry: Roots. ................ocooiiiiiiiienaen.......198 Order of Operations: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally........................200 Splitting Up: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages............................200 Defining numerators, denominators, and other stuff you need to know about fractions... 00201 Adding and subtracting fractions ........................................203 Multiplying and dividing fractions. .......................................203 Calculating percentchange ............................................ 205 Taking it further: Repeated percentchange ...............................206 Making Comparisons: Ratios and Proportions ................................207 Playing the Numbers: Scientific Notation ....................................208 cuarrer 16: COnsidering All the Variables: Algebra ............................211 Defining the Elements: Algebraic Terms .....................................21"1 Braving the unknowns: Variables and constants ...........................212 Coming together: Terms and expressions. ................................212 Knowing the nomials: Kinds of expressions ...............................213 xii GMAT Prep 2023 For Dummies with Online Practice \

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    Maintaining an Orderly Fashion: Algebraic Operations.........................213 Adding to and takingaway..................... oll 213 Multiplying and dividing expressions.....................................215 Extracting Information: Factoring Polynomials. ...............................218 Something in common: Finding common factors. ..........................218 Two by two: Factoring quadratic polynomials. .............................218 Minding Your Ps and Qs: Functions ...................... o.oo... 220 Standing in: Understanding function terminology ..........................220 Taking it to the limit: Domain and range of functions .......................222 Putting On Your Thinking Cap: Problem Solving. ..............................224 Isolating the variable: Linear equations. ..................................224 Bringing in the substitution: Simultaneous equations. ......................226 Not playing fair: Inequalities ............................................227 Solving quadratic equations. . ................. ooo... 229 Reading between the lines: Word problems ...............................231 Burning the midnight oil: Work problems .................................232 Going the distance: Distance problems...................................233 cuarter 17: Getting the Angle on Geometry: Planes and Solids ............. 235 Fishing for the Answers: Linesand Angles. ...................................235 Trusting Triangles ................ iii... 238 Triple treat: Types of triangles. ..........................................238 Theareaofatriangle ..........................................0239 The Pythagorean theorem and other cool stuff about right triangles. .........240 A striking resemblance: Similar triangles. .................................243 Playing Four Square: Quadrilaterals. ........................................244 Drawing parallels: Parallelograms. .......................................244 Raising the roof: Trapezoids ............................................245 Showing Their Good Sides: Other Polygons ..................................247 Eating Up Pieces of Pi: Circles ................................oio.......247 Ring measurements: Radius, diameter, and circumference..................248 Blueprints for Noah: Arcs. ...............................l.......248 Line ‘em up: Chords, inscribed and circumscribed figures, and tangents ......249 Getting a Little Depth Perception: Three-Dimensional Geometry ................251 Chipping off the old block: Rectangular solids .............................251 Sipping from soda cans and other cylinders...............................252 cuarter 13: Keeping in Step: Coordinate Geometry ........................... 255 Taking Flight: The Coordinate Plane.........................................255 Line dancing: Understanding coordinate geometry. ........................255 What's the point? Finding the coordinates. ................................256 On all fours: Identifying quadrants.......................................257 Slip-Sliding Away: Slope and Linear Equations ................................257 Taking a peak: Defining the slope of aline ................................257 Using the slope-intercept form to graph lines .............................259 Meetinginthemiddle..................................................261 Going thedistance................... iii... 262 Considering other shapes on the coordinate plane. ........................263 Fully Functioning: Graphing Functions.......................................264 Passing the vertical linetest.............................................264 Feeling at home with domainandrange..................................266 Table of Contents

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    cuarter 19: Manipulating Numbers: Statisticsand Sets ..................... 269 Joining a Clique: Groups... ........oii ieee... 269 Setting Up Sets... o.oo eee 270 Set terminology ....... o.oo 2T0 Getting a visual: Venndiagrams ..................... ool 270 Making Arrangements: Permutations and Combinations.......................273 Positioning with permutations .....................................000273 Coming together: Combinations. ........................................275 Meeting in the Middle: Mean, Median, and Mode .............................277 Straying from Home: Range and Standard Deviation ..........................279 Scouting outtherange...................... 279 Watching out for wanderers: Standard deviation. ..........................279 Predicting the Future: Probability. ..........................................281 Finding the probability of oneevent......................................282 Finding the probability of many events ...................................282 cuaerer 20: It's All in the Presentation: GMAT Quantitative Question Types ............oooiiiiiiiiiiiii eee... 285 Enough’s Enough: Data Sufficiency Questions ................................285 You don't need the solution to find the answer ............................286 Steps to approaching data sufficiency problems ...........................286 Taking a Look at Data Sufficiency Practice Problems. ..........................289 Practice questions.................... iii... 289 Answer explanations... 291 Houston, We Have a Problem: Problem Solving Questions .....................295 Trying Out Some Problem-Solving Practice Problems..........................297 Practice questions. ................. iii. 297 Answer explanations. ................ oii. 299 cuarrer 21: All Together Now: A Mini Practice Quantitative Section ..... 303 Tackling GMAT Math Practice Questions.....................................303 Checking Out the Answer Explanations......................................311 PART 6: EXCELLING ON THE INTEGRATED REASONING SECTION ...321 cuarter 22 Best of Both Worlds: The Integrated Reasoning Section ..... 323 Understanding What the IR Section Is All About. ..............................323 Skills tested. . o.oo eee 0 0324 QUESEION fOrMAt uit eee... 324 Figuring Out How the IR Section Is Scored ...................................326 Making the Most of Your Time ................................0ooo......326 Approaching Each Question Type. ....................oiiiiiiininao......327 Table analysis. ............ co... 327 Two-partanalysis. ............ oii eee... 330 Graphics interpretation ........................... 0iciiel......333 Multi-source reasoning. ............... co iii... 334 cuarter 22: Deciphering Data in Charts and Graphs .......................... 339 Approaching Integrated Reasoning Data in Five Easy Steps.....................339 Translating Information in Tables. ..........................................340 Making Comparisons with Bar Graphs.......................................341 XIV GMAT Prep 2023 For Dummies with Online Practice

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    Simple bargraphs................ 34 Graphs withmanybars. ..................................l...0342 Segmented bargraphs................... lL. 342 Evaluating Line Graphs. .................... iii... 344 Basiclinegraphs ......................iiii.l.......344 Scatter plots... ee... 344 Complex scatter plots................. cocoa... 346 Clarifying Circle Graphs (Also Known as Pie Charts). ...........................347 Extracting Data from Venn Diagrams. .......................................347 PART 7: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT ......................................351 cunerer 2: GMAT Practice Test...................................................35 Answer Sheet. ..............iiiiiiiiiiiiii ieee. 355 Section 1: Analytical Writing Assessment. ....................................358 Section 2: Integrated Reasoning .........................oiiiiiiai......359 Section 3: QUaNtItatiVe . oo. t tte ieie eae e 2360 Section 4: Verbal .............. ie. 367 cuarter 25: Practice Test Answers and Explanations ......................... 379 Section 1: Analytical Writing Assessment. ....................................379 Section 2: Integrated Reasoning... 381 Section 3: Quantitative Reasoning ..................................0381 Section4: Verbal .............. ie... 396 Answersata Glance ..............iiiiiiiiiii ieee. 405 PART 8: THEPARTOFTENS ..............................................407 cuarter 26: T@N Question Types You've Got a Good Shot At ................ 409 Main-ldea Reading Questions... 409 Specific Information Reading Questions .....................................409 Sentence Corrections ........vvvviiiieeiiieeiineiieeiieiiaaeeeaen......410 Exception Questions for Reading Passages. ..................................410 Strengthening or Weakening Critical Arguments ..............................410 Data Sufficiency Math Questions ...........................................410 Math Problem Solving with Figures .........................................410 Math Problems Involving Basic Operations. ..................................410 Substitution Math Problems ............. o.oo AT Graph and Table Analysis Questions .......................... oo. 41 cuarrer 27: Ten Writing Errors to Avoid... 413 Composing Complicated Sentences. ...................oovvveinenon....... 413 Presenting Your Text in Passive Voice .......................................413 Wasting Time with Unfamiliar Words........................................414 Using Unclear (Or Zero) Transitions. ....................ooiiiiino.......414 Going Overboard with Generic Terms .......................................414 Writing in Informal English. ....................... Ll ..414 Giving a Laundry List of Examples .............................. L044 Succumbing to Sentence Fragments .....................ciiiiiaia....... 414 Announcing a Position without Explanation..................................415 Putting Aside Proofreading ...................... LLL 405 Table of Contents

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    cuarter 28: TEN Ways to Increase Your Chances of Getting into Business School ...............................................47 Accumulate a Little Work Experience. ....................ooooii LL 417 Ace the Interview. ............ooiiiiiiiiiiiii iii. 418 Apply Early ...... oe. 48 Apply While You're Upwardly Mobile ........................................418 Capitalize on What Makes You Unique. ...........................oo......... 418 Demonstrate Interest. ............oviiiiiiiieiiiiiiieiiiiaiiaeaaee. 418 FOCUS ON Fit... ot ee A119 Get the Right Recommendations ...............................oo...... 419 Study forthe GMAT. ........ L419 Write a Memorable Admissions Essay .....................ocooiiaa. L419 INDEX 42 XV1l GMAT Prep 2023 For Dummies with Online Practice

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    Introduction ou’re merrily skimming through the admissions requirements for your favorite MBA programs when all of a sudden, you're dealt a shocking blow. Your absolute top choice program — you'll die if you don’t get in — requires that you take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). And you thought your days of speed-reading passages and solving for Xx were over. Many MBA programs include the GMAT as an admissions requirement, so you’ll be in good com- pany. But how do you prepare for such a comprehensive test? What are you going to do? Get out your spiral notebooks from undergraduate courses and sift through years’ worth of doodles? Many years may have gone by since you encountered a geometry problem, and we bet your gram- mar skills have gotten a little rusty since English 101. Clearly, you need a readable, concisely structured resource. Well, you’ve come to the right place. GMAT Prep 2023 For Dummies, with Online Practice, puts at your fingertips everything you need to know to conquer the GMAT. We give you complete math and grammar reviews and provide insights into how to avoid the pitfalls that the GMAT creators want you to fall into. We also try to make this book as enjoyable as a book that devotes itself to setting up equations and critiquing arguments can be. We suspect that you aren’t eagerly anticipating sitting through the GMAT, and you’re probably not looking forward to studying for it, either. Therefore, we’ve attempted to make the study pro- cess as painless as possible by giving you clearly written advice in a casual tone. We realize you have a bunch of things you’d rather be doing, so we’ve broken down the information into easily digested bites. If you have an extra hour before work or Pilates class, you can devour a chapter or even a particular section within a chapter. (If these eating metaphors are making you hungry, feel free to take a snack break.) In this book, you can find 3 Plenty of sample questions so you can see just how the GMAT tests a particular concept. Our sample questions read like the actual test questions, so you can get comfortable with the way the GMAT phrases questions and expresses answer choices. 3 Ahandy pre-assessment to help you define your areas of strength and weakness. 3 Detailed explanations of the strategies for mastering all four sections of the GMAT. Enjoy a grammar review for the verbal reasoning section, an extensive math lesson to help you with the quantitative reasoning section, a summary of good writing practices for the analytical writing assessment, and a how-to on reading all kinds of charts and graphs for the integrated reasoning section. 3 Seven practice tests. One appears in this book in Chapter 24, and you'll find that one, plus six others online. Ultimately, the best way to prepare for any standardized test is to practice on lots of test questions, and this book, along with the accompanying online test bank, has around 500 of them. Introductiol vv -— StudyX

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    3 Time-tested techniques for improving your score. We show you how to quickly eliminate incorrect answer choices and make educated guesses. 3 Tips on how to manage your time wisely. 3 Suggestions for creating a relaxation routine to employ if you start to panic during the test. We've included all kinds of information to help you do your best on the GMAT. You should find this book easily accessible, but a few things may require explanation. A few of the chapters may contain sidebars (a paragraph or two in a shaded box) with quirky bits of informa- tion that we think may interest you but aren’t essential to your performance on the GMAT. If you’re trying to save time, you can skip the sidebars. Although we guess it’s possible that you picked up this book just because you have an insatiable love for math, grammar, and argument analysis, we’re betting it’s more likely that you're reading this book particularly because you've been told you need to take the GMAT. (We have been praised for our startling ability to recognize the obvious!) And because we're pretty astute, we’ve figured that this means that you intend to apply to MBA programs and probably are considering working toward a Master of Business Administration. Generally, MBA programs are pretty selective, so we’re thinking that you're pretty motivated to get into the program of your choice. Some of you are fresh out of college and may have more recent experience with math and grammar. Others of you probably haven’t stepped into a class- room in over a decade but possess work skills and life experience that will help you maximize your GMAT score despite the time that’s passed since college. If math and grammar are fresh in your mind and you just need to know what to expect when you arrive at the test site, this book has that information for you. If you've been out of school for a while, this book provides you with all the basics as well as advanced concepts to give you every- thing you need to know to excel on the GMAT. One exciting feature of this book is the icons that highlight especially significant portions of the text. These little pictures in the margins alert you to areas where you should pay particularly close attention. This icon highlights really important information that you should remember even after you close the book. REMEMBER Throughout the book, we give you insights into how you can enhance your performance on the GMAT. The tips give you juicy timesavers and point out especially relevant concepts to keep in mind for the test. ie 2 GMAT Prep 2023 For Dummies with Online Practice wv 1 StudyXY

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    Your world won't fall apart if you ignore our warnings, but your score may suffer. Heed these cautionary pointers to avoid making careless mistakes that can cost you points. WARNING Whenever you see this icon in the text, you know you’re going to get to practice the particular area of instruction covered in that section with a question like one you may see on the test. Our examples include detailed explanations of how to most efficiently answer GMAT questions and example avoid common pitfalls. . . . Beyond the Book: The Online Practice In addition to what you’re reading right now, this book comes with a free access-anywhere Cheat Sheet that includes tips to help you prepare for the GMAT. To get this Cheat Sheet, simply go to www. dummies. com and type GMAT For Dummies Cheat Sheet in the Search box. You also get access to seven full-length online practice tests and approximately 500 flashcards. To gain access to the online practice, all you have to do is register. Just follow these simple steps: 1. Register your book or ebook at Dummies.com to get your PIN. Go to www. dummies. com/ go/getaccess. 2. select your product from the drop-down list on that page. 3. Follow the prompts to validate your product and then check your email for a confirma- tion message that includes your PIN and instructions for logging in. If you don’t receive this email within two hours, please check your spam folder before contacting us through our Technical Support website at http://support.wiley.com or by phone at 877-762-2974. Now you're ready to go! You can come back to the practice material as often as you want — simply log on with the username and password you created during your initial login. No need to enter the access code a second time. ® Your registration is good for one year from the day you activate your PIN. REMEMBER We know that everyone who uses this book has different strengths and weaknesses, so this book is designed for you to read in the way that best suits you. If you're a math whiz and need to brush up only on your verbal skills, you can skim Part 5 and focus on Parts 1, 3, and 4. If you’ve been writing proposals every day for the last ten years, you can probably scan Parts 3 and 4 and focus your attention on the math review in Part 5. Because the integrated reasoning section differs so significantly from other standardized test questions, you'll benefit from reading Part 6 regardless of your math prowess or verbal genius. The pre-assessment in Part 2 can help you figure out where to focus if you aren’t sure. We suggest that you take a more thorough approach, however. Familiarize yourself with the gen- eral test-taking process in the first two chapters, take the pre-assessment, and then go through the complete GMAT review, starting with the verbal section and working your way through the analytical writing, math, and integrated reasoning sections. You can skim through information Introduction] v AF StudyX Y

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    that you know more about by just reading the Tips and Warnings and working through the exam- ples in those sections. When you’ve finished reading through the entire book (Parts 1-6), you can take practice tests from Part 7 and the online content. As you complete your practice tests, com- pare your scores. This way, you can see just how much you improve with practice. This book provides you with a bunch of practice tests and lots of online practice, but you can never get enough. So, if after taking all the practice tests provided at dummies.com, you still crave more, visit the official GMAT website at www. mba. com and download the free GMATPrep software TP from there. This software mimics the computerized format of the test and gives you practice on the types of mouse-clicking and eye-straining skills you need to succeed on the exam. That way, you can experience using the same software you'll see on the exam. Plus, you can purchase the current editions of GMAT Official Guide, GMAT Official Guide Quantitative Review, GMAT Official Guide Verbal Review, and GMAT Guide Advanced Questions, all published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., for thousands of additional official practice questions. ‘We're confident that if you devote a few hours a week for at least six weeks to practicing the skills and tips we provide for you in this book, you'll do the best you can when you sit in front of that computer on GMAT test day. We wish you our best for your ultimate GMAT score! 4 GMAT Prep 2023 For Dummies with Online Practice

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    Getting Started with the GMAT

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    Familiarize yourself with the format of the test. Find out how to maximize your score by organizing your time and streamlining your approach. Discover what you can and should do to gain admission to the business school of your choice. + studyxy

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    IN THIS CHAPTER » Finding out how MBA programs use your GMAT score » Deciding when to take the GMAT and knowing what to bring » Figuring out the format of the GMAT » Understanding how the GMAT is scored » Considering whether you should retake the GMAT ongratulations on deciding to take a significant step in your business career! More than 100 countries offer the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), and according to the Graduate Management Admission Council, more than 6,000 programs at 2,300 universities and organizations in 114 countries use the GMAT to make admissions decisions. That said, you're probably not taking the GMAT because you want to. In fact, you may not be looking forward to the experience at all! But the GMAT need not be a daunting ordeal. A little knowledge can help calm your nerves, so this chapter shows you how admissions programs use your test score and addresses the concerns you may have about the GMAT’s format and testing and scoring procedures. If you're reading this book, you're probably thinking about applying to an MBA program. And if you’re applying to an MBA program, you probably need to take the GMAT. Many MBA programs require that you submit a GMAT score for the admissions process. (Some may require other tests or no test at all, so make sure you check each program’s admissions checklist.) Your GMAT score gives the admissions committee another tool to use to assess your skills and compare you with other applicants. But if you're seeking a career in business, you're probably resigned to being continually assessed and compared. The GMAT doesn’t attempt to evaluate any particular subject area that you may have studied, but instead it gives admissions officers a reliable idea of how you'll likely perform in the classes that make up a graduate business curriculum. Although the GMAT doesn’t rate your experience or motivation, it does provide an estimate of your academic preparation for graduate business studies. CHAPTER 1 The Lowdown on the GMA’ + Studyxy

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    Not every MBA applicant has the same undergraduate experience, but most applicants take a standardized test. Other admissions factors, like college grades, work experience, the admissions essay or essays, and a personal interview, are important, but the GMAT is a tool that admissions rememser COMMttees can use to directly compare you with other applicants. The most selective schools primarily admit candidates with solid GMAT scores, and good scores will certainly strengthen your application to any program, but you shouldn’t feel discouraged if your practice tests don’t put you in the goth percentile. Very few students achieve anything near a perfect score on the GMAT. Even if you don’t score as high as you want to, you undoubtedly have other strengths in your admissions profile, such as work experience, leadership ability, good college grades, motivation, and people skills. You may want to contact the admissions offices of the schools you're interested in to see how much they emphasize the GMAT. That said, the GMAT is a very important factor in admissions, and because you're required to take the test anyway, you should do everything you can to perform your best! Timing It Perfectly: When to Take the GMAT (and What to Bring) Which MBA programs to apply to isn’t the only decision you have to make. After you've figured out where you want to go, you have to make plans for the GMAT. You need to determine the best time to take the test and what to bring with you when you do. The following sections can help you out. When to register for and take the GMAT When is the best time to take the GMAT? With the computerized and online testing procedures, this question has become more interesting than it was in the days of paper-based tests. When the exam was a paper-and-pencil format with a test booklet and an answer sheet full of bubbles, you had a limited choice of possible test dates — about one every two months. Now you've got much more flexibility when choosing the date and time for taking the test. You can pick just about any time to sit down and click answer choices with your mouse. Registering when you're ready The first step in the GMAT registration process is scheduling an appointment, but don’t put off making this appointment the way you’d put off calling the dentist (even though you’d probably like to avoid both!). Depending on the time of year, appointment times can go quickly. Usually, you have to wait at least a month for an open time. To determine what’s available, you can go to the official GMAT website at www .mba . com. From there, you can choose a testing location and find out what dates and times are available at that location. When you find a date and time you like, you can register online, over the phone. You may also choose to take the GMAT Online Exam in the comfort of your home. This format is available even more often than the offline option provided at testing centers. A human proctor oversees the online exam throughout the testing experience, and you are responsible for meeting the stringent specification for setting up the testing environment. For many, the advantage of testing in a familiar environment outweighs the challenges of creating a secure testing environ- ment. Others prefer the stability of taking the computerized exam at a testing center. The best time to take the GMAT is after you've had about four to six weeks of quality study time and during a period when you don’t have a lot of other things going on to distract you. Of course, if your MBA program application is due in four weeks, put this book down and schedule an appoint- ment right away! Be sure to come right back, though. You need to start studying — and now! If you 8 PART 1 Getting Started with the GMAT

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    have more flexibility, you should still plan to take the GMAT as soon as you think you've studied sufficiently. All the following circumstances warrant taking the GMAT as soon as you can: 3 You want to start your MBA program right away. If you're confident that you'd like to begin business school within the next few semesters, you should consider taking the GMAT in the near future. After you know your score, you'll be better able to narrow down the business schools you want to apply to. Then you can focus on the other parts of your application, and you won't have to worry about having an application due in four weeks and no GMAT score. 3 You're considering attending business school. Maybe you don't know whether you want to pursue an MBA. Even so, now's a good time to take the GMAT. Your GMAT score may help you decide that you have the skills to succeed academically in graduate business school. You may think that you don't have what it takes, but your performance on the GMAT may surprise you! If you do decide to apply to an MBA program, you'll already have one key component of the application under wraps. 3 You're about to earn (or have just earned) your bachelor’s degree. If you're nearing graduation or have just graduated from college and you think you may want to get an MBA, it's better to take the GMAT now than wait until later. You're used to studying. You're used to tests. And math and grammar concepts are probably as fresh on your mind as they'll ever be. You don't have to start an MBA program right away. Your GMAT scores are valid for up to five years, so you can take the test now and take advantage of your current skills as a student to getyou into a great graduate program later. Giving yourself about four to six weeks to study provides you with enough time to master the GMAT concepts but not so much time that you forget what you’ve studied by the time you sit for the test. REMEMBER Scheduling for success Whenever you register, you want to consider your own schedule when picking a test date and time. Take advantage of the flexibility allowed by the computer format. The GMAT is no longer just an 8 a.m. Saturday morning option. You can take the test any day of the week except Sunday, and, depending on the test center, you may be able to start at a variety of times. Many centers offer 8 a.m. testing times, but some have other options, even 6:30 at night — great for those night owls who consider 8 a.m. a good bedtime rather than a good exam time. You have a little bit of control over making the test fit into your life instead of having to make your life fit the test! If you're not a morning person, don’t schedule an early test if you can help it. If you're better able to handle a nonstop, two-and-a-half-hour barrage of questions — not to mention the analytical essay — after the sun hits its highest point in the sky, schedule your test for the afternoon or evening. By choosing the time that works for you, you'll be able to comfortably approach the test instead of worrying whether you set your alarm. We're guessing that you have enough to worry about in life as it is without the added stress of an inconvenient test time. Check the GMAT website for the available testing times at the test centers near you. Then study for the test at the different available times of the day to see when you're at your best. Schedule your test session for that time. Even if you have to take a few hours away from work or classes, TIP being able to take the test at a time that’s best for you is worth it. And you may end up picking a test center based on its available times rather than its proximity to you. While you're thinking about the time that’s best for the test, you should think about days of the week, as well. For some people, Saturday may be a good day for a test. For others, the weekend is the wrong time for that type of concentrated academic activity. If you're used to taking the weekends off, scheduling the test during the week may make more sense for you. CHAPTER 1 The Lowdown on the GMAT] \

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    Choosing the time and day to take the GMAT is primarily up to you. Be honest with yourself about your habits, preferences, and schedule, and pick a time and day when you'll excel. REMEMBER Things to take to the GMAT (and things to leave at home) The most important thing you can bring to the GMAT is a positive attitude and a willingness to succeed. However, if you forget your admission voucher or your photo ID, you won't get the chance to apply those qualities! In addition to the voucher and ID, you may bring a list of five schools where you'd like to have your scores sent. You can send your scores to up to five schools for free if you select those schools when entering your pretest information at the test site. (You can skip this step at the testing center if you provide your school information when you reg- ister online.) You can, of course, list fewer than five schools, but if you decide to send your scores to additional schools later, you'll have to pay. If you can come up with five schools you'd like to apply to and you feel confident about your abilities, you may as well send your scores for free. Because you can take two optional eight-minute breaks, we recommend you bring along a quick snack, like a protein bar, and a bottle of water. You can’t take food or drink with you to the testing area, but you're given a little locker that you can access during a break. ie That’s really all you need to bring. You can’t use a calculator, and the test center provides a booklet of five noteboards and a special black pen (but no eraser), which you're required to use instead of pencil and paper. You can ask for another booklet if you fill yours up. Forming First Impressions: . The GMAT is a standardized test, and by now in your academic career, you're probably familiar with what that means: lots of questions to answer in a short period of time, no way to cram for them or memorize answers, and very little chance of scoring 100 percent. The skills tested on the GMAT are those that leading business schools have decided are important for MBA students: analytical writing, integrated reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and verbal reasoning. The GMAT allows you to choose the order in which you take the four sections: 3 The original order of analytical writing assessment, integrated reasoning, quantitative, and verbal 3 Quantitative, verbal, integrated reasoning, and analytical writing assessment 3 Verbal, quantitative, integrated reasoning, and analytical writing assessment Pick the order that’s most comfortable for you. If you're unsure, we suggest leaving the less impor- tant writing and integrated reasoning sections for the end when you’re more fatigued. Whether you take the quantitative or verbal first depends on which section is easier for you. You may want to lead with your strength or get the section you like least out of the way in the beginning. Getting familiar with what the GMAT tests Standardized tests are supposed to test your academic potential, not your knowledge of specific subjects. The GMAT focuses on the areas that admissions committees have found to be relevant to MBA programs. The sections that follow are an introduction to the four GMAT sections. We devote the majority of the rest of this book to telling you exactly how to approach each one. 10 PART 1 Getting Started with the GMAT r # + StudyXy

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    Demonstrating your writing ability You type an original analytical writing sample during the GMAT. The test gives you 30 minutes to compose and type an essay that analyzes an argument. You're expected to write this essay in standard written English. Although you won’t know exactly the nature of the argument you'll get on test day, examining previous essay prompts gives you adequate preparation for the type of task you're bound to see. The readers of your GMAT essay score your essay based on the overall quality of your ideas and your ability to organize, develop, express, and support those ideas. REMEMBER Integrating your reasoning skills The next GMAT section is a 30-minute integrated reasoning test that examines your ability to read and evaluate charts, graphs, and other forms of presented data. You'll examine a variety of data representation and answer 12 questions based on the information. The GMAT categorizes the four basic question types in this section as graphics interpretation, two-part analysis, table analysis, and multi-source reasoning. Graphics interpretation and table analysis questions are self-explanatory: You interpret graphs and analyze tables — simple enough, right? The two-part analysis questions present a problem and related data, provided in two columns. You choose a piece of information from each column to solve the problem. Multi-source reasoning questions provide you with a bunch of information from which you have to decide what piece or pieces of data actually give you what you need to know to solve the problem. Quizzing your quantitative skills The quantitative section is pretty similar to most standardized math sections except that it presents you with a different question format and tests your knowledge of statistics and probability. In the 31-question section, the GMAT tests your knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data interpretation with standard problem solving questions. You'll have to solve problems and choose the correct answer from five possible choices. Additionally, GMAT data sufficiency questions present you with two statements and ask you to decide whether the problem can be solved by using the information provided by the first statement only, the second statement only, both statements, or neither statement. We show you exactly how to tackle these unusual math questions in Chapter 16. Validating your verbal skills The GMAT verbal section consists of 36 questions of three general types: the ubiquitous reading comprehension problems, sentence correction questions, and critical reasoning questions. Reading comprehension requires you to answer questions about written passages on a number of different subjects. Sentence correction questions test your ability to spot and correct writing errors. Critical reasoning questions require you to analyze logical arguments and understand how to strengthen or weaken those arguments. Understanding the computerized format The quantitative reasoning and verbal reasoning sections on the computerized GMAT can be taken only in computer-adaptive test (CAT) format. The CAT adapts to your ability level by presenting you with questions of various difficulty, depending on how you answered previous questions. If you're answering many questions correctly, the computer gives you harder questions as it seeks to find the limits of your impressive intellect. If you're having a tough day and many CHAPTER 1 The Lowdown on the GMAT wv -— StudyXY

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    of your answers are wrong, the computer presents you with easier questions as it seeks to find the correct level of difficulty for you. With the CAT format, your score isn’t based solely on how many questions you get right and wrong, but rather on the average difficulty of the questions you answer correctly. Theoretically, you could miss several questions and still get a very high score, so long as the questions you missed were among the most difficult available in the bank of questions. At the end of each section, the computer scores you based on your level of ability. Answering in an orderly fashion With the CAT format, the question order in the verbal and quantitative sections is different from the order on paper exams that have a test booklet and answer sheet. On the CAT, the first question of the test is preselected for you, and the order of subsequent questions depends on how well you've answered this question. So if you do well on the first question, Question 2 will reflect your success by being more challenging. If you do poorly on the initial questions, you'll get an easier Question 2. The program continues to take all previous questions into account as it feeds you question after question. Perhaps the most important difference of the CAT format is that because each question is based on your answers to previous questions, you can’t go back to any question. You must answer each question as it comes. After you confirm your answer, it’s final. If you realize three questions later warning that you made a mistake, try not to worry about it. After all, your score is based on not only your number of right and wrong answers but also the difficulty of the questions. We're guessing you’ve figured out that the analytical writing assessment isn’t in CAT format because it’s not a multiple-choice test. But you may not know that the integrated reasoning section also isn’t a CAT section. You receive questions in a preordained order, and that order doesn’t change based on your answer selections. Like the CAT sections, though, after you've submitted an answer to a question, you can’t change your answer. Observing time limits The verbal section has a 65-minute time limit, and the quantitative section has a 62-minute time limit. Because the quantitative section has 31 questions, you have about 2 minutes to master each question. The verbal section has 36 questions, so you have a little less time to ponder those, about a minute and three-quarters per question. The integrated reasoning section is shorter; you have 30 minutes to answer 12 questions, or about 2 and a half minutes per question. You don’t have unlimited time in the analytical writing section, either; you have to write the essay within 30 minutes. These time limits have important implications for your test strategy on the quantitative and verbal sections. As we discuss later in this chapter, your GMAT score for these two sections depends on the number of questions you're able to answer. If you run out of time and leave TIP questions unanswered at the end of a section, you'll essentially reduce your score by the number of questions you don’t answer. In Chapter 2, we present you with an efficient, workable strategy for managing your time and maximizing your score. Honing your computer skills for the GMAT Technically challenged, take heart! You need to have only minimal computer skills to take the computerized GMAT. In fact, the skills you need for the test are far fewer in number than those you'll need while pursuing an MBA! Because you have to type your essays, you need basic word-processing skills. For the multiple-choice sections, you need to know how to select answers by using either the mouse or the keyboard. 12 PART 1 Getting Started with the GMAT

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