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Advanced GMAT Math Topics
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Small set of advanced math questions prepared by readyforGMAT.com.
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Lesson on understanding and calculating compound interest and simple interest.
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Excellent tips from forum member DanaJ regarding some difficult GMAT Math problem types.
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Lesson on how to quickly identify prime numbers.
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Lesson on Permutations provided by the Mathematical Association of New South Wales.
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These types of questions appear infrequently on the test, so don’t overemphasize studying them.
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Great tips from forum member mayonnai5e on how to pick numbers for GMAT math problems.
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Excellent lesson on finding the highest common factor, lowest common multiple.
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Business School Blogs and Forums
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Business School Resources
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The world’s most comprehensive resource to help applicants research MBA programs.
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Comprehensive guide on composing personal statements for MBA applications. Includes several examples of statements
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A comprehensive course on how to get into business school.
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Great article by BusinessWeek exposing what NOT to say in your business school applications.
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E-Book created by Vault and PagalGuy that provides a fantastic deep-dive profile of the top North American and European MBA programs. Similar guides like this have cost $50, but this one is free!
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Reports written and edited by Veritas Prep MBA admissions experts, incorporating unique insights from current students and recent graduates.
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GMAT Critical Reasoning
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Some info on boldface critical reasoning questions.
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Awesome PowerPoint presentation on attacking CR questions.
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Critical Reasoning tutorial from PrepForTests.
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GMAT Essays (AWA)
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Forum member AlaaQasem started a great thread that aggregates the practice GMAT AWA essays submitted by Beat The GMAT members and categorizes these essays by estimated score.
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Good strategies for preparing for the GMAT AWA essays.
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Nice guidelines for formatting your AWA essays on the GMAT.
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Useful AWA Argument tips from forum member jangoJess.
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From MBA.com
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From MBA.com
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Excellent template for structuring Analysis of Argument essay questions on the GMAT.
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GMAT Math
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Decent overview of GMAT math topics.
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What to do when you need some serious help with math.
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A Beat The GMAT forum member has attempted to catalogue every math topic tested on the GMAT.
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Analysis by Knewton of what’s new with OG12 math, along with a breakdown of question types.
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GMAT Math overview by Nova Press.
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Lessons for 10th grade math topics (pretty much the same as what’s tested on the GMAT).
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GMAT Overview
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Very nice debriefing from a Beat The GMAT member who used war strategies to succeed on the GMAT.
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Helpful advice for approaching various sections/questions types found on the GMAT.
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An example of one successful GMAT self-study strategy. This is the original blog that the site founder used to prepare for his own GMAT prep. From this blog grew the GMAT/MBA community that you enjoy today!
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Great articles on a variety of GMAT prep topics.
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There are right and wrong ways of approaching your practice tests. Don’t simply just take them and look at the score-here are some tips on how to really analyze your performance.
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GMAT study guide for people in a time crunch.
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Tons of success stories and debriefings from GMAT test takers!
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Simple and basic overview of what the GMAT test is.
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Excellent data showing that the GMAT will severely penalize you for leaving questions unanswered on the test. If you run out of time, GUESS!
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Great tips for approaching your GMAT study.
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The official website of the GMAT. Another great source for test information, and the only place you can register to take the GMAT.
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Great post debunking the myth that it’s important to get the first few questions correct on each section in order to get a great GMAT score.
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Summary of how the founder of Beat The GMAT (Eric) prepared for and earned a 720 on the GMAT.
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Example of what your GMAT score report will look like after taking the GMAT.
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Interesting forum post on what steps to take to get additional time/resources for your GMAT if you have a medical condition that qualifies.
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Decent introduction to the GMAT.
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Free e-book by Manhattan GMAT containing a gmat overview, general strategies, and a bonus sample gmat test.
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Breakdown of a GMAT score report from MBA.com
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A great place to start if you have no knowledge about the GMAT; includes information on what is tested, number of questions, scoring, etc.
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Great advice on what to do in your final two weeks of study.
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GMAT Practice Materials
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The best and most accurate GMAT practice test simulation. This software is produced by GMAC (makers of GMAT test), and features actual but retired GMAT questions. This is a must download!
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These two books are compared, with interesting results on overlapping material between the two editions.
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Manhattan GMAT has put together a great guide analyzing OG12 vs. OG11.
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Ongoing poll asking which GMAT test prep company makes the best practice tests. Started January 26, 2007.
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PowerPrep was the free GMAT practice test software that used to be distributed from MBA.com. Beginning in 2006, it was replaced by GMATPrep. Even though this software is a bit old, it may still be valuable for practice.
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The best books to use for your GMAT and business school prep.
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GMAT Reading Comprehension
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Nice archive of articles that are similar to GMAT reading comprehension passages.
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A small post that provides an overview of the founder’s (Eric) personal approach to attacking RC questions.
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Guide for folks who are newbies to RC.
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BTG Expert DanaJ walks through an example of tackling a Science RC passage–one of the most difficult question types found on the GMAT.
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Helpful tool to build speed reading skills.
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Nice business articles. Good prep for those RC business passages.
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Wide variety of well-written articles. A good way to prep for RC passages and keep up with current events.
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You’ll find many articles here that are similar to the science passages tested on the GMAT.
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Some advice on how to read more quickly. Especially good for slow readers.
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GMAT Sentence Correction
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Sentence Correction and Critical Reasoning notes compiled by forum member whodeani.
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A collection of the toughest sentence correction practice questions.
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Excellent list of GMAT Idioms prepared by Griscom Test Prep
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Online guide to grammar with quick, easy-to-find answers on everything from commas to semicolons to superlatives and more.
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Another great list of GMAT idioms.
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Very useful American English grammar reference.
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Grammar resource.
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Cool verbal spreadsheet put together by ’4nilesh’.
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An advanced topic sometimes tested on the GMAT: elliptical clauses.
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A forum member’s compilation of all the sentence corrections tested on the GMAT.
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These SC notes from Testmagic.com are absolutely legendary. A must download.
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Resource to look up English idioms.
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An overview of SC grammar.
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GMAT Study Tools
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Over 300 free flashcards on GMAT Strategy, Math, and Verbal subjects. Review these flashcards daily during your GMAT preparation, and be sure to add your own flashcards to supplement your own study strategy. This is a must download!
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Example of an error log created by ‘rlvesco7′.
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Excellent grid to help you analyze your strengths and weaknesses in your practice problem sets.
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Very cool Excel-based GMAT practice grid that automatically tracks timing.
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Another practice grid to help you analyze your performance. Created by the user ‘manishhemnani’.
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Handy grid that classifies every question in OG 10 by: question type, topic, and level of difficulty. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen a similar grid created for OG 11 or OG 12.
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Someone created this Excel grid that classifies each questions in OG 11th Edition. Unfortunately, this document is missing the additional data which classifies each question as ‘EASY, MEDIUM, or HARD.’ Still, it might be useful.
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Beat The GMAT moderator, vittalgmat, has put together an advanced Excel-based GMAT Study Grid for students seeking to track their errors and practice pacing
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GMAT Test Day Tips
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Debriefing of the Beat The GMAT founder’s GMAT test day experience.
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Information about this common timing scenario for GMAT test takers.
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The GMAT can be a psychologically grueling experience. Learn how to manage the stress from this post.
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What you should bring and should not bring to the GMAT testing center.
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Being hungry is the last thing you should worry about while taking the GMAT!
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GMAT Test Prep Companies and Tutors
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GMAT Verbal
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Collection of words that commonly appear on the GMAT–very useful flashcard format.
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A set of verbal notes compiled by a forum member, Sumit.
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Online GMAT verbal quizzes.
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Analysis by Knewton of what’s new with OG12 verbal, along with a breakdown of question types.
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Particularly useful to international folks with limited knowledge of English. To be clear, the GMAT does not test vocabulary.
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MBA Admissions Consultants
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Inexpensive MBA Essay Coaching for Do-It-Yourself Applicants. Free 15 minute consultation.
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An elite b-school admission support service for MBA applicants since 2002.
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Comprehensive services, independently reported admissions success, and free evaluations.
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MBA Admissions Consulting services to maximize your probability of acceptance into your top programs.
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Popular Free GMAT Resources
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Over 300 free flashcards on GMAT Strategy, Math, and Verbal subjects. Review these flashcards daily during your GMAT preparation, and be sure to add your own flashcards to supplement your own study strategy. This is a must download!
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The best and most accurate GMAT practice test simulation. This software is produced by GMAC (makers of GMAT test), and features actual but retired GMAT questions. This is a must download!
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Free e-book by Manhattan GMAT containing a gmat overview, general strategies, and a bonus sample gmat test.
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Student Blogs and Communities
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Beat The GMAT member blog about GMAT prep and other things.
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An MBA applicant blog.
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At one time, one of the best b-school applicant blogs around. Rarely updated today.
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Very impressive end-to-end journal of this guy’s b-school admissions.
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Student blog about a woman who’s entered the Stanford GSB MBA program, class of 2011.
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Blog of a part-time MBA student at the GWU Business School. Discusses life as a student and full-time worker.
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