Why am I struggling so much on the GMAT as I always did well on standardized tests?

GMAT is a wonderful exam that tests your critical reading, writing, and reasoning skills acquired to date. Critical skills are a crystal clear thought process regarding the concepts and their application. For the majority of the candidates who have been brilliant academic performers or in fact, valedictorian’s, GMAT proves to be an eye-opener with the […]

Additive phrases act as modifiers and do not compound/pluralize the subject. Additive Phrases include the following markers – AS WELL AS TOGETHER WITH INCLUDING APART FROM RATHER THAN INSTEAD OF NOT (in the context of, say, “John, not Sam, WAS going to the office”) IN ADDITION TO In case of additives, the noun to the […]

Inverted structures are tested on the GMAT in two broad parallel structures/correlatives Not only..But/But also/ also correlative Not only X but also Y Not only X but Y Not only X also Y Not X nor Y First, let us understand what inversion means. Inverted structures are structures in which (a part of) the main […]

Negation for GMAT Assumption One category of CR questions tested on GMAT Verbal is “Assumption” questions. An assumption is essentially an unstated premise, i.e., what is missing in the argument as the author goes from the premise to the conclusion. In other words, it is the bridge between the premise and the conclusion. An assumption […]

The challenge Boldfaced questions appear in the Critical Reasoning section of GMAT Verbal. If you are appearing for the GMAT Focus Edition, you can almost certainly expect at least 1 Bolfaced question on the test. Such questions can be a bit daunting for even those who are otherwise scoring a 90+%ile in GMAT Verbal. This […]