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SAT Reading Comprehension Exercises – Passage 4
Below is the link to the next article in the installment. This one is pretty hard in my opinion, but it is also pretty short so it should make for a fairly quick exercise. Happy reading!!!...
Data Sufficiency and the “Spectrum of Sufficiency”
Understanding the “Spectrum of Sufficiency” is a key advanced strategy on Data Sufficiency questions and yet very few people seem to be aware of the technique. Nevertheless, understanding the concept and how to apply it can really help you answer some of the...
SAT Reading Comprehension Exercises – Passage 1
So this is the first post in a series of posts aimed at helping both my students and any other interested readers learn to read more critically. For a more in depth discussion of my motivation here and why this skill is so important, both on the SAT and in...
SAT Reading Comprehension Exercises – Passage 1 (Analysis)
This is an analysis of the passage that I introduced in the previous post (SAT Reading Comprehension Exercises – Passage 1). Please see that post for more information about the purpose of this exercise. The article being referenced is:...
SAT Reading Comprehension Exercises – Passage 2
This is the second post in my Reading Critically series. The article that follows is a bit longer than the first (its hard to find articles that are as short as SAT passages), but it is a pretty interesting piece. I will pose the questions below, but first a...
SAT Reading Comprehension Exercises – Passage 2 Analysis
This is the second post in my Reading Critically series. The article that follows is a bit longer than the first (its hard to find articles that are as short as SAT passages), but it is a pretty interesting piece. I will pose the questions below, but first a...
SAT Reading Comprehension Exercises – Passage 3
In this installment of the Reading Critically Exercises, I chose to go with an easier, shorter, and perhaps more interesting passage. The length is closer to what you would see on the SAT (though still a bit longer) and the author’s purpose is a little more...
SAT Reading Comprehension Exercises – Passage 3 Analysis
Below is the link for the article that I introduced in the previous post and below that are the questions and commentary. Please don’t just read the commentary – try to answer the questions for yourself first!!!...
Case Study: Jake R.
Location: Bay Area, CAStarting GMAT Score: N/A (Pivoted from GRE)Final GMAT Score: 760School Attended: Berkeley (Haas) The first interesting thing about Jake’s situation is that he came to us having already taken the GRE in college and having gotten a very...
Case Study: Josh L.
Location: Westchester, NYStarting GMAT Score: 590Final GMAT Score: 710School Attended: Wharton At the time, Josh’s case was unique for me in that he was starting a ManhattanGMAT class at the same time that we began meeting (I had worked with students who had...
Case Study: Chloe F.
Location: Boston, MAStarting GRE Score: 145Q 154VFinal GMAT Score: 160Q 162VSchool Attended: Harvard Business School Chloe was a classic case of someone who is very smart but not great at Math or at standardized tests. She was also one of the many people I...
Case Study: Mark L
Location: Calgary, CanadaStarting GRE Score: N/A (Pivoted from GMAT)Final GMAT Score: 169Q 164V (equivalent to 760 GMAT)School Attended: Stanford GSB Mark makes for an interesting case study for a couple of reasons. The most important is that he came to me...
Case Study: Aaron S.
Location: New York CityStarting GMAT Score: 620Final GMAT Score: 740School Attended: Harvard Business School Aaron came to me with very little experience with the test and an initial practice test score of 620. In our first session it became clear to me that...
Case Study: Evan M.
Location: London, UKStarting GMAT Score: 430Final GMAT Score: 690School Attended: London Business School Evan achieved one of the biggest score increases I have ever seen with any of my students, so this is part of the reason I chose to include him here. But...
Case Study: Louis P.
Location: Paris, FranceStarting GMAT Score: 410Final GMAT Score: 670School Attended: NYU Louis is a non-native English speaker and came to me with no experience whatsoever with the GMAT. Normally I would have a new student take a diagnostic before meeting...
Case Study: Chantal L.
Location: New York CityStarting GMAT Score: 480Final GMAT Score: 600School Attended: Columbia Business School Chantal was one of my all time favorite students (I am still friends with her) and her case illustrates several important lessons. Chantal is...
Case Study: Heath C.
Location: Dallas, TexasStarting GMAT Score: 640Final GMAT Score: 710School Attended: JD-MBA at Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern) Heath came to me having taken the GMAT 6 times before! He had already done a Master’s in accounting so some of the...
Case Study: Aleeza K.
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesStarting ACT Score: 24E, 26M, 25R, 24S (25 Cum)Final ACT Score: 34E, 33M, 29R, 30S (32 Cum)College: Dartmouth Prior to working with me, Aleeza had taken the SAT and ACT and had not done as well as she would have liked. She felt...
Case Study: David V
Locust Valley, NYStarting SAT Score: 540M 510VFinal SAT Score: 700M, 710VCollege: Boston University David started at a pretty low level and ultimately achieved a near 600 point increase! When I first met with David it was clear that he was ultimately likely...
Case Study: Jon S.
Port Washington, NYStarting SAT Score:650M 650VFinal SAT Score:800M 760VCollege: Vasser In Jon’s case we started in August before his Junior year. Based on his practice test scores we decided that he had a shot at a National Merit Scholarship, so we did some...
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