Description:
Seeking a graduate degree in business? GMAT test scores may be a major component of your college or graduate school application process. Your scores can help determine your admission status and may be used in awarding merit-based scholarships, grants, fellowships, and assistantships. Let our Live-Online GMAT Test Preparation course help you prepare for this important exam!
The Live-Online GMAT Test Preparation course is ideal for those pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) or other business-related advanced degrees. The GMAT Test measures quantitative, verbal, integrated reasoning, and analytical writing skills that are acquired through academic experience and are related to a business field of study.
Our Live-Online GMAT Test Preparation curriculum provides 24 hours of targeted instruction to help you fully prepare for the exam. The course has been developed by former standardized-test-item writers and test-preparation experts, who have years of experience writing test questions and preparing students for success on standardized exams.
In addition, the GMAT Test Preparation course materials include GMAT practice tests, so you can practice the skills and strategies you are learning in class on real test questions. You will master strategies to improve your GMAT score with the help of an experienced GMAT instructor who cares about your success.
This synchronous course meets online at the specific dates and times outlined below, providing students the opportunity to participate in class discussions and interact with other students in real time. Students also receive access to class recordings, pre-recorded class modules, an instructor-monitored question forum, and online office hours. This program includes a course workbook and a textbook containing previously released test questions. Course materials are shipped directly to you. You will receive your course materials and login information to access the online class the week before the course begins.
Test Topics:
Quantitative:
- Strategies for handling math questions in the challenging data sufficiency format
- Approaches to math questions presented in abstract form
- Tactics for translating difficult real-world word problems into algebraic expressions or equations
- Review of the mathematical concepts tested in each of the GMAT quantitative formats
Verbal:
- Spotting correct idiomatic speech in sentence completion problems
- Understanding the key components of arguments in critical reasoning problems
- Answering reading comprehension questions quickly, without reading the entire passage
Integrated Reasoning:
- Interpreting data from tables, graphs, text and other sources
- Dealing with multiple questions about the same data
- Analyzing data from multiple columns for Two-Part Analysis questions
General Topics:
- Utilizing the process of elimination
- Mastering time management skills
- Minimizing test anxiety
- Identifying common distractors
GMAT Test Preparation Live-Online Sessions
Session 1: Overview; Equations and Inequalities
Session 2: Picking Numbers; Data Sufficiency; Reading Comprehension—Overview and Global Items
Session 3: Number Properties; Critical Reasoning—Role, Weakener, Strengthener
Session 4: Exponents and Roots; Sentence Correction—Agreement, Verb Forms, Parallelism
Session 5: Fractions; Percents; Rates and Ratios; Reading Comprehension—Local Items
Session 6: Geometry; Critical Reasoning—Assumption, Inference, Explanation, Evaluation; Integrated Reasoning
Session 7: Integrated Reasoning; Sentence Correction—Logical Predication, Diction, Grammatical and Rhetorical Construction
Session 8: 3-D Figures and Coordinate Geometry; Probability and Statistics; Sequences; Counting and Sets; Analytical Writing
The University of Nevada, Reno Extended Studies GMAT Test Preparation course is delivered through a partnership with Educational Testing Consultants, a leader in higher education test preparation. Each year, Educational Testing Consultants helps thousands of students at major colleges and universities across the United States prepare for standardized testing.
GMAT Free Strategy Workshop
Join us for a FREE online introduction to the GMAT and preview what you will learn in class. This live online information session will be held from 6-7 p.m. May 19, 2022. To register for this session, please email exsonline@unr.edu.