The 800score Prep Guide is designed so that you can skim areas less necessary or focus on more important material. You can be finished in five hours for a quick refresh, or up to 30 hours if you want to cover every page and do hundreds of practice questions.
Learn the Basics 800score includes over 400 pages of basic and advanced information on reading comp, math, grammar and critical reasoning. Everything is easily browsable and sortable with different skill levels of content for your ability level.
Course includes over 100 instructional videos 800score Instructor
Dr. Stergious Alexandris
Yale BA, MIT PhD Math, GMAT: 800 (51 Quant , 48 Verbal).
Use graphics, videos and visuals.
800score is unique with its heavy use of cartoons, animation and graphics to help teach complex concepts.
Grammar is about the structure of sentences. 800score uses structural graphics
to teach you how sentences work
and make it interesting.
Abstract concepts should be taught using graphics to help you visualize
concepts and strategies.
The 800score Reading Comprehension 5-Step Method
1.Classify the Passage Is this a persuasive essay or a descriptive one? Is it science or humanities?
2. Break down each paragraph
Look for main idea, tone and transitions.
3. See the Organization
Make a mental road map of the essay and/or draw out a map structure on your dry erase scratch paper.
4. Find the Big Idea
Look for unusual language that makes an important point.
Pay special attention to the first and last paragraphs.
5. Diagnose the author's purpose
Look for intention in the essay.
Identify Trick Questions Take hundreds of sample questions to directly reinforce our techniques to beat the GMAT's most challenging questions. All questions feature in-depth explanations so that you can learn from your mistakes.
Get Strategized Learn dozens of test-taking strategies sorted online for easy use and browsing. Course includes specific strategies for non-native English speakers and students aiming for a 600+ score. 800score is a GMAT strategy contributor to BusinessWeek.
How to read quickly and efficiently How to analyze essay structure
The 10 major question types
Additional practice questions
Ch. 3: Critical Reasoning
How to analyze arguments
Types of arguments
How to spot logical fallacies and statistical fallacies
7 critical Reasoning question types
Additional practice questions
Ch. 4. Sentence Correction
150 idioms frequently used on the GMAT
8 types of sentence correction errors
Typical sentence correction question
How to identify trick sentence correction questions.
3-step technique to sentence correction questions
Additional practice questions
Ch. 5: Mathematics
Comprehensive math review of all subjects on the GMAT
Basic math
Algebra
Geometry
Probability
Additional practice questions
Ch.
6: Math Word Problems
How to read math questions
a. Percentages
b. Interest, discount, and markups
c. Progressions
d. Uniform motion
e. Ratio and proportion
f. Grouping and counting
g. Data interpretation
h. Symbols
