Reading Comprehension: The Challenge

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Reading Comprehension

		I: Introduction

		II: The Challenge

		III: The Five Steps

		IV: Question Types

		V: Tips

		VI: Sample Questions

Think of the reading comprehension section as if it were a reality TV show where you are dropped in the middle of a jungle with no clues about where you are or how to proceed. On the GMAT, a reading passage will be dropped in front of you and you will have no background on it whatsoever.

Imagine encountering an essay where:

1. You don't know what the title is.
2. You don't know who the author is.
3. You don't know when or where it was published.
4. You can't see the paragraphs before or after the essay.
5. You don't have enough time to fully read it.
6. The content is dense, boring, academic, smeared with jargon, and covers a topic you have little knowledge.

….And your mastery of those 150 to 300 words will determine your future business school and career.

You're going to need a compass.

Reading for a Purpose

The passages are often going to be purposefully jargon-intensive, distraction-filled, and dense, dense, dense. In college you were taught to read and memorize for detail, but on the GMAT that would get you too bogged down and run out of time. So you have to re-learn how to read to beat the GMAT.

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Introduction

The Five Steps