The PowerScore Full-length GMAT Course Syllabus

The PowerScore Full-Length GMAT course consists of ten sessions of three hours each. Your course booklets contain extensive discussions of GMAT questions, drills, and analyses, and all attendees at the course receive the Official Guide to GMAT Review, 11th Edition, the Official Guide to GMAT Verbal Review, and the Official Guide to GMAT Quantitative Review, which collectively contain more than 1400 actual GMAT questions.

What we cover in class:

• Course Introduction

  GMAT CAT Format and Strategy

• Quantitative – Arithmetic

  Problem Solving Questions
  Fractions
  Decimals
  Powers and Exponents
  Statistics

• Quantitative – Data Sufficiency

Arithmetic Problem Set

• Verbal Introduction

• Verbal – Critical Reasoning

  Elements of Argumentation
  Must Be True Questions
  Main Point Questions

• Verbal – Sentence Correction

Subjects and Verbs
Verb Tense and Verb Form

• Verbal – Reading Comprehension

Approaching the Passages – 6 Critical Steps
Sample Passages

• Quantitative – Algebra

  Introduction
  Problem Solving – Equations
  Backplugging
  Answer Choice Analysis

• Quantitative – Algebra

  Algebra Review
  Advanced Algebra
  Inequalities

• Verbal – Critical Reasoning

  Weaken Questions
  Cause and Effect Reasoning

• Verbal – Sentence Correction

  Pronouns – Choice, Reference, and Agreement
  Word Choice – Idioms, Adverbs, Wordiness

• Quantitative – Geometry

Lines and Angles
Polygons
Circles

• Quantitative – Geometry

  Geometry Review
  Solids and Volume
  Coordinate Geometry
  Notes and Formulas

• Quantitative – Word Problems

  Rate
  Work
  Mixture
  Interest, Discount, and Profit
  Data Interpretation

• Verbal – Critical Reasoning

  Strengthen Questions
  Assumption Questions
  The Supporter/Defender Assumption Model™
  The Assumption Negation Technique™

• Quantitative – Algebra II

  Functions
  Functions in Coordinate Geometry

• Quantitative – Word Problems

  Sequences
  Permutations
  Counting Problems and Combinations
  Consecutive Number Operations
  Sets and Groups

• Verbal – Critical Reasoning

  Resolve the Paradox Questions
  Numbers and Percentages Problems

• Analytical Writing Assessment

  Analysis of an Issue Task
  Analysis of an Argument Task

• Verbal – Reading Comprehension

  Review
  Advanced Passages

• Verbal – Sentence Correction

  Parallelism
  Comparisons
  Modifiers
  Coordination and Subordination
  Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices
  Passive and Active Voice

• Quantitative – Word Problems

  Sets and Groups
  Probability
  Conditional Probability
  Roman Numeral Problems

• Final Test Strategy