The PowerScore Weekend GMAT Course Syllabus
What we cover in class

The PowerScore Weekend GMAT Course consists of four sessions of four hours each. Sessions I and II are taught on Saturday, and Sessions III and IV are taught on Sunday. The total in-class instruction time is sixteen hours. Your seminar booklet contains extensive discussions of GMAT questions, drills, and analyses, and all attendees at the course receive the Official Guide to GMAT Review, 11th Edition, which contains more than 1400 actual GMAT questions.

The following syllabus is used in the PowerScore Weekend GMAT Course:

• GMAT CAT Format and Scoring Reviewed

  The Format of the GMAT
  Adaptivity and Question Order
  Guessing Strategy
  Pacing
  The CAT Environment

• Quantitative Section—General

  Section Overview and Mathematical Principles Covered
  Problem Solving Questions
  Backplugging™ an Answer Choice
  Backplugging™ by Supplying Numbers
  Numerical Approximation™
  The Importance of Analyzing the Answer Choices
  Data Sufficiency Questions
  The Data SufficienTree™
  Know, Don’t Solve™
  Backplugging™ Revisited

• Quantitative Section—Algebra

  Creating Expressions
  Creating Expressions--Mini-Challenge
  Equations
  Simplifying Equations
  Solving Equations
  FOIL and Quadratic Equations
  Classic GMAT Equation Forms
  Equation Traps
  Sample Equation Problems
  Inequalities
  Sample Inequality Problems
  Functions
  Sample Function Problems

• Verbal Section—Critical Reasoning

Attacking the Stimulus
When to Read the Question Stem
The Elements of Argumentation
Identifying Premises and Conclusions
Analyzing the Question Stem
Critical Reasoning Question Types
Prephrasing Answers
The Answer Choices
Must Be True Questions
The Fact Test™
Weaken Questions
GMAT Causality
Assumption and Strengthen Questions
The Supporter/Defender Assumption Model™
The Assumption Negation Technique™
Resolve the Paradox Questions
Method/Flaw Questions
Fallacious Methods of Reasoning

• Analytical Writing—Analysis of an Issue

  The Scoring of Analytical Writing Responses
  Criteria Used by the e-Rater
  Ten Essay Points to Consider
  Structuring the Essay
  Time Management
  Analysis of an Issue Scoring Criteria
  Seven Key Issue Points
  Sample Essay Template
  Sample Responses and Criticism

• Analytical Writing—Analysis of an Argument

  Sample Topics
  Scoring Criteria
  Structuring Your Essay
  Classic Errors of Reasoning
  Analysis of an Argument Sample Responses
  Analysis of an Argument Review
  Final AWA Thoughts

• Quantitative Section—Geometry

  Lines—Intersecting, Perpendicular, and Parallel
  Polygons
  Triangles
  Classic GMAT Triangles
  Quadrilaterals
  Circles
  Solids and Volume
  Coordinate Geometry
  Attacking Problems and Technique Application
  Formula List

• Quantitative Section—Word Problems

Rate Problems
Work Problems
Mixture Problems
Interest, Discount, and Profit Problems
Sets and Groups Problems
Probability—Single and Multiple Event
Data Interpretation Problems
Formula List and Endnotes

• Verbal Section—Reading Comprehension

  Approaching the Passages—6 Critical Steps
  Change Your Mindset About Reading Comprehension
  Passage Context
  Read from General to Specific
  Question Types
  Prephrasing
  Contenders and Losers
  Final Notes
  Reading Comprehension Passages

• Verbal Section—Sentence Correction

  Principles of Sentence Correction
  Classic Sentence Correction Errors
  Answer Choice Analysis
  Sample Problems

• Post–Course Review

  Two Post–Course Study Plans
  Additional Materials and Assistance
  GMAT Rules, Regulations, and Readiness
  Several Days Before the Test
  The Day of the Test
  At the Test Center