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The solving approach with "3. Patterns" is pretty new to me. Thanks for your help!

@dominatethegmat

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Glad you found it helpful!

I think you are a great human being for doing this! Thank you!

@dominatethegmat

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying so! I'm glad you're finding my videos helpful. Good luck and let me know how else I can help.

Hi Bret, This is really an awesome venture. The way you teaches, matters most. You are teaching like we are paying you for that. God will pay surely for this! Godspeed!

@dominatethegmat

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to provide this feedback. I'm glad you've been finding my videos helpful, and yes, I do put as much attention and passion into these videos as I do my paid courses! Best of luck to you and don't hesitate to let me know how else I can help.

Your legacy still lives on! You’re great. Thanks a lot

@dominatethegmat

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the vote of confidence! I'm glad you resonate with my strategies and teaching style. All the best to you and let me know how else I can help!

Thank you so much for those highly helpful vidéos Brett. God bless you.

Pattern Recognition was very helpful to break down Critical Reasoning questions. Thank you!

Excellent video & great strategic detail!

Patterns - super useful! Thanks!!

@dominatethegmat

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful.

Bret, your Gmat Verbal course is amazing. You are a very good teacher.

@dominatethegmat

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you're finding it helpful!

Thank you, all 3 of your videos were fantastic

@dominatethegmat

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, glad you found them helpful!

Great video..knowing strategy part was most useful...

I saw all first three videos. All are amazing and you are a great teacher...many thanks for the videos

@dominatethegmat

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to let me know you enjoyed them. Good luck as you continue your preparation and let me know if there's anything else I can do to help!

@sahilarya1187

6 жыл бұрын

Mohammad Abbas It would be very honoured for me can you please tell me that which study Material I have to use?

thanks a lot.

Great videos. Thanks for being a resource.

@dominatethegmat

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Glad you found us!

Thank you so much for this video.

@dominatethegmat

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, glad you liked it!

Great info! Such a refreshing approach to a stuffy subject.

@dominatethegmat

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it hit home!

Thankyou very much 🙂🙂 really motivating videos

@dominatethegmat

6 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, glad they're helping!

loved the video

@dominatethegmat

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad you found it helpful!

thanks a lot =) and about Pareto principle, it really works)

@dominatethegmat

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome...and yes it does!

Thanks

I have just scheduled my GMAT for this Sept 2017 and I have not really began to study (I work full time and part-time, so it is a bit challenging to find time). Honestly, I was terrified about taking the test but the first 2 videos I have watched already make me feel more confident about taking this test and more prepared. Now, I am excited to apply what I've learned through you! I will let you know how it goes...

@dominatethegmat

7 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I'm glad you're already feeling more confident. You still have plenty of time between now and September (to give you an idea, my Full GMAT Prep Course is designed around an 8-week study plan), but you'll need to be intentional about mapping out your game plan and staying consistent with your preparation, especially since it sounds like time is scarce for you. Good luck and let me know how else I can help!

@dominatethegmat

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, my Sentence Correction videos wade through the fluff and help you focus on the most commonly-tested points of English grammar and provide you with the ideal methodology for answering them. If mental fatigue is an issue on the verbal section, remember that you can now select your section order. You may want to tackle the verbal section first next time, since it sounds like quant is your strength (and you're more likely to be able to still do well on it even when you're tired).

@dominatethegmat

6 жыл бұрын

Don't be too hard on yourself. Yes, taking the breaks is definitely important. BUT, be careful if you choose to leave the testing room. I had a student once who left to go to the bathroom during his break, was a little too casual about it, and when he got back to his computer the next section had already started and he lost about three minutes. As a result he panicked and rushed and it hurt his score. Oops!

@dominatethegmat

6 жыл бұрын

Your thinking is good. This video was made before the GMAT made the change a couple months ago allowing you to select your own section order, so you no longer have to start with the verbal section. If you feel like setting yourself up for success by leading with the quant section will help you, then go for it! Best of luck to you, and thanks in advance for the referrals.

Love his practical approach. Really awesome.

@dominatethegmat

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you appreciated it!

Thanks a lot Brett, the video was informative and helpful. I am thinking off to start the Preparation. As I am a tech guy, I am not that much concerned about Quant, the only stuff that boggles my mind is Verbal. I need to know any strategy or pattern or some magic wand to beat it. Looking forward to hear from you.

@dominatethegmat

10 жыл бұрын

There's no "magic wand" but there are definitely some useful strategies and key concepts to focus on to improve your verbal score the most. You can search for my free video on KZread about the "Bracketing Technique" which I think you'll find helpful. And of course I offer a comprehensive GMAT verbal course that I know will help you: www.dominatethegmat.com/video-purchase/full-verbal-section/

Thank you so much for these videos! I started watching this week and it's already helped me so much. Can you please direct me to where you have your video on the working backwards strategy? Thanks again!

@dominatethegmat

10 жыл бұрын

The "Working Backwards" strategy is explained in our Free Session which you can get here: www.dominatethegmat.com/gmat-free-session/. Glad you're finding benefit from these videos!

@renatopasqualini5989

10 жыл бұрын

Dominate the GMAT Thank you Brett!

Thanks for the video. I really love the way you explain concepts. It might be a bit irrelevant here, but I would like to talk about the CR question, which is discussed in the video. The conclusion of the argument is: Profile increased due to Ms. Valdez international marketing efforts. Anything that breaks this relationship is a weak-ner. Option C) Says that the advertising focus of the company has changed from Radio to Television. It may be far fetched ADs on TV >> Sale (increase)>> Profits (increase). This breaks the relationship. I crossed option E) because more or double revenue doesn't necessarily mean increase in profit. I can site a number of OG questions that focus on the terminology (revenue may not be imply profit) I fall under the 650-700 zone. This is where I get lost. It hard to choose the right one.

@dominatethegmat

8 жыл бұрын

+Sunny Mantri This is a good question. I agree with your assertion that increased revenue doesn't necessarily equal increased profit. That is something to be on the lookout for. However, the big issues determine the right answer more so than the nuances, so start there. What I mean by that is, the "big" thing you want to do to weaken the argument is to attack/weaken the underlying assumption. Here, the conclusion is: A causes B (i.e. Ms. Valdez's efforts are what resulted in increased profits). What would weaken that? Finding that something ELSE actually led to those increased profits! Answer choice E does that perfectly by suggesting that it was actually Mr. Jones's decision, not Ms. Valdez's efforts, that had the biggest impact on profits. Since answer choice E breaks the causal relationship the best, it's still the right answer even though there's a nuanced issue with revenue not necessarily equating to profits. Make sense? The big problem with answer choice C is that it actually SUPPORTS the conclusion. First of all, your line of reasoning does take it a bit too far. If you have to make that many assumptions about the chain of events leading to increased profits, then you're adding assumptions to the already existing assumptions, which means the answer choice is probably out of SCOPE. But even if I accept your line of reasoning, all that does is support the idea that in fact Ms. Valdez was responsible for the increased profits. Right? B/c the switch to TV and radio ads happened on her watch? Remember that to weaken the conclusion we want to show how Ms. Valdez was NOT responsible for the increased profits; answer choice C does the exact opposite.

@rishabhmantri7296

8 жыл бұрын

+Dominate the GMAT Thanks for the explanation. It does makes more sense now. Perhaps, I fail to prioritise the answer choices depending upon what we want achieve. What makes it harder is the ticking clock and a lot of text to comprehend.

@dominatethegmat

8 жыл бұрын

+Sunny Mantri That's for sure! Doing all of this quickly takes practice. A lot of it comes down to pattern recognition, too. The more problems you see, the more quickly you'll recognize the pattern of argument you're looking at (and thus can more quickly and accurately identify the author's underlying assumption, which is key to answering a large number of CR questions). I cover all of that in more detail in my CR.Pt.2 lesson here: www.dominatethegmat.com/video-purchase/a-la-carte-topics/gmat-critical-reasoning-part-2/.

interesting,teacher keep it up.

@dominatethegmat

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

All strategies are critical

Thanks Brett! The pattern recognition is something I did not even think of but makes complete sense. Have started practicing questions this week and have one month to go until the test, so I was wondering what patterns have you recognized over all these years? Is Brand Royal's book the best place to identify them or what do you suggest us to do exactly to find these patterns? Thanks for your help! Phil

@dominatethegmat

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, Brandon Royal's "Game Plan for the GMAT" is a good place to start for pattern recognition because he breaks his practice questions up into commonly-tested categories. Of course all of my a-la-carte video lessons (www.dominatethegmat.com/video-purchase/a-la-carte-topics/) focus on teaching the common patterns of each question type as well. Good luck Phil!

Hello Bret! Thank you for the videos and the contents. It's really usufull. A few days ago, I was still thinking if i will have enough time to prepare myself for end March, but with your videos i fell more confident and motivated. Also, I would like to prepare myself with the official Guide, do you think the official package of three books is enough for a self-studying prepartion ? The three books are : The Official Guide for GMAT Review 2016, The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review 2016 and The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2016. Thank You and my best wishes for this coming year. Sorry for the english mistakes, I am also improving my knowledge of the most common garmmar rules and idioms. :-)

@dominatethegmat

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Houder Excellent, glad you feel that way! Yes, you have plenty of time to study between now and March. My Full GMAT Prep Course is designed around an 8-week study plan, just to give you an idea. Usually students can fully prepare for the GMAT in 2-3 months. Good luck and let me know if/how I can help!

Hi Brett, I tried your strategies from the last video on some of the questions and I got most of them right...Thank you very much! You are right...I could have got the others right by doing some practice...I am very new to GMAT and I do not know what content to study...Would it be possible for you to make a video with the content (topics) that we need to know in the order of their importance??? I think that would be of great help to me...

@dominatethegmat

9 жыл бұрын

I'm one step ahead of you! Check out the most recent video I posted, which is a webinar I did for Accepted.com a few weeks ago detailing a game plan (including the relevant content you need to study) for you to dominate the GMAT. Of course if you really want a leg up, consider taking my Full Course!

@dominatethegmat

9 жыл бұрын

Here you go: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGSktc6kh9WriLg.html

Great Content Bret! One question that comes to mind: Are there are specific type of questions that, with the proper preparation and practice, can and should be answered within 30 seconds?

@dominatethegmat

8 жыл бұрын

+Boris Lipsman Yes, absolutely! I can't make any blanket statements about which ones, but often you'll find that you can answer certain Sentence Correction questions in less than 30 seconds as well as certain Problem Solving and Data Sufficiency questions. For example if you see a permutations question and recognize the type it is, you should be able to easily apply the formula and solve it in less than 30 seconds. But be careful! Later in a section when the questions get harder (hopefully! that means you're doing well), remember that hard questions have hard answers. Sometimes you may think there's an easy answer that you can get in less than 30 seconds, but you're missing something important that's making it a hard question. Make sense?

Definitely the strategy portion is the part where i'm lacking. I have been studying content for over a month now but seem stuck at 600 on my practice tests.

@dominatethegmat

9 жыл бұрын

Kc Anderson Got your e-mail. Let's equip you with the strategies to break through that 600 barrier!

@matrixlone

9 жыл бұрын

+Dominate the GMAT what is gmat??

@dominatethegmat

9 жыл бұрын

matrixlone The GMAT is the standardized test that most business schools require as part of the application process for an MBA. It tests your quantitative and verbal proficiency across a number of different question types.

Hello there Bret, So many years have passed up since you uploaded this video, but I am watching right now. So, which is the best GMAT book right now to practice? Thanks!

@dominatethegmat

4 жыл бұрын

This video is still relevant for today's GMAT! A few structural things have changed in terms of the format of the exam (fewer questions, select section order, etc.) but the core content tested and major questions types remain unchanged. It's difficult to fully prepare for the GMAT from a book, but I do assign homework problems from the following two books in my courses: 1) GMAT Official Guide 2021 (amzn.to/3fyiHFC) and 2) Ace the GMAT (amzn.to/3kgu6xs). Note that I've recorded detailed video solutions for every question in the GMAT Official Guide and included them with the Gold and Platinum packages of my course. Good luck and let me know how else I can help!

Thanks for your videos, It is helping me quite a bit. You mentioned that in learn topic, that to focus more on the topics that have heavy weightage in GMAT exam. But what if I get questions from those topics at the beginning of the exam, wouldn't that hurt my score?

@dominatethegmat

9 жыл бұрын

Of course there's a chance you'll get questions you don't know how to solve early in the exam. That's why, ideally, you should prepare comprehensively for all questions types and topic areas tested on the GMAT. (You can register for my Full Course here: www.dominatethegmat.com/video-purchase/gmat-online-test-full-course/). But remember that even if you do get a couple early questions wrong, you can still dig yourself out of the hole and get a great score. Just try as hard as you can on every question...that's all you can do!

Thank you for the video! One question, how about the answer A in the last question? It also seems reasonable.

@dominatethegmat

9 жыл бұрын

A is different than E because E says that Ms. Valdez's predecessor acquired the rival corporation "just before" Ms. Valdez took over. Thus, it may have been what was really responsible for the recent success rather than anything Ms. Valdez herself did. "A" simply says that the predecessor's campaign happened "during the tenure." If in fact the advertising campaign had been successful, it should have accounted for larger profits during the predecessor's tenure (i.e. more than 8%). But again, it doesn't explain the "something else" than may really be causing the recent increase in profits, which is what we're looking for.

@Nargiz23

9 жыл бұрын

Dominate the GMAT True, they don't mention in A when exactly the campaign started so it might have started at the beginning of the predecessor's tenure and then it should have accounted for larger profits. Thank you!

Took the GMAT days ago and scored a 500. I need to get a minimum of 700. I caught on your channel pretty late, but i must say it's VERY insightful. I want to take the GMAT again in about 4-6weeks. What can you advice i'd need in improving toward my desired score?

@dominatethegmat

9 жыл бұрын

Did you pay extra to get the detailed score report? That would be helpful to know exactly where your weak areas are and where you need the most improvement. If you take one of my practice tests (www.dominatethegmat.com/gmat-online-practice-test/gmat-online-practice-test/), I can look at your results and help you figure that out as well. In general, if you scored a 500, there's definitely still a knowledge gap you'll need to fill -- probably in all areas. Then, cracking 700 requires really good time management as well.

Hello Brett, I need more help with the patterns with respect to time management.

@dominatethegmat

8 жыл бұрын

Great! You'll get familiar with all of the question patterns (both quant and verbal) when you go through my Full GMAT Course. Also, the more practice problems you work, the more familiar you'll become with all of the patterns!

I'm taking the GMAT in November....Do you have videos for the verbal section of the test?

@dominatethegmat

7 жыл бұрын

I do have a few verbal videos here on this KZread channel, yes. Search "all videos" and you'll find them. Your best bet, of course, will be to go with our comprehensive online GMAT Verbal Course: www.dominatethegmat.com/video-purchase/full-gmat-verbal-course/. Good luck, and I hope to have the chance to work with you!

Hi Bret! Can you please explain one more time the problem about Ms. Valdez. You have said that in weaken question 'C didn't cause B' so I didn't understand how did you applied this principle to the question. thanks

@dominatethegmat

7 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's right. The original argument implies that it was the new president Ana Valdez that "caused" profits to increase from 8% under her predecessor to 15%. However, what if we could show that it was actually something else that caused the increased profits, and not anything Ana Valdez actually did herself? Such a thing would be the "C" confounding variable, and would weaken the argument. Indeed, answer choice E points to just such a "C" possibility, namely that the acquisition of a rival company increased revenue (and therefore profits). Since that happened before Ana Valdez came on board, then perhaps she shouldn't get credit after all.

What's the difference between the various versions of Game Plan for the Gmat: Mastering in 40 days versus Mastering in 20 days (Math and Verbal)?

@dominatethegmat

9 жыл бұрын

It's the exact same content -- The 40-day book is a compilation of the 20-day Math and 20-day Verbal material.

I just took a practice test. Scored only 460. I was so stressed about the difficult questions that it took me so much time to solve it. My test is after 4 days. Im lost completely

@dominatethegmat

5 жыл бұрын

4 days isn't a lot of time. Do you have wiggle room to push it back so that you have some more time to study? I have had students sign up for my course just a week before their GMAT and get a big boost from it, so you might consider that. It'll certainly give you fighting chance more than just trying to figure everything out on your own. Let me know how else I can help!

@nitipriyasingh1387

5 жыл бұрын

I gave a sectional test for quants and I was able to attempt only 20 questions in 1 hr and had to guess rest. The score was 13. I tried the same test without timer I was able to attempt 21 questions only. Can you help me understand what is the minimum no. S of questions I can afford to guess skip? To get 750 plus.

Can you please tell me about how the score is calculated in GMAT, say if i did 2 Questions in math correct, how much score i will get and same in case of English/verbal sections ???

@dominatethegmat

8 жыл бұрын

+amit pandey Here's another video on my KZread channel that explains GMAT scoring: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mY1n2q2qiredZ9I.html. Hope it helps!

I tried to look for the detailed game plan to dominate the gmat video but I could not find it. Can you please provide me with the link?

@dominatethegmat

9 жыл бұрын

Here you go: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGSktc6kh9WriLg.html

is the next video mentioned at the end on-line yet?

@dominatethegmat

10 жыл бұрын

It's available to people on my e-mail lists, but I didn't put it up for public consumption on KZread, no.

@shubhashirsat1

9 жыл бұрын

Dominate the GMAT Brett, please add me to your email list. I have already signed up for your tips...

What are the names of the two books that you recommend?

@brettethridge755

10 жыл бұрын

The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 13th ed. (by the GMAC) and Game Plan for the GMAT (by Brandon Royal).

Bret, the official guide doesn't have 700+ questions. It has only 600 level questions. So please don't recommend that as the only source for one's preparation. As we start getting 700+ level questions during the exam, some rules like the one's you mentioned for SC don't really come in handy and one needs to have a certain depth of the English language to get those right. So smart won'y really help

@dominatethegmat

9 жыл бұрын

Abhishek Ramakrishnan Thanks for your feedback! In fact there are quite a few 700-level questions in the OG, especially the new 2016 edition. Moreover, there are also some really challenging questions in the other textbook I recommend, the Game Plan for the GMAT. Regarding the strategies I teach, I think the best way to think about them is as tools in your tool belt that you can take out as needed. In other words, they're definitely not applicable on every question you'll encounter on the GMAT, but they help more than you might think. And as I taught in Part 1 of this "GMAT Mastery" video series, there are several key components to dominating the GMAT including strategy, time management, AND content mastery. You're exactly right -- you do have to know certain key grammar rules and "best practices" of English expression to do really well on the verbal section of the GMAT, which is why I teach them in-depth in my GMAT verbal course: www.dominatethegmat.com/video-purchase/full-verbal-section/. Thanks again for taking the time to write and best of luck to you on the GMAT!

Hi Brett, I got into your website and applied for the free section. But after receiving the e-mail and clicking on it it said that is not available.

@dominatethegmat

7 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm, I'm sorry to hear that but thanks for bringing it to my attention. I'll look into it. Please send me an e-mail at brett@dominatethegmat.com and I'll arrange to get you the free session content another way.

I just took the GMAT exam, but the result wasn't what I expected. How can I master the strategy?

@dominatethegmat

9 жыл бұрын

Sandy Zou There's not an easy answer to that question simply because there are different strategies for different question types. You can master the non-standard math strategies by taking my a-la-carte lesson on that topic, for example: www.dominatethegmat.com/video-purchase/a-la-carte-topics/gmat-strategies-non-traditional-math-techniques/. But there are other strategies for Critical Reading and key strategies for certain Data Sufficiency question types, etc. Your best bet would be to enroll in my comprehensive Full GMAT Course where I cover it all: www.dominatethegmat.com/video-purchase/gmat-online-test-full-course/.

Excuse me, English is not my native language , so how can i beat the GMAT ,My problem is the language i need some advice please.

@dominatethegmat

4 жыл бұрын

Sure, send me an e-mail at brett@dominatethegmat.com. I'll point you in the right direction.

hey, the reason why the people getting a 700+ score are studying less than the people getting a 600+ score is that a great number of people getting 700+ are really really smart people and they have to study less hours to get a 700+ score compared to other people who have to study more to get a 600+ score.

@jaritwelles4169

9 жыл бұрын

Maybe. Regardless of how smart you think you are, don't give up till you get that 700+ !