Why you need a GMAT coach

This article is from Seth's blog

A coaching paradox

At the top tier of just about any sort of endeavor, you’ll find that the performers have coaches.

Pianists, orators and athletes all have coaches. In fact, it would be weird if we heard of someone on stage or on the field who didn’t have one.

And yet, in the world of business, they’re seen as the exception.

Part of the reason is that work feels like an extension of something we’ve been doing our whole lives. Figure skating isn’t like school, but showing up at work seems to be. “I’ve got this,” is a badge of honor.

And part of the reason is that a few coaches have made claims that stretch belief, and we’re not actually sure what they do. It doesn’t help that there’s no easy way to identify what sort of coach we need or what we’re going to get…

It turns out that the people with the potential to benefit the most from a coach are often the most hesitant precisely because of what coaching involves.

Talking about our challenges. Setting goals. Acknowledging that we can get better. Eagerly seeking responsibility…

And yet we avert our eyes and hesitate. It might be because having a coach might be interpreted as a sign of weakness. And what if we acknowledge our challenges but fail to overcome them? It could be that we don’t want to cause change to happen, or that we’re worried that we will.

One company I admire believes in coaches so much that they’ve put several on staff, ensuring that their leadership all benefit from one. But mostly, it’s something we have to pay for ourselves.

And so, paying for a coach, for something that’s hard to measure, which might be socially awkward, to get better at something that feels normal—combine that with a hesitancy to ask for help—it’s a wonder anyone has a coach.

The paradox is that the very things that hold us back are the reasons we need a coach in the first place.

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Ten ‘feel good’ factors about GMAT

 

Ten ‘feel good’ factors about GMAT 

• You can retake the exam to improve your score 
• There are hardly any surprise elements in the exam
• A great score in the GMAT can cancel out ‘not- so -great’ undergrad grades
• GMAT scores can land you merit scholarship 
• GMAT scores are valid for five years
• Many Indian business schools use GMAT scores for admission
• You don’t have to master ENTIRE Grammar.only select concepts
• Critical reasoning preparation helps in both reading comprehension and analytical writing
• Now you can choose the order in which you want to attempt the sections
• Both math and verbal learning comes handy in IR

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GMAT math thinking skills 10

 GMAT tests your logical skills as well as your knowledge of math concepts.  To score high, you need to remember various formulas, theorems. Also you need to master critical problem-solving skills.

Today I am going to  take you through one problem -solving skill –

Counting skills

Take this problem .

This sum requires higher order thinking

There are two ways to solve this question

 

Method 1:Using pattern recognition

 Lets say,  you didn’t know the concept of counting and permutation and combination

First focus on the 8x8 grid...

Take the smallest unit of chessboard. It’s a 2x2 grid

How many rectangles can you count?

All the squares are rectangles too.

First count squares  there are 5

How many rectangles can you count? There are 4.

In total there are 9 . 

If you observe........ 9  = 1+8

these numbers follow the cube series

 

Now take a  3x3 grid

How many rectangles can you count?

First count squares  there are 14

How many rectangles can you count? There are 22

In total there are 36 . 

If you observe ..........36  = 1+8+27

these numbers follow the cube series

 

Always remember 

the number of rectangles in a grid follow the cubic series 1³ 2³ …3³…

So in a chess board.. the number of rectangles is the  sum of the cubes from 1³ to 8³

 Hence 1³ +2³ + 3³+4³ +5³ +6³ +7³ +8³ =1296

  

 

 

Method 2:Using principles of counting

The chess board has 8 rows and 8 columns. a 8x8 grid.

All squares are rectangles. So you need to count the squares also.

 

Okay.. First look at the gird..

Can you observe the number of horizontal lines? There are 9 lines

Similarly

Can you observe the number of vertical lines? There are 9 lines

 

If you observe… to draw a rectangle. You need to select two horizontal lines and two vertical lines.

The point of intersection of these lines form a rectangle.

So how do we choose two lines out of 9. 

Use combination.

To select 2 horizontal lines = ⁹C₂

To select 2 vertical lines = ⁹C₂

Now as per the rules of counting…you need to multiply

⁹C₂ x ⁹C₂ = ((9x8)/ (1x2) ) x ((9x8)/ (1x2) ) = 1296

There are 1296 rectangles in a chessboard.

 

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Lets try another sum

Solution is here

http://letsgmat.blogspot.com/2020/11/gmat-math-thinking-skills-7.html

 

GMAT retake on your mind?

 

What should you do:

Though each test taker has a different set of reasons for not performing up to her true potential, our experience with students over the years help us arrive at certain broad frameworks.

If your aim is an admit at a top B.School, it makes no sense to score a Quant 49 and Verbal 21, nor is there a balance in a 35 verbal and 41 Quant.

The 50 -60 points difference can be filled by reworking your prep and test taking strategy.

Majority of those who score lower than their potential attributes it to the verbal section.

Thus,

In the replan, spent more time on the verbal than on the math.

In math, ensure you work on questions with apparently simple concepts but complex reasoning, especially data sufficiency.

Do a thorough study of those areas in verbal that troubled you in the exam

• Reading more passages on art, history, culture
• Revising sentence errors more in terms of ambiguity, wordiness, diction
• Gathering strategies for strengthen, weaken boldface arguments
• Evaluating, periodically, your progress by taking tests( FULL TESTS)

Be confident. Your score can go only in one direction, UPWARDS

 

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