This course is designed to help you do your best on the GMAT, now given via computer, and improve your chances of gaining admission to graduate schools of business. Each of the six question types on the exam is explained. Practice questions help you know what to expect. Plus, strategies are suggested to improve your performance. Practice is also provided for the new writing sample. Students will also have access to computers with GMAT software, enabling them to become familiar with the computer-based exam. In addition, techniques for increasing test-wiseness and reducing test anxiety are discussed.

Although no preparation course can guarantee a high score, this course will give you the opportunity to improve your verbal, quantitative, and analytical skills, and build your confidence to enable you to perform at your best. A full-scale practice test will also be given; details to be announced.
   

Fee: $585
(includes $40 fee for materials)

Class Note: Registering for the actual test is independent of registering for this course. Materials fee is NON-REFUNDABLE. Once you've paid for a preparatory course with us, you can come back anytime within the next 3 years and retake the same course free of charge (extra material costs not included) depending on space available.
 

Saturdays - August 23, 2008 thru November 11, 2008
Time:  9:00am  --  1:00pm
Registration Deadline:  August 20, 2008 - 8:00pm
Room - 105 at WSU - Davis

You may register for the GMAT Preparatory Course at any WSU Testing Center . You may also register on the first day of class; however, depending on how many register on the first day of the course, you may have to pick up your course materials at a later date. Registration will be closed after the second day of the course has been held.
 

(Since the length of course offerings can vary, the course schedule will be adjusted accordingly)

Week 1: Overview of GMAT

Registration/Purpose/Organization
Goal setting, charting progress, and pre-course information
Instructions for developing individual study strategies for improving:
   I. Math skills
   II. Grammar and usage
   III. Reading comprehension
   IV. Critical thinking

Diagnostic Test
   Condensed 1 1/2 hour exam covering all 5 question types
   Scoring and explanation of selected problems
   Math Review (p. 17)
   Explanation of selected problems covering:
      I. Arithmetic
      II. Algebra
      III. Geometry
      IV. Word problems

Week 2: Quantitative Sections

I. Problem solving (p. 49)
II. Data sufficiency (p. 127)

Strategies for answering questions
Practice problems and explanations

Week 3: Writing Samples (p. 347)

Explanation of writing tasks
Practice in writing essays

Verbal Sections
I. Reading comprehension (p. 175)
   Strategies for answering questions 
   Practice problems and explanations

Instructions for taking practice test and charting progress

Week 4: Verbal Sections (cont'd.)

II. Sentence correction (p. 293)
III. Critical thinking (p. 229)
   Strategies for answering questions
   Practice problems and explanations

Final Review
   More practice on all five question types
   How to deal with test anxiety
   Strategies for preparing for the GMAT during the final week 

Class evaluations