A student recently asked me to show an example of how I read and take notes on a reading comprehension passage. In this older article, I discussed how to read through an RC passage in general, but I didn’t show an example. If you haven’t already read the older article, read that first; then come [...]

Last week, a student asked me to write an article on finding “The Point” in a reading comprehension passage – specifically, what is The Point and how do we find it? I thought it was a great idea; a lot of people struggle with this. Note: this article doesn’t address how to answer reading comprehension [...]

This article was written by our instructor, Stacey Koprince. Students often ask for non-GMAT reading sources that they can use to improve their reading skills in general, for comprehension and for speed. Recently, some students have asked for more: how should they read such material? Is it the same as reading for work or for [...]

At Manhattan GMAT, we take pride in the quality teaching of our instructors. In fact, we value their Socratic method so much that for a long time we have been worried about posting videos, which are a decidedly not interactive media (unlike our classes). However, to show our continuing commitment to preparing our students for [...]

Recently, I was asked to write an article on the reading part of reading comprehension – specifically, what are we supposed to do and look for during the initial few minutes before we start to answer the first question? I thought it was a great idea; a lot of people struggle with this. Note: this [...]

Here’s the latest in our Content Series, by Chris Ryan, Director of Instructor and Product Development, ManhattanGMAT: GMAT Strategies for the Verbally-Concerned Last time we talked about strategies for the math-challenged. But what if you have the opposite issue? Maybe you can solve equations just fine; it’s this “fuzzy language stuff” that gets you down. [...]