Category Archives: GMAT

Notes to Self: On Blogging, Writing & Beyond

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Barun Jha

Write small, clear and complete sentence. Avoids fragments. Two fragments places together (unless in a sentence) may make sense to you, but it may not for others. Use generic words wherever possible. A paragraph is a collection of sentence. A … Continue reading →

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Comprehension in GMAT-strategies & tips

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Barun Jha

Manage your time well. Read the passage carefully. Speed reading is of no use if you do not comprehend well. Do not waste time on re-reads or poring over unimportant details when you move to questions. You should know where … Continue reading →

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GMAT Reading Comprehension: What’s challenging?

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Barun Jha

Having appeared three standardized test and scored fairly well in each of them, here is my short take on challenges one faces at reading comprehension questions on computer based tests. The content of the passage you have been asked to … Continue reading →

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Erratic but profound thoughts #02

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Barun Jha

Let me tell you this interesting fact, yes, I call it fact; if you are not a writer, preparing an application for these top business schools is going be real tough job. Sometimes the same holds true even if you … Continue reading →

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Comparison & Parallelism in GMAT

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Barun Jha

Post #2 Comparison as a form of parallelism compares two or more parts of a sentence. On GMAT one should spot signal words which usually indicates a comparison being made, thereafter one should looks for the parts of sentence being … Continue reading →

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Comparison & Parallelism in GMAT

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Barun Jha

Post #1 A sentence in GMAT sentence correction needs to be structurally & logically sound. If sentence consists of parts and if these parts are comparable, then parallelism ensures that the comparable parts are structurally and logically similar. To know … Continue reading →

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Just Another GMAT Story

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Barun Jha

Although this may be just another GMAT blog, but I think it will be interesting to document my GMAT story….let’s see how challenging it’s really going to be…Here, I will be sharing my 30 days countdown…. 30 days to go…… … Continue reading →

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