Remember out immensely popular free Integrated Reasoning workshops from last month? Well, they’re back! Due to overwhelming student demand, we’ve added four more workshops, which you can now register for.

Sign up fast before they sell out!

Tuesday, May 8th (8:00 “ 10:00pm EST)
Instructor: Tommy Wallach

Saturday, May 19th (1:00 “ 3:00pm EST)
Instructor: Stephanie Moyerman

Monday, May 21st (8:00 “ 10:00pm EST)
Instructor: Whitney Garner

Saturday, June 2nd (1:00 “ 3:00pm EST)
Instructor: Stephanie Moyerman

We invite you to test your GMAT knowledge for a chance to win! Each week, we will post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for a free Manhattan GMAT Prep item. Tell your friends to get out their scrap paper and start solving!
Here is this week’s problem:

The expression x[n]y is defined for positive values of x and y and for positive integer values of n as follows:

1. x[1]y = x^y
2. If n is odd, x[n+1]y = (x[n]y)^x
3. If n is even, x[n+1]y = (x[n]y)^y

If y = ½ and x[4]y = 2, then x =

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Has anyone not heard yet that the GMAT is changing on June 5th? If you’re sure you won’t need to take the new test, you don’t need to read this article. If you are planning to take the new test, though, or if you think you might have to, then read on.

Scoring

Over the past week, GMAC has released some additional information about the new Integrated Reasoning (IR) section “ in particular, some very key details on how the scoring is going to work.

When GMATPrep 2.0 launched a few weeks ago, it became apparent that the scoring scale would be from a low of 1 to a high of 8, and GMAC has since confirmed that the scores will be given in integer increments “ no 6.5 or 7.5 scores.

More importantly, we now know that the IR section scoring will be based on percentage correct, unlike the quant and verbal portions of the test, and there will be no penalty for incorrect answers. Integrated Reasoning is not an adaptive test, so the primary determinant of our score really is just how many we get right. (Note: although the test is not adaptive, we still can’t go back to questions we’ve already finished. Once you confirm an answer, that question is gone for good.) Further, the different question types will all be weighted the same “ so it’s not the case that, say, Graphics Interpretation questions will be any more or less important than Table Analysis questions. Read more

Then this article’s for you. Everyone I’ve talked to recently falls into one of two camps:

• I need to take the test before it changes and I’m running out of time! Help!
• I need to take the new GMAT with IR and I don’t know what to do! Help!

If you’re in the latter category, read last week’s article and check back again next week, when I’ll have an article for you regarding how to study for IR. This week, we’re going to talk about what to do for those who are still trying to get the test done before it changes on June 5th.

How far are you from your goal?

Have you taken a practice test recently “ under official testing conditions? Official conditions means you did the essays, you stuck to roughly 8 minute breaks, you didn’t pause the test and come back to it later basically, you did what you’re going to have to do on the real test. Also, you hadn’t already seen the questions before, right? One or two might still be okay, but if you recognized more than that, or if you deviated significantly from official test conditions, take another test.

You’re doing this to get a good idea of your current scoring level. Compare that to your desired score on the real test. How far apart are the two scores? Read more

We invite you to test your GMAT knowledge for a chance to win! Each week, we will post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for a free Manhattan GMAT Prep item. Tell your friends to get out their scrap paper and start solving!
Here is this week’s problem:

From 2008 to 2009, the number of Easter eggs in a certain egg hunt rose 20%, then fell 17% from 2009 to 2010. From 2008 to 2009, the ratio of Easter eggs to Easter bunnies in the same hunt fell 20%, then rose 22% from 2009 to 2010. By what approximate percent did the number of bunnies change over the full period from 2008 to 2010?

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