NINE-SESSION COURSE SYLLABUS

SESSION 1: DUE: CLASS SESSION:

1. Full-length Exam A. Introductions
(Note: If not completed for session 1, please B. Data Sufficiency: Methods
complete by session 2.) C. Course Overview
D. Sentence Correction: Methods
E. Preparing to Face the GMAT I
SESSION 2: DUE: Week 1 Assignments CLASS SESSION:
1. Complete DS – Quick Elimination Lab A. Sentence Correction: Subject - Verb
2. Number Properties Guide (Complete, B. Critical Reasoning: Argument Structure &
except Official Guide Problems) Diagramming
3. Sentence Correction Guide: Chapters 1 – C. Math: Number Properties
2 (including OG problems)
SESSION 3: DUE: Week 2 Assignments CLASS SESSION:
1. Complete CR – Diagramming Lab A. Sentence Correction: Parallelism
2. Official Guide Problems: Number B. Reading Comprehension: Short Passage
Properties C. Math: Equations, Inequalities, & VICs
3. Sentence Correction Guide: Chapter 3
(including OG problems)
4. Equations, Inequalities, VICs Guide
(Complete, except Official Guide Problems)
5. Critical Reasoning Guide: Chapter 1
SESSION 4: DUE: Week 3 Assignments CLASS SESSION:
1. Complete DS – Yes/No Testing Lab A. Sentence Correction: Pronouns
2. Official Guide Problems: Equations, B. Reading Comprehension: Long Passage
Inequalities, & VICs C. Data Sufficiency: Manipulations
3. Reading Comprehension Guide: Chapters
1-3
4. Sentence Correction Guide: Chapter 4
(including OG Problems)
5. Critical Reasoning Guide: Chapter 2
SESSION 5: DUE: Week 4 Assignments CLASS SESSION:
1. Complete RC – Prove It Lab A. Math: Word Translations: Part I
2. Word Translations Guide: Chapters 1, 2, 3, B. Critical Reasoning: Assumptions
6, 8, 9
3. Reading Comprehension Guide (Complete
Reading & In Actions)
4. Official Guide Problems: Reading
Comprehension (Partial)
5. Sentence Correction Guide: Chapter 5
(including OG Problems)
SESSION 6: DUE: Week 5 Assignments CLASS SESSION:
1. Complete Timing Strategy Lab A. Math: Word Translations: Part II
2. Official Guide Problems: Word B. The AWA Essays
Translations (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, 8) C. Sentence Correction: Modifiers
3. Official Guide Problems & Sample D. Mid-Course Review
Passages: Reading Comprehension (Partial)
4. Word Translations Guide: Chapters 4, 5, 7
(Reading & In Actions)
5. Critical Reasoning Guide: Chapters 3-4
(including OG Problems)
SESSION 7: DUE: Week 6 Assignments CLASS SESSION:
1. Full-length Practice Exam #2 A. Math: Fractions, Decimals, & Percents
2. Official Guide Problems: Word B. Sentence Correction: Verbs
Translations (Chapters 4, 5, 7) C. Critical Reasoning: Draw A Conclusion
3. FDP's Strategy Guide (Complete, except D. Preparing to Face the GMAT II
Official Guide Problems)
4. Sentence Correction Guide: Chapter 6
(including OG Problems)
5. Read Official Guide Chapter 10: AWA
6. Complete Writing Essays Lab
SESSION 8: DUE: Week 7 Assignments CLASS SESSION:
1. Complete PS – Strategic Speed Guessing A. Math: Geometry
Lab B. Critical Reasoning: Strengthen/Weaken
2. Official Guide Problems: FDP's C. Sentence Correction: Comparisons
3. Geometry Strategy Guide (Complete,
except Official Guide Problems)
4. Sentence Correction Guide: Chapter 7
(including OG Problems)
5. Critical Reasoning Guide: Chapter 5
(including OG Problems)
6. Review Full-Length Practice Exams #1, 2
SESSION 9: DUE: Week 8 Assignments CLASS SESSION:
1. Complete DS – Rephrasing Lab A. Sentence Correction: Idioms, Odds & Ends,
2. Official Guide Problems: Geometry & Wrap Up
3. Sentence Correction Guide: Chapter 8 B. Program Evaluation
(including OG Problems) C. Critical Reasoning: Minor Types
4. Critical Reasoning Guide: Chapters 6-7 D. Preparing to Face the GMAT III
(including OG Problems) E. End-of-Course Review
5. Full-length Practice Exam #3
 POST Week 9 Assignments and beyond
COURSE: 1. Complete SC: Split & Resplit Lab
2. Sentence Correction Guide: Chapters 9-11
(including OG Problems)
3. Critical Reasoning Guide: Chapter 8
(including OG Problems)
4. Review Full-Length Practice Exam #3
5. Begin Timed Sets of OG problems that mix
topics randomly
Practice for Test:
A. Assess and Attack Your Weaknesses
B. Customized Problem Sets
C. Timed Random OG Sets
D. Create and Practice Your Gameplan
E. Practice Exams #4 and up
F. GMATPrep/Focus/Write (as necessary)

General vs. Advanced

Six of the 8 Strategy Guides (all the math books, as well as Sentence Correction) have a division between Part 1
(General) and Part 2 (Advanced). In Part 2, the Advanced material from several topics is sometimes combined into one
chapter.

The basic order is to do the General work first, completely, before moving to Advanced material. That is, do the General
reading, the General In Action problems, and the General OG problems (at least some of them) BEFORE moving to the
Advanced reading, In Actions and OG problems.

Advanced chapters or sections are NOT separately assigned in the Syllabus above. You will have to determine when you
are ready to take on this Advanced material, which may not be necessary for all students. Attempt Advanced sections
only if you have completed the General chapters and are comfortable with their content.

Syllabus vs. Weekly Planners vs. Study Organizer

The Syllabus above, the Weekly Planners, and the Study Organizer spreadsheet follow the same overall
sequence of assignments, although they differ in the amount of detail shown.

The Study Organizer provides the most detailed schedule, including specific Official Guide problems for you to do. These
problems are a subset of the complete Official Guide problem lists contained in the Strategy Guides.

If you use the Syllabus or the Weekly Planners, refer to the Official Guide problem lists in each Strategy Guide.