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12. The Best Way to Improve your Vocabulary
Having a strong English vocabulary is important for doing well on pretty much all standardized tests. It helps with reading comprehension, certainly. But it's also fundamentally important for logically completing...
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11. 9 Ways to Avoid Making Careless Errors
Sometimes you get questions wrong on your standardized test because you don’t use the proper strategy or simply don’t know the underlying content well enough. But sometimes you get wrong answers because you make...
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10. Business Education Trends, a GMAT Section Order Fallacy, and CAT Battleship
Several interesting bits of news and insights came out of the recently-held summit at the headquarters of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), makers of the GMAT and Executive Assessment exams, and we...
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9. Finding Assumptions Using the "Big 6" Assumption Categories, with Brandon Royal
Brandon Royal, Ace the GMAT author, joins the podcast this week to share his expertise on an important logical reasoning skill that comes into play on numerous standardized tests — identifying assumptions. He has...
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8. How I Raised My GMAT Score 120 Points, with Matt Kunzler
Success is often as simple as finding someone who has done what you want to do, and doing what they did. If you want to significantly improve your standardized test score, then, look no further than Matt Kunzler, who...
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7. Storytelling Essentials for Your Application Essays, with Michael Noltemeyer
Application essays are a crucial part of the admissions process, and effective essays essentially come down to good storytelling. Your goal as the protagonist of your own story is to become a hero that admissions...
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6. Test Mastery Part 2: Customizing Your Study Plan, with Vinay Narang
Welcome to Part 2 of our series on test prep mastery. In this episode we build on the general framework discussed last week and dive deeper into how to design a study plan that is more customized for you.We're joined...
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5. Test Mastery Part 1: The Success Triad + Time Management Tips
What does it take to truly master the content tested on your standardized test and get a high score on test day? It really comes down to three core components -- what we call the "Success Triad" -- which we lay out...
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4. On the New Digital LSAT and a Good Ham Sandwich, with Dave Hall
After a brief trial period with a new online format this past summer, the LSAT went fully digital last month and is here to stay. What does that mean for you? We sat down with Dominate Test Prep’s lead LSAT...
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3. Framework for a Successful Grad School Application, with Linda Abraham
Your standardized test (GMAT / GRE) is only part of the admissions criteria when applying to graduate or business school. But what about the rest of your application? In this episode, we invited expert admissions...
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2. 5 Proven Study Habits for a Higher Score on Test Day
As Aristotle said, "We are what we repeatedly do." That's especially true when it comes to the actions you should be taking on a consistent basis as you prepare for your standardized test. In fact, there are five (5)...
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1. Top 3 Prep Tips for Any Standardized Test
Welcome to the very first episode of The Dominate Test Prep Podcast! We're coming out swinging, sharing with you the top three things we've seen from 14+ years in the industry that will empower you to have the best...
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