Conquer GMAT Verbal & DI

Instructor: Professionals in the Industry

What you'll learn

Speed of recognition is a trainable skill. Classifying a question type in ten seconds is built through repeated exposure to structure cues.
Pacing is a decision framework, not a feeling. Pre-set rules for when to continue, skip, or guess beat in-the-moment intuition.
Self-diagnosis drives improvement. Logging accuracy, time, and rationale after each set turns raw practice into actionable data.
Strategy documents are living tools. A template capturing patterns across sessions outvalues any single correct answer.

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There are 3 modules in this course

This Short Course was created to help Critical Thinking professionals accomplish confident, strategic execution across both the Verbal and Data Insights sections of the GMAT. By completing this course, you'll be able to recognize question types on sight, make smarter skip-or-continue calls under pressure, and walk away with a personalized strategy document you can use the next day.

By the end of this course, you will be able to: Apply rapid recognition cues to identify question types within ten seconds. Use pacing checkpoints to decide in real time whether to continue, skip, or guess. Analyze post-set performance by logging accuracy, time, and decision rationale. This course is unique because it trains both recognition speed and adaptive pacing — simultaneously — across the GMAT's newest section format. To be successful, you should have basic familiarity with standardized test-taking.

Learners develop rapid recognition skills to classify GMAT Verbal and Data Insights question types within ten seconds of viewing each prompt.

What's included

2 videos3 readings1 assignment

2 videosTotal 6 minutes

The Ten-Second Difference: How Question Recognition Changes Your Score2 minutes
Question Type Architecture: CR, RC, and DI Formats Explained4 minutes

3 readingsTotal 22 minutes

GMAT Verbal and Data Insights Question-Type Reference Guide10 minutes
Applying Recognition Cues: A Step-by-Step Classification Walkthrough5 minutes
Classify Ten Prompts: Timed Recognition Practice Set7 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 5 minutes

Knowledge Check: Recognizing Question Types at First Glance5 minutes

Learners build a pre-defined checkpoint framework to decide in real time whether to continue, skip, or guess on each item in a mixed Verbal/Data Insights practice set.

What's included

1 reading2 assignments

Learners develop a disciplined post-set analysis habit by logging accuracy, time spent, and decision rationale into the provided strategy template, turning raw practice data into actionable self-diagnosis.

What's included

3 readings3 assignments

3 readingsTotal 17 minutes

From Raw Practice to Real Insight: Why Logging Is the Highest-Leverage GMAT Habit2 minutes
Anatomy of the Strategy Template: Fields, Functions, and Completion Standards10 minutes
Completing the Strategy Spreadsheet: A Guided Field-by-Field Walkthrough5 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 45 minutes

Submit Your Strategy Spreadsheet: Post-Set Analysis and Reflection Aligned Learning Outcome: Analyze post-set performance by logging accuracy, time spent, and decision rationale into the provided strategy template30 minutes
Knowledge Check: Analyzing Performance with the Strategy Template 5 minutes
Conquer GMAT Verbal & DI — Course-Level Graded Assessment10 minutes