ETC offers test preparation for the
GMAT, GRE, SAT and LSAT

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  • GMAT
  • GRE
  • SAT
  • LSAT

GMAT

“I have been able to increase my GMAT score from a 470 (first practice test score…) to a 640 (official test score…). I really appreciate all the advice, tutoring, and test strategies you shared with me. I know I could not have gotten a score like this without taking your class. Thanks again for everything!!”

The Georgia Center GMAT test preparation program provides a thorough review of all tested math and verbal skills. Case studies involving real test questions help to reinforce the connection between the various skills and the ways they are tested on the GMAT. The program consists of 24 hours of classroom instruction from an experienced instructor, together with additional practice problems, sample tests, and skill review exercise.

Quantitative Topics include:

  • strategies for handling math questions in the confusing data sufficiency format
  • techniques for picking numbers for Yes/No questions in data sufficiency format
  • approaches to math questions presented in abstract form
  • tactics for translating difficult real-world word problems into algebraic expressions or equations

Verbal Topics include:

  • spotting correct idiomatic speech in sentence completion problems
  • understanding the key components of arguments in critical reasoning problems
  • answering reading comprehension questions quickly, without reading the entire passage

General Topics Include:

  • utilizing the process of elimination
  • mastering time management skills
  • minimizing test anxiety
  • identifying common distracters

GRE

“560 Verbal/700 Math …. I'm really pumped. Thanks so much for all of your help... you were an excellent instructor and the class was very enjoyable.”

The Georgia Center GRE preparation program covers all the math skills tested on the GRE. The program focuses on case studies of actual GRE questions to reinforce the connections between particular math skills and the ways GRE questions test them. Approaches to the verbal subtest focus on easy to recognize features of questions that indicate exactly how they should be solved. The program consists of 24 hours of classroom instruction from an experienced instructor, together with additional practice problems, sample tests, and skill review exercises.

Quantitative Test topics include:

  • picking numbers, both for quantitative comparison and for multiple choice problems
  • tips for breaking complex word problems into small, manageable parts
  • tips for turning geometry diagrams into solvable equations

Verbal Test topics include:

  • solving antonym and analogy problems when you don’t know the vocabulary
  • answering reading comprehension questions quickly, without reading the entire passage
  • using comparison and contrast clues to solve sentence completion problems

General Topics Include:

  • utilizing the process of elimination
  • mastering time management skills
  • minimizing test anxiety
  • identifying common distracters
  • Additionally, strategies for the analytical writing section are outlined, and sample prompts with accompanying essays are discussed.

SAT

The Georgia Center SAT test preparation program covers all the math and verbal skills needed for success on the SAT. Class sessions use rea l test questions to show just how these skills are tested on the SAT. The program consists of 24 hours of classroom instruction from an experienced instructor, together with additional practice problems and sample tests.

Quantitative Topics include:

  • techniques for picking numbers for problems containing variables
  • approaches to complicated geometry problems that involve more than one figure
  • tactics for translating difficult word problems into equations

Verbal Topics include:

  • spotting correct idiomatic speech in sentence correction problems
  • recognizing key similarity and contrast indicators in sentence completion items
  • knowing which parts of the passage to read for reading comprehension questions

General Topics include:

  • utilizing the process of elimination
  • mastering time management skills
  • minimizing test anxiety
  • identifying common distracters

LSAT Test Prep

“Thanks so much for all of your help with LSAT prep. I made a 168!”

The Georgia Center LSAT preparation program covers each aspect of the test in complete detail, offering concrete techniques for solving even the most challenging items on the test. Special attention is paid to learning how to recognize and set up logic games in the analytical reasoning section. The class consists of 24 hours of classroom instruction, plus additional practice exercises.

Logical Reasoning topics include:

  • easy-to-apply strategies for solving each type of LR question appearing on the test
  • all important logical concepts, including inferences involving conditional statements and the key tool of counterexamples
  • an overview of the most common fallacies found in LR flaw questions

Analytical Reasoning topics include:

  • a taxonomy of AR game types and tips for setting up each type of game found on the LSAT
  • tips for quickly representing the game’s rules in shorthand, and for combining these rules into powerful “super rules”
  • tips for using answers to previous questions to quickly eliminate incorrect answer choices on subsequent questions

Reading Comprehension topics include:

  • a taxonomy of RC passage types and a step-by-step approach to questions that concern the passage as a whole
  • what key words in the question indicate about how to use the passage to find the correct answer
  • how to recognize the correct answer after narrowing the choices down to two

General Topics Include:

  • utilizing the process of elimination
  • mastering time management skills
  • minimizing test anxiety
  • identifying common distracters