Americans enthusiastically supported Western expansion in hopes of finding new economic opportunities. The philosophy of “Manifest Destiny” emerged as motivation for this westward migration. America’s expansionist philosophy extended into foreign policy as well, as evidenced by conflict over the Oregon territory with Britain and involvement in the Mexican-American War. The Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska […]
The GMAT Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) provides clear instructions on how you should plan and write your essay. Kaplan students learn these instructions long before Test Day and do not waste precious testing time reading them while the clock ticks. Kaplan GMAT students learn the Kaplan Method for AWA and the Kaplan template for structuring […]
It’s important to keep in mind for all Reading Comprehension questions that just because an answer choice is reasonable, true, or mentioned in the passage, does not mean it is necessarily correct. Always ask yourself: which answer choice best addresses the specific question being asked? Look to eliminate answer choices that are outside the scope […]
Take a few minutes to review GMAT Reading Comprehension question types and strategies in detail. Then, try out your skills on this high level GMAT Reading Comprehension passage and questions. Give yourself about 10-20 minutes to complete the passage and questions, not forgetting to sufficiently analyze the passage. Once you have finished, check your analysis and answers with ours to […]
Some tougher GMAT Quantitative questions will require you to know the formulas for set theory, presenting two or three sets and asking various questions about them. To refresh, the union of sets is all elements from all sets. The intersection of sets is only those elements common to all sets. A classic GMAT setup involves […]
It’s 3 a.m. and you’re still studying. Sweaty fingers turn the pages of your textbook as your heart tries to bust out of its chest-jail. In a daze, you scan the same dull paragraph four times before you realize that you aren’t actually reading the text. Your head is pounding and you cannot concentrate as […]
Clinical case questions are distinguished by a fairly lengthy presentation of a patient’s history, physical exam findings, and maybe even lab results. Your task is to read through this detailed information and arrive at the best answer to the question being asked. The most important part of the clinical case question is the last sentence. […]
Neurons: The basic functional units of the nervous system; cells which contain specialized structures to communicate signals. Soma/cell body: The part of a neuron that contains its nucleus and other standard cellular structures. Dendrites: The multiple thin, treelike fibers that branch off from a neuron’s soma and contain receptors to accept incoming signals from other […]
Remember that the AP US History exam tests you on the depth of your knowledge, not just your ability to recall facts. While we have provided brief definitions here, you will need to know these terms in even more depth for the AP US History exam, including how terms connect to broader historical themes and understandings. Federalists: […]
The DBQ requires you to analyze the documents in addition to bringing outside information to bear on the question. This is a difficult task, and you have only 15 minutes to plan before you begin writing. Don’t panic! Use the same strategies given for the LEQ for document analysis. The more you practice using these […]