<i>Ace the GMAT </i>offers a distillation of the experiences of a veteran test-prep instructor, MBA Admissions coach, author and education raconteur, which helps students pass this often challenging test first time. <br><ul><br><li>Offers a philosophy built on two simple but powerful propositions: <br><li>Identify the principles behind classic problem types <br><li>Succeed first by not getting the easy questions wrong and then go on to get the difficult questions right <br><li>Contains two of the author's own inventions: The Big Seven Number Cracker for open-ended variable problems in Data Sufficiency, and the Four-Corner Question Cracker for Reading Comprehension questions</li></ul>