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Data Insights + Verbal + Quant, coached not solved.
The GMAT Focus edition is the current test — Data Insights + Verbal + Quantitative Reasoning, each 45 minutes. The old Analytical Writing + Integrated Reasoning are folded into Data Insights. Total scaled score 205-805, with 665+ being competitive for top-15 MBA programs.
GMAT rewards speed of reasoning at least as much as accuracy of reasoning. The clock is unforgiving — 45 minutes for 21 questions in Data Insights, 23 in Verbal, 21 in Quant. Which means the failure mode is not 'I don't know the answer' — it's 'I know the answer but I got there too slowly.'
Brainback trains both the accuracy AND the speed of the underlying reasoning. Every Learn-mode attempt reveals not just whether you got it right, but what your default reasoning path was — and whether there's a faster one worth retrieving from the recall queue. Over 8-12 weeks, this produces the same accuracy at 60% of the time.
We publish no score-gain figure. We have run no study, and a made-up number would be worth less than the mechanism it was standing in for. What the tool actually does is work from your own material: upload the OG chapter or the prep-book set and the problems, hints and cards are written from those pages and cite them.
Total: 2 hours 15 minutes (GMAT Focus). Below is every section, with its duration, question count, and scoring role.
| section | duration | questions | scoring |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantitative Reasoning | 45 min | 21 | 60-90 |
| Verbal Reasoning | 45 min | 23 | 60-90 |
| Data Insights | 45 min | 20 | 60-90 |
Scaled score 205-805. Each section 60-90. Competitive MBA programs: 665+. Top 10: 715+.
Rehearsable. Predictable. Adjustable for your calendar. Each week has one focus and one specific Brainback move.
| when | focus | brainback move |
|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-2 | Diagnostic + fundamentals per section | Full-length Focus diagnostic. Section review with Learn mode. Recall queue starts on number properties + SC rules. |
| Weeks 3-4 | Quant deep-dive | Untimed Quant sets → Learn mode. Every wrong technique becomes a card. |
| Weeks 5-6 | Verbal deep-dive (SC + CR + RC) | Explain-back on every SC grammar rule + CR flaw class you encounter. |
| Weeks 7-8 | Data Insights + timed mixed practice | One DI section per morning. Timed mixed practice 3x/week. |
| Weeks 9-10 | Full-length + weakness kill | Full-length Saturday. Any section under 75 gets an extra hour daily. |
| Weeks 11-12 | Rest + AAMC-equivalent official mocks | Half-length early week. Recall queue only in the last 4 days. Sleep. |
Take an official GMAT Focus diagnostic. Note the weakest of the three sections. Prioritize that.
A representative exchange: the problem, your attempt, the tutor’s response, your follow-up, the downstream card. Notice the tutor never solves.
SC: 'Neither the CEO nor the board members ___ willing to comment on the merger.' Options: (A) is (B) are (C) was (D) were (E) have been.
It's 'were' — plural subject.
Careful — with 'neither/nor', the verb agrees with the CLOSER subject, not the plural taken together. Which subject is closer to the verb here?
Oh — 'members' is closer, and 'members' is plural, so 'were' or 'are'. Between those, tense: 'were' if past, 'are' if present. The sentence doesn't specify past explicitly, so 'are' fits with 'willing to comment' (present intent).
All seven product surfaces are always on. For this exam specifically, these three carry the load. Each has its own dedicated page.
And the specific Brainback mechanism that catches each one. This isn’t a promise — it’s what the workflow is designed to do.
'I know the concept but I'm too slow'
Recall queue makes rule retrieval automatic — you stop reasoning through the rule and start recognizing it.
Reviewing wrong answers without re-attempting
Every wrong answer generates a Learn session; re-attempt is mandatory before you see the explanation.
Ignoring Data Insights ('it's the smallest section')
DI is 33% of your score. Weekly cadence forces attention to all three sections proportionally.
Common approaches that feel productive but produce nothing. Skipping these is worth as much as adding a technique.
because · OG is the closest thing to real GMAT questions — save for pure timed simulation in the final 2 weeks.
because · You'll fatigue. 3-4 in the final month is the sane cap.
because · Focus edition eliminated AWA. If you're prepping for a school that requires the old GMAT with AWA, verify test date before you skip.
No published point range — we have not measured one. What the cycle changes is where the time goes: instead of watching a technique explained, you commit to an approach before any feedback, and the rule you missed returns on an expanding interval until retrieving it is automatic rather than reasoned. On a 45-minute section, the difference between retrieved and reasoned is the whole clock.
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No — use those for content + video. Brainback is the practice + retrieval layer around them.
Efficiency mode drafts essays + cold outreach. Learn mode never touches your graded prep. See /for/mba for the full workflow.
We do not publish one. No study, no cohort, no number. What we can describe is the loop: attempt before feedback, misses become scheduled cards, explain-back checks whether a rule is actually yours.
Almost all test-takers now sit for GMAT Focus (introduced late 2023). If your target school still requires the old GMAT, verify with the school and let us know — the prep shape is similar but the section-level tuning differs.
Yes — DI question types (Multi-Source Reasoning, Table Analysis, Graphics Interpretation, Two-Part Analysis, Data Sufficiency) all covered.
The case method dies without struggle. Brainback keeps it alive.
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