--- title: Grad School / MBA News and GMAT / GRE Strategy | MyGuru | Mark Skoskiewicz description: "Mark Skoskiewicz holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a Major in Finance from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, (he received additional minors in Philosophy and History). At IU, Mark was an undergraduate economics instructor teaching supplemental small group sessions for the department’s introductory economics course. During his junior and senior years, he was a private economics, finance, and accounting tutor. After Indiana, Mark spent 8 years working for Marakon Associates before creating MyGuru in 2009 while earning his MBA at Northwestern Kellogg to make it easier for parents and students to find high quality yet affordable tutors. While Mark wants MyGuru to always be known as a source for excellent tutors, we also aim to be a thought leader on how to improve academic performance through shifts in mindset, well-defined study plans, improved study habits, and even stress reduction strategies. Mark believes these ideas are a powerful, critical complement to working with an expert private tutor. Mark currently shares insights, advice, and information about how to improve academic performance in MyGuru’s improving academic performance blog and in an eBook Plan, Prepare, Perform: A Personalized Approach to Test Preparation." --- # GRAD School / MBA News and GMAT / GRE Strategy Stay current with the latest grad school or MBA admissions news as well as proven GMAT and GRE strategies. Browse by All GRE gre test prep GRE study tips GRE tutors GRE study plan GRE Verbal GRE Vocabulary gre prep MAT MAT Analogies MAT test MAT vs. GRE MAT prep GRE study help Vocab gre quant section GMAT gre quantitative GMAT Blog gre tutoring how to increase my GRE score mat verbal GMAT Focus GMAT vs. GRE GRE Writing Section Uncategorized gre prep course online GRE tutoring GMAT prep Revised GRE studying for the GRE GRE changes GRE mental math gmat strategies GRE reading comprehension gmat mathematics improving your gmat score online gmat test taking strategies time management ACT Challenge Problem GMAT logic GMAT online GMAT score GMAT time management GMAT tips GRE analytical writing GRE at-home testing GRE cost GRE essay GRE essays GRE general test at-home GRE practice tests GRE progress GRE single question passages GRE text completion GRE timing GRE vs. GMAT LSAT MAT math MBA Admissions MBA programs MBA rankings Probability Quant SAT business school gmat 11th edition gmat test gmat test prep gmat tutoring grad school grad school online graduate school gre argument essay gre data interpretation gre geometry help with the GRE how to get a good score on the GRE how to improve a GRE score how to increase GRE score improving my GRE score master's degree mat test prep mba online GRE online gmat tutoring online graduate degree test taking confidence what makes a good score on the GRE exam This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ## Posts by Mark Skoskiewicz: [GRE study plan](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-study-plan) [GRE study tips](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-study-tips) [gre prep](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-prep) [GRE progress](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-progress) Whenever you’re working toward improving a skill and pursuing a long-term goal, your path is likely to go through some periods of significant progress and other periods of stalled progress, or plateaus. This is often a natural part of the process of improvement, but sometimes those plateaus can be stubborn, and they may indicate you need to take a new approach. Plateaus can be especially problematic when the goal you’re pursuing is one with significant impacts on your life, as is the case when studying for the GRE. The GRE has lots of downstream effects that influence your future path. Your performance on the GRE will determine what kind of grad school you get into, which will then determine the course the rest of your career takes. Therefore, as you go about your GRE prep, it’s crucial to be smart and responsive when you hit a plateau in your progress.  Luckily, people tend to hit plateaus in their GRE prep for a few relatively common reasons, and they can each be addressed in different ways. In this article, we’ll look at some possible causes for your stalled progress in your GRE prep, and we’ll offer solutions for changing your approach so you can start seeing improvements again. [GRE study tips](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-study-tips) [gre prep](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-prep) [GRE changes](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-changes) [GRE timing](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-timing) The new GRE is going into effect on September 22, 2023, and there are some major changes on the horizon. Most importantly, the overall length of the test is being cut in half, from 3 hours and 45 minutes total for the old GRE down to 1 hour and 58 minutes for the new GRE.  However, while the overall length of the new GRE is shorter, timing is still going to be a major challenge, and something you’re going to want to focus on a lot as you go about your GRE prep. You’ll be working against the clock throughout the test, and if you’re not prepared for that, it’s going to significantly hurt your scoring potential. In this article, we’ll walk you through some tips and strategies for improving your timing as you study for the new GRE. [GRE study tips](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-study-tips) [gre prep](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-prep) [GRE changes](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-changes) You may have heard the news by now—there are significant changes coming to the GRE, starting in September of this year (2023). The GRE does change from time to time, though it’s been a while since it’s undergone any change on this scale.  The updated GRE is going to make the test-taking experience very different from what students have encountered over the past several years. If you’re in the middle of your GRE prep, and you’re thinking of scheduling a test date during or after September, 2023, you’ll want to keep reading so you can be prepared for what to expect. [GRE study tips](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-study-tips) [gre prep](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-prep) [gre data interpretation](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-data-interpretation) One of the most important question types on the quantitative section of the GRE is Data Interpretation, which is sometimes referred to as Data Analysis. Unlike, say, the algebra and geometry questions, Data Interpretation questions don’t rely so much on your knowledge of mathematical formulae. Rather, they primarily test your ability to make sense of numerical information that’s presented graphically, usually in the form of some kind of graph or chart.  While the actual mathematical concepts are not always as challenging as other GRE quant question types, Data Interpretation questions can be surprisingly tricky. And it’s important to learn how to work with them, since they account for approximately 20% of your GRE quant score. In this section, we’ve collected several tips and strategies for you to consider as you go about your GRE prep. [GRE study tips](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-study-tips) [GRE reading comprehension](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-reading-comprehension) [gre prep](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-prep) One of the main challenges of the GRE’s Reading Comprehension questions is that, unlike math, there are no set formulas to learn. This can make Reading Comprehension seem harder, if not impossible, to study for. It seems like the necessary skills are more deeply ingrained—you either have them, or you don’t. But that’s actually not true. You actually can take lots of steps in your GRE prep to improve your ability to work with Reading Comprehension questions. In this article, we’ll take you through some of the most powerful tips and strategies you can use to improve your ability to tackle GRE Reading Comprehension questions and raise your score. [GRE study plan](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-study-plan) [GRE study tips](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-study-tips) [gre quant section](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-quant-section) [gre prep](https://www.myguruedge.com/our-thinking/gre-and-the-graduate-school-admissions-process/topic/gre-prep) While much of the subject matter on the Quant section of the GRE will be familiar to you, one common question type is likely to be unfamiliar: Quantitative Comparisons. 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