https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/Executive Assessment strategy, study plans, pacing and executive MBA application advice from the EMPOWERea team.enThu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/10/Executive-Assessment-vs-GMAT-which-test-fits-a-working-professional/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/10/Executive-Assessment-vs-GMAT-which-test-fits-a-working-professional/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe EA is 90 minutes and 40 questions. The GMAT is 2 hours 15 minutes and 64. Here's how to pick the test your programs and your calendar can handle.EA vs GMAT https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/09/Got-the-Score-You-Needed-STOP/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/09/Got-the-Score-You-Needed-STOP/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHit your Executive Assessment target and itching to retake? Here's why chasing a few more points can wreck the parts of your application that count.ApplicationsMindset https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/07/Probability-and-Counting-WRITE-It-Out/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/07/Probability-and-Counting-WRITE-It-Out/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTHalf remembered counting formulas quietly wreck EA Quant scores. Here is why writing out a few cases on paper finds the pattern and catches the trap.Quant https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/06/Average-Is-NOT-the-Whole-Story/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/06/Average-Is-NOT-the-Whole-Story/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTYou can calculate an average in your sleep. So why do Executive Assessment stats questions still trip you up? Mean, median and range, explained.Quant https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/04/Exponents-and-Roots-Break-It-Down-to-PRIMES/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/04/Exponents-and-Roots-Break-It-Down-to-PRIMES/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTUgly Executive Assessment exponent and root questions fall apart once you break every number into primes. Two worked examples, the traps, and a drill.Quant https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/03/The-Plateau-Is-Part-of-the-PLAN/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/03/The-Plateau-Is-Part-of-the-PLAN/Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTExecutive Assessment practice scores stuck? That's not your ceiling. It's a sign your training needs to change, and here's exactly how to change it.Mindset https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/02/Inequalities-and-Absolute-Values-Test-the-EDGES/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2026/02/Inequalities-and-Absolute-Values-Test-the-EDGES/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTOne friendly number will lie to you on inequality and absolute value questions. Learn the edge numbers that expose the trap, with two worked EA examples.Quant https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/12/Main-Idea-Questions-Answer-BEFORE-You-Look/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/12/Main-Idea-Questions-Answer-BEFORE-You-Look/Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTOn Executive Assessment Main Idea questions, the wrong answers are built to look right. Write your one-sentence answer first and watch the traps fall apart.Verbal https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/11/Strengthen-Questions-Find-the-MISSING-Piece/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/11/Strengthen-Questions-Find-the-MISSING-Piece/Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTStrengthen questions stop being a guess once you name the hole in the argument before you read a single answer choice. Here's how to find it.Verbal https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/09/Your-Score-Is-ONE-Piece-of-Your-Application/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/09/Your-Score-Is-ONE-Piece-of-Your-Application/Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTChasing a few more Executive Assessment points while your essays sit blank? Here's how to tell when your score is done and where your hours should go.Applications https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/08/Parallelism-Make-It-MATCH/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/08/Parallelism-Make-It-MATCH/Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTYour ear says the sentence sounds fine, and that's how you lose the point. Learn a fast, on-paper check for lists and comparisons in EA Sentence Correction.Verbal https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/07/Stop-Timing-EVERY-Question-From-Day-One/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/07/Stop-Timing-EVERY-Question-From-Day-One/Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTRacing a timer from day one just trains you to make mistakes faster. Here's how to build EA accuracy first, then add speed that holds up.Study Plans https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/05/Modifiers-The-Error-You-KEEP-Missing/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/05/Modifiers-The-Error-You-KEEP-Missing/Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTThat sentence sounds fine, and it's still wrong. Learn the one question that catches misplaced modifiers on EA Sentence Correction every single time.Verbal https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/04/Your-STRONGEST-Section-Needs-Training-Too/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/04/Your-STRONGEST-Section-Needs-Training-Too/Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTAll three Executive Assessment sections count the same. Neglect your best one while you fix your worst, and you quietly give back your easiest points.Study PlansTest Strategy https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/03/Geometry-DRAW-It-Every-Time/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/03/Geometry-DRAW-It-Every-Time/Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTGeometry that feels impossible in your head often turns obvious on paper. Here is why drawing every shape, every time, is the FASTER way on the EA.Quant https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/01/Studying-on-Your-Phone-Is-MOSTLY-Fake-Studying/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2025/01/Studying-on-Your-Phone-Is-MOSTLY-Fake-Studying/Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTTapping through Executive Assessment questions on your phone feels like work, but it trains the wrong habits. Here's what to do tonight instead.Study Plans https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/12/Quit-Waiting-for-the-RIGHT-Time-to-Start/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/12/Quit-Waiting-for-the-RIGHT-Time-to-Start/Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTWaiting for a quiet season to start Executive Assessment prep? It isn't coming. Here's why one 30-minute session this week beats any perfect plan.MindsetStudy Plans https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/10/Rates-and-Work-Make-a-TABLE/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/10/Rates-and-Work-Make-a-TABLE/Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTRate and work questions on the Executive Assessment sink people who juggle numbers in their heads. One small three-column table makes them routine.Quant https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/09/Verbal-Is-THREE-Tests-Hiding-in-One-Section/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/09/Verbal-Is-THREE-Tests-Hiding-in-One-Section/Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTYour EA Verbal score is really three scores in disguise. Learn why one weak question type can sink the section, and how to find yours tonight.Verbal https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/08/One-Bad-Practice-Test-Means-NOTHING/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/08/One-Bad-Practice-Test-Means-NOTHING/Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTYour EA practice score just dropped. Before you tear up your study plan, here's what to check first and what that number is really telling you.Practice TestsMindset https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/06/The-Final-Week-Stop-LEARNING-Start-Sharpening/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/06/The-Final-Week-Stop-LEARNING-Start-Sharpening/Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTA week before the Executive Assessment, new topics only plant doubt. Here's how to sharpen what you already own and walk in rested.Test DayStudy Plans https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/05/Your-Job-Experience-Can-HURT-You-in-Critical-Reasoning/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/05/Your-Job-Experience-Can-HURT-You-in-Critical-Reasoning/Tue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTYears of business know-how can quietly cost you Critical Reasoning points on the EA. Here is why your experience misleads you and how to fix it.Verbal https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/04/Number-Properties-The-Rules-You-FORGOT-You-Knew/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/04/Number-Properties-The-Rules-You-FORGOT-You-Knew/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTThose 'hard' EA Quant questions often rest on odd, even, prime and divisibility rules you learned at eleven. Relearn a dozen and watch them get quick.Quant https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/02/Table-Analysis-SORT-Before-You-Think/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/02/Table-Analysis-SORT-Before-You-Think/Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTDigging through Table Analysis rows by eye eats your clock. Sort the right column first and many of these questions shrink to a glance.Integrated Reasoning https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/01/You-Dont-Need-a-PERFECT-Section/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2024/01/You-Dont-Need-a-PERFECT-Section/Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTOne stubborn question can quietly wreck an entire Executive Assessment section. Here's the math behind it, and how to work steadily instead.Mindset https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/11/Reviewing-a-Practice-Test-Should-Take-LONGER-Than-Taking-It/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/11/Reviewing-a-Practice-Test-Should-Take-LONGER-Than-Taking-It/Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMTYour practice test score is the headline. Here's how to read the story under it, and why a real review takes longer than the 90 minute test.Practice Tests https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/10/Switching-Tests-Wont-Fix-a-STUCK-Score/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/10/Switching-Tests-Wont-Fix-a-STUCK-Score/Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTStuck on the EA or the GMAT and eyeing a switch? Your habits come with you. Here are the five to fix before you change anything.EA vs GMAT https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/09/BOOK-the-Test-Date-Then-Build-Backward/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/09/BOOK-the-Test-Date-Then-Build-Backward/Tue, 05 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTNo test date means months of drift. Here's how to book a realistic Executive Assessment date and build every study week backward from it.Study PlansApplications https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/07/Inference-Questions-The-Right-Answer-Is-BORING/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/07/Inference-Questions-The-Right-Answer-Is-BORING/Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTOn Executive Assessment inference questions, the exciting answer is usually the trap. Here is how to spot it and pick the dull one that MUST be true.Verbal https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/06/Weekend-Warrior-Studying-DOESNT-Work/https://ea.empowergmat.com/blog/2023/06/Weekend-Warrior-Studying-DOESNT-Work/Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTSix hours every Saturday feels like serious Executive Assessment prep, but you're relearning the same lesson each week. Here's the week that actually sticks.Study Plans