The Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA ) is how business schools
evaluate your writing skills. The AWA section has two 30-minutes
essay questions. One essay is the "Analysis of Issue," where you
state your opinion on an issue. The second is the "Analysis of
Argument," where you analyze the reasoning in an argument. The
two essay types require completely different strategies. Most
students think "I am a pretty good writer, so I shouldn't have
any problem on test day". The problem is that writing on the
GMAT is completely different from normal writing. The Analytical
Writing Assessment requires a peculiar style of writing. You
must write in a highly concise and structured manner. It should
only take about 10 hours to prepare for this section. The
strategies are not that complex. Most of the work is re-learning
how to write. Sites with Essay Grading 800score.com (named after
the highest possible score on the GMAT, an 800) offers help for
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