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GMAT prep - Reset vs Re-install

December 1, 2013, 10:31 pm
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question for the experts --

I am using the mac version and it allows me to reset the question pool and thus I can re-attempt both tests once more.

I did reset and ended up getting lot of duplicate questions. (more than 50% in verbal itself)

Is that different from un-installing it completely and then doing a fresh re-install. Do I have a better chance of seeing new questions that way ?

Please advise.
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Plz validate strategy for Retaker - 6 Week Plan

December 1, 2013, 11:14 pm
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Hi experts,
I am a retaker and had scored 650 (Q 47 V31) in 2012. I plan to retake one more time in 6 weeks and need some guidance regarding the available gmat club resources that I should make use of and a robust study plan that helps in tracking weekly improvements. I have been studying for past 3 weeks and have finished 80% of SC and revised most of my Maths notes.
I took GMATPrep1 last week and scored a 640 (Q 48 and V 28). I found that I was rusty in my test taking abilities but I believe I can reach a 680 level in next 15 days. Here is my breakdown for Verbal GmatPrep1 exam taken last week :
SC - 4 incorrect out of 17 (I gained accuracy here since I focused on it lately. Will continue to revise it)
CR - 7 incorrect outof 11 (I found that reading and comprehending long CR Q takes a lot of time for me)
RC - 6 incorrect out of 13 (Timing is an issue)

My plan for CR
1) Revise my CR Notes and Shoumik's CR bible notes. Go through Thursday with Ron videos for some specific CR techniques.
2) Once i have internalised the process for each CR Q type then start to attempt OG and VReview questions.

Question to GC experts -
1) What actions would you reccommend for going from 47 to 50 in Quant ?
2) Are there any more resources that you would reccommend to improve CR and RC accuracy for someone who has has a limited time. Perhaps a short weekly plan to improve from early 30s to close to 40 on Verbal.
3) What is the best way to practice official Verbal Questions now and still save some for the last GMATPrep mock. I mean some of the Verbal Q lists avaiable on gmat club contain Q from GMATPrep as well and I want to save them for the last.

Thanks!!
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Manhattan GMAT versus Series and Sequences

December 1, 2013, 11:57 pm
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Hi all,

I'm preparing for the GMAT using the book series Manhattan GMAT 5th edition.
After having finished the strategy guide "Number Properties" and having checked the indexes of other guides, I noticed that there is no theoretical section about Sequences and Series (and no related specific exercises as there are for all other topics, as Probability for example). They spend only a couple of words on it in the book Algebra.
What I would like to find, instead, is something like this:
guide-to-series-and-sequences-arithmetic-and-geometric-85969.html

It sounds strange that they didn't include a specific chapter just for it.
Why can't I find it?
Are there any other Quantitative-related arguments I should do that are not well covered in MG?


Thank you

Ric
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580 - 550 -510 Which schools to apply?

December 2, 2013, 12:09 am
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I just returned from my 3rd Gmat attempt. It was worse than the previous two. In the first attempt i scored a 580 (Q:44, V:24), in the second, 550 and in the third, 510. Honestly, i am quiet disappointed with this decreasing graph, but i dont think i have time or capacity to juggle between work and study any more. My gpa was 2.8 and i have a 18 month work experience in the IT sector. I have quiet a few things to say in my essays and i believe, i can give justice to that part of the application better than the gmat scores.

Since the round 2 deadlines are fast approaching, I need to consider applying with this score only. No more Gmat attempts. I am looking for a MBA in entrepreneurship or general management.

Can you suggest which schools could be the best pick for this score?

I had earlier narrowed down on Katz, Eller, Buffalo and Bentley.
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An isosceles triangle with one angle of 120° is inscribed in

December 2, 2013, 12:42 am
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An isosceles triangle with one angle of 120 is inscribed in a circle of radius 2. This triangle is rotated 90 about the center of the circle. What is the total area covered by the triangle throughout this movement, from starting point to final resting point?

A. \frac{4\pi}{3}

B. \frac{8\pi}{3}

C. 4\pi

D.\frac{4\pi}{3}-\sqrt{3}

E.\frac{25\pi}{12}-\sqrt{3}

Manhattan GMAT challenge of the week.
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University shortlisting

December 2, 2013, 12:42 am
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I need a bit of advice as to which all universities should i be applying to.
i have a 700 GMAT, 116 TOFEL, B.Tech (electronics) with a GPA of 3.6, PGDM (Marketing) with a GPA of 3.5, managerial level work experience of 3 years and 8 months as of now.
I am from India, aged 27 and various people are advising me various colleges. I can afford to apply only to 5-6 colleges max.
Which all universities should i apply to in the US where i have a decent chance to get selected.

Thanks

PS: i am really confused
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Full Time, On Campus Options for 35 Year Old

December 2, 2013, 1:15 am
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Hi All,

Im here to seek your expert advice in helping me choose the right program. This post is going to be a bit long so please bear with me. I have tried to outline my profile in detail so that its easier for you to give objective suggestions. Thanks in advance for your precious views and help.

I have 13+ years of experience and am currently working in one of Indias top IT companies as VP Products. I started my career as a software engineer and along the way transitioned from a brief stint in technical writing for a semiconductor company to being a project manager in APAC for a telecom giant to now developing product strategy for a top IT company. Following are some milestones and achievements in my personal and professional life:

Did my BS in Physics in Year 2000 (albeit with very average grades)
Played basketball in the university team
President of the university residential hall for 2 terms during undergraduate study
Did MS Computer Science (distance learning) in year 2005
Did a 1 year Executive (distance) program from IIM-Ahmadabad (Top-tier Indian B-School) in 2007
Have a published research paper on Empowering rural masses through wireless communication in a prominent Indian scientific journal. 2 more papers to be published in Jan and March 2014.
Enthusiast sky diver. Will get my sky diving license in May 2014.
Keen interest in photography. Won several local/national photography competitions and expecting to get my work highlighted in international forum soon.
Tried my hand at entrepreneurship. Created an internet startup which got us government funding and national media coverage. But had to wrap it up when the funds dried.

Now at this juncture of my career, I am interested in pursuing a full-time, on-campus MBA from a top tier B-School in Europe/US. My main motive for an MBA is that I want to get back into entrepreneurship as that is my dream. Doing an MBA from a B-School that has emphasis on entrepreneurship, building sustainable business and leadership, will help me in acquiring tools so that I dont repeat my past mistakes. I am hopeful of securing 720+ in GMAT. My target programs are Sloan Fellows MS/MBAs offered by Stanford/MIT/LBS.

Now, here are some of my questions:

With my experience and profile, will I be one of the least interesting candidates for the program?
Apart from the above, I have no significant achievements to boast about. I havent headed a multi-million dollar business directly, neither do I have an Olympic gold medal nor had I made substantial national policies with the Finance Minister of the country. Do I still stand a chance at Sloan Fellows?
I am targeting for admission season of Mid 2015, that gives me a year to prepare and build my profile. To be honest, Ill be actively building some milestones in my profile over the coming year. Will it reflect negatively in my application that some of my big achievements are pretty recent?
And last but not the least, what are my options apart from Sloan fellows? I do not want to pursue an EMBA as Im an international student and would rather go for a full time program than to travel all the way across a continent and just study over weekends. Also, with my experience with my previous EMBA, it is not as respected as a full time on campus program.

Looking forward to expert views/advice and suggestions from you all.
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Evaluate this AWA. GMAT in 3 days. experts please help here.

December 2, 2013, 1:30 am
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"We are spending too much on free customer service after a sale has been made; we need to limit our warranty to two years in order to improve our profit margins. The current lifetime warranty can lead to costs decades into a product's life cycle. Also, we pay our customer service employees a premium because they must possess expert skills across the entirety of our very diverse product line, including products we no longer sell."






Every company's one of the ultimate goal is to improve profits. There are different approaches to it, be it increasing sales and hence revenue or by cutting costs or both. The above argument appeared in a memo to executives at a company. According to the argument, company spends too much on free customer service, and should limit the warranty to two years in order to improve profit margins. The current lifetime warranty leads to costs decades into a product's life cycle.Moreover, company pays customer service employees a premium for their expert skills across the entirety of diverse product line, including for products which are no longer sold. The argument presents a good case but with some assumptions and also lacks evidential support, making the argument shaky and unconvincing to the reader. Furthermore, a hiatus between premise and conclusion leaves the reader unacceptable of the conclusion.

Primarily, the author does not present any evidence for the premises he makes. For instance, how much is spent on the customer service after a sale is not entioned but just a comparative adjective is used to highlight it, instead a statistical data would have strengthened the premise. Also the author says to limit warranty to two years to improve profit margins, but fails to provide any strong evidence on which he comes to this period of two years, nor does he mention by what factor the profit margins would improve. All this creates a lacunae in our mind.

Secondarily, argument assumes the products life cycle goes into decades and hence they need to provide service for decades. What is the life span is just 3 or 4 years, the entire argument crumbles. Moreover, argument fails to point out what are the strengths of the company, what if it is the services provided by the company that attracts maximum sales. And if the services are stopped without proper thinking, it would affect the company negatively rather than improve profit margins. Moreover, author says they pay a premium to customer service employees as they posses expert skills, and this is looked down upon rather this can be seen as an asset and could be capitalized upon. Author fails to consider different options available such as, instead of stopping the warranty after two years, they can ask the customers to buy the extended warranty and thus create an entire new path of generating revenue as they already posses the skill set required to give theses services.

In sum, the argument presented is based on too many assumptions and logics with hiatus, and fails to create an impact and convince us. Moreover, it fails to consider different options that could lead to better profit margins. If the suggestions presented before are implied, they could strengthen the argument more.
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Whereas the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed and cannot

December 2, 2013, 3:47 am
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Whereas the honeybees stinger is heavily barbed and cannot be retracted from the skin, because the yellow jacket has a comparatively smooth stinger, it is therefore able to be pulled out and used again.

A. because the yellow jacket has a comparatively smooth stinger, it is therefore able to be pulled out and used
B. the comparative smoothness of the yellow jackets stinger allows them to pull it out and then can therefore use it
C. the yellow jackets stinger is comparatively smooth, and can therefore be pulled out and used
D. in comparison, the yellow jackets stinger is smooth, and thus able to be pulled out and used
E. in comparison, the yellow jacket has a smooth stinger, thus allowing it to be pulled out and used
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The rise of the Incan empire rested not only on the Incas

December 2, 2013, 4:38 am
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The rise of the Incan empire rested not only on the Incas' military might and the ability of their rulers but also they imposed a highly organized economic and political system on many different ethnic groups and permitting them to retain many of their customs and often their own leaders.

A. they imposed a highly organized economic and political system on many different ethnic groups and permitting them
B. on their imposition of a highly organized economic and political system on many different ethnic groups, who were permitted
C. because of their imposition of a highly organized economic and political system on many different ethnic groups, who they permitted
D. on their imposing of a highly organized economic and political system on many different ethnic groups and they permitted them
E. imposing a highly organized economic and political system on many different ethnic groups, permitting them
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Need help . .Already an MBA Planning for another MBA from US

December 2, 2013, 5:14 am
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Hi,
I have done my MMS(MBA)Marketing from mumbai university and i Plan to do another MBA in Brand Mgmt from US.
Today i visited a very renowned consultant from mumbai. She totally demotivated me, telling that

- My previous MBA is hindrance as Bschools in US dont prefer students who have already done MBA
- also said my % i.e. 65-70% throughout my College & masters is not good
- and she said in US Marketing jobs are for White Skinned not Brown and suggested me to do MBA in finance else i will have to come back to India.

while told my friend, who has done engineering and had got less marks than me on gmat as well as in college, has less job experience, and wants to specialise in marketing, that he will get handsome package.

Kindly throw some light on the above mentioned points. i am confused & really worried :(
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Looking for Good B-schools in Europe, with low fees

December 2, 2013, 6:21 am
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I have done my BE in computers , graduated in 2012 and currently working(been 9 months) , was considering answering GMAT next year but I can't seem to find colleges in my budget :( and with my profile, .. I've got a percentage of 56 in my graduation( cpga around 2.2? I'm not sure) :(
My budget would be 25000 Euros MAX! Please suggest a few
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GMAT and MBA Cyber Monday Deals

December 2, 2013, 6:47 am
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How to Improve 600 score in a month. 39Q 32V

December 2, 2013, 7:10 am
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I took the gmat yesterday and scored a dismal 600 (39Q, 32V). I am by no means trying to get into a top 10 school. Im primarily trying to get into Robert H. Smith( university of maryland) and Georgetown. The average Gmat for these schools tend to fall in the mid-600s. I need some advice and tips on the best way to allocate my study time over the next 5 weeks. I plan on retaking the test early january to meet my deadlines. While I'm aiming for a 700+ score, I would be completely be satisfied with at least a 670.

I also wanted to note that I took the test 1 week after completing a Manhattan GMAT course.

For some reference: I am an african american male who will have 3 years of professional consulting experience at a big 4 consulting firm by fall 2014. I have received a number of performance rewards from my company and have strong ECs as it is a job requirement.

Timing was not really an issue for me on the test as I was a able to finish all sections of the test with time to spare.

Any advice on study habits or tools I should take advantage of to boost my score by at least 70 points??

Thank you in advance!!!!
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Low SC Score after using e-gmat SC

December 2, 2013, 8:35 am
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Hi,
I have taken e-GMAT SC course and work on around 25 videos but when it comes to application I found myself in nervous state. I am still struggling how to approach a particular question and it takes me around 3-4 minute to completely understand meaning and answer the question due to which I am not able to complete my exam.
Please help me how to approach the course and get most of it.
Thanks
Vikrant
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Study Group NJ, Central New Jersey, Edison Area

December 2, 2013, 9:05 am
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Hi Everyone

I am looking for a study group for GMAT around central Jersey area. PM me if anyone is interested.

Thanks
A.
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Which course has the most questions with video explanation?

December 2, 2013, 9:15 am
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Hi,
both gmatPill and Magoosh have around 800 questions with explanations in video format. As i understand, gmat pill uses its own "frameworks" to explain the answers, but magoosh follows a more classic approach.
Since i have been studying using Manhattan books, i prefer Magoosh because i think it is compatible with what i have learnt so far.
do you guys know any other good course that offers more questions with video explanation?
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Usage of 'between' & 'among'

December 2, 2013, 9:53 am
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As per my understanding 'between' should be used when talking about 2 things/items/groups etc . and 'among' should be used when talking about more than 2 things/groups/items

Quoting gmatclub grammer book here:

The word between is always used when talking about a distinct relationship of two individual items, groups, or people.
Examples:
Sally had to choose between the red and white dresses.
Lets keep this secret between you and me.
However, between can also be used when talking about a distinct relationship of more than two individual items, groups, or people
Examples:
Johnny had to decide between going to Europe, buying a new car, or staying in college.
Business negotiations between the governments of the United States, China and South America are going well despite cultural differences.

Can someone please explain why the examples above ( in bold ) are correct ? shouldnt among be used here ?
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If a/b > 4, is a > 8?

December 2, 2013, 10:35 am
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If a/b > 4, is a > 8?

(1) b > 2
(2) a > 7
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Tests Resources

December 2, 2013, 10:58 am
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I am looking to take tests, lots of them. Can any one let me know the sources that provide tests

so far I have
Magoosh
MGMAT 6 tests
GMATClub 2 tests
Kaplan CAT
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