Introductions

Hi, all

I'm writing with both good news and sad news (for me, anyway). While I'm very sad to do so, I'm bowing out of the forums for the foreseeable future. As those of you who have interacted with me on the forums this summer already know, it has been a struggle for me to keep up with questions in a timely manner and that isn't going to change any time soon. You guys deserve speedy answers to your questions, and I'm not giving that to you (and can't, for a while at least). I will continue to write weekly articles for the site, though.

The good news, though, is my replacement, Whitney Garner! She's one of our stand-out instructors and she's very excited to start helping everyone here at BTG. Take a look at her bio here: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/experts/ ... ney-garner

Over the next week or so, she and I will be clearing out my backlog of PMs (going back close to a month now). If you have already sent me a PM, you may still hear from me once more, but you will more likely hear from Whit. If you have an idea for an article, you can still send that to me via PM - I'll check in periodically to collect your ideas. In future, though, I won't be responding to additional PMs; Whit will check my account for a few weeks during this transitional period, but you guys should start to PM her directly rather than me. (And you can also PM our other BTG contributor, Ron Purewal.)

So, help me welcome Whitney to this great BTG community! And happy studying - may you all get the score of your dreams!

Hi All!!

I am thrilled to join the community and excited to try and fill the very big shoes that Stacey is leaving behind! As Stacey noted, I'll be working to reply to many of you who have already PM'd and look forward to hearing from new voices out there - so don't hesitate contacting me directly with your questions (or with requests to review already posted threads).

Can't wait to see everyone around the boards!

- Whit

Stacey, thank you so much for all the years of service to our community. You've been with us from almost the beginning, when the Beat The GMAT community was so tiny! You've been a spectacular presence for us, and your contributions have no doubt helped tens of thousands of GMAT test takers (I say that with complete sincerity). We all wish you the best.

Whitney, what a pleasure to have you on board! Welcome to the Beat The GMAT community--I think you're going to really love our friendly atmosphere and amazing members. We look forward to getting to know you on our site.

All the best!

Eric

Thanks, guys, for your kind words and for helping me to welcome Whitney!

gmatmachoman - you know that "Stacey's Style," as you call it, is primarily for your (the students') benefit, right? From my point of view, yes, I care about properly sourcing things, but from your point of view, you want to know the quality of your source material. Plus, you don't want to expose yourself to a bunch of, say, GMATPrep or MGMAT CAT questions before you actually take your practice CATs!

If I were a student studying on this forum, I would refuse even to look at anything that didn't have a source. And for the ones that did post a source, I'd be picky about which sources I'd view / use.