Idea for compiling 'beat the gmat' scores

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Idea for compiling 'beat the gmat' scores

by jasonc » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:35 am
Idea
Compile scores (voluntary) of members of this forum from before and after using this forum to give everyone an idea of how much this forum + other resources has helped. This will give everyone a good idea of the value of this forum, and as an added bonus, may also serve to reduce the number of 'how much can I improve' questions.

(I was thinking of a graph showing the distribution of scores before using this forum, and the distribution of people after using this forum/may include scores of people using this forum but did not have a score previous to using this forum)

Implementation
We can try using Google spreadsheets, and just create a survey within 1 spreadsheet, link to it. Then on the spreadsheet side, we can create a graph that will auto update as more info is added into the spreadsheet. We can then link to the graph.

Put both links in a sticky so people will know where it is, and to fill it out if they choose.

I'm sure there are plenty of other ways of executing this.
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by beatthegmat » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:53 pm
Thanks Jason for the idea. Maybe this could be an ongoing poll/user contrib system in the 'I just Beat The GMAT' seciton?

I like your suggestion. Let me raise this with my engineer, but I have to set expectations--we have a big work queue already! :)
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by mayonnai5e » Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:58 am
I like this idea as it can help new users determine a "realistic" idea of how much their scores can improve. What would also be interesting would be to add a time spent studying variable so that we can see how much time people spent to achieve a certain score improvement.
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