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NEW TITLE: Tutoring - pros and cons.
(Changed title on Friday, Oct. 27) NOTE: I originally posted this on Monday, 10/23. Since my note caused some confusion, I've chosen to re-label. I will add some additional thoughts (as a reply to this topic) on (1) who should consider tutoring and (2) how to get the most from tutoring. I just read...
- by ianstrike
Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:05 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: NEW TITLE: Tutoring - pros and cons.
- Replies: 1
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PR was helpful but I believe maybe I should go through it again and try to memorize the concepts while also practicing some math equations. I just started working on the Kaplan GRE & GMAT workbook this week. You can't read math instructions like you read the newspaper. You need to WORK the math...
- by ianstrike
Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:45 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Math Help
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3780
This is an interesting SC. You might think that the construction SHOULD be plural, because the writer is describing sloths are around the world. However, in English, we are allowed to describe a class of entities as a singular. The ambitious student is characterized by continually striving to to bet...
- by ianstrike
Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:51 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: og sc 163
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4810
Re: but then...
But then... Option II doesn't say... "They ARE waiting for Bus no 265".. it says ... "They are PROBABLY waiting for bus no 265".. which means.. they may be waiting for other buses (not mentioned here) also... and we can safely assume that... Option II is correct I also agree wit...
- by ianstrike
Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:43 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Please answer this question and state your resoning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6058
- by ianstrike
Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:09 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Need some advice on prep book
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3559
Well, if you are three weeks away, you should be taking CAT exams. Don't even think about takeing the exam for real until you've done a number of simulated CAT exams If you were 6 weeks away, I would strongly encourage you to work through the Official Guide. Poke around this sight, there's lots of g...
- by ianstrike
Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:31 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Need some advice on prep book
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3559
As promised, I've done some actual analysis of the degree of overlap between OG 10 and OG 11. As I might have guessed, my general sense of things IS correct, but my estimates were too high. I knew that it would be quickest and easiest to evaluate the degree of overlap in DS and RC. (I was able to co...
- by ianstrike
Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:42 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: I have OG10, do I need OG11?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 28137
I think that I've gotta disagree with WiLDREBEL. I've tutored (and taught GMAT classes) extensively with both the 10th and 11th editions of the OG. While I wouldn't necessarily encourage anyone to LOOK for the 10th edition instead of the 11th, there's little reason - in my view - for anyone who owns...
- by ianstrike
Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:09 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: I have OG10, do I need OG11?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 28137
Syrian.
Your plan seems good. Be fleexible in your planning. I would suggest that you continue to do math work while you spend the time on verbal.
The Deecember 2 may be fine for you, but it might be the perfect time.
Stay flexible and work hard.
- by ianstrike
Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:42 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Any Suggestions on Additional Prep for GMAT
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3595
This is NOT a typical GMAC question, but ... option II is not good. This is so, because the original stimulus didn't include the word ONLY. The original says: The bus stop outside New Malden police station is visited by the 131 and 265 buses. However for that statement to work the way you'd like it ...
- by ianstrike
Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:48 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Please answer this question and state your resoning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6058
The answer is indeed B. Having said that, B is NOT a great answer. (But it's better than the other 4.) The argument says that 'vacationers account for more than half of the visitors to aquariums.' Just to be clear, this doesn't mean that half of all the vacationers go to aquariums. It means that hal...
- by ianstrike
Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:35 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: pure zoo aquariums
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4565
Gee I ain't Eric, but I suppose that I'd buy light card stock. (Regular paper is 20 lb, so probably 40 - 80 lb would be good. You can ask the folks at STAPLES or the the stationary store or copy shop) And then I'd cut them with a papercutter ...
- by ianstrike
Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:27 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Printing the flashcard ??
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3097
Where is this from ?
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The reason that I ask is that it seems to me that it's not a very good Q.
In other words, I'd be surprised if it's an actual GMAC, TPR, Manhattan GMAT or Kaplan Q.
There are problems with the question ...
- by ianstrike
Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:00 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: pure zoo aquariums
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4565
Re: feedback wanted!!
“All groups and organizations should function as teams in which everyone makes decisions and shares responsibilities and duties. Giving one person central authority and responsibility for a project or task is not an effective way to get work done.” The statement argues the positive effect of a lead...
- by ianstrike
Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:16 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: feedback wanted!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4297
The ARCO GRE/GMAT Math Review is okay. The table of contents (and the book's general organisation) is not ideal, but it is filled with good problems. It's NOT as good a book (IMO) as the Kaplan GMAT MATH WORKBOOK, 5th Ed. (which is all but identical to the Kaplan GMAT GRE Math Workbook, 4th Ed.). As...
- by ianstrike
Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:30 am- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: Books for gmat math
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4458