Hi, I took the GMAT three times. The first two ended up with exactly the same score 660. I did something different to prepare for my third attempt and shared it in the following post. If you happen to have heavily relied your study, particularly your practice tests, on prep tests from test prep comp...

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I just recalled one GMAT expert saying that you need not only to be able to tell why a correct answer is correct, but also to be able to understand why wrong answers are wrong. For instance, when you are faced with an SC question, you might get a hunch on one answer choice as the correct one. Before...

Honestly, I can't stand not writing a response for a reason you are about to see. But before I go there, I need to ask you this. Did your verbal score in the GMATPrep end up lower than that in the Kaplan tests? Here is my story ... When I first took the GMAT, I did use Kaplan private class session t...

While the credibility of the poll was briefly addressed in the third paragraph, it should have deserved one separate paragraph as it is one crucial point. The credibility of the poll matters not only because we are not told how well the respondents represent the whole population, but also primarily ...

A sneaky way to evaluate statement 2: The two statements cannot directly contradict each other. Since statement 1 states that 2xy < 100, it must at least be possible that 2xy < 100 in statement 2. Statement 2: (x+y)^2 > 200 x^2 + 2xy + y^2 > 200. x^2 + y^2 > 200 - 2xy x^2 + y^2 > 200 - (less than 1...

Tricky DS

Is x^2 + y^2 > 100?

(1) 2xy < 100
(2) (x+y)^2 > 200

OA is A

Greg and Brian

http://s1.postimage.org/2iu9qlcck/Triangle_ABC.jpg Greg and Brian are both at Point A (above). Starting at the same time, Greg drives to point B while Brian drives to point C. Who arrives at his destination first? (1) Greg's average speed is 2/3rd that of Brian's. (2) Brian's average speed is 20 mi...