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I already have MGMAT's Sentence Correction guide and I am still doing poorly with SC questions. Can anyone give a review of Kaplan's Guide as well as PowerScore's sentence correction Bible? ANY insight will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. I faced the similar situation. Read each Chapter from MGMAT ...

by farooq

Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:44 am
Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
Topic: Sentence Correction Guide/Book
Replies: 2
Views: 3927

OG_Geometry Question

Please explain the solution of this question.

by farooq

Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:59 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: OG_Geometry Question
Replies: 1
Views: 1252

OG_PS_Quantitative Review

Please share your strategy for this question.

by farooq

Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:01 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: OG_PS_Quantitative Review
Replies: 1
Views: 973

I'm due to take the GMATs in a little under a month and have been studying for about a month now. I recently started taking on the Data Sufficiency questions in my prep and I am doing HORRIBLY on them. I'm using a Kaplan 2010 premier book and only got 11 out of 50 right on the DS test portion. I've...

by farooq

Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:25 am
Forum: GMAT Math
Topic: Having a HORRIBLE time with Data Sufficiency! :(
Replies: 7
Views: 4218

Happy New Year

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Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year 2010.

by farooq

Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:14 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Happy New Year
Replies: 1
Views: 1149

Hi Brent, Thanks a lot for your descriptive reply. While solving this problem, I missed to consider fact 2. Test taker really love to design such question. Two important facts about parallelograms: - opposite angles (e.g., x and z) are equal - adjacent angles (e.g., y and x, or y and x) add to 180

by farooq

Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:24 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Old GMAT Questions
Replies: 2
Views: 1284

Old GMAT Questions

Please explain.

A is sufficient to answer this question?

by farooq

Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:52 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Old GMAT Questions
Replies: 2
Views: 1284

If two copying machines work simultaneously at their respective constant rates, how many copies do they produce in 5 minutes? (1)One of the machines produces copies at the constant rate of 250 copies per minute. (2)One of the machines produces copies at twice the constant rate of the other machine....

by farooq

Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:34 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: copying machines problem
Replies: 2
Views: 4844

At a certain company, each employee has a salary grade s that is at least 1 and at most 5. Each employee receives an hourly wage p, in dollars, determined by the formula p = 9.50 + 0.25(s � 1). An employee with a salary grade of 5 receives how many more dollars per hour than an employee with a sa...

by farooq

Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:58 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Salary Grade
Replies: 10
Views: 9302

as busines grows more complex, students majoring in specialized areas like those of finance and marketing have been becoming increasingly successful in the job market. b. who major in such specialized areas as finance and marketing are becoming more and more d. who major in specialized areas like t...

by farooq

Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:29 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: og verbal 105 sc
Replies: 5
Views: 3206

Question #90 from OG, 11th edition, soln on page 701 The peaks of a mountain range, acting like rocks in a streambed, produce ripples in the air flowing over them;the resulting flow pattern, with crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are known...

by farooq

Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:37 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC question from OG #90
Replies: 10
Views: 7333

I recently bought Sentence Correction GMAT Preparation Guide, latest 4th Edition and I plan to use it in conjunction with Official Guide 11 (orange book). Where can I find the OG 11 question matrix w.r.t to the topics in the book? The new edition lists OG 12 question matrix at the back. Do we have ...

by farooq

Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:26 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Manhattan SC Guide + OG 11 SC Question Matrix
Replies: 2
Views: 2674

22. In recent ears cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding, in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor. A)in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics B)in part for the acquisitio...

by farooq

Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:11 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG SC #22 Confused?
Replies: 24
Views: 18247

Found throughout Central and South America, sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough that two species of algae grow on its coat and between its toes. c)sloths use their long rubbery limbs to hangfrom trees, sleep fifteen hours a day, and...

by farooq

Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:18 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: og sc 163
Replies: 7
Views: 4810

Baker was perhaps not the most gifted soloist in the orchestra, but the conductor felt what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by the passion with which he played the music. (A) what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by (B) what he lacked in technical sk...

by farooq

Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:13 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: PARRALLELISM
Replies: 9
Views: 2044