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- by OliverTPR
Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:27 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Help needed to improve the score
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1096
Mukeshk, Unfortunately, missing 9 questions on the Verbal section is more detrimental to your score than is missing 9 questions on the Quant. Although it does help to do well early in the Verbal test, from the research I have been a part of, the Verbal section is less adaptive than is the Quant sect...
- by OliverTPR
Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:24 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: GMATPrep Test-2 verbal score help needed!!!!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1223
I am not sure I follow your logic in your explanation. I think you may be missing a number or a word. Here is what I take from the problem. x^2 tells us that x is either -1 or 1. Given that this is true, x^w is either 1 or -1 and x^y is either 1 or -1. So, no matter what happens x^w/x^y is either 1 ...
- by OliverTPR
Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:10 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: BTG practice question - DS
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1489
Sason, No it is sort of the opposite. What I mean is that we grade the Verbal down in SOME cases because of a slightly higher emphasis on the first ten. What I have basically seen is that students scoring around 40 on our Verbal will sometimes score in the mid 40's on the actual GMAT. The other scor...
- by OliverTPR
Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:16 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Accuracy of Princeton review CAT
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9494
Gurpinder, You are on the right track. The catch to this problem is to realize that you cannot, nor need to, solve for the constants. The other catch is to notice that we are trying to solve for the negative input of an input with a solution. (7 instead of -7.) First you put in the -7 for the input ...
- by OliverTPR
Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:48 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: symbols
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1493
Arcane, You have an interesting approach, but unfortunately it doesn't work for two reasons. The easiest reason is that this problem is searching for the SMALLEST prime factor, whereas you found the GREATEST prime factor, 47. The more complicated reason gets to the heart of the problem. You are find...
- by OliverTPR
Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:31 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Question From GmatPrep1
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1769
Taniuca, You only need a few concepts to do well on co-ordinate geometry questions, as Brian pointed out. One of the major things you should know is the slope-intercept form: y = mx + b. It is tested commonly enough on the GMAT to memorize. The x and y are the coordinate, the m is the slope, and the...
- by OliverTPR
Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:18 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: coordinate geometry
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1549
Not to burst your bubble, but for what reason would you like to do this? Are you not sure about your selection, or are you trying to hide your scores from schools? Also, if you look at the screenshot you submited, it did not say that you could send your scores afterwards for FREE. It just stated tha...
- by OliverTPR
Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:14 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: College Slection
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1611
I feel pretty confident that TPR does not deflate the scores. Like I have said, if anything it appears that our scores are inflated 20-30 points (largely, I suspect, because of the Verbal.) I have taken 20+ GMATs from various sources, and this has been my experience so far. It also coincides with mo...
- by OliverTPR
Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:24 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Accuracy of Princeton review CAT
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9494
Hello! I am a Princeton Review instructor/trainer for the GMAT, so I hope I can help you out a bit. The accuracy of our tests, in my experience, has been very good. You can expect a 30 point swing, in either direction, but an overall accurate picture of your capabilities. If anything, I have more of...
- by OliverTPR
Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:55 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Accuracy of Princeton review CAT
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9494
As part of working with The Princeton Review, I just took the GMATPrep software 6 times and the actual GMAT, in part to evaluate the accuracy of the GMATPrep software. In the experience of our instructors, the software correlates pretty well with the actual exam. I saw two questions exactly duplicat...
- by OliverTPR
Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:51 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Practice Test Difficulty
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2304
I can't attest to every school out there, but the general consensus is that schools do not really care. I have personal experience with SMU and UT Austin's respective B-schools, and in both cases an admissions officer told me point-blank they do not even LOOK at the score. Hopefully someone can back...
- by OliverTPR
Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:20 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: do schools care about AWA?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2612
Uwhusky, I am sorry to hear that you are having nightmares! Unfortunately, I still have nightmares about the GMAT, and I teach the dang thing. Anyways, exercise is definitely one of the better ways to relax before the exam. Really, anything that takes a lot of energy is good. The basic idea is that ...
- by OliverTPR
Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:41 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Relaxing Strategy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1589
Aaron, If you aren't already using GMATPrep for your testing practice, you should definitely download the software. The OG 11 should be more than enough to build your skills, but the actual methods suggested in the book are awful (too slow and too difficult to repeat). You will need a clear system o...
- by OliverTPR
Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:59 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: 560:( Help!!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1138
Zerotoinfinite, Welcome to the forums! This is actually my first post as well, so I hope you find it helpful. This is my personal experience with the OG. I work for The Princeton Review, one of the GMAT prep companies associated with BeatTheGMAT. Before I started teaching here, I had to get my score...
- by OliverTPR
Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:27 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Need help in preparing Quant
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1373