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heh certainly diminishing return on the verbal side! however, with a 50 on math, i would have gotten those extra 10... In any case... certainly not the end of the world, but i'm not thrilled.
- by egybs
Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:46 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Bit of a disappointment - 760 (49/44)
- Replies: 15
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Maybe it's proprietary info... but have you guys seen a decrease in the rate of which your international applicants are accepted to their top choice schools? Also, I'm a Canadian and Turkish citizen (grew up in Canada), but am a US permanent resident (on the citizenship path as we speak) working in ...
- by egybs
Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:37 am- Forum: The Application Process
- Topic: ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN = MORE MBA APPLICANTS
- Replies: 7
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Bit of a disappointment - 760 (49/44)
Hey folks - Took my GMAT last night and while i did pretty well, was a little disappointed with my score, particularly with my math... which I had been kicking ass on in practice exams. My expectation was in the 760-780 range. Practice tests: MGMAT (free): 710 (46/41) MGMAT #1: 670 (45/36) MGMAT #2:...
- by egybs
Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:20 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Bit of a disappointment - 760 (49/44)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5838
The other interesting thing I learned is that while US GMAT registrations have increased slightly, international GMAT registrations have skyrocketed. That seems like a pretty significant piece of info!
http://www.gmac.com/gmac/researchandtre ... volume.htm
- by egybs
Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:49 am- Forum: The Application Process
- Topic: ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN = MORE MBA APPLICANTS
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3517
also, get access to the manhattan gmat OG tracker. It's this mega spreadsheet where you just fill in your answer choice and the time it took you to answer the question and it spits out stats about where you're doing well, poorly, etc. Very handy.
- by egybs
Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:21 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28374
- by egybs
Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:54 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
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Re: MGMAT TIME SPEED DIST
We know Linda has already traveled 2 miles before things really get going: (2+2t)(1/2) = 6t 1+t = 6t t =1/5 = 12 min (2+2t)(2) = 6t 4+4t = 6t 2t = 4 t =2 or 120 minutes 120 min - 12 min = 108 min. E Tom and Linda stand at point A. Linda begins to walk in a straight line away from Tom at a constant r...
- by egybs
Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:32 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: MGMAT TIME SPEED DIST
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3530
Sure, we know that there are 5 possible ways for Kim pick the same color shoes. But how many different ways can she select them? 10C2 ("10 choose 2") is the number of ways that you can choose 2 things out of 10 things. The operation works as follows: 10!/(2!*(10-2)!) This simplifies to: 10...
- by egybs
Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:00 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probabilities: Kim has 5 pairs of shoes; each pair is a diff
- Replies: 6
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Sure... When trying to find how many digits are between two different numbers a little trick that I like (but is by no means necessary) is to change the range to 1 to X. So let's say we want to figure out how many integers are between -32 and 100, inclusive. We'll want to change the range -32 - 100 ...
- by egybs
Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:50 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: I'm embarassed I can't figure this out
- Replies: 4
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- by egybs
Sat Aug 02, 2008 3:30 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probabilities: Kim has 5 pairs of shoes; each pair is a diff
- Replies: 6
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Re: Probabilities: Kim has 5 pairs of shoes; each pair is a
Her first pick is inconsequential. she can choose any shoe. For her second pick, she now has to pick the 1 shoe that matches out of the 9 remaining shoes... so 1/9. C. This should ideally take 20-30 seconds. Kim has 5 pairs of shoes; each pair is a different color. If Kim randomly selects 2 shoes wi...
- by egybs
Sat Aug 02, 2008 3:10 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probabilities: Kim has 5 pairs of shoes; each pair is a diff
- Replies: 6
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Re: x and y
The numbers x and y are not integers. The value of x is closest to which integer? 1) 4 is the integer that is closer to x+y. 2) 1 is the integer that is closer to x-y Answer is E. It should be fairly obvious why neither of these individually would work. But what about together? Let's assume that we...
- by egybs
Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:58 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: x and y
- Replies: 7
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Oh Ian, I already said that! :-) "Notice that you end up not needing to worry about the 1/4 and the 4 as they cancel each other out. All you really need to think about is the 2nd and 3rd placements. " Pretty much the same as methods above, but a bit simpler (there's no need to label the le...
- by egybs
Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:31 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: probability question from Gmatprep CAT
- Replies: 11
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Assume there are four envelopes, A,B,C and D and four letters, 1,2,3 and 4. A goes with 1, B goes with 2, etc. Given that we want only one to be in the proper envelope this could happen in any one of four ways: 1 being in A, 2 being in B, 3 being in C, or 4 being in D. So if the question were to be ...
- by egybs
Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:30 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: probability question from Gmatprep CAT
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4488
agreed with pepeprepa on this... just do some trial and error. But there is one thing you could do which would narrow your choices down to a couple to test: Looking at 10, 12 and 18.. and knowing that we need 14 as an average. You can basically see that if there were no $12s you'd need an equal numb...
- by egybs
Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:24 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: MIXTURE PROBLEM
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1377