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by 007.r.mason » Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:09 pm
btw, 750 is still not a decent score for chinese students. most chinese applicants scored at least 760.
so, it's not strange that i can score 710 2yrs ago without knowing how to speak english.
Hi Tina,

Your review is is giving a complex to me and people on the forum. If each of 26,000 Chinese who give the GMAT every year score more than 700 in the GMAT then we will probably have to rethink and apply to schools in Africa/South America/University of Phoenix/Kaplan University.

However, I just want to make sure that we are talking about the same exam; i.e. GMAT and not the GRE. Just for you I will reveal this closely kept secret... (GMAC forgive me)

1. GMAT it taken by approx. 260K people around the world out of which only 2600 score 760 or above (top 1 percentile)
2. Approx. 26K students take the GMAT from China.. https://www.dreducation.com/2009/12/gmat ... -gmat.html
3. Of those who score above 760, probably half are from India and US, which leaves only 1300 or so spots for China to claim. Now 1300/26,000 = 5% is not considered "most" by any GMAT standards.

The GRE on the other hand is out of 1600 and and your statement is completely accurate..
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by tinatina » Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:38 pm
007.r.mason wrote:
btw, 750 is still not a decent score for chinese students. most chinese applicants scored at least 760.
so, it's not strange that i can score 710 2yrs ago without knowing how to speak english.
Hi Tina,

Your review is is giving a complex to me and people on the forum. If each of 26,000 Chinese who give the GMAT each year is scoring more than 700 in the GMAT then we will probably have to rethink and apply to schools in Africa/South America/University of Phoenix/Kaplan University.

However, I just want to make sure that we are talking about the same exam; i.e. GMAT and not the GRE. Just for you I will reveal this closely kept secret... (GMAC forgive me)

1. GMAT it taken by approx. 260K people around the world out of which only 2600 score 760 or above (top 1 percentile)
2. Approx. 26K students take the GMAT from China.. https://www.dreducation.com/2009/12/gmat ... -gmat.html
3. Of those who score above 760, probably half are from India and US, which leaves only 1300 or so spots for China to claim. Now 1300/26,000 = 5% is not considered "most" by any GMAT standards.

The GRE on the other hand is out of 1600 and and your statement is completely accurate..
hey mason,

thanks for your data and explanation.
but as i mentioned:
1. chinese applicants, not all chinese test-takers;
2. most refers to this percentage (=# of chinese applicants who scored at least 760/# of all chinese applicants), not the percentage you stated (= # of chinese applicants who scored at least 760/ # of all chinese test-takers).
anyway, i omitted one information, chinese applicants i mentioned are those who applied top 10 MBA programs.

btw, gmat is a bar, a tiny portion of whole application. so even most chinese applicants scored so high, you still don't need to worry about that, because they are not your competitors. they are my peers, but it doesn't matter because i already jumped over that bar.

thanks :)
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by 007.r.mason » Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:42 pm
but as i mentioned:
1. chinese applicants, not all chinese test-takers;
2. most refers to this percentage (=# of chinese applicants who scored at least 760/# of all chinese applicants), not the percentage you stated (= # of chinese applicants who scored at least 760/ # of world-wide test-takers).
anyway, i omitted one information, chinese applicants i mentioned are those who applied top 10 MBA programs.
damn.. thats where I lost in CR.. otherwise I would have gotten a 760 as well!!
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by xela760 » Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:58 pm
Hello Tinatina,congrats on your great score of 750. I have been struggling with my gmat and i feel that i need a private tutor such as Ron purewal because i have read some of his post on the forum and they are awesome.so advise me how one can arrange for private tutorship by Ron .I live in Nigeria and need a 700+ score to make it into the university of wisconsin MBA which is my dream school.
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by tinatina » Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:03 pm
xela760 wrote:Hello Tinatina,congrats on your great score of 750. I have been struggling with my gmat and i feel that i need a private tutor such as Ron purewal because i have read some of his post on the forum and they are awesome.so advise me how one can arrange for private tutorship by Ron .I live in Nigeria and need a 700+ score to make it into the university of wisconsin MBA which is my dream school.
check this pls.
https://www.manhattangmat.com/gmat-prep-tutoring.cfm
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by selango » Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:53 pm
Finally..
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by uwhusky » Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:06 pm
Sheesh, I need a sponsor to be able to afford Ron.
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by tinatina » Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:49 am
selango wrote:
Finally..
i don't think ron needs me to write something to get more exposure. do you?
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by gmatrix » Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:44 am
tinatina wrote:
i don't think ron needs me to write something to get more exposure. do you?
you are planning to write more ................. :shock:

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by selango » Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:42 am
tinatina wrote:
selango wrote:
Finally..
i don't think ron needs me to write something to get more exposure. do you?
Something huh?You wrote everything..

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by uwhusky » Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:59 am
tinatina wrote:
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i don't think ron needs me to write something to get more exposure. do you?
I am sure a lot of people would actually prefer Ron to have less exposure.
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by Arcane66 » Sat Oct 09, 2010 9:22 am
I'm sure you also scored a 6.0 on the essay without comprehending English. I got a 39 on my verbal and I am a native speaker. I'm not exactly sure how you can score a 39 with 4 months of English under your belt. Whatever.
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by beatthegmatinsept » Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:47 pm
Arcane66 wrote:I'm sure you also scored a 6.0 on the essay without comprehending English. I got a 39 on my verbal and I am a native speaker. I'm not exactly sure how you can score a 39 with 4 months of English under your belt. Whatever.
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by tinatina » Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:16 pm
i started to SPEAK english 4 months ago, not started to STUDY...
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by tinatina » Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:38 pm
to Mr. selango,
you misunderstood again and again...and got totally wrong main idea every time!

i don't think ron needs me to write something to get more exposure.
main idea: ron doesn't need
not "write something".

btw, what i did just was what I did. okay?

i'm also wondering why we waste time here. why not find some interesting thing to do?
so, last time to reply your post.

thanks for your time and all posts.
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