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by beatthegmat » Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:30 pm

If the noise bothers you, go to your local drugstore and buy some earplugs! Practice with them on--that's what I did.

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by IWillSurvive » Fri Apr 23, 2010 4:47 pm

Awesome tip - I totally will try that.

Thanks again. I have recommended this site to a few friends!

Angie

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ReachingHigher: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 48; Joined: Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:33 am; Thanked: 1 times; Followed by:1 members

by ReachingHigher » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:56 pm

Good Afternoon,

I know this is off topic, but I am curious about how you formatted your application timeline.

I myself am taking this exam in late September 2010. I was told that I should allow my applications to go to Round 2. What is your opinion on that? Did you apply in Rd 1?

Thanks !

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ezzi_j: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 3; Joined: Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:53 am

by ezzi_j » Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:15 pm

Hi,

I have a problem understanding Indistinguishable events in the flashcards on pg. 55. Could you please explain what you mean by "divide the factorial of the items in the set by the product of the factorials
of the number of indistinguishable elements." Thanks.

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ezzi_j: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 3; Joined: Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:53 am

by ezzi_j » Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:24 pm

Hi Eric,

Is it enough if I practise for GMAT only from OG 12 or shall I buy some more refernce books?

I also have OG 10. Should I practise separately from both OG 10 and OG 12 or OG 12 is sufficient?

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by beatthegmat » Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:58 pm

I highly recommend OG12, but I also think it's smart to get some additional books for supplemental review and practice. Here are some study plans to check out that provide a list of books: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/how-to-g ... n-the-gmat

Also, check out the 60-Day Study Guide, which walks you through a day-to-day path for preparing for the GMAT: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/gmat-guide

Good luck!

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by ezzi_j » Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:52 pm

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by kvcpk » Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:29 pm

ezzi_j wrote:Hi,

I have a problem understanding Indistinguishable events in the flashcards on pg. 55. Could you please explain what you mean by "divide the factorial of the items in the set by the product of the factorials
of the number of indistinguishable elements." Thanks.

I dont think Eric would mind If I address this query here

Suppose the question is what is the number of ways of arranging the letters in the word "APPLE"
Total number of items = 5
How many occurences of each are present?
A-1
P-2 [Both P's are indistinguishable]
L-1
E-1

Hence number of ways of arranging, as per the rule above is
= 5!/2! = 60

Lets look at a bit difficult one:
Number of ways of arranging letters in "Mississippi"
Total = 11
Occurences are:
M-1
I-4
S-4
P-2
Hence number of ways = 11!/(4!*4!*2!)

Hope this helps!!

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by beatthegmat » Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:36 pm

Thanks kvcpk. Couldn't have explained it better myself.

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by djegan » Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:29 pm

As for anything related to the GMAT, practice makes perfect when it comes to CR. After you do a lot of problems you well get a feel for the patterns and question types that ETS loves to test. In my actual exam, I found that ETS was particularly fond of strengthen/weaken questions.

Could you help me out in identifying the patterns in CR; if possible plz explain the strategy for pattern identification in CR?

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mrmz25: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 1; Joined: Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:53 am

by mrmz25 » Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:42 am

Hey Eric,

Do you think the GMATPrep practice exams through mba.com are a good assessment of how I will do on the actual GMAT? I took a course through Kaplan and took all of their practice exams and found myself doing better on those exams than the two GMATPrep exams..

Thanks!

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by sushantdewan » Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:41 am

Hey eric,
gr8 post...v informative and v inspiring ... All the best to u ...

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by mba4viplav » Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:49 am

Very nice article..... The suggestions given by you are invaluable.

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by Viper83 » Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:07 am

cool review, well done.

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by DAYNE » Fri Nov 12, 2010 6:11 am

I no longer think the OG is the bible for quants for the gmat

with the manhattan guides and OG 11 and 12 I did the problems over and over and once I got to the test most of the problems were tricker and different than the og

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