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by Stele » Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:24 pm
A lot of the people here are foreign. It's no surprise they'll be better than the average American. Chinese elementary schools, for instance, start teaching Algebra at least as early as second grade. Most kids here at that age can barely read.
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by microwonder » Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:52 pm
yeah but that cant be it. There are pleanty of native americans here who can knock these questions out of the park. I dont know why my abilities are so poor compared to the rest of the guys here.
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by Prasanna » Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:05 pm
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I dont think it is a fruitful exercise to compare yourself with others :( . If you hace ascertained your target GMAT score, you should work towards it. If you have been spending time without progress, you might have to relook at the study approach. Think on those lines...And remember GMAT is only one part of you app process..Schools will not deny your application if you are great material otherwise...

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by microwonder » Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:07 pm
I totally agree, but I was just wondering if I am not good as others on this site because, either most have learned this before and I haven't, or maybe I am just stupid..........
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by Stacey Koprince » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:29 pm
Most people who are doing well with the math did learn most or all of this once already in high school or college - so don't compare yourself to them! They're re-learning it, not learning it for the first time. Even among the U.S. contingent here, there are a lot of people with engineering, science, and math backgrounds, so they did learn a lot of this stuff in school.
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by aim-wsc » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:51 am
Yes I think most of us here already know it and are REVISING /brushing up. but believe me it goes as tough as to anybody , since GMAT is an CAT (Adaptive test) and it's very very difficult to score 50/51 even to math expert.

& it has nothing to do with demographics.
American/ international jazz: doesn't apply/affect (not at least in quant area)
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by microwonder » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:42 pm
how about scoring from a 45-47. Do you need to be a math whiz to do that?
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by Stacey Koprince » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:12 pm
45-47 in quant corresponds to about the low 80s percentile-wise. So you have to be better than 80% of the GMAT-test-taking population.
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by beny » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:04 pm
I don't consider myself a math whiz, but I usually pull at least a 49 in math. It's a bit less common for me to get 50 or 51.
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