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wow! I won !!! nice!!javascript:emoticon(':D') Lemme be frank. Before I went to sleep yesterday(ya time gap you see 1500h pst is nearly 0300hrs in India)i went through all the essays that were submitted. Some real strong essays there. I had no hopes of winning. Thats why i was a bit late in checking...


why do i need a MBA?? The answer to this question two years ago would have been indisputably- “I don’t need an MBA�. I had joined army straight out of my school and gained my graduation from the best military academy in the nation. I was excelling in my job, leading men in counter insurgency, ...


hi dana, thanks for the prompt response. thats exactly the reason that btg is my favorite gmat forum. i have one more suggestion. i have absolutely no idea about the programming difficulties but if possible it would be nice to hav a chat application with this site. all users could chat among each ot...

by arunpanda22

Tue May 31, 2011 8:59 am
Forum: 2011 Scholarships
Topic: Mentioning Specific B-School Name in Essay #2.
Replies: 8
Views: 1430

hi dana, a lot of people participating in this scholarship seem to be concerned whether their application is received or not(including me) i may have even submitted three times since i thought my net had got disconnected(all the while cursing gprs connection) anyway just as a small suggestion from a...

by arunpanda22

Mon May 30, 2011 8:18 pm
Forum: 2011 Scholarships
Topic: Mentioning Specific B-School Name in Essay #2.
Replies: 8
Views: 1430

and is parallelism indicator
all options have where and since non underlined sentence cannotbe changed so we have to change the first part
that leaves d & e
d has no and to connect to second part
hence answer is e

by arunpanda22

Fri May 27, 2011 11:50 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Parallelism - Minnesota wolves.
Replies: 5
Views: 1482

wat about this
take condition 2 y=x+10
y>110% of x => y> x+x/10
x+10 > x+x/10
x/10<10
x<100
so value of x may even be 1 where y=1.1
so insufficient

by arunpanda22

Sun May 22, 2011 9:21 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: DS Question
Replies: 6
Views: 1405

I picked up Op A...reasons Conclusion: if a company wishes to announce the upcoming sale of a new device, it should wait until purchases of the old device have begun to decline. Now i agree Op B is in synchronization with this part "Once consumers hear about the new device, they may stop buyin...

by arunpanda22

Mon May 09, 2011 1:15 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Pace of technological developement----strengthening
Replies: 7
Views: 1492

why is b wrong??
"consider as a sign of"

by arunpanda22

Mon May 09, 2011 12:45 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: financial analysts---idiom
Replies: 9
Views: 1466

IMO E

will give detailed reasoning if answer is correct

by arunpanda22

Mon May 09, 2011 12:40 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: It was not long
Replies: 16
Views: 4024

nice review . I have but one contention --> the amount of material is too much. what would be helpful is if somebody could make a day by day programme like the btg 60 day gmat study guide incorporating all the material in a logical way (experts plz help)for say 6 months. the real high level of persi...


If n and y are positive integers and 450y=n^3, which of the following must be an integer I. y/(3*2^2*5) II. y/(3^2*2*5) III. y/(3*2*5^2) none I only II only III only I, II, and III I am not sure the way to start this question, help would be appreciated 450y=n^3 => (5^2)*(3^2)*2*y=n^3 hence for a pe...

by arunpanda22

Sun Apr 17, 2011 1:24 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Problem Solving help
Replies: 3
Views: 1288

why not do it this way check if (x-3)^2>0 on condition 1 if x<3 then (x-3)^2 will be greater than 0 so answer should be a Excellent question! For statement 1, it would be great if we could take the target question "Is x/3 + 3/x > 2?" and simplify it by multiplying both sides by 3x (as I d...

by arunpanda22

Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:09 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Inequalities
Replies: 4
Views: 1251

Is x/3 + 3/x > 2? (1) x < 3 (2) x > 1 Statement 1 We can show this is insufficient through counter-example. If x < 3, then: a) x could equal 1, in which case x/3 + 3/x IS greater than 2 b) x could equal -1, in which case x/3 + 3/x IS NOT greater than 2 Since statement 1 yields 2 different answers t...

by arunpanda22

Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:42 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Inequalities
Replies: 4
Views: 1251

Little lost on this step: 16(1+root2)= a root2(1+root2) I see how you factor out the 16, but I'm not seeing how you factor the a root 2 from the equation 2a + a root 2. Isn't the only common factor here an a? buddy root2*root2=2 so if u split 2 then u get (root2)^2 hence equation becomes (root2)^2*...

by arunpanda22

Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:07 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Triangle Question
Replies: 9
Views: 1687