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Appropriate attire for classes
Hi all, I recently was accepted to business school for Fall 2016 (SUPER EXCITED), specifically the part-time/professional MBA and I have a question about appropriate attire for classes. While most students will be showing up in what they wore to work that day, I will not as I work from home full-tim...
- by Rastis
Sun Feb 21, 2016 7:07 am- Forum: MBA Student Life
- Topic: Appropriate attire for classes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2160
Never give up. A story of perseverance.
I posted this in the Application Success Stories forum but I felt like it belonged here as well. Bear with me, please. This is rather long but worth the read. Ever since happening upon this website six or so years ago I always imagined the day when I would be able to write my own success story of ge...
- by Rastis
Fri Feb 19, 2016 7:30 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Never give up. A story of perseverance.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4729
Never give up. A story of perseverance.
Bear with me, please. This is rather long but worth the read. Ever since happening upon this website six or so years ago I always imagined the day when I would be able to write my own success story of getting into business school. And up until this past Tuesday, I didn't think I ever was. My story b...
- by Rastis
Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:08 am- Forum: Admissions Success Stories
- Topic: Never give up. A story of perseverance.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6918
Trick question with wording?
If a group of numbers has an average of 1 and a standard deviation of 2, then how many integers are within one standard deviation of the average? a) 2 b) 4 c) 5 d) 8 e) 9 I believe the answer is 3, which is not listed as an answer choice. The question asks "WITHIN" one standard deviation. ...
- by Rastis
Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:55 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Trick question with wording?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1462
The bad photocopier
As an example of the devastation wrought on music publishers by the photocopier, one executive noted that for the recent choral festival with 1,200 singers, the festival's organizing committee purchased only 12 copies of the music published by her company that was performed as part of the festival. ...
- by Rastis
Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:30 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: The bad photocopier
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2489
Percent change
The quantities S and T are positive and are related by the equation S = K/T, where K is a constant. If the value of S increases by 50 percent, then the value of of T decreases by what percent? a) 25% b) 33 1/3% c) 50% d) 66 2/3% e) 75% I think the answer is D but according to the practice test I too...
- by Rastis
Mon Jan 11, 2016 6:56 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percent change
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2242
FREAKING OUT!
I have my official test this Saturday that I'm retaking for the 7th time and I'm freaking out. Why? Because I just scored a 490 on a GMATprep CAT after scoring a 640 on a MGMAT CAT just last week. Is there anything to do between now and then besides sleep in a church?
- by Rastis
Thu May 28, 2015 12:14 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: FREAKING OUT!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1845
Area of a triangle
What is the area of an equilateral triangle with a height of 8? a) 48 b) 64 c) 64/root3 d) 128 e) 128/root3 The way I tackled this problem was that I cut the triangle in half creating two right triangles. I then recognized that since one of the sides was 8 and that you could derive the other sides o...
- by Rastis
Wed May 27, 2015 7:31 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Area of a triangle
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1725
Alligator Attacks
In the past year, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people killed by alligators in Florida. During this same time, there has been an increase in the development of new houses, golf courses, and shopping areas in former wilderness areas within the state. Therefore, the increase in f...
- by Rastis
Thu May 21, 2015 9:22 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Alligator Attacks
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2613
Bad test question?
In La Plata, Argentina, one of the first cities that was offering the public complimentary wireless Internet access; anyone with a wireless-enabled device can access the Internet from virtually any location in the downtown area. a) that was offering the public complimentary wireless Internet access;...
- by Rastis
Sat May 09, 2015 9:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Bad test question?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1477
Deciphering answer meanings
What is the difference between answer choice B and D? For a contest at the upcoming county fair, Marie advocates for a ring toss because the ring toss is consistently the favorite activity of the children who attend the fair. Anne, however, points out that adults win most of the prizes when playing ...
- by Rastis
Sat May 09, 2015 9:12 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Deciphering answer meanings
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1225
- by Rastis
Sat May 09, 2015 7:10 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Trick Question?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1770
Mitch,
But the question asks if the steaks can be grilled before her guests arrive, not if they are grill between 25-30 mins. If the steaks can be finished either at 24 mins or 28 mins, they are still finished before the guests arrive.
- by Rastis
Fri May 08, 2015 1:12 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Trick Question?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1770
Trick Question?
It takes Amy between 6 and 7 minutes to grill a steak, and she can only grill one steak at a time. She does not need to take breaks between steaks. Can Amy finish grilling all the steaks needed for her party before her guests arrive? (1) Amy needs to grill four steaks for her party. (2) Amy's guests...
- by Rastis
Fri May 08, 2015 12:12 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Trick Question?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1770
- by Rastis
Mon Mar 30, 2015 5:19 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Trick Question?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2959