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We got in to 3 out of 4 BS! A family success story)

So here it is! Our success story! I applied with my fiancee to Tuck, Duke, Kellogg and Haas. We both got admitted to Tuck, Duke and Kellogg (both WL at Haas). I will try not to write a lot of words here, so if any of you need some more information, please feel free to contact me (skiver list ru) or ...

by Sk1ver

Sat Apr 18, 2015 12:05 am
Forum: Admissions Success Stories
Topic: We got in to 3 out of 4 BS! A family success story)
Replies: 2
Views: 5908

Public hospitals are suffering because of a lack of money available for physical expansion projects. To help hospitals, local governments plan to offer municipal bonds with above-average interest rates to induce individuals to buy these bonds, because as local governments get more money from munici...

by Sk1ver

Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:10 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: municipality bonds
Replies: 2
Views: 1309

Certain gemstones are formed by magma, a material found deep inside the Earth, that has pushed toward the surface and solidified; others are created when superheated water and gases cool. When chemical action, heat, or pressure changes the existing structure of rocks, they may recrystallize to form...

by Sk1ver

Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:51 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Weaken-- Certain gemstones are formed by magma
Replies: 8
Views: 3268

IMO A. There is no significant difference among manufacturers of name-brand cereals in the prices they charge for their products. - This info is useless for us. Knowing this we can't answer to the question: "Will the plan succeed?" B. Consumers who have switched to store-brand cereals have...

by Sk1ver

Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:24 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Cereal Problem~
Replies: 1
Views: 1841

E. The systematic hunting of wolves encouraged by the program drove many wolves in Hylantia to migrate to remote mountain areas uninhabited by humans.


E says that wolves migrated to regions, where there were NO humans...
So this info cannt help us to explain why wolves attacks increased.

by Sk1ver

Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:57 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Wolfs attack. Explain Problem!
Replies: 2
Views: 1288

Ok, let's see what we have here. A summary of the stem using my own words: Hardin: Common lands will be used less carefully than private lands. Why? Because common lands don't belong to ranchers, so why they should care about the land? They will care about their profits, so they will use the land as...

by Sk1ver

Tue Dec 25, 2012 2:30 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Evaluate!!!
Replies: 2
Views: 4086

A new species of fish has just been discovered living in great numbers in the waters off Papua New Guinea. The fish exhibits some characteristics belonging to sharks, such as a cartilaginous skeleton. However, the fish also exhibits characteristics belonging to eels, such as a long, snake-like body...

by Sk1ver

Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:30 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Inference CR. Try it! :)
Replies: 6
Views: 1945

No prob First, let's summarize a bit the problem: This is a paradox question, so we need to find a solution that will resolve the paradox (ie resolves both issues) 1. Operating costs increased (due to salary increase) but at the same time 2. Profits increased Now let's take a look at the answer choi...

by Sk1ver

Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:37 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Discount retailer!---resolve the paradox
Replies: 3
Views: 1478

Oh.. I got it!
Just a few seconds after posting it!

But maybe this qst will be useful for someone else)

by Sk1ver

Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:00 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Medicinal substances
Replies: 1
Views: 2027

Medicinal substances

Using new detection techniques, researchers have found trace amounts of various medicinal substances in lakes and rivers. Taken in large quantities, these substances could have serious health effects, but they are present in quantities far too low to cause any physiological response in people who dr...

by Sk1ver

Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:55 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Medicinal substances
Replies: 1
Views: 2027

Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else. (A) Dickinson were written over a period beginning a ...

by Sk1ver

Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:49 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Trouble with "which" as modifier
Replies: 2
Views: 1109

Can somebody explain why in B "doubled ... while cutting" is parallel?

by Sk1ver

Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:37 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Farming
Replies: 5
Views: 4517

First attempt - 690, seems good, but... ?

Hi to all! I've just scored 690 (Q48 V37 / 88pct). I'm not a native speaker, and I don't live in a country where English is native, so my low verbal result was expected. Still I believe that 690 with a Q48 is a good result for a non-native speaker. I've been studying for three months, so I belive th...

by Sk1ver

Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:42 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: First attempt - 690, seems good, but... ?
Replies: 2
Views: 1609