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Kasia and Brent, thank you for your responses!
I think I have to improve my time management and do more practice tests as possible.

by faraday88

Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:09 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: need help
Replies: 4
Views: 1061

Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:Which sources did you use to prepare?
You need to decide whether you want to retake the exam. It depends what score you need.
Manhattan Foundations of GMAT Verbal
Kaplan New Premier
Princeton Review 1037 Tests
OG 13

by faraday88

Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:58 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: need help
Replies: 4
Views: 1061

need help

After 3 month-preparation, 2 days ago I took the GMAT and scored 660. My Quant was 83% and Verbal only 56%.In 2 last practice tests I scored 720 and 740, respectively. I think I can score 700+ in real exam. Do I need to retake the GMAT or not? Which sources fo GMAT Verbal do you recommend?

by faraday88

Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:20 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: need help
Replies: 4
Views: 1061

The OA is D. The reason that I posted this one is that I don't consider this question correct, because according to official GMAT "consider to be" is not idiomatic. D is the best answer, but it is just to choose the lesser of two evils. The bottom line for officials: can we expect such que...

by faraday88

Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:01 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The Tale of Genji
Replies: 6
Views: 1815

The Tale of Genji

Written in the early eleventh century by Lady Murasak i Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be the world's first novel. A) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic ...

by faraday88

Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:31 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The Tale of Genji
Replies: 6
Views: 1815

I don't understand one: if it is beneficial, why it must endanger the tree? that is why I ask why "because"?

by faraday88

Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:51 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Douglas fir
Replies: 5
Views: 1608

Douglas fir

The chanterelle, a type of wild mushroom, grows beneath host trees such as the Douglas fir, which provide it with necessary sugars. The underground filaments of chanterelles, which extract the sugars, in turn provide nutrients and water for their hosts. Because of this mutually beneficial relationsh...

by faraday88

Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:36 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Douglas fir
Replies: 5
Views: 1608

Chairman of a corporation

Below is an excerpt from a letter that was sent by the chairman of a corporation to the stockholders. A number of charges have been raised against me, some serious, some trivial. Individuals seeking to control the corporation for their own purposes have demanded my resignation. Remember that no cour...

by faraday88

Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:40 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Chairman of a corporation
Replies: 1
Views: 986

need expert help

92. Which of the following, if true, provides evidence that most logically completes the argument below? According to a widely held economic hypothesis, imposing strict environmental regulations reduces economic growth. This hypothesis is undermined by the fact that the states with the strictest env...

by faraday88

Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:10 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: need expert help
Replies: 4
Views: 3122

please rate my essay

Argument: “Users of Solacium, a medicinal herb now grown mainly in Asia, report that it relieves tension and promotes deep sleep. A recent study indicates that a large number of college students who took pills containing one of the ingredients in Solacium suffered less anxiety. To satisfy the anti...

by faraday88

Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:03 am
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: please rate my essay
Replies: 2
Views: 4688

probability

Three coins are tossed. Find the probability that they all land heads up given that at least one coin shows a head.
Is answer 1/7?

by faraday88

Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:44 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: probability
Replies: 2
Views: 768

Pleas analyze (and grade) the essay

Question: The following appeared in a memorandum from the business department of the Apogee Company: "When the Apogee Company had all its operations in one location, it was more profitable than it it today. Therefore, the Apogee Company should close down its field offices and conduct all its op...

by faraday88

Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:37 am
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: Pleas analyze (and grade) the essay
Replies: 1
Views: 1130

The chief executive

Need help: The chief executive officer met with the board of directors to consider the possibility of a hostile takeover attempt by a competitor and how they would have to respond to deal with them . A) how they would have to respond to deal with them B) how to deal with them if action would become ...

by faraday88

Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:45 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The chief executive
Replies: 1
Views: 1076

Is 1/m < 1/n?

I had a problem with the question on the p. 235 of Princeton Review. Is 1/m < 1/n? 1) m-n=3 2) 3n=m+2 Answer choice A is shown to be correct, that means Statment (1) is sufficient. But if we take 1 and -2 this statement doesn't suffice. 1/1 is NOT < - 1/2 What is the flaw in my logic? Can anyone hel...

by faraday88

Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:47 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Is 1/m < 1/n?
Replies: 5
Views: 2049