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RC length vs time

I read on a website that there will be 4 RC passages on the real GMAT (1 Short 2 Medium 1 Long OR 1 Short 1 Medium 2 Long ) Now from the Official guides Short passages means 30-40 lines Medium passages means 45-55 lines Long passages means 60-75 lines I usually take 6-7 min for short and medium pass...

by djaytg

Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:36 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: RC length vs time
Replies: 1
Views: 1237

HERE "Voters from a representative sample of genders, ages, races, and political affiliations were polled" is a PREMISE AND " 53% of them said they would vote for incumbent Jana Reyes for mayor over any other candidate" is a PREMISE The conclusion is "the news company conclu...

by djaytg

Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:40 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: BoldFace
Replies: 2
Views: 2122

I promised myself that I would post my GMAT experience to this forum simply because it was such a critical resource for me when I was in the trenches studying. In 6 weeks, I got myself to a solid result: Overall: 740, 97th percentile Quantitative: 44, 64th percentile Verbal: 47, 99th percentile AWA...

by djaytg

Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:31 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 740 (47v, 44q) in 6 Weeks - My advice on GMAT Strategy
Replies: 8
Views: 7418

Semi-colon

Marconi’s conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is precisely the opposite, a tool for communicating with a large, public audience. (A)Marconi’s conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private...

by djaytg

Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:47 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Semi-colon
Replies: 1
Views: 1622

Here, would serves to indicate the SUBJUNCTIVE mood. One purpose of the subjunctive is to indicate an event that is HYPOTHETICAL. GOAL: To develop more accurate forecasts. PRESENT PROBLEM: The demographers do not know enough. There is one way that demographers could -- HYPOTHETICALLY, in the future...

by djaytg

Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:15 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 12 - 41 (would)
Replies: 8
Views: 2508

OG 12 - 41 (would)

To develop more accurate population forecasts, demographers would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economic determinants of fertility. Would is used to refer to the future in the past But here would is referring to the future in relation to the present Can someone...

by djaytg

Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:02 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 12 - 41 (would)
Replies: 8
Views: 2508

EducationAisle wrote:Actually the structure is:

X and Y suggest

X: A surge in new home sales and
Y: a drop in weekly unemployment claims

The structure is not:

A surge in a drop...
Thank you, i made a huge blunder in seeing the question in incorrect manner

by djaytg

Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:38 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 12 - 13
Replies: 2
Views: 1083

OG 12 - 13

A surge in new home sales and a drop in weekly unemployment claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as some analysts previously thought. A. claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as some analysts previously thought B. claims suggests that the economy might not be so weak a...

by djaytg

Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:27 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 12 - 13
Replies: 2
Views: 1083

Tense Doubt

Although various eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American poets had professed an interest in Native American poetry and had pretended to imitate Native American forms in their own works, until almost 1900,scholars and critics did not begin seriously to study traditional Native American poetry in ...

by djaytg

Mon Jan 28, 2013 11:44 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Tense Doubt
Replies: 1
Views: 1348

POE

Manufacturers have to do more than build large manufacturing plants to realize economies of scale.It is true that as the capacity of a manufacturing operation rises, costs per unit of output fall as plant size approaches “minimum efficient scale,� where the cost per unit of output reaches a mini...

by djaytg

Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:18 pm
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: POE
Replies: 1
Views: 3417

The Parthenon was a church from 1204 until 1456, when Athens was taken by General Mohammed the Conqueror, the Turkish sultan, who established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as a fortress. (A) who established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as (B) who, establishing a...

by djaytg

Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:35 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Verb-ing doubt
Replies: 13
Views: 4362

Verb-ing doubt

The Parthenon was a church from 1204 until 1456, when Athens was taken by General Mohammed the Conqueror, the Turkish sultan, who established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as a fortress. (A) who established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as (B) who, establishing a ...

by djaytg

Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:17 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Verb-ing doubt
Replies: 13
Views: 4362

difference between "never have been / have never been &

is there a difference between "never have been / have never been " ? In OG 12 SC 14 Sunspots, vortices of gas associated with strong electromagnetic activity, are visible as dark spots on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on the Sun’s poles or equater. (A) are visible as...

by djaytg

Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:08 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: difference between "never have been / have never been &
Replies: 2
Views: 2327

TOEFL submission after deadline date

Hi, I will be submitting my application to B-schools within the second deadline date(which is jan 1st or 2nd week),The problem is I have not yet taken TOEFL exam and there is no availability of test dates for 2012 and the next available dates are from jan 26th onwards. The B-schools for which I am a...

by djaytg

Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:11 pm
Forum: English Language Tests
Topic: TOEFL submission after deadline date
Replies: 0
Views: 1782

Need Help (having problems with DS)

I have given both GMAT prep exam and i have scored (47 and 49) in math section I have also given MGMAT CAT and scored a 44,47 in math section my problem is 70 - 80 % of my mistakes are from DS ex- 4/22 PS incorrect 9/13 DS incorrect i don't know how to improve my accuracy in DS,any advice will be he...

by djaytg

Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:55 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Need Help (having problems with DS)
Replies: 1
Views: 1146