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680 Q46 V37
Well Folks, I tested today and got a 680 (Q46 V37) My tests were as follows, MGMAT: 580 660 620 660 700 720 GMATPrep 690 720 As everyone says, the key is not volume but quality of studying. I also highly recommend the SC blog (http://www.thousandsc.blocked/) and the CR blog (http://gmatcriticalreaso...
- by mberkowitz
Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:15 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 680 Q46 V37
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2611
i believe thats a misplaced modifier; should be
Basing their decision on the recent decline in enrollment, the admission office decided to reevaluate its recruitment strategies.
i believe that's better, but i could be wrong.
- by mberkowitz
Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:26 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: admission office
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1564
gun law
In the United States in 1986, the average rate of violent crime in states with strict gun-control laws was 645 crimes per 100,000 persons—about 50 percent higher than the average rate in the eleven states where strict gun-control laws have never been passed. Thus one way to reduce violent crime is t...
- by mberkowitz
Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:45 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: gun law
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4673
i dont mean to belabor the point, but do you honestly believe one can make the assumption that the author did not intend on the original meaning? because i believe the use of 'such as' in the original sentence can be gramatically correct (if that was the authors intended meaning). clearly we dont ne...
- by mberkowitz
Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:49 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: frank lloyd wright
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1912
I think this is a great example of why relying too heavily on one technique, and not maintaining flexibility can be dangerous on this test. I made the mistake of relying on mgmat's overlapping set technique, while thinking about this problem conceptually (and writing out the given information) is pr...
- by mberkowitz
Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:36 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: hamburgler
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2019
- by mberkowitz
Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:08 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: hamburgler
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2019
hamburgler
From mgmat cat: Guests at a recent party ate a total of fifteen hamburgers. Each guest who was neither a student nor a vegetarian ate exactly one hamburger. No hamburger was eaten by any guest who was a student, a vegetarian, or both. If half of the guests were vegetarians, how many guests attended ...
- by mberkowitz
Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:46 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: hamburgler
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2019
sorry, i was referring to the first "has risen" vs. "have risen", not necessarily relevant to the Q i was just curious.
- by mberkowitz
Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:33 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: price of oil
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5139
I'm not denying that the distinction btween like and such as exists, but rather stating that to change the words is to change the meaning of the sentence. Therefor, I don't see how that answer choice can be correct (as it changes the fundamental meaning of the sentence: maybe it was the authors inte...
- by mberkowitz
Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:29 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: frank lloyd wright
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1912
frank lloyd wright
Though Frank Lloyd Wright is best remembered today because of bold designs like the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, most of his buildings were intended to blend into their surroundings. a) because of bold designs like the Guggenheim Museum b) for bold designs such as the one for the Guggenheim M...
- by mberkowitz
Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:44 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: frank lloyd wright
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1912
furthermore, in a perfect world wouldn't "pessimism about their" be better replaced with "pess. about its" rather than "pess. about the", because "the" isn't possesive?
- by mberkowitz
Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:33 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: price of oil
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5139
- by mberkowitz
Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:22 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: price of oil
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5139
price of oil
Noting that the price of oil and other fuel components, a major factor in the cost structure of an airline, have risen and will continue to rise, the company management was pessimistic about their outlook for the upcoming quarter. a) have risen and will continue to rise, the company management was p...
- by mberkowitz
Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:21 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: price of oil
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5139
In my opinion this is just another example of mgmat questions having arbitrary answer choices. If the conclusion to the statement had been "Private school students have better odds of attending college than do public school students", I agree with E. However, the way the statement reads I ...
- by mberkowitz
Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:14 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Private and Public Schools
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6397
square countertop
1) A square countertop has a square tile inlay in the cente, leaving an untiled stripof uniform width around the tile. If the ratio of the tiled area to the untiled area is 25 to 39, which of the following could be the width in inches of the strip? a) 1.5 b) 3 c) 4.5 a) a only b) b only c) a and b o...
- by mberkowitz
Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:50 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: square countertop
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1928