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GMAT Prep 2nd AWA - my last attempt before GMAT!

Hi experts, or Katharine! This is going to be my very last attempt before my exam scheduled on this Saturday. I always appreciate your help! Thanks :) The following appeared in a magazine article on trends and lifestyles: “In general, people are not as concerned as they were a decade ago about reg...

by gettingwanderlust

Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:52 pm
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: GMAT Prep 2nd AWA - my last attempt before GMAT!
Replies: 1
Views: 1380

GMAT Prep 2nd AWA - my last attempt before GMAT!

Hi experts, or Katharine! This is going to be my very last attempt before my exam scheduled on this Saturday. I always appreciate your help! Thanks :) The following appeared in a magazine article on trends and lifestyles: “In general, people are not as concerned as they were a decade ago about reg...

by gettingwanderlust

Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:52 pm
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: GMAT Prep 2nd AWA - my last attempt before GMAT!
Replies: 1
Views: 1183

Please review my essay! (Re-elect Adams!)

The following appeared as a part of an advertisement for Adams, who is seeking reelection as governor. “Re-elect Adams, and you will be voting for proven leadership in improving the state’s economy. Over the past year alone, seventy percent of the state’s workers have had increases in their wa...

by gettingwanderlust

Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:35 am
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: Please review my essay! (Re-elect Adams!)
Replies: 1
Views: 1562

Thank you so much again Katharine!
Your advice and review are of great help!
And I will have to apologize you for writing another essay.. haha I am also studying for the other parts as well, just that I want to feel more confident in myself by practicing as much as I can for AWA :)
Thanks a lot!

by gettingwanderlust

Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:33 am
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: Dear experts! Here is an essay of mine. :)
Replies: 2
Views: 1558

Dear experts! Here is an essay of mine. :)

It was not so easy to think of the reasoning points.. Not so confident with this essay, but anyways please kindly review this one for me! Thank you experts! The following appeared as part of an annual report sent to stockholders by Olympic Foods, a processor of frozen foods. “Over time, the costs ...

by gettingwanderlust

Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:03 am
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: Dear experts! Here is an essay of mine. :)
Replies: 2
Views: 1558

2015 OG SC #28 #120

Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel. A. that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolved B. that has suggested the ...

by gettingwanderlust

Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:39 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 2015 OG SC #28 #120
Replies: 1
Views: 1312

Og 2015 sc #128

Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel. A. that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolved B. that has suggested the ...

by gettingwanderlust

Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:53 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Og 2015 sc #128
Replies: 7
Views: 2465

Og 2015 sc #89

Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates. (A) that flourished at the same time as the civilizat...

by gettingwanderlust

Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:42 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Og 2015 sc #89
Replies: 2
Views: 1835

Hello gettingwanderlust, I think there's a little confusion about the word itself. "Evidence" is a collective noun, which means that it's always singular and we don't say "evidences." As an example, "water" is a similar type of word. Would you ever say "I drank a ...

by gettingwanderlust

Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:59 pm
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: Dear experts! Please review my essay! :) Thanks a lot
Replies: 5
Views: 2029

Hello gettingwanderlust, I hope that these comments help you as you're preparing. Writing: I didn't catch that many mistakes, but make sure that you leave time to review your essay before submitting it. In the intro: "two evidences" should be "evidence." You should use evidence ...

by gettingwanderlust

Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:48 pm
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: Dear experts! Please review my essay! :) Thanks a lot
Replies: 5
Views: 2029

Dear experts! Please review my essay! :) Thanks a lot

The following appeared in the opinion column of a financial magazine. “On average, middle-aged consumers devote 39 percent of their retail expenditure to department store products and services, while for younger consumers the average is only 25 percent. Since the number of middle-aged people will ...

by gettingwanderlust

Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:49 pm
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: Dear experts! Please review my essay! :) Thanks a lot
Replies: 5
Views: 2029

2015 OG #28

In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species, dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the organism's trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it. (A) trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it (B) trying that it...

by gettingwanderlust

Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:56 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 2015 OG #28
Replies: 2
Views: 1766