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Thanks for your insight Jen. Finally, keep in mind that you can get questions incorrect at the outset and still recover, so your first answer (or first few) does not necessarily set you up for the rest of the test...all questions are weighted into GMAC's algorithm. That's encouraging to hear. In all...
- by GTwinkie
Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:10 pm- Forum: Ask a Kaplan representative
- Topic: Bombed Ultimate Practice Test. What Happened?
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- by GTwinkie
Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:22 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Bombed Ultimate Practice Test. What Happened?
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Why is it always 1-(Probability of it NOT Occurring)?
A machine consists of three components, which are components X, Y, and Z. These three components operate properly independently of one another. The machine operates properly only when component X operates properly and at least one of components Y and Z operates properly. The probability that compone...
- by GTwinkie
Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:56 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Why is it always 1-(Probability of it NOT Occurring)?
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Bombed Ultimate Practice Test. What Happened?
Sorry guys - realized I posted this in the GMAT Strategy section accidentally. -------------------------- Hi guys - So I wrapped up my Kaplan classes a few weeks ago and just took my Ultimate Practice Test today. Simply put, I bombed it. Got the first question in both Quant and Verbal wrong (though ...
- by GTwinkie
Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:22 pm- Forum: Ask a Kaplan representative
- Topic: Bombed Ultimate Practice Test. What Happened?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4268
- by GTwinkie
Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:21 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Bombed Ultimate Practice Test. What Happened?
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Sorry to hear man. In what ways do you think the actual GMAT verbal differs from that of the Kaplan CATs? I've been consistently scoring about 650 on my Kaplan CATs, but I ended up with an abysmal 570 on the UPT. Might've been a fluke, who knows. Just hope it doesn't happen again when I take the rea...
- by GTwinkie
Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:45 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Bombed Ultimate Practice Test. What Happened?
- Replies: 6
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Bombed Ultimate Practice Test. What Happened?
Hi guys - So I wrapped up my Kaplan classes a few weeks ago and just took my Ultimate Practice Test today. Simply put, I bombed it. Got the first question in both Quant and Verbal wrong (though I thought I got them right) and you know where that goes. My performance looked to be on par with my very ...
- by GTwinkie
Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:13 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Bombed Ultimate Practice Test. What Happened?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1707