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ok, here goes - I did the Manhattan GMAT 3-month course which ended in December 2006 and I gave the exam as soon as the course finished. Even though my practice scores were in the 710-740 range, I got a 610. Time for re-evaluation. Lessons learnt - 1. Don't put all eggs in one basket. MGMAT has grea...

by snapplesf

Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:51 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: just got home with 700
Replies: 3
Views: 4315

just got home with 700

Quant 47 - 82% Verbal 40 - 90% Overall 700 - 92% Not jumping out of my chair as Simon from American Idol would day, but its good enough for me. I'm exhausted. More than anything else, I would thank this website.. I only learnt about it 20 days ago and wish I knew about it earlier.. but its been incr...

by snapplesf

Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:38 pm
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: just got home with 700
Replies: 3
Views: 4315

Manhattan GMAT as an indicator

Hey guys, I'm pretty convinved that manhattan gmat is NOT a good indicator of the real test. The best indicator is GMATPrep and I would take the GMATPrep score and then reduce it some. I was consistently getting 710-740 scores on ManhattanGmat, but got a 610 on my real test. Going for another one th...

by snapplesf

Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:39 pm
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 550 unofficial score must be wrong
Replies: 18
Views: 26792

thanks jayhawk2001 !

by snapplesf

Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:12 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Rates and Work
Replies: 4
Views: 2819

Rates and Work

source - GMATPrep -------------------------------------------- 6 machines, each working at the same constant rate, together can complete a certain job in 12 days. How many additional machines, each working at the same constant rate, will be needed to complete the job in 8 days ? 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 see an...

by snapplesf

Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:03 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Rates and Work
Replies: 4
Views: 2819

Find the remainder

source - GMATPrep -------------------------------------------- If n is a positive integer and r is the remainder when (n-1)(n+1) is divided by 24, what is the value of r ? 1) n is not divisible by 2 2) n is not divisible by 4 see answer below - Ans = C. I have no idea how to do this - any help ?

by snapplesf

Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:01 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Find the remainder
Replies: 1
Views: 2804

Weird video rental question

Source - GMATPrep ----------------------------------- Jen: Video rental outlets in Centerville together handled 10, 000 fewer vides rentals in 1994 than in 1993. The decline was probably due almost entirely to the Feburary 1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the area...

by snapplesf

Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:28 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Weird video rental question
Replies: 8
Views: 3839

GMATPrep material ?

Hello,

Not sure what GMATPrep is ? Can anyone point me to it.
I went to gmatprep.com and not sure this is what folks are talking about

Thanks !

by snapplesf

Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:14 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: What is GMATPrep?
Replies: 4
Views: 6336

make or synthesize ?

See attached document.

Although C ( the correct answer ) did sound better to me, I picked D, because C assumes that synthesizing a hormone is the same as making/creating one.

Can we really make this assumption on SC ?

by snapplesf

Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:20 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: make or synthesize ?
Replies: 5
Views: 4092

triangle ABC

Hi dominate11 ,

Assuming you figured out the triangle problem. if not,

if you work out the angles, you see that angles BAD=ABD
hence sides AD=BD=BC - hence A is sufficient.

by snapplesf

Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:54 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: GMATPrep - Practice Test #1 - DS - Please Help
Replies: 13
Views: 11632

Probablity and Geometry questions

Source of problems - www.mba.com - Practice Test 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 1. If two of the four expressions x+y, x+5y, x-y, 5x-y are chosen at random, what is the probablity that their product will be of the form x^2 - (by^2) were b is a...

by snapplesf

Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:30 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Probablity and Geometry questions
Replies: 4
Views: 2535

thanks !

Thanks gabriel !
Had no idea that weighted averages were tested on the gmat.

by snapplesf

Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:20 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Average height
Replies: 4
Views: 2318

Average height

Hello, This is my first post. So please correct me if I'm not following an expected procedure - DS Question - Source: - Practise Test from mba.com ------------------------------------------------------------ What is the average height of the n people in a certain group ? 1) The avg. height of the n/...

by snapplesf

Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:12 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Average height
Replies: 4
Views: 2318