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50-point improvement or your money back??
Dear Knewton, I'm taking my GMAT in 2 weeks, and I have learned about your prep course thru my tutor. He talked highly about your adaptive learning method, and he currently works for a different prep course all together, so that's what really got me intrigued about your company... I took my GMAT 2 y...
- by jkwan
Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:33 am- Forum: Ask a Knewton representative
- Topic: 50-point improvement or your money back??
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3307
I have the powerscore CR bible..it's a GREAT book. I used to get about 40% of all the CR questions wrong on my practice CATS, but after I went thru this book, my CR % of error was significantly reduced - right now I get about 5-10% of the CR questions wrong on the CAT, and I'm still working on impro...
- by jkwan
Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:49 am- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: Powerscore CR bible?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13719
Remember that there is a margin of error on any practice test (even on the actual GMAT, the margin is +/- 30 points!). Also, sometimes students' scores will temporarily go down as they're getting accustomed to utilizing new tricks and tips, and will go up once they're more used to the new methods o...
- by jkwan
Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:44 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: 640 --> 600 after first month of study!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1976
- by jkwan
Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:39 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: GMAT Flash Cards by ManhattanGMAT
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4263
How do I improve my timing on the QUANT section???
Hi guys, My GMAT is in 2 weeks...I've been studying since the beginning of the year..and prior to this (2 years ago) I had taken a prep course but didn't score well on my actual GMAT, so this time around I had decided to hire a a tutor instead of paying for another prep course, so I can get help in ...
- by jkwan
Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:28 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: How do I improve my timing on the QUANT section???
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1229
Applying last minute..
I'm taking my GMAT this April, and was originally thinking of applying for the Fall 2010 term, but I have just realized that the schools I'll be applying to (Anderson UCLA, Marshall USC) will still be accepting applications until end of April/May. Do you recommend for anyone to apply during the last...
- by jkwan
Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:54 am- Forum: Ask an MBA Admissions Consultant
- Topic: Applying last minute..
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1390
integers
If 10^50 – 74 is written as an integer in base 10 notation, what is the sum of the digits in that integer?
A. 424
B. 433
C. 440
D. 449
E. 467
- by jkwan
Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:10 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: integers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2071
%
On a certain transatlantic crossing, 20 percent of a ship’s passengers held round-trip tickets and also took their cars abroad the ship. If 60 percent of the passengers with round-trip tickets did not take their cars abroad the ship, what percent of the ship’s passengers held round-trip tickets? A. ...
- by jkwan
Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:09 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: %
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1995
Probability..help
There are 11 women and 9 men in a certain club. If the club is to select a committee of 2 women and 2 men, how many different such committees are possible?
A. 120
B. 720
C. 1,060
D. 1,520
E. 1,980
- by jkwan
Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:08 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability..help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6112
- by jkwan
Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:57 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Help please
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4272
Astronomer
Astronomer: Observations of the Shoemaker-Levi comet on its collision course with Jupiter showed that the comet broke into fragments before entering Jupiter’s atmosphere in 1994, but they did not show how big those fragments were. Nevertheless, some indication of their size can be inferred from spec...
- by jkwan
Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:52 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Astronomer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3594
Help please
Environmental organizations want to preserve the land surrounding the Wilgrinn Wilderness Area from residential development. They plan to do this by purchasing that land from the farmers who own it. That plan is ill-conceived: if the farmers did sell their land, they would sell it to the highest bi...
- by jkwan
Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:46 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Help please
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4272
the "EXCEPT" question..
Tanco, a leather manufacturer, uses large quantities of common salt to preserve animal hides. New environmental regulations have significantly increased the cost of disposing of salt water that results from this use, and, in consequence, Tanco is considering a plan to use potassium chloride in place...
- by jkwan
Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:44 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: the "EXCEPT" question..
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4360
I would choose E. X alone takes 12 days to produce 2w widgets. Let n be the number of days Y takes to produce w widgets. So rate of work for Y is w/n. X takes 2 more days than Y to produce w widgets. So, rate of work for X is w/(n+2). Both combined can produce 5/4w widgets in 3 days - so, in one da...
- by jkwan
Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:03 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: widgets
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1432
widgets
Running at their respective constant rates, machine X takes 2 days longer to produce w widgets than machine Y. At these rates, if the two machines together produce 5/4 w widgets in 3 days, how many days would it take machine X alone to produce 2w widgets?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
E. 12
- by jkwan
Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:57 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: widgets
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1432