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How to decline admission offers diplomatically?

Hi, I have been admitted to several schools of my choice. Each school's adcom has been very helpful throughout the application process. I understand that this is a very happy problem to have but I was wondering how should I go about turning down admission offers from schools of your second choice. T...

by godemol

Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:32 am
Forum: Ask an MBA Admissions Consultant
Topic: How to decline admission offers diplomatically?
Replies: 2
Views: 7975

when should you apply for financial aid?

Hi,
in order to apply for financial aid, does one need to wait until you get accepted to the program? or, should one submit along with the application for the program? Thanks.

by godemol

Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:10 am
Forum: Ask an MBA Admissions Consultant
Topic: when should you apply for financial aid?
Replies: 1
Views: 1126

thanks

sum of n terms in AP is n/2 * (1st term + last term)

thanks for ur quick response...one more thing, AP=average problems? also, does this formula apply for all sum of series? thanks.

by godemol

Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:37 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: sounds so easy, yet so disturbing...
Replies: 12
Views: 1829

tohellandback

tohellandback,

please explain the part where,

sum= 165/2(6+996)

thanks...

by godemol

Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:23 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: sounds so easy, yet so disturbing...
Replies: 12
Views: 1829

sounds so easy, yet so disturbing...

The average (arithmetic mean) of the multiples of 6 that are greater than 0 and less than 1,000 is
499
500
501
502
503

answer is 501. easy solution anybody? thanks.

by godemol

Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:22 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: sounds so easy, yet so disturbing...
Replies: 12
Views: 1829

number property q.

If n is a positive integer that is less than 10, what is the value of n? (1) n is the tenth digit in the decimal representation of 1/n. (2) n is the hundredth digit in the decimal representation of 1/n. 1/2=0.5 1/3=0.33 1/4=0.25 1/5=0.2 1/6=0.167 1/7=0.143 1/8=0.125 1/9=0.111 Therefore, from (1), te...

by godemol

Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:12 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: number property q.
Replies: 1
Views: 1176

number property q.

What is the remainder when the positive integer n is divided by 2? (1) When n is divided by 5, the remainder is an odd integer. (2) When n is divided by 10, the remainder is an odd integer. Thanks. from (1) I find that remainders are odd when n=6, 8.... That is, when 6/5 remainder is 1 and 8/5, rema...

by godemol

Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:42 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: number property q.
Replies: 3
Views: 1271

probability Q.

10. What is the probability that a student randomly selected from a class of 60 students will be a male who has brown hair?
(1) One-half of the students have brown hair.
(2) One-third of the students are males.


Thanks.

by godemol

Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:13 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: probability Q.
Replies: 1
Views: 1668

niharikamohanty

niharikamohanty,

wow...thanks... :D

by godemol

Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:08 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: proportions q.
Replies: 5
Views: 2819

probability Q.

A box contains 10 light bulbs, fewer than half of which are defective. Two bulbs are to be drawn simultaneously from the box. If n of the bulbs in box are defective, what is the value of n? (1) The probability that the two bulbs to be drawn will be defective is 1/15. (2) The probability that one of ...

by godemol

Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:35 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: probability Q.
Replies: 10
Views: 1809

got it

it just came to me what "the area of shaded region is equal to the area of the unshaded region" means... (what an idiot!) thank u all for the quick posts.

by godemol

Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:24 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: geometry q
Replies: 4
Views: 2057

geometry q

In the figure above, the length of the large rectangle is 12 inches and the width of the large rectangle is 10 inches. The area of the unshaded rectangle is equal to the area of the shaded region. If the ratio of the length to the width of the unshaded rectangle is equal to the ratio of the length t...

by godemol

Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:01 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: geometry q
Replies: 4
Views: 2057

proportions q.

The only items in a container A are 150 pencils and 725 pens. The ratio of the number of pencils to the number of pens in container B is 2 to 3. If all the pencils and pens in container B are placed in container A, then the ratio of the number of pencils to the number of pens in container A would be...

by godemol

Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:43 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: proportions q.
Replies: 5
Views: 2819

multiples Q.

The product of 3 consecutive positive multiples of 4 must be divisible by each of the following EXCEPT

a.16
b.36
c.48
d.128
e.192

Does anybody know a fast way of solving this question? Thanks.

by godemol

Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:07 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: multiples Q.
Replies: 1
Views: 2868

thanks for ur response

From the question stem, I understand x>35. So, if x>18, choices like 19 and 20 doesn't even fall under x>35, but x values that are greater than 36 do fall under the condition x>35. I think I'm misunderstanding some basic concept here. Please clarify. Thanks.

by godemol

Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:15 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: number property q.
Replies: 3
Views: 1374