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I know this is an old post, so moderator feel free to delete it if you find it inappropriate, but the question asked wasn't answered. I figured this would be useful if someone found this via google. Yes a 700 changes over time, and does not mean the same thing as when the test was taken. Below is a ...
- by Michael Birdsall
Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:46 am- Forum: Ask Stacy Blackman
- Topic: GMAT Scoring History
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9671
I think this depends on your goal. If your goal is getting an MBA, don't spend another second on the GMAT. Putting the time you would have spent on preparing for your GMAT again into preparing a solid application is likely a much better use of your time. If your goal is to get a top 1 percentile sco...
- by Michael Birdsall
Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:01 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 740!! Should I retake??
- Replies: 52
- Views: 18064
After teaching a few foreign language students, I am convinced that this is a question where it makes sense to point out that the official guide has very little to do with actual American English. And can be very inconsistent. Looking at the sentence, we need an answer choice that is parallel around...
- by Michael Birdsall
Fri Nov 19, 2010 4:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Paleontologists
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10436
- by Michael Birdsall
Sat Jun 05, 2010 2:41 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Last Sunday a certain store sold copies of Newspaper A for $
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15756
Hi Eli, Thanks for the reply. While I can sympathize with your concerns, all that you have done is pointed out that there is an absence of evidence. Surely you will agree that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. In other words, just because we (both of us) are unsure of how representativ...
- by Michael Birdsall
Fri May 21, 2010 1:05 pm- Forum: Ask a Kaplan representative
- Topic: Kaplan Scores Suck
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8080
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and use of evidence in the argument... I find the author's argument unconvincing, the author uses jargon to draw a conclusion that is not supported with a deep understanding of that jargon,...
- by Michael Birdsall
Mon May 03, 2010 2:26 pm- Forum: Ask a Kaplan representative
- Topic: Kaplan Scores Suck
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8080
I have taught 100s of students after they have taken a Kaplan GMAT course, most of them feel exactly how you do. Because Kaplan does not score your tests accurately, Kaplan test are not any sort of indicator of how well you will perform on test day. To avoid just ripping on Kaplan, there are some pe...
- by Michael Birdsall
Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:28 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: One week before GMAT's - A disaster waiting to happen
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3048
I suggest you persist with this until resolved. Not only for your sake but the sake of future test takers. I encourage anyone else who has endured a testing irregularity to step up. You should take the mind set that you are a customer who bought a very expensive product, which failed to deliver what...
- by Michael Birdsall
Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:14 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Technical Glitches eating around 2 minutes of verbal in GMAT
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2941
Another good question. In the explanations above, it has been pointed out that there are 7 places for for men to sit and 7 places for women to sit. So if you think that once one woman sits down all positions for women can be defined relative to her position, and once one man sits down all the positi...
- by Michael Birdsall
Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:03 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: permutation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7632
Another good question. In the explanations above, it has been pointed out that there are 7 places for for men to sit and 7 places for women to sit. So if you think that once one woman sits down all positions for women can be defined relative to her position, and once one man sits down all the positi...
- by Michael Birdsall
Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:03 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: permutation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7632
I am afraid I don't understand your question.one circular table of consisting 10 chairs where 7 Actors to be seated with 7 actresses in suh a way that none of the actresses would sit together and all the 14 people should sit side by side
There are only ten chairs and 14 people.
- by Michael Birdsall
Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:59 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: permutation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7632
There is a relationship between the powers of the primes that make up an integer and the number of positive factors. The number of positive factors will equal to the product of powers of each of the primes+1. For example, suppose that p, q, and r are prime numbers then (p^2)(q^3)(r^1) will have (2+1...
- by Michael Birdsall
Sun Sep 06, 2009 3:54 am- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: A perfect sq. has three positive divisors..
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2422
Good question kauldheeraj. I think this can be explained in two ways: First each position has to be different only if an arrangement is considered the same when people are sitting in the same position relative to each other. For example, Suppose the 7 people sat in the arrangement 1 - ABCDEFG This w...
- by Michael Birdsall
Sun Sep 06, 2009 3:36 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: permutation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7632
Hi Sleepy,
You can check out GMATix.com.
The site has an international directory of private GMAT tutors.
- by Michael Birdsall
Sun Sep 06, 2009 3:14 am- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: Gmat Math Tutor
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1658
Hey heshamelaziry,
You can check out GMATix.com.
The site has an international directory of private GMAT tutors.
- by Michael Birdsall
Sun Sep 06, 2009 3:06 am- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: Math Tutor
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1495