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reeka, I would suggest that u buy all the manhattan gmat books immediately. Go through every book and every concept well. I am confident that you will achieve 550 without much of a problem. Apart from Manhattan GMAT you could also consider getting: 1. Powerscore CR Bible 2. MOdule 5 for RC This shou...

by immaculatesahai

Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:15 pm
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: GMAT 5 TIMES!!
Replies: 3
Views: 2320

Congratulations to all succesful candidates who got into Wharton/Harvard/Stan/kellog and other B Schools already. Sadly I need to write more essays and that means more introspection. Cheers to you guys hope I catch up with you in R-2. All the experts here. Please answer: As I have mentioned, I know...


E it is. Since explanations are already given for the inquiry, I dont think I have much to add on that front.

by immaculatesahai

Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:49 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Subject phrases and Clauses: always singular?
Replies: 21
Views: 16325
by immaculatesahai

Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:45 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: quadrant problem
Replies: 21
Views: 12402
by immaculatesahai

Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:07 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Number Properties w/ Remainders
Replies: 34
Views: 19663

D it is. You cannot use "instead of" to compare verbs or action words. I am given the understand that the question is wrong. If I were faced with a question like this one, I would go for D. I checked up manhattan forums and found the reason for "accept" usage: In the God of GMAT-...

by immaculatesahai

Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:02 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Comparison issues
Replies: 46
Views: 23719

D and A (hers is a world of fractured love etc....)

by immaculatesahai

Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:45 am
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: Joyce Carol Oates
Replies: 37
Views: 24816

Only D. Not sure where the passage even talks about some gene not functioning properly. B is out of question. In fact I felt that the answers were pretty straight forward.

by immaculatesahai

Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:38 am
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: Parkinsons Disease
Replies: 17
Views: 16144

D it is. Factorize the expression to remove any ambiguity.

You will get (x-2)(x-1)(x)/4

Hence all we need to know is that x is even.

Both statements address the issue.

by immaculatesahai

Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:13 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Interesting DS question
Replies: 49
Views: 22452

B wins. 2 independent clauses, hence semi colon required. E is wordy.

by immaculatesahai

Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:06 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Comma Splice
Replies: 49
Views: 24896

C is it... taking both together. You have to consider both positive and negative cases of the modulus to arrive at the answer.

by immaculatesahai

Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:03 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Is |x| = y - z ?
Replies: 36
Views: 22164

I received a PM asking me to clarify the difference between of and for . There are no clearcut rules; prepositional modifiers serve many uses. That being said: OF often serves to describe the NATURE of the noun being modified: In a penalty OF one hundred dollars , the prepositional modifier describ...

by immaculatesahai

Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:32 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Wind Resistance... HELP!!!
Replies: 45
Views: 23647

The Russian government, in response to the actions of an American adoptive mother who sent her adopted son back to Russia, may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions co...

by immaculatesahai

Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:52 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Do you speak Russian?
Replies: 37
Views: 16636

Felt that the easiest approach is just using combinations. There are 16 teams and 2 teams play each game. There total number of combinations is 16C2 = 120

by immaculatesahai

Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:06 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Soccer time
Replies: 35
Views: 17628

Ans is 1/2 as explained by Mitch earlier. I followed the same approach. Good question.

by immaculatesahai

Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:31 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Jellybean Probability
Replies: 30
Views: 20069