amazing - what a great story! that sort of self belief and perseverence will serve you well throughout your career - way to go!

Thanks so so much - that is really helpful. Got it!

repeated factors question

Could someone pls expalin the following to me?
If j is divisible by 12 and 10 is j divisible by 24?
I can't understand why the answer is maybe rather than a definitive yes. It relates to repeated factors... could somebody please explain? thank you!

Two hard questions ?

Dear fellow posters, My test is next week and I did a GMAT prep exam and couldn't answer the below questions (which I think might test the same concept). Could someone please help me out? Also if you know what kind of questions these are please let me know so I can revise them. Many many thanks! Que...

Thanks so much for this - it is truly inspiring! I am a fellow lawyer and feel the same way about math (and hours in big corporate law firms!). I'm about to take the test for the first time and would love to know more about how you upped your math score. Again, thanks so much and good luck with yuor...

Ok, this is tricky because it makes yuo want to use yuor exponent rules and ignore the fact that the question is about adding exponents (and remember yuo can't combine exponents when adding/subtracting). My easy way to deal with this is to think: how many of each exponent do I have? 2 x 2^5 3 x 3^5 ...

Thank you! Honestly, I think it's a terrific score and one that will not hold you back anywhere. From here on it's about the application I think. My friend who got 680 was accepted at Stanford and Harvard so you can go all the way. Thanks for having taken the time to talk about your experience!