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Imply or infer question require you to infer as little as possible. So we can look at the answer choices and eliminate those who are going overboard. 1. "up and down are universal concepts" "universal concept" is nowhere in stem 2. "define the world around them" the ste...

by simplyjat

Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:45 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Explanation Plzzz..
Replies: 6
Views: 2259

Depends on your profile. Read Richard Montauk's book for more details.

by simplyjat

Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:40 pm
Forum: The Application Process
Topic: How many schools should you apply to?
Replies: 4
Views: 8861

This is one of the questions from MGMAT whose explanation is hard to buy. OA states that first statement does not give the frequency! I might be bad in English, but if "Since the population divided two hours ago" is not specifying the frequency as 1 hour, WTF else does the statement specif...

by simplyjat

Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:38 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: cell population doubles at constant intervals
Replies: 8
Views: 5224

There are two types of MBA: progressive and transitional. Progressive are better served by smaller 1 year programs and transitional are better served by bigger 2 year programs.

by simplyjat

Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:29 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: PhD to MBA: Switching a science career to Business?
Replies: 5
Views: 19354

Kindly post one question per post and restrain yourself from word attachments.

by simplyjat

Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:02 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Gmat Prep-Ratios
Replies: 3
Views: 1602

That is the intentional gotcha here...

Statement 1 says xy = y^2. and you interpreted it as x = y and this particular interpretation is wrong. xy = y^2 can be true even when y = 0 and in that case x may not be equal to y

by simplyjat

Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:58 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: DS princeton - pls clarify the off. explanation
Replies: 3
Views: 1363

hey I will be applying for fall 09, and have a similar profile :)

by simplyjat

Wed May 28, 2008 8:29 pm
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: gmat over: 750 !!!
Replies: 1
Views: 2431

My apologies codesnooker, but we can't release this kind of data. I don't want to project the impression of a walled garden, but we will not be able to provide individual feedback for applicants. Eric, you are not giving the impression of walled garden, you are giving impression of "My way or ...

by simplyjat

Wed May 28, 2008 8:17 pm
Forum: 2008 Scholarships
Topic: Drumroll please...we have our winners!
Replies: 16
Views: 7727

I will go with D. E contains "they" without a clear referent.

by simplyjat

Wed May 28, 2008 7:36 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: sentence correction from ETS- land values
Replies: 7
Views: 5074

Re: First GMAT Prep ... HELP!!!!

Hi ; I gave my first GMAT prep test after studying for 1 month. Score : 630 Verbal: 30 (16 mistakes) Quant: 47 (14 mistakes) This was my first and I totally ran out of time in verbal, actually I was at q 30 when only 2 min were left. Also I found it damn hard to answer question during the test as c...

by simplyjat

Sun May 25, 2008 11:13 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: First GMAT Prep ... HELP!!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 2092

Basically the problem is with java version installed on the system. If the latest Java version is installed on the computer, the question is properly formatted.

by simplyjat

Sun May 25, 2008 11:08 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Eq Value
Replies: 5
Views: 1814

Please post one question per post

by simplyjat

Sun May 25, 2008 10:57 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Few questions - please help me to solve
Replies: 2
Views: 1486

Lets start with the stem "Seventy percent of the 30,000 trees in an orchard are apple trees, and the rest are pear trees" apple trees = 0.7 * 30,000 = 21,000 pear trees = 30,000 - 21,000 = 9,000 Statement 1. Let apple trees planted this year = X then apple trees planed prior to this year =...

by simplyjat

Sun May 25, 2008 10:51 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: PR Online Test ...
Replies: 2
Views: 1713

However, I suppose that another translation of the rules would require S to contain at least {1,1} based on statement (2), in which case 1+1=2 would be there, in which case 1+2=3 would also be there. I don't think this translation is correct, however. . I would prefer to go with the second interpre...

by simplyjat

Sun May 25, 2008 10:36 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Try this DS problem from Nova prep
Replies: 6
Views: 1602

Vitamin C

There have been lot of question regarding vitamin C usage as mentioned in my debriefing. My Dad is PhD genetics and he told me this. I never bothered to verify the information, but some support is lent by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C . And furthermore there is also a book written about it....

by simplyjat

Sun May 25, 2008 9:42 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Vitamin C
Replies: 1
Views: 1634