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Shavin,

I noticed you applied to schools all over the country... EMBA are part time were you thinking to find a new job in the city where your school is at? Or do you have a job that allows you to work remote?

by HPengineer

Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:45 am
Forum: Admissions Success Stories
Topic: EMBA candidate - 3 for 4 thus far
Replies: 12
Views: 9805

MGMAT books for sale

Entire set of MGMAT books plus OG12 and both OG quant and verbal review... average condition make an offer...

by HPengineer

Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:20 am
Forum: GMAT Books for Sale/Donation
Topic: MGMAT books for sale
Replies: 4
Views: 1492

ha yes good call i am with HP! My background is very Non Traditional... I started as contractor in HP mail room at 18 years old almost 12 years ago... I didnt go to college right away as i needed to make money. After 2 years one manager in HP give me a chance at entry level position and the rest as ...

by HPengineer

Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:22 am
Forum: Admissions Success Stories
Topic: 530 = accepted into Boston University MBA program
Replies: 8
Views: 16104

530 = accepted into Boston University MBA program

Guys if you have a unique story and a passion for a school you can overcome a low GMAT score!! I am proof!

Good luck to all don't be discouraged by the GMAT tell you story as this is what gets you into biz school...

by HPengineer

Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:10 pm
Forum: Admissions Success Stories
Topic: 530 = accepted into Boston University MBA program
Replies: 8
Views: 16104

i would say two were educated i worked them down a bit... and two were pure guesses within 10 seconds i am terrible at complex probability problems which i actually saw on my exam today which led to believe that i was on my way to high score.

by HPengineer

Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:46 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Gmat Prep vs. Real Gmat
Replies: 24
Views: 22062

My thought process is the same as yours... in my mind i know enough material to score a 600 i think the 680 might have had some luck i actually guessed four times and got them all right on that exam in the quant section but hey im sure it would have still landed well above 600... Im thinking to take...

by HPengineer

Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:23 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Gmat Prep vs. Real Gmat
Replies: 24
Views: 22062

Rishi I understand the science of the exam and your right i wouldn't call it irrational I just think the environment and types of questions on the test are not indicative of the settings in a college classroom. And sorry but to me data sufficiency questions are basically like puzzles when in college...

by HPengineer

Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:48 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Gmat Prep vs. Real Gmat
Replies: 24
Views: 22062

Gmat Prep vs. Real Gmat

Took the real gmat for the first time today... I found the Real Gmat to be much harder then Gmat prep on the quant side. On verbal side it was about the same. I have taken several MGMAT test scoring from 40 -43 on quant consistently... Today i laid down a 39 on Real Gmat. The questions just seemed v...

by HPengineer

Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:52 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Gmat Prep vs. Real Gmat
Replies: 24
Views: 22062

gmat prep problem greater then less then

is 1/(a-b) < b - a? st1 a < b st2 1 < absolute value of (a - b) so statement 1 i was able to prove by picking values meeting condition of a<b a = 3 and b = 4 so 1/(3 - 4) =-1 < 4-3 then a = 1/4 and b = 3/4 we get 2 < some fraction which proves st1 not sufficient my confusion comes in on second state...

by HPengineer

Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:12 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: gmat prep problem greater then less then
Replies: 1
Views: 974

problem stem states matched pint for pint so i would think its ok to assume.

by HPengineer

Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:21 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Rate Problem. DS question.
Replies: 19
Views: 3163

@anshumira

very logical approach... thanks for the eye opener... would still like to see it algebraically to see where i was going wrong.

by HPengineer

Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:10 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Rate Problem. DS question.
Replies: 19
Views: 3163

yea when i scanned it quality was set too high... i have since corrected thanks!

by HPengineer

Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:12 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Uploading Transcripts
Replies: 3
Views: 1325

quant review problem 124

If rs does not = 0, is 1/r + 1/s = 4 S1. r + s = 4rs S2. r = s My issue here is with statement two... if r = s then why can i not insert this into the equation in the stem and re write as 1/r + 1/r = 4 solve for r and be done with it? on other problems i have seen where they say x = y and you can ta...

by HPengineer

Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:53 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: quant review problem 124
Replies: 2
Views: 1129

im stumped... sadly best i can come up with is a total time which might not even be right geva = 3/2T hpengineer = T total time at pub = 5T/2 really stuck as what to do now... X is our respective rates so could we calculate total time multiplied by rate to = 150 or would we take total time and multi...

by HPengineer

Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:18 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Rate Problem. DS question.
Replies: 19
Views: 3163

Do you got another beer problem u can create for me to try regarding this concept? :)

by HPengineer

Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:08 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Rate Problem. DS question.
Replies: 19
Views: 3163