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by Night reader » Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:45 pm
This post must be a sticker at the BTG.

I don't know what to say?

Recently, one topic had popped up on my screen. A content of this topic would contain a lot of judgmental saying about Indians as GMAT takers and the nationality as a whole; it also would contain the comparison of many other nationalities...

Has the BTG been created and sustained for us to be the place for throwing stones on each other?

I had always thought this website is for the learning purpose only. I am very sorry for those addressing the national issues in discussing the GMAT content. In this particular content, I am bringing my apologies for whatever has been said and yet not said to the members of the BTG.

I personally have the big respect for Indians and the other nationalities. In fact, not native English speaking population deserves the special care and attention for the GMAT purpose. Had this exam been conducted in a different language, I doubt some people labeling nationalities could excel in this test.

Please do not expose yourself to national interest clash any where, any time - not only here at the BTG - for whatever reason you act. The human natures have only two ends in their lives - the birth and the death. None is relevant to our lives. We can be born Europeans but aspire to live and learn as Non-Europeans; the same goes to all nationalities.

Let us have respect for each other at the BTG regardless of our nationalities!

p.s. sorry for this web link...
https://www.beatthegmat.com/why-do-an-ov ... 68719.html
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by uwhusky » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:34 pm
Are you kidding me? Judgmental? I guess CR/RC must be your weakness.

What you're suggesting is that MBA/GMAT should not consider diversity as part of the criteria in choosing students.

We can go on in this discussion, but I don't think I can backfill you in on the social science classes you have missed in college.

Ps. my post was a "lounge" post, and the goal of the post was to discuss aspects relating to GMAT of particular group of people. Not sure why you felt the need to bring it into the wrong forum highlighting your lack of understanding of the post, and actually propel this non-issue into an issue.
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by Quant Breaker » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:41 pm
Night reader wrote:This post must be a sticker at the BTG.

I don't know what to say?

Recently, one topic had popped up on my screen. A content of this topic would contain a lot of judgmental saying about Indians as GMAT takers and the nationality as a whole; it also would contain the comparison of many other nationalities...

Has the BTG been created and sustained for us to be the place for throwing stones on each other?

I had always thought this website is for the learning purpose only. I am very sorry for those addressing the national issues in discussing the GMAT content. In this particular content, I am bringing my apologies for whatever has been said and yet not said to the members of the BTG.

I personally have the big respect for Indians and the other nationalities. In fact, not native English speaking population deserves the special care and attention for the GMAT purpose. Had this exam been conducted in a different language, I doubt some people labeling nationalities could excel in this test.

Please do not expose yourself to national interest clash any where, any time - not only here at the BTG - for whatever reason you act. The human natures have only two ends in their lives - the birth and the death. None is relevant to our lives. We can be born Europeans but aspire to live and learn as Non-Europeans; the same goes to all nationalities.

Let us have respect for each other at the BTG regardless of our nationalities!

p.s. sorry for this web link...
https://www.beatthegmat.com/why-do-an-ov ... 68719.html

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by beatthegmat » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:49 pm
I'd like to throw in my two cents as well.

There is no room for discouraging one another in this community. I started this forum four years ago because I wanted to build a haven for GMAT test takers and MBA applicants, where LEARNING and ENCOURAGEMENT were the defining principles by how we treated each other. I'm very proud of the fact that today our community services an audience of 200 nations and territories throughout the world, and that our worldwide population collaborates with one another amazingly well--despite differences in race, gender, religion, ethos, and access to resources.

Bottom line is this: we're all here to accomplish the same mission--to achieve our dreams for MBA admissions. Let's just focus on that and try to help each other out to make our dreams possible.

Thanks so much guys.
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by uwhusky » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:50 pm
If anything, you should have issues with this post: https://www.beatthegmat.com/got-into-cor ... tml#320860

Anyhow, I am open for discussion though. Just pick the right forum next time, unless your intent is to actually stir up things.
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by beatthegmat » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:55 pm
Appreciate everyone's help in protecting the LEARNING and ENCOURAGEMENT principles of our community.
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by rishab1988 » Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:22 pm
rishab1988 wrote:
uwhusky wrote:Are you kidding me? Judgmental? I guess CR/RC must be your weakness.

What you're suggesting is that MBA/GMAT should not consider diversity as part of the criteria in choosing students.

We can go on in this discussion, but I don't think I can backfill you in on the social science classes you have missed in college.

Ps. my post was a "lounge" post, and the goal of the post was to discuss aspects relating to GMAT of particular group of people. Not sure why you felt the need to bring it into the wrong forum highlighting your lack of understanding of the post, and actually propel this non-issue into an issue.
You hit the nail on the head.I think if you analyze those arguments critically,these arguments were made to explain observed events!

Being an Indian,I have no objections to any of those posts! For there is no reason to!

This argument is very similar to the one going on "GMATPrep'.Whether questions in the begining of the section make any difference.I believe GMAT know that people are trying to make conclusion,for they wouldn't have written about those myths on these websites! If GMAT believes that this harms its image or in any way compromises the test itself,it would have taken this forum to the court.

This is a normal discussion,a debate.Any person,whether a business person or politician,will try to propose his/her theory to explain some kind of events.In order to back his theory,he backs his data with hard core data.Now if says an average American is 45 times richer than an average Indian ,for this reason america looks for developed than India,and some person comes and says that "saying americans earn,on an average,40 times more than Indian" is an insult,then that person would be called insane.The person merely wanted to explain observed events [in this case high % of Indians on Gmat forums] using some data.

My point is everybody is here analyzing something or the other.As long as people don't make any comments as specific there should be NO dispute or discomfort![
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by Night reader » Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:28 pm
uwhusky:

Next time you post, just be more sensible. I have my grand-parents who have spoken English for 50 years now; they teach many native English speakers. They did so for the elderly who gave birth to some people in your age - without any prejudice to an age issue.

In fact your topic is named "... overwhelming number of Indians..." (likelihood)_edited instantly - you have studied CR for the GMAT right? You should know better that strongly sounding expressions are not good. That the number of people, who belong to the certain nationality and participate at the BTG, is overwhelming would be considered judgmental tone in the context of GMAT and in real life. Ask yourself why you categorize the number of Indians posting at the BTG as overwhelming?
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by uwhusky » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:06 pm
Pardon me, a "large" number...

If you had read the content, you would know the intended meaning of the topic. Was that the only issue you had?
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by Night reader » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:20 pm
[quote="uwhusky"]Pardon me, a "large" number...

If you had read the content, you would know the intended meaning of the topic. Was that the only issue you had?[/quote]

I am not after the words in your post. An old chinese proverb cites : 'Illness comes in by mouth; ills come out by it. '
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by Night reader » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:24 pm
[quote="uwhusky"]Pardon me, a "large" number...

If you had read the content, you would know the intended meaning of the topic. Was that the only issue you had?[/quote]

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If you had read the content, you would have known the intended meaning of the topic. Was that the only issue you had?
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by beatthegmat » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:30 pm
Can you guys please do me a favor and drop this issue? I think that this whole thing boils down to some mis-communication. I'm familiar with everyone on the thread from my forum reading, and I know everyone here comes to the community with good intentions.

Let's please just leave it be, I'd really appreciate that.
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by Night reader » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:37 pm
beatthegmat wrote:Can you guys please do me a favor and drop this issue? I think that this whole thing boils down to some mis-communication. I'm familiar with everyone on the thread from my forum reading, and I know everyone here comes to the community with good intentions.

Let's please just leave it be, I'd really appreciate that.
Eric, I have better idea. Let's switch to different topic like - what spell check program does your host site work through? I just spelled a word "chinese" in the reply dialog box, and the word's text font turned red. Then I changed my spelling into 'chines' which is incorrect, and the dialog box turned its regular font.
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by beatthegmat » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:44 pm
Actually, spell check is normally set by your own browser or OS. I definitely do not get the same kind of problems when I type 'chinese' in my posting editor.
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