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D is correct. Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and major local efforts to persuade the underlined portion is parallel. sandeep's explanation is very much on targer !!

C is correct. older as is incorrect usage. older than is correct. in E it is unclear whether "one" refers to civilization or city. thousand years more encient is awkward usage.

Between D and E, prefer D because D keeps the original meaning of the sentence

TFT, Since you have already taken test twice... I would say go ahead with applications. If you are re-taking, you should be very confident of cracking 730+ score. On third attempt if you score something like 710/ 720, I dont think I adcom will give much credit to you for that. Even I had 640 on first attempt and in second attempt I improved from 640 -- > 710. Now I am not planning to retake. But for Indian /IT / Male profile, it would be an uphill battle to get in to your target universities with this score even if you write strong essays. 680 is not a big problem. Low verbal score is a problem. It is easy for an engineer to compensate lower quant score but verbal score has to be high.

adamtay, Great GMAT scores and Very good profile... You are certainly H/S/W material..All the Best !!

Very straight .. x^2 + bx + c = (x + d)^2 = x^2 + 2dx + d^2 b= 2d c = d^2 Statement 1: d = 3 , c= 9 SUFF Statement 2: b= 6 --> d = b/2 = 3 --> c= 9 SUFF Answer (D) HTH !

As promised to you guys I have uploaded these notes in a public folder on esnips. GMAT eSnips Folder NJOY :D

I will upload it on esnips and publish the link over here in 1-2 days.

I'm not uploading the notes over again but just giving the reference to the thread in which I posted them earlier. http://www.www.urch.com/forums/gmat-critical-reasoning/57970-cr-notes-logical-reasoning-bible.html HTH future GMAT test takers !!!

Generally, people with MSFE get into analyst roles at investment banks. MSFE is relatively a new course. Before that investment banks used to hire quant Phds, and people graduated from top 10-15 schools for analyst roles. MSFE is a course just created to get you trained for analyst roles. In a typical investment banking firm, analyst works for 2-3 years gets burnt out by the work pressure of say 80-100 hours/week. If analyst stays there for 1-2 years more he would progress to associate role, but he doesn't have any energy left by then. He prefers to take a sabatical for 2 years in to B-school. If he is lucky, he leaves investment banking and gets into private equity or hedge funds. If he is not he joins back as an associate. Generally people with MBA finance join investment banks at the associate level. Associate generally manages a team of analysts. Checks the valuation models prepared by analysts and help prepare pitch books. If you are completely sure to make a career shift to finance, best way to go about it is MSFE and then take job as analyst / trader. Simultaneously go for CFA. If you are unsure about career switch, MBA will open whole range of opportunities. MBA can be fitted into many different roles as compared to MSFE. Best of luck.

congratulations ravindra !! best of luck for the next phase...

TBay, Congratulations !!! Great Score ... You have shown great persistence and you definitely deserve high rewards..:)

Congratulations vectorspace... i have been reading your blog too..Best of Luck for the next step.

Congratulations !! Best of Luck for the next step.

Gr8 to hear from you !! Eager to know where did you get the schol and the details...Dont keep us waiting fr long time..:)