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could you explain how you got y

1.Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers. (A) the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers (B) penitentiaries were ideas for reform of the penal system suggested by Quakers © Quakers suggested the penitentiary as a reform of the penal system (D) Quakers suggested that the penal system be reformed as penitentiaries (E) the penitentiary was suggested to be a reform of the penal system by Quakers A,B and E are ruled out because of misplaced modifiers. Between C and D, i would choose C. D seems to alter the meaning of the sentence to penal system be reformed as penitentiaries (were)

Researchers are using computer images to help surgeons plan difficult operations and to develop programs that will work for doctors and nurses in the same way that flight simulators do for pilots, letting medical personnel practice their techniques and test their reflexes before they ever see a patient. A. plan difficult operations and to develop programs that will work for doctors and nurses in the same way that flight simulators do - My Answer B. plan difficult operations and develop programs to work for doctors and nurses the same way as with flight simulators C. to plan difficult operations and to develop programs that will work for doctors and nurses like flight simulators D. plan difficult operations and in developing programs to work for doctors and nurses the same way as flight simulators E. to plan difficult operations and developing programs that will work for doctors and nurses like flight simulators do

More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number of African American soldiers were awarded―some of them posthumously―with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in recognition of their outstanding bravery. A. with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in (Changes meaning again. Subject after the , is medal the second which should refer to the act of rewarding as overdue not the award itself) B. with the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue ( changes meaning - implies the award is always in recognition of overdue contribution) C. the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, long-overdue in (Verbose compared to E) D. the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for longoverdue (change in meaning again as in B) E. the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, in longoverdue - My Answer OA please ?

Of late i have also been analyzing how a high GMAT score if at all can affect one's chances at B-Schools. One of the lines of thought that i debated was can a high GMAT score impact one's chances negatively? I think beyond a certain score it can. If schools admit only people with very high GMAt scores say 750+ their mean, median and 80% range of GMAT scores goes up. While at first glance that does not seem to be a bad thing, however if you think the effects it will have you will find most b-schools wont let it happen for a variety of reasons: 1. they cannot afford to then let the mean scores get lower in subsequent years as that reflects badly. A downtrend in mean score indicates bright students are not interested in that school anymore 2. if they get their mean scores too high, they run the risk of discouraging students with really interesting and unique backgrounds but lower GMAT scores to apply to them. Hence losing out on the quality these are the two i could think of so far. but these are just my personal thoughts and hence pure speculation. please do not base your decisions on them.

Thanks everyone ! I had a really great time on this forum and i will surely miss all the fun we had here. Although i am positive its not the time to say goodbyes yet. I am sure we will keep bumping into each other in the admissions forums and then at B-Schools and then jobs we take up, and doing all that good stuff all of us want to do in our lives. So long everyone !!!

let me be the first to congratulate you ! a job very well done indeed !

I would suggest that you analyze which part of verbal you are scoring least at and focus on that for a week to bring it up. If it is sentence correction, Manhattan's SC book is quite helpful. The SC questions on the actual GMAT were not that tough. It was very easy to eliminate 3 options almost all the time and you could easily choose from the remaining two about half the time. My strategy was very simple. All options in the SC questions can be divided into 2 or sometimes 3 groups based on how they differ from each other. So looking at the similarity and the differences you can easily get rid of several options in one go. Another thing i started doing was trying to speak and write correct English. I regarded every email i wrote in the past month as a SC question. Ditto when i read someone's response. Even while speaking with some one or watching tv i would point out the mistakes that i could identify and repeat any idioms i came across. The idea is to feel comfortable with the language overall and not just when taking the test. For CR and SC you just have to forget what you know of the real world and use whatever is given in the question to arrive at the answer. Here again at least two options are almost always unrelated to the subject at hand and can be discarded quickly. I did not have the time to practice with the OG questions for verbal, but i firmly believe that the OG books, if done sincerely, are sufficient to get a good score. Other factors being how carefully you read the questions on G-Day and how composed and calm you are. The later could easily make or break the score.

This was my first attempt at GMAT and here are my 2 cents: My Background: I am 29, Indian, IT. Have more than 6 years of experience. I have been thinking of doing an MBA for about 3 years now. I procrastinate a lot. Finally about a month or so ago, i thought i will at least give it one try. Everything has a price: That thought is fundamental to all kinds of business. Everything has a price and the price is determined by the value it has. I bring this point because, I see people fixated at the GMAT only. Spending months and months of time trying to score as high as they can. In my view that has more to do with pleasing one’s own ego rather for the actual value it has. The value of the test is it’s part in the overall application for the MBA. I am not kidding. People spend months studying, score a 750 or more and then do their essays in 20 days and are rightfully rejected(I will do the same. Well at least the essays in 20 days part). The point I am trying to make is do not let the GMAT blur your vision. Your goal is not to score an 800. Your goal is to get admitted to your school of choice. So, my advice here is don’t lose your goal in the haze of all the SCs and DSs and PSs and CRs and blah blah. Please note that I am not saying that a good score is not desirable. Give the test only as much respect and attention as it deserves. My Preparation: I bought just one book: The Manhattan SC book. I did that because the book is undoubtedly the best available and you get access to the Manhattan CATs when you buy the book. Quant: OG11 Verbal: ManhattanSC I solved most of the questions in OG11 twice. First about a month ago and again 100 PS questions 2 days before the test and 125 DS questions 1 day before the test. CATs: GMATPrep1: 700 (no preparation. About a month and half ago) MGMAT1: 680 (Q47,V35) – 9/25/07 GMATPrep1: 730 (Retook a week after scoring the 700) MGMAT2: 700 (Q49,V36) – 9/29/07 MGMAT3: 710 (Q51, V36) – 10/6/07 MGMAT4: 750 (Q51,V41) – 11/3/07 MGMAT5: 750 (Q51,V41) – 11/5/07 GMATPrep2: 690 (2 days before the test. Ran out of time on quant. Exact same thing happened in the actual test) GMATPrep2: 780 (right after scoring the 690 retook the test. Marked the same answers as before for duplicate questions) You might notice that I did not take any tests between 10/6 and 11/3. That’s because I got really busy at work and the whole GMAT fever kind of died down. Restarted things around last week of October and scheduled the test 10 days away for 9th Nov. I scheduled the test because I knew the whole thing will go down the drain again if work gets a little demanding. So overall I put in around 3 weeks of prep. Around 2 hours a day. My take on the Test The quant is much easier compared to the GMATPrep and MGMAT. Almost of similar standards as the OG. The verbal is not tough either. That brings me to my main point. Stop obsessing about the test. Knowing the skills of most of you from the forums here, I can safely say you already know all there is to know about things that can be asked on the test. Like I said earlier, most of us are unnecessarily fixated with the GMAT. Someone posts a tough question and we start doubting our preparation. We work harder and post even tougher questions on the forums. The whole thing is a vicious cycle. Looking back it’s a huge waste of time and energy. Could I have scored another 30-40 points? I am more than positive I could have. I ran out of time on quant and marked the last 5-7 questions without thinking. I was left with about 30 seconds per question. But that’s beside the point. The point I am trying to make is go take the test irrespective of how prepared you think you are. What is the worst thing that can happen? You will score lower than your target and will have to retake the test. Consider you spent 250 bucks to familiarize yourself with the exam. I am sure more than half the people here would do just fine if they took their tests even in the next 10 days. The actual test Started with the AWA. Punched in 4-5 paragraphs. Revised, corrected the mistakes and took the 10 minute break. Quant started with very easy questions. Almost as easy as 2 is a root of which of the following equations. The questions were easy and never got tough and that scared me a lot as they are supposed to get harder if you are doing well. So I started redoing my questions. Around 12-24 I verified my solutions twice sometimes thrice to be sure. As a result I fell short of time. I was left with around 12 questions to do in around 7 minutes. I marked the last 4-5 questions without even reading and that is what brought my quant score down. Had I not obsessed about not getting tougher questions, I would have probably scored another 20-30 points. Morale of the story: don’t take anything said about the behavior of the test as absolute truth. Be cautious for all the questions you solve not just the first 10-12. The more important lesson to learn here is: do not put too much effort in solving tough questions. Rather pay equal or more attention to your time management skills. Finished the quant on that low note and took the break. About this time I had given up hopes. Went out smoked couple of cigarettes, drank some juice and started the verbal. Frankly speaking, I felt the verbal was not too tough. I know my score does not substantiate that claim. But that probably was affected a little by my disastrous quant performance too. Verbal went pretty smooth. Got around 4 RCs one around question 6 another around 14, another around 25 and another in the 30s. Fortunately all of them were of average complexity. Came across 2 SCs that I had seen on these forums earlier. Unfortunately I did not remember the answer. Finished the section with around 10 minutes to spare. Saw the 730 on screen. Took my score report and got the hell out of there. Will I retake the test? I might retake next year if I am not admitted in Round 2 to some good program. However I am satisfied with my score. I would reiterate my advice. Do not spend too much effort solving super tough questions. Just go take the test and see for yourself. Its not tough at all. I have been out of school for over 6 years now. If I can score reasonably well with rudimentary preparation then there is no doubt that you can do so and do much better than that. You guys are much better prepared than I was. Just be confident and have belief in your abilities. Everything else will fall in place.

Just came back from the test center and here are the scores. Quant: 49 (89th percentile) Verbal: 40 (89th percentile) Overall: 730(96th percentile) I am glad that it's finally over. Got my Official Scores on Nov 14. AWA : 6.0

what about "any of a number of" ?

Is "Each of a number of" singular or plural ? or is it incorrect usage ?

Set S consists of five consecutive integers, and set T consists of seven consecutive integers. Is the median of the numbers in set S equal to the median of the numbers in set T? 1). The median of the numbers in set S is 0. 2). The sum of the numbers in set S is equal to the sum of the numbers in set T.

a number x can be expressed in terms of its divisor d as n*d + r where n is an integer and r is the remainder if the divisor is even(d is even), then n*d has to be even (even*even/odd is even) Since x is given to be odd, the remainder must be odd to make n*d+r an odd number (even + odd is odd) to verify: 12/8 yields 4 13/8 yields 5 as remainder

1. if x is negative, xy > x/y will be true. if x is positive it wont. hence insufficient 2. xy>1 again it does not give any definite answer. from 1 and 2: x > 0 and 0 positive number multiplied by a fraction becomes smaller and when divided by a number the result becomes larger. hence C