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Hey All, Thanks for the wishes. I am applying for a Ph.D in management with a specialization in Int'l Business. Some universities offer this only through the economics department and hence the need for GRE. If anyone else is applying for a business program, please do write to me. To ans. some qustions about the test, I had a few probability questions. not sure if it was in the experimental or scored section. Anyway, none of the questions were very difficult. Def. not as difficult as some of the teasers you see on this forum. So don't be intimidated by the posts here. HTH

Hey sunxcat, Thanks for your kind words. Yes, I agree with you that the New York times has some really good articles. While I'm at it, let me add the Wall Street Journal (which I frequent) and some of the local newspapers such as the City Paper (for those of you in Philadelphia) are excellent sources. Do check the http://www.aldaily.com website for some really esoteric works! By the way, when are you giving your GRE? Good luck with it. If anyone has any questions, please do email me as I am going home for the holidays and may not check back at TestMagic as often.

Hey All, Feels so good to be posting in this thread. Well, I just finished my GRE and I'm quite thrilled with my score. Especially the math one. I want to give my share of advice to who ever is planning on taking this test in the future. For Verbal, if you have sufficient time to prepare or have done the word list and want to perfect it, here's a rather strange suggestion: Read books by P.G. Woodhouse. This might sound weird, but over the last month or so, I was reading PGW at bed time and found so many words from the Barron's word list there it was incredible. Its a fun way to learn and you'll remember the words from the stories which are pretty funny themselves. I also did the Normal Lewis book called Word Power thoroughly. Doing every exercise in it really paid off and the knowing some of the roots gave me confidence. I attribute the marks I lost mainly to RC and I don't have much new advice to give about it. Just read more newspaper editorials.

Sujayath, Like I said in my post, I thought RC was really straighforward like the rest of the verbal section. At the top of the passage will be the question numbers relating to that passage. For eg Questions 8 through 12. I think there were about 3/4 questions per passage. Can't remember the no. of lines but one was definitely a little lengthy. Just keep track of what you are reading. I more or less was mumbling (very softly) to myself through out the RC section and I think that helped some. Just have a very casual conversation with the author and after you read evry 2 or 3 sentences, sum it up in your own words. This really worked for me! HTH

Real GMAT: 710 (Q45, V42) PowerPrep: 680 and 680 GMAT Paper Tests: Between 690 and 730 Kaplan: 570 (Before any prep) Princeton Review: 700 and 720

Hi All, I finished my GMAT last Friday and wanted to post my score and a few pointers I think might help you in your prep. First about my exam, it really wasn't all that tough although I didn't get a killer score like some folks on this forum. I atribute my mistakes mostly to indicisiveness and silly mistakes because there were hardly any new questions. Verbal was my better section surprisingly. Actually no, I think classes at TestMagic really helped. Seriously, if any of you are in the bay area and need help in the verbal then I strongly suggest you give these classes a try. Math was very similar to the level you would see in the [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip]. Nothing out of the way. One must-do for anyone taking the GMAT is to study the [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] inside out. I did this for the sentence correction and it really paid off. Whatever else you do or don't do, devote time to do each of the [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] sections twice and make a pattern of your mistakes. I am sure you will make at least half of those in the real exam so work on getting rid of them and you are in good shape. Thats all from me. I'll be around so feel free to ask me any questions.

oops, sorry I didn't realize you posted the ans. as A. I have no idea hy that is the correct one. :o

Hi Carol, I think the ans. is d) pull through because bungle means to fail sort of in a humorous way and pull through is to come out of a difficult situation successfully. Can you post the correct ans.? Thanks. -doodlee

Hi all, I'm in a little rush to get the big book for GRE so if there is anyone in the U.S. willing to sell theirs, do let me know. If it is close enough, I'll come and pick it up. -doodlee

Hi Ruby, I need the big book in a hurry. Could you speak to your friend / or give me the contact info? Thanks a bunch. -doodlee

Hey Zulfino, D is correct because the assesment moved from admiration to something opposite. If you look at the first words in every choice, censure, meaning rebuke or scolding fits the best. Secondly, since the author clearly states that the assesment doesn't like families any more, it follows logically that the removal / destruction of them would be welcome. If you look at the 2nd word in each choice, dissolution is the only one that makes sense. Therefore, the ans is D HTH

Kfree, I couldn't figure out the colour thingy in the earlier post. here it is again. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following endeavors is LEAST compatible with Duncan's ideals for the dance? (A) Using music to stimulate the inspiration to dance - This is what she did NOT want to do. [ Line 24/25 ] And the question asks which statement is LEAST compatible. (B) Attempting to free an art form of both characterization and storytelling This is what she tried to do - so it is very compatible with her ideals. © Minimizing the theatrical exhibition of skills same as B (D) Being inspired to express inner feeling through movement (E) Creating a lyric art form by drawing on inner personal resources Ans: (A), why, I can't tell.... :( I chose (B)

Hey Kfree, It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following endeavors is LEAST compatible with Duncan's ideals for the dance? (A) Using music to stimulate the inspiration to dance - This is what she did NOT want to do. [ Line 24/25 ] And the question asks which statement is LEAST compatible. (B) Attempting to free an art form of both characterization and storytelling This is what she tried to do - so it is very compatible with her ideals. © Minimizing the theatrical exhibition of skills same as B (D) Being inspired to express inner feeling through movement (E) Creating a lyric art form by drawing on inner personal resources Ans: (A), why, I can't tell.... :( I chose (B)

Kfree, is the ans for the 2nd question E? Sentence : Prosecute

While the choices seem wierd, I would go for C. Normally its advisable not to rely on beliefs and opinions to strengthen a statement but I didn't see any alternative. Plus a doctor's belief is grounded in science and not personal views. Is this the correct ans? Choice A weakens the argument and BDE are irrelevent. (?)

Manish, Thanks for the correction!

Hey jjomalls, Here's how I solved 1) No. of ways of picking 1 man out of 6 is 6C1 or 6!/1!*5! = 6 No. of ways of picking 2 women out of 8 is 8C2 or 8!/2!*6! = 28 Total no. of ways of forming 3 person committee = 6*28 or 168. 2) Total possible outcomes = 18C2 or 63 ways of picking any 2 socks. No. of favourable outcomes (matching socks) - 8C2 ; 6C2; 4C2. or 28 ; 15 and 6. There total no. of favourable outcomes = 28/ 63 + 15/63 + 6/63. or 49/63. Therefore, ans is 7/9. Could you give me the correct answers?

I agree with desperateguy. On first look C) seems correct but what if its a line suspended in the circle?

Hey KFree, see if this explanation helps any For an action becomes a precedent quite by co-incidence. Take the example of a murder case that is tried in court. no one working on the case knew for sure that that particular case would serve as a precedent for other courts to use in future right? that courts eventually do use this case as a formula or code is a mere by product. now take the case of a scientist performing an experiment on an animal. this person actually intends for the animal to sort of act like a human no? so the result here is not the by product but the essense of the whole experiment.

Hey desperateguy, Is the ans. 128?

Hey testtaker and manish, I agree that 13 is the correct ans. is it possible that there was a typo in the ans. choices?

Vario, is the ans for Q5) 20/3 kilometers?

Sorry for the late reply, but I only just figured out the solution for Q4: it takes (12* 18) man hours to finish one job. In 6 days they do 1/3rd of the work. (6/18) therefore, remaining work is 2/3rd. Now you have (16 men * X hours) manhours to finish 2/3rd of the job. ______ You need (12 *18) to finish a whole job. You need (12 * 18) *2/3 manhours to do 2/3rd job. i.e. you need 144 man hours and you have 16 men. So you need 144/16 = 9 hours to finish the remaining job! HTH

Hey Kfree and Vinay, Surrogate is something that replaces the real thing. (Like we have surrogate mothers) In this case, animals are taking the place of humans. Precedent refers more to time or so I thought. Its more like a code. For instance, if I set an example by studying hard, I am setting a precedent for everyone who comes after me. but if I am operated upon to practice for an operation that is to take place for my brother, then I am merely a substitute or a surrogate for him. (What a gruesome example!) HTH

Also, if C is not true, then the author's suggestion / conclusion does not hold up. But is B is not true, it doesn't alter the conclusion is any way. This is one way of checking if a statement strengthens the conclusion or not.