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Can some one pls share their opinion on Purdue........I heard their MBA is quite good for ppl interested in tech focus...BW rates it as 21, but it does not even feature in the FT rankings!!!! any idea?

I meant schools with MBA programs available on technology, IT ....

GMATBong, you are right, most of the UK schools seem to lack tech focus. As for the US top 30, I have narrowed down to the following list for schools with IT/Tech focus (outside top 10) - NYU Stern Carnegie Melon Texas McCombs UC Berkley Purdue What do you think? Any other US schools you are aware of?

Thanks sg2005...I am in the same boat as yourself - desi IT, I have just started researching on b-schools and the "indian IT pool = least favoured demographic" deal came as quite a shock to me :-0 I have decided to stick to IT after MBA, so am trying to hunt for tech focussed programs where I stand a decent chance. The only strong point in my app is going to be my GMAT(760), and GPA is not bad either... Are you also planning to stick to IT, if so have you narrowed down to some 5 or 6 choices?

GMATbong, thanks for your response, I am in US now, but I am also planning to try out some UK schools...do you know of any good UK schools with tech related courses?

This might seem a very naive question, but I was wondering about the value of doing an MBA in a b-school outside the Top 20, lets say Vanderbilt(US 30th.) or McGill(considered for ranking but not in International Top 10). Is it worth the huge investment? My GMAT is 760 and GPA is quite good, but I feel that my background - Indian IT engineer will seriously jeopardize my prospects of getting admission in the Top 10. I am sure there are lots of guys out there with the same problem. Would greatly appreciate some advice on the choice of b-school and programs. I am not planning on a career switch, but wish to remain in IT after completing my MBA.

Hi sg2005, where do you gather the information for preferance of different b-schools? Collecting from the net seems to be a thankless job. Are you using some book, or do you know of any good website? Please let me know

Took the GMAT yesterday, 760 was totally unexpected...:blush: The Quants section was rather easy, very [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] level, and midway I was grappling with the suspicion that I had screwed up the 2nd or 3rd Q, as a result of which I was not getting qs. from the hard bin. So my advise to everyone is - if you feel the Qs. popping up are too easy, dont panic, it is more likely that you overprepared for GMAT. Verbal was as expected - SCs were tricky, but if you have thoroughly digested [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] SC, the SC notes on Dave's web site (http://home.comcast.net/~dave.kim/GMAT_Study_Strategy.htm) and spiderman's notes you should be on firm ground. Thanks to Erin for this great forum and thanks to all the forum members. Good Luck!!!

Another method, find the equation of the line joining 2 of the points - easy, calculate the length of the perpendicular on this line from the 3rd point(using formula), then area = 1/2 base * perpendicular, where base = distance between the 1st 2 points

Is the average of X consecutive numbers odd? (1) The first number in the series is odd. (2) The sum of the numbers is odd.

Thanks a lot, bond and scoot!!

1. Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates. (A) that flourished at the same time as the civilizations (B) that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations © that flourished at the same time those had (D) flourishing at the same time as those did (E) flourishing at the same time as those were OA is A, but is A grammatically correct?? shouldnt it have been "same time as *did* the civi..... I am raising this doubt as I find many Qs emphasizing a key concept on how we should not compare things in certain ways For eg. correct usage is he runs faster than most of his classmates do.

I think answer should be 90/3! = 15 as the order in which the groups are selected should not matter.

you rock man!! awesome score... I just had one Q., you mentioned that quants Qs got tougher 6. onwards, as expected of course. Would you say they match the really tough Qs on this forum, or just the harder [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] Qs.

Does any one know whether we can provide fictitious examples to support the argument in analysis of Issue essays, or do they have to be genuine examples. Since specific examples seem to be a must to get a 6 score, I feel its important to know this.

In a 4000 meter race around a circular stadium having a circumference of 1000 meters, the fastest runner and the slowest runner reach the same point at the end of the 5th minute, for the first time after the start of the race. All the runners have the same starting point and each runner maintains a uniform speed throughout the race. If the fastest runner runs at twice the speed of the slowest runner, what is the time taken by the fastest runner to finish the race? 1] 25 min 2] 20 min 3] 15 min 4] 10 min 5] 5 min

I agree, OA was C which cannot be correct. The statement x^3 is odd necessarily implies that x is an integer, because there is nothing such as an odd or even fraction!! In fact I guess even in GMAT if the Q says x is odd we are expected to assume that x is an integer...

Is x odd? 1) 2x - 1 is odd 2) x^3 is odd Its confusing to me because of the fact that x could be a fraction, what do you guys think? I'll keep OA for lil later.

I thought there is a catch here , it says 85% liked either, and 50% of THOSE liked 1 ...etc Scoot>> your eqn assumes that 50% of all those surveyed liked 1 etc. But I think the Q says 50% of the 85% liked 1....

Eqn of a circle y^2 + x^2 = R^2 Eqn of a line y = mx + N if there are intercepts, the eqn (mx + N)^2 + x^2 = R^2 should have real roots, if the line is a tangent, it will have only 1 root.

In a recent consumer survey, 85% of those surveyed liked at least one of three products: 1, 2 and 3. 50% of those liked product 1. 30% liked 2, and 20% liked 3. if 5 % of the people in the survey liked all three products, what percentage of the survey participants liked more than one of the three products?OA seems to be 10, but I am getting something else.

E, because A nor B tell whether the quadratic eqn derived has real roots

I agree with that - we are double counting the "Order", ie we are counting both (AD, BC) and (BC, AD) - that was my point too - but we are not double counting (AD, DA) is what I was trying to say :-), we would be doing that if we took 8P2 instead of 8C2.

2. Multiples of 3 in 561 = 188 Multiples of 3^2 in 561 = 62 Multiples of 3^3 in 561 = 20 Multiples of 3^4 in 561 = 6 Multiples of 3^5 in 561 = 2 Total = 188 + 62 + 20 + 6 + 2 = 278

seenapanalli > I am confused about something, if you dont divide by 4!, I dont think you are taking (A,B) and (B,A) s into account, as we are using 8C2, 6C2 etc. anyway. Instead I think we are counting extra the order in which we choose the teams, choosing (A,B) before (C,D) etc. and this order should not matter. I know this does not change the answer, but wanted to clear up a conceptual point.