tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637252842613727472012-02-16T13:14:03.618-06:00My Gmat progress tracker.. I would probably not have as many new posts now, but I will update the posts I already have with fresh content that I can gather.Aragornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470131385772546228noreply@blogger.comBlogger611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563725284261372747.post-31444349043432332152009-02-02T17:15:00.009-06:002009-02-08T21:44:33.115-06:00

I have started tutoring since August 2008. I am based in Houston, TX. So if you are here and need tutoring, I will be happy to assist you. I have gone through a variety of GMAT material, and my teaching combines the best of all the following resources:Manhattan online access,Manhattan GMAT (all materials)Official guide 11Official guide 10Official guide verbal bookOfficial guide quantitative

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I have manhattan online access,manhattan exercises (online)manhattan tests (online)manhattan books (all guides)official guide 11,official guide 10official guide verbal bookofficial guide quantitative bookkaplan 2005princeton 2006kaplan math workbookprinceton verbal workbookpowerscore critical reasoningDo reply if you would like to get access to anything+tonnes of material that can be burnt on a

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I think that should be it...this blog is going to wind down now..Retake or notI am not going to retake the gmat. All people that I have talked to tell me that nobody would deny admission because of my gmat score. That is why it is important for me to concentrate on other parts of my application, viz. essay. It is also important that I have everything ready for the first round...shortlisting of

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Glad it is over. At least my gmat is just on the average for all the top B schools. It is also a little above the median. That implies atleast half the students at those B schools have gmat score less than I do.I am done with gmat!!Some details....Essays were a breeze. I am hoping to get about 5.Update: I scored a full 6.0/6.0!QuantHad to guess on last 4 quant questions. There were few

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Ok Dear BlogTommorrow is my test.....goodluck to me. If I have done any good, let it show tommorrow!

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DShttp://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/if-ab-does-not-0-and-points-a-b-and-b-a-t996.html http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-data-sufficiency/63647-pencils-prime-number-common-factor-rule.htmlhttp://www.pagalguy.com/forum/gmat-and-related-discussions/19823-gmat-problem-solving-discussions-84.html#post1087436http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/if-zt-3-t1773.htmlhttp://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/

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One day before test...6hrCRK800 1 hrRC 1hrBriefly go through Princeton bookSolve two passages from OG11 Diag test on different areas.SC 2hrsBriefly go through Manhattan book...1 hrRevise Kaplan 800....1hrOther Math: 1hrCI formulacouple of problems in probabilitymean median mode sd1yard=?Number properties manhattanReview notebookDS: 1hrRead Kaplan 800Picking numbers from blogReview selected

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Ya, I have three huge cups of tips...lolC: ConcisionC: ClarityC: Comparison-Between, like-like for people/things, as for clauses-‘'as long as'’ for comparison of duration, ‘'so long as'’ for provided that-‘'Like’' similarity and '‘Such as'’ for examples-‘contrast A with B’-‘compare to’-stress similarities and ‘compare with’ - to stress differencesU: Universal truth (always present)P: PronounT:

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I suck big time in verbal!!Verbal Master Analysis:I have seen that at any point when I think I am getting better in the exam, I get several incorrect answers in a row. So, ironically I must feel under pressure to do well.RC is improving. Just a few more clinks in the armor.I do not have a concrete strategy for CR. I need to work on that.SC is about basics. I will review MGMAT again.RC: I am

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Quant was ok (6 incorrect)Verbal was ok too (10 incorrect)But score was not ok. I have to jump to the next level.My gmat is scheduled for July 12th. I have also added a countdown on the blog.

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Mathhttp://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/for-every-positive-even-integer-n-the-function-h-n-t1152.htmlhttp://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-data-sufficiency/77182-3-4n-2-m-gmatprep.htmlhttp://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-data-sufficiency/49606-y-intercept-line-l.htmlhttp://www.beatthegmat.com/animals-in-a-farm-t5124.htmlhttp://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/a-certain-city-with-a-population-of-132-000-

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Original post is here:http://www.stacyblackman.com/2008/06/05/vitamin-mba-tips-from-picasso/Vitamin MBA - Tips from PicassoIn our blog, we provide you with news, tips and tools to help you navigate the MBA admissions process. Despite the high volume of information that gets printed each week, in the past we have not really addressed the fact that many applicants face a set of challenges that are

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http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-awa/12715-how-format-your-essay.html Formatting http://www.urch.com/forums/gre-analysis-argument/24559-argument-template.html Argument http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-awa/11608-magic-template.html Erin http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-awa/22154-6-0-my-advice.html Sybersport

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Unbelievable, but yes, I have crossed the divide finally. After a lot of slogging, I have finally crossed the 700 mark :)))Quantitative SectionPS: 6 incorrectDS: 4 incorrectI got tricked in some crazy number properties problems. Of course, about 5 questions were silly mistakes that I should have avoided. Several problems involved asking for values of say 2x instead of just x. So be careful to

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verbal is a bummer! Initial assessment:Quant: Probability and combinations problems were very hard. Almost every other problem was hard. Few problems required substantially long calculations for real gmat. Even after feeling very challenged all along the CAT, I still managed a section score of 45. Which is not bad, but can be improved a notch.Verbal: SC was very tough. This would be a great

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Try not. Do or do not. There is no tryFear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.Luke: What's in there?Yoda: Only what you take with you.Luke: I can’t believe it. Yoda: That is why you fail.Named must your fear be before banish it you can.Happens to every guy sometimes this doesGrave danger you are in. Impatient you are.Help you I can,

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From beat the gmat forumToday's topic: Picking Numbers in QuantPicking numbers in quant has been a thorny subject for me. At first, I thought of it as a cheap way of doing problems so I tried to avoid it and instead focused on figuring out answers using critical thinking + math knowledge. In addition, I found picking numbers to be very, very time consuming. However, for the hardest quant

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http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/my-gmat-debrief-760-m49-v44-t2300.html--- RC : GMAT RC's are not fuzzy which is good. They may be subtle but they arenot fuzzy. Fuzzy is when two reasonable people can come up with two reasonableanswers. Subtle is when everyone who notices details will come up with oneanswer and those who don't will come up with another. Conversely, if you areanswering wrong,

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Article 1

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My concern now is the RC section..followed by CR. I always get the tough RC questions incorrect. My overall accuracy hovers around 50% for RC now. I have exhausted all my strategies but one. The last resort is the most difficult one, but I am sure it will not fail. It is to practice RC like CRAZY! Exhaust all RC materials, then Redo OG RC..that should do the trick.So this week is RC time. I hope

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Erin wrote:Following are correctTen dollars is a lot to pay for a piece of candy.Three years is a long time to wait for a visa.Even this one: Four cups of coffee in the morning is quite a lot of coffee.The key is whether the plural noun in question is being considered one unit; in the example, four cups of coffee refers to the morning intake of coffee, so it becomes a sort of "mass" noun, just as

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I scored a 670 on the Manhattan Gmat test 1. This time I also did the essay section. Although I have not started preparing for the essay section, it did allow me to experience the full mental exhaustion of a 4 hour test...lucky me!Points to be taken:Essays:They are doable and relaxing. Just type and type, and one should be fine.Quant:Do a warm-up of about 10 problems before the test. It helps to

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There are 9/37 experimental questions in Quant and 11/41 in Verbal. So how many ever questions u might think u got wrong only half might go against your score.Ofcourse no question is going to come up with a tag that says experimental! I believe that out of two questions that you might find confusing and difficult in the GMAT one will be an experimental question but ofcourse you will never know

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I am very weak in number properties DS. Those even odd, negative, fractions and prime numbers DS problems! Frankly, if I had seen this Gmat 800 book about a month back, I might have just given up on Gmat, because I am strong in math but the math in this book is out of reach. I should be able to score a decent score with additional 1.5 months of prep. I saw my accuracy climb in SC from about 65%

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Unlike other gameplan posts, this post is a little more defensive and aimed to reassure that I can do well in Gmat. Kaplan 800 book has made me as humble as I can be on PS and DS. DS is just too good in Kaplan 800. Infact, 'good' is probably an understatement, 'overwhelming' is more appropriate. I had to stop doing Kaplan 800 DS and start doing something else to take my mind away.Kaplan 800 view

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I did 25 on the last 50 PS from OG11. Each is on a different level. You can certainly tell the difference when the questions judge more than just our problem solving skills. I am down to about 60% accuracy in PS in the last 50, and they are not because of silly mistakes. I just don't know how to solve them! In fact, last night, those 25 problems took about 3 hours. I was only trying to understand

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I have now completed first 100 questions from OG11. Looking back, Manhattan techniques are really good followed by Kaplan techniques. I should soon compile both Manhattan and Kaplan techniques into a master sheet for tackling RC. Most important factors:Don't get lost in the details in long passages.Make a framework of the passage. Primary purpose of doing this is to understand the structure pf

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The structure “the reason X is because Y” is redundant. The proper idiom is either “the reason X is Y” or “Y is because X.”incorrect idiom: “declare X to be Y.” The correct form of the idiom is: “declare X Y.”Most of the Prime Minister's opponents consider his foreign policy to be a mockery of the country's long-held isolationist tenants. (A) consider his foreign policy to be a mockery of the

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Earnings Gap

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I got 3 wrong in top 5 in verbal! and 2 wrong in top 10 in quant. I was getting bogged down by the 1st 800test score. So I had to give the 2nd test to regain my confidence. It is a good learning experience and it guides me what I need to do next.Quant:I had decided to focus really hard on quant section this time. Towards the end of the test, I was got distracted by three phone calls and got 4

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I should be more careful when I am doing PS problems in quant. In quant, I get excited when I see a PS problem that I know how to solve. Truthfully, I know to solve about 95% of the problems, so I am excited at almost every PS problem. The result is I loose focus and misread what is being asked. Moreover, this bothers my DS a lot and diminishes my accuracy.next steps:kaplan 800 quantOG 11 last 30

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Master the GMAT (ARCO) Sentence Correction 20 QuestionsTime--25 minutes Directions: In each of the following items, some part or all of the sentence has been underlined. Following each sentence are five different ways of writing the underlined portion. Choice (A) always repeats the

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Source Section Incorrect Correct Section score % score Total score Date Taken MHill1 Verbal 4 37 14-Apr Quant 7 30 GP 1.1 Verbal 17 24 31 650 16-Apr Quant 12 25 48 800-1 Verbal 10 31 40 91 610 20-Apr Quant 17 24 36 48

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Score calculated using http://www.800score.com/score2.phpYesterday I gave the first practice test from 800score and scored a 610! I was good timing wise. I am able to guess when I am using more time. I have made 3 mistakes in the first 10 questions of both testsQuant: I have slumped down here! I know I can do better. Mostly random mistakes, which can be improved by practice. Need some improvement

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I have realized after talking to few friends that wordpress has a lot more features than blogspot and it is much cooler, etc. But end of the day, what is the purpose of the blog...It is to see what i thought and what I planned as I progressed towards gmat, so I am not even going to try to be switch blogs now. I like blogspot's simpilicity that it is allowing me to create a blog with no past

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Some guy wrote.."Judging your performance by your Kaplan practice scores is similar to looking for an inspiration in a Saw movie – you just won’t find it there. I consistently scored between 520 and 570 in my Kaplan practice tests, don’t make the same mistakes I made. The Kaplan practice scores could ruin your confidence (which is the most important weapon you have per point 1 above). The Kaplan

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I am happy I finally did this. In the test, I realized that my mind goes blank, towards the end of the test, and I can't keep all the information inside my head. It is best to write it down and visualize. This would also help me for RC section.You may be guessing what I did. Earlier, I was keeping the CR stimulus in my head, but now I have decided not to do it. I have compiled techniques on CR in

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I have compiled about 10pages of PS theory and tips. These are sourced from books such as : Ace the gmat, McGraw Hill, MGMAT, Kaplan and OG11. The next 2 weeks will see some additions to them, but for most part, this will be my core prep material for the test. Since the amount of material for math is phenomenal, I am happy to sum it all up and only review my notes before the test. Having fewer

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Both time wise and content wise the test was inferior to actual gmat test. I had given this a week before I give GmatPrep test 1. This is a feel good test. It is the 1st test from the MCGraw hill gmat book. Frankly this test was so easy that I earlier decided not to post it here, but I thought I should maintain accurate records...so..

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___________|X| = 2 ==> X=2 or X=-2But, |X^2 + 16| = 27=> only X^2 + 16=27 as X^2 is always +ve and 16 is positive, |X^2 + 16| = 27 never -27___________If g(n) represented the product of every even integer from 2 to n, then g(80) + 1 is divisible by the lowest prime number p. P is:A. Between 1 and 10B. Between 11 and 20C. Between 21 and 30D. Between 31 and 40E. Greater than 40Well, g(80) is

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Quote from a movie i liked.."Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the

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I would add the dates as I finish each task. Top section too will change often...I am really good in the Gmat EXCEPT the following areas (1) indicates worst area:DS....2 (inequalities, divisibility)PS....2 (Rate/work, num prop., fractions, probability)RC....1 (All - inference, main idea, passage structure, specific detail, tone)SC....1 (Pronouns, clarity of meaning, verbs)CR....1 (Make an

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Quant StartQ EndQ # of Qs time/Q Time Cum. Time Rev. Time 1 10 10 3.0 30 30 75 11 15 5 2.5 13 43 45 16 25 10 2.0 20 63 33 26 31 6 1.5 9 72 13 Total 31 72 4 Verbal StartQ EndQ # of Qs time/Q Time Cum. Time

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Inorganic pesticides remain active on the surfaces of fruits and vegetables for several days after spraying, while organic pesticides dissipate within a few hours after application, leaving the surface of the sprayed produce free of pesticide residue. Therefore, when purchasing from a farm that uses inorganic pesticides, one must be careful to wash the produce thoroughly before eating it to

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Ok!.has being a while since I posted something here. I gave the 1st gmatprep practice test. Score 650 (Q48 V31). It is actually quite good score than my expectations, but I have to improve my timing. I was short by 7 questions in quant and 4 in verbal, and of course got all of them wrong.I got a total of 17 wrong in verbal and 12 wrong in quant.The review: Quant DS questions are

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....from cricinfo on Sehwag's triple hundered: Some batsmen take into account the nature of the pitch, time of day, phase of innings, and quality of the bowler. Sehwag prefers to have only one parameter in mind: type of delivery. This was batting reduced to its simplest form. As the Last Samurai postulates: "the highest level of martial and spiritual skill is only attainable through No Mind"Also,

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It is important to minimize the errors than to practice additional materials!If life gives lemons, make lemonade

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ramblings..The news: A new game called CSCZ is proving to be a distraction.I have decided that I will not play it until my roommates want me to join a ongoing game.Moreover, since roomies always have some homework or assignment goingon, it would work out nicely for me. (They are busy so I study!) At this point, it would be in my best interest not to indulge!Update on April 19: Uninstalled the

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I did the 1st 50 probs from OG11. CR is exactly critical! I have noticed that it is only a matter of concentration to get the right answer. (Probably true for all Gmat Duh!).Right now, I am always able to narrow the choices to the last two. My mistake lie in eliminating the wrong choice from the final two. All of these errors are generally related to "SCOPE". I am going to try something totally

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Time is running away. I have a good plan and it seems to be working so far, however, I am getting distracted! But I need to focus on Gmat...I will have to get refocused. This is my moment, I have to do well in Gmat! No more distractions now! Matter is closed...Damn! I sound so heartless...But I can't do two things equally good at once! I know people with more complicated lives, but I don't know

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I did 1-50 PS questions from OG11Felt good! only 2 wrong! yippee!!One was careless error. I misread the answer choice and selected the wrong one.The other was also careless error. This time I failed to realize how there is a 1/3rd split on a line on a graph. Try to find the length first next time!Update: The real gmat questions are only in the end of OG11. They require lot of calculations and are

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Down the memory lane a little bit here....I have completed Kaplan Book...all theory, all exercises, all sections. I am afraid to give the diagnostic as I know I am lagging in verbal. Feeling good about CR, RC and PS. Need to improve in DS and SC. SC is lagging in concepts. DS is just careless mistakes.

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I have completed 1-50 questions from OG11.I always thought that SC is my weakness, and I was so right! After a grueling PS session of 50 problems in one go, I decided to do 50 problems of SC also. I had only 3 incorrect in the top 30, but I got almost alternate incorrect answer for the next 20. In my review, my mistakes were primarily in the idiom area. I have not studied idioms yet, so I don't

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10 days have passed since I decided to really focus on the Gmat. I have completed SC, CR, RC and PS from Kaplan book. Next step is to complete the DS section from Kaplan and then do the diagnostic test. Before I do the diagnostic, I want to do the SC section a second time. First time was just horrible, and I didn't really review anything either because I was feeling lost. Aage bhado!Update: The

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I have a desire to nail the gmat. To get the MBA tool from the best in the business!

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