Hey Charles. I gave GMAT classic and scored 710 using your videos to study and practicing through OG. I got shortlisted from my target college and wanted to convey my heartfelt thanks to you, Harry, Dana and the other team members!🙌
Congratulations! I'm honored that we could help a bit. Seriously, please keep us posted on your admissions adventures -- we love good news. Thank you again for the kind words, and congratulations again on the awesome score!
congrats on your achievement. I needed some help, im 20 and just graduated from liberal arts background and i have to start from ground up, Could you help me guide what did you do and any resources i should buy etc. It would be very be very helpful.
@@puneetmishra4726 Hi puneet, i applied to iima pgpx course that is the 1 year full time mba. I used mostly the youtube resources, OG and discussions on gmatclub forum.
Thank you, Pooja! You have the right idea: all of the Data Insights question types also appear somewhere on the "old" GMAT, so these videos should help you on IR and/or quant. Have fun studying!
Just wanted to drop a big Thank you for these amazing videos 🪄 The advice you gave at 3:42 on avoiding careless mistakes was absolute gold for me. I focused on being more methodical & took the time to read every question carefully, in both DI & Quant. And this helped me eliminate all those little errors I was making. I also practiced a lot of questions from OG. Managed to secure 97th percentile in DI and 91st in Quant in Focus edition.. so grateful 🙇♂
Hi Charles, thank you so much. I'm still confused for question one, stem 2 . Why can't you rearrange the equation and get R as the subject like in the original stem. I get R= (13W-7C)/7 Then this would be correct too? I must be wrong/missing something !
Hi Charles, I would like to know your advice on this, when solving a Quant question should I first read the whole question and understand it then note down the things I need or should I note down as I’m reading? I’m struggling to find the best systematic way on approaching a quant question. Another question please, should I study each subtopic and practice few questions then move to the other, or should I make sure that I master each topic first even if it will take time. Cause I prefer to finish everything then start practicing each topic and mastering it, this way I don’t feel pressured that I still have much theory to finish.
Your first question is mostly an issue of personal preference. Plenty of students are best served by reading twice and digesting the question before writing anything down at all -- I've even asked some private tutoring students to sit on their hands as they read the question, and that can help some people. Other students develop a better understanding of the question if they write as they read -- writing notes can help some people engage more deeply in the question from the very start. Depending on how your brain is wired, one of these might be better for you than the other. I happen to be in group #2, but you need to figure out what works best for you personally. What you definitely do NOT want to do: start solving the question before you've taken the time to read it twice and think through your options. If you start writing as you read, that can be OK -- but if you launch into the first solution path that comes to mind, you'll do more harm than good, as discussed in many of our videos. I'm not a fan of "binge studying" for a test like the GMAT. The exam covers a ton of ground, and if you focus exclusively on one area of the exam before moving on to the next, you might not give yourself enough opportunities to reinforce things that you learned a while ago. In other words, if you're not getting consistent reinforcement of everything you've learned, you might forget one set of concepts as quickly as you learn another. So make sure that you include at least some broad-based practice in your GMAT studies. If you want to put special emphasis on, say, quant word problems for a week or two, that's fine, but make sure that you're practicing a bit of everything at the same time. I hope that helps a bit, and have fun studying!
Ah, thank you so much! My bad -- if memory serves, I've had a tasty durian shake in Singapore, but have very distinct memories of the "no durian allowed" signs in hotels and on transit. It's one of my favorite parts of the world -- an absolutely fascinating crossroads, with amazing food everywhere. I miss it. :) Thank you again, and have fun studying!
Hi Charles. Thanks for the wonderful lecture series you have started for GMAT Focus edition. Just wanted to ask, what is the work experience required to get into B-schools overseas? Can a fresher work on their application process as well? And, since I am counted as a fresher, would you recommend MBA programs for me or is MSc a viable option? Your comment on this would really help me. Thanks, again!
Thank you for the kind words! Your questions are way beyond the scope of this Data Sufficiency video, and more broadly, there's no way that I could possibly answer some of those questions about you personally, since I know nothing about your life or your goals. If you're interested in the application process, this video might be a decent place to start: ruclips.net/video/tbj_lEydGJc/видео.html. The key takeaway: figure out what YOU want from graduate school. And then you can start focusing on the admissions process for specific programs once you're clear about what you're trying to accomplish. I hope that helps a bit!
Hey Charles, just wanted to understand something about the 2nd question. Hypothetically, if the 1st statement gave us a value of k>17, then the 1st statement is still sufficient right? Because it helps us answer the question whether it costs more (the answer being NO in this hypothetical case) Thanks!
Not charles but yes, you dont need a "yes" answer for it to be sufficient. If you can figure out the answer(which could be yes or no), it is sufficient!
@@abhimanyuchaturvedi9110 and what if both these statements had provided definitive but opposite answers, say 1st led us to a yes and 2nd to a no. Both statements would still be sufficient in themselves right?
@@samridhpruthi971 yes. If the data can tell yes or no, it is sufficient. However, do keep in mind that if in the other table analysis or graph questions, you get a no. The answer is “not sufficient to conclude “ or similar
I am doing super badly in integrated reasoning and that is killing my score on the test i have done sufficient practice does anyone have any advice any resource that could be helpful?
Thank you for the video. Multiple times during the video you say that u used the calculator to solve a given equation (e.g. Q2). In a real life test, we are not allowed to use calculators, are we?
You'll have an on-screen calculator on Data Insights, but not quant. So you won't hear us mentioning calculators in our quant-specific videos, but you can always use the calculator for Data Sufficiency questions if you want. Have fun studying!
Hi Charles, thank you for very helpful sequence of videos. I still having doubts on QUESTION 1 why you did not use the formula R+W+C=240,000 to solve II statement . Thank You.
This is the last one, at least for now! So there's a total of 10 episodes, including the introductory "Episode 0" that describes an overall approach to Data Insights. It's possible that we'll add more videos later if a need becomes apparent, but for now, this is it. Enjoy!
Hey Charles, I find your videos very helpful just had one request, is it possible to create data sufficiency videos by each quant topic for the focus edition?
Thank you for the kind words! At this stage, we don't have any plans to create separate DS videos for each quant topic. We do, however, integrate DS questions into each quant video in our playlist. Keep in mind that there are only 4-8 DS questions on the GMAT, and some of those are non-math-based. So there's no need to overdo the studying on quant-based DS -- just master the overall process for tackling DS and master the quant content in our videos, and you'll be fine. I hope that helps!
This video already covers DS questions that are very much like those on the actual GMAT Focus exam, and the the process in the video will serve you well if you execute it with consistency. When you hear people say that DS is "denser" on the GMAT Focus than on the previous version of the exam, they generally just mean that Data Sufficiency consists exclusively of word problems now -- so in a way, I suppose the reading itself is "denser" on DS than it used to be. Other than that, relatively little has changed. The questions aren't inherently harder than they used to be, they don't require more steps, and the process for tackling them generally looks the same as always. And that's reflected in this video. I hope that helps a bit!
happy holidays, Charles In the question 2, Could we consider that because from the statement 1, we only have 1 valid value of k, then statement 1 sufficient without writing down formula and finding the value of k?
Yup. I wrote out the algebra in the video to make things completely clear, but once you're 100% sure that there's only one possible value of k, it's totally fine to stop there. Just be a bit careful: if you have any doubts at all, it's often worthwhile to take a few seconds to write out the algebra, just to be safe. But again, if you're 100% sure -- not 98% sure -- then there's no need to go through the algebra and arithmetic on something like this. I hope that helps a bit, and happy holidays!
We have playlists for Reading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning. Check them out through the links below: Reading Comprehension: ruclips.net/p/PLiaK8zyGGndlDghCtnUwhbPUU1qyJKcj0 Critical Reasoning: ruclips.net/p/PLiaK8zyGGndkmDpY6c99ESXreEbr_EILp I hope that helps!
Hi Charles, for the ice cream question I wasn’t sure if statement b was enough because the problem didn’t state that at least one customer ordered two scoops. I was thinking that 371 people ordering a single scoop wasn’t enough info because the outcome would change depending on if there were acruallypeople who ordered to scoops - do we assume this?
We don't need to assume this. If no one ordered two scoops, then the ice cream shop would have sold 371 scoops in total and we can still answer the question. Since someone buying two scoops definitely orders an even number of scoops, the number of scoops bought by the people buying two scoops will always be even. This is true even if no one buys two scoops that week. This means the only information we need to answer this question is the number of people that buy one scoop. Since this information is provided by statement (2), this is sufficient to answer the question. I hope that helps!
For now, this is the final video in the series. It's very possible that we'll add more videos once we watch more students take the actual GMAT Focus Edition, but at the moment, the series is just nine full-length videos, plus the introductory "video 0". Have fun studying!
Thanks charles for your videos! I prepared using these videos and got a 635(q81 v86 di76) . I feel the score isn’t sufficient for ivy league ( I have 16 months work experience in advertising and want to pursue mba in marketing. Target is Hec paris or any ivy league). Do you recommend trying once again? Thanks is advance
It's hard to give a good answer to this sort of question, just because so many factors can influence whether a retake will be worthwhile. The simplest answer: if you're confident that you can improve, then you might as well take another shot at it. Beyond that, it's hard to guess whether that score will be enough for your goals, just because GMAT scores are just a small part of the admissions picture -- if you have an amazing profile and a great academic background, then you have less of a need to get a killer GMAT score. In case it helps at all, GMAC's concordance tables say that a 635 on the GMAT Focus is equivalent to a 680-690 on the "old" GMAT. That's on the low side for most Ivy League programs, but potentially in range for HEC. But again, if your profile is truly outstanding in other ways, maybe you can get away with that score for top US programs, too. I hope that helps a bit!
All the questions in your Data Insights videos seem to be taken from the online question bank of OG, I knew all the answers in the videos before hand, is there no other source for Data Insight questions ?
At this stage, I don't recommend using non-official questions for Data Insights, with the possible exception of Data Sufficiency. You've probably heard us say this in some of the videos: GMAC spends literally thousands of dollars creating, testing, and editing every single test question, and no test-prep company can possibly mimic the nuances of official questions. On quant and DS, it's OK if non-official questions aren't a 100% perfect facsimile of the real thing -- they can still be good practice. On verbal and the four other DI question types, you're definitely best served by sticking with official questions. The nuances of those questions are far too difficult to mimic, and non-official questions can do you more harm than good. So you see that reflected in our videos: we use official questions of one sort or another for CR, RC, and most of Data Insights. For quant and DS, we write our own questions. I hope that helps a bit, and have fun studying!
Hey I know it's not related to video but I am having my GMAT focus in 5 days and I am getting just 575, percentiles of my quant are around 50 same with DI and 80 in verbal. Any last minute tips Charles?
Statement number 2 for the last question while holding true with respect to C=70k+0.25R, doesn’t seem to answer if the bakery sold less than 18k pretzels? As the question stem doesn’t imply that if C=70k+0.25R is true therefore 18K< pretzels sold. Additionally, if 90 k is the revenue we could assume the avg price to be n, an example would be 4. But this would no longer be consistent with statement 1.
You're absolutely right: statement (2) does not answer the question of whether the bakery sold more or less than 18,000 pretzels. Since we know the information in statement (1) is sufficient, the answer to this question is (A). When you're considering statement (2) *alone* , you can make an assumption that contradicts the information contained in statement (1). It's only when you combine the two statements that you have to ensure you're using a consistent scenario. I hope that helps!
I'm not sure that I understand the question. The term "cat English" makes me think of talking animals, but I'm guessing that you're asking about something else...?
Hi Charles, I followed your 13 week study plan video and hence, requesting for your help on study buddy. Can you please help me connect? Thank you very much.
Let's break down the Data Sufficiency question provided: ### **Question:** At a certain ice cream shop last week, each customer ordered either one or two scoops of ice cream. If \( p \) is the total number of scoops of ice cream sold at the shop last week, is \( p \) odd? ### **Statements:** 1. The shop served a total of 604 customers last week. 2. The shop sold 371 single scoops of ice cream last week. ### **Answer Choices:** - **A:** Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. - **B:** Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. - **C:** BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient. - **D:** EACH statement ALONE is sufficient. - **E:** Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are not sufficient. ### **Analysis:** #### **Step 1: Evaluate Statement (1) Alone** - **Statement 1:** The shop served a total of 604 customers last week.
Knowing only the total number of customers doesn't tell us how many ordered one scoop and how many ordered two scoops. Therefore, we cannot determine whether the total number of scoops \( p \) is odd or even. - **Conclusion for Statement 1:** **Not sufficient**. #### **Step 2: Evaluate Statement (2) Alone** - **Statement 2:** The shop sold 371 single scoops of ice cream last week.
Knowing the number of single scoops doesn't provide enough information about the total number of scoops \( p \) without knowing the total number of customers or the number of customers who ordered two scoops. Therefore, we still cannot determine if \( p \) is odd or even. - **Conclusion for Statement 2:** **Not sufficient**. #### **Step 3: Combine Statements (1) and (2)** - **Combining the Statements:** - If there were 604 customers in total and 371 ordered one scoop, the remaining \( 604 - 371 = 233 \) customers must have ordered two scoops. - The total number of scoops \( p \) is therefore \( 371 + 2(233) = 371 + 466 = 837 \). Since 837 is an odd number, the answer to whether \( p \) is odd is **yes**. - **Conclusion for Combined Statements:** **Sufficient**. ### **Answer:** The correct answer is **C: BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.** ### **Key Tips for Solving Data Sufficiency Questions:** - **Evaluate Each Statement Separately**: Always test each statement individually before considering them together. - **Focus on Sufficiency**: Determine if the information provided can fully answer the question without needing further calculations. - **Combine If Needed**: Only combine statements if neither one is sufficient on its own.
Hey Charles. I gave GMAT classic and scored 710 using your videos to study and practicing through OG. I got shortlisted from my target college and wanted to convey my heartfelt thanks to you, Harry, Dana and the other team members!🙌
Congratulations! I'm honored that we could help a bit. Seriously, please keep us posted on your admissions adventures -- we love good news.
Thank you again for the kind words, and congratulations again on the awesome score!
@@GMATNinjaTutoring wow a success story we need to hear more of these to keep our morale up
congrats on your achievement. I needed some help, im 20 and just graduated from liberal arts background and i have to start from ground up, Could you help me guide what did you do and any resources i should buy etc. It would be very be very helpful.
Hi Harsh. May I know which college you were applying to? And did you use any other materials other than OG?
@@puneetmishra4726 Hi puneet, i applied to iima pgpx course that is the 1 year full time mba.
I used mostly the youtube resources, OG and discussions on gmatclub forum.
All your videos are so helpful and the techniques taught are simple and nice. Thank you for uploading these! :)
Thank you so much for the kind words, and have fun studying!
Thanks, Charles! Though I am considering the current version this video might be a great help to me for the IR section preparation.
Thank you, Pooja! You have the right idea: all of the Data Insights question types also appear somewhere on the "old" GMAT, so these videos should help you on IR and/or quant.
Have fun studying!
@@GMATNinjaTutoring Thank you so much for the reassurance, Charles! Happy Holidays!
Just wanted to drop a big Thank you for these amazing videos 🪄 The advice you gave at 3:42 on avoiding careless mistakes was absolute gold for me. I focused on being more methodical & took the time to read every question carefully, in both DI & Quant. And this helped me eliminate all those little errors I was making. I also practiced a lot of questions from OG. Managed to secure 97th percentile in DI and 91st in Quant in Focus edition.. so grateful 🙇♂
can you please tell me if we get sheets of paper for doing the rough work or something else ?
Hi Charles, thank you so much. I'm still confused for question one, stem 2 . Why can't you rearrange the equation and get R as the subject like in the original stem. I get R= (13W-7C)/7
Then this would be correct too?
I must be wrong/missing something !
Hi Charles,
I would like to know your advice on this, when solving a Quant question should I first read the whole question and understand it then note down the things I need or should I note down as I’m reading?
I’m struggling to find the best systematic way on approaching a quant question.
Another question please, should I study each subtopic and practice few questions then move to the other, or should I make sure that I master each topic first even if it will take time. Cause I prefer to finish everything then start practicing each topic and mastering it, this way I don’t feel pressured that I still have much theory to finish.
Your first question is mostly an issue of personal preference. Plenty of students are best served by reading twice and digesting the question before writing anything down at all -- I've even asked some private tutoring students to sit on their hands as they read the question, and that can help some people. Other students develop a better understanding of the question if they write as they read -- writing notes can help some people engage more deeply in the question from the very start.
Depending on how your brain is wired, one of these might be better for you than the other. I happen to be in group #2, but you need to figure out what works best for you personally.
What you definitely do NOT want to do: start solving the question before you've taken the time to read it twice and think through your options. If you start writing as you read, that can be OK -- but if you launch into the first solution path that comes to mind, you'll do more harm than good, as discussed in many of our videos.
I'm not a fan of "binge studying" for a test like the GMAT. The exam covers a ton of ground, and if you focus exclusively on one area of the exam before moving on to the next, you might not give yourself enough opportunities to reinforce things that you learned a while ago. In other words, if you're not getting consistent reinforcement of everything you've learned, you might forget one set of concepts as quickly as you learn another.
So make sure that you include at least some broad-based practice in your GMAT studies. If you want to put special emphasis on, say, quant word problems for a week or two, that's fine, but make sure that you're practicing a bit of everything at the same time.
I hope that helps a bit, and have fun studying!
GREAT JOB
Thank you so much!
Charles, this was super helpful! Thanks a lot ! :)
Thank you, Nishanth! Have fun studying.
Thank you, charles!
Thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment! Happy holidays from Colorado.
So basically for q1 you don’t actually need to solve in $ terms from the info provided just find an equation which is isolating that variable?
Really liked the way you teach Charles, just one thing is not banned in Singapore. it's just banned in public transport because of the smell 😅
Ah, thank you so much! My bad -- if memory serves, I've had a tasty durian shake in Singapore, but have very distinct memories of the "no durian allowed" signs in hotels and on transit. It's one of my favorite parts of the world -- an absolutely fascinating crossroads, with amazing food everywhere. I miss it. :)
Thank you again, and have fun studying!
Hi Charles. Thanks for the wonderful lecture series you have started for GMAT Focus edition. Just wanted to ask, what is the work experience required to get into B-schools overseas? Can a fresher work on their application process as well? And, since I am counted as a fresher, would you recommend MBA programs for me or is MSc a viable option? Your comment on this would really help me. Thanks, again!
Thank you for the kind words! Your questions are way beyond the scope of this Data Sufficiency video, and more broadly, there's no way that I could possibly answer some of those questions about you personally, since I know nothing about your life or your goals.
If you're interested in the application process, this video might be a decent place to start: ruclips.net/video/tbj_lEydGJc/видео.html. The key takeaway: figure out what YOU want from graduate school. And then you can start focusing on the admissions process for specific programs once you're clear about what you're trying to accomplish.
I hope that helps a bit!
This was super helpful!! Thank you so much!
Thank you for the kind words, Joe! Have fun studying.
Hey Charles, just wanted to understand something about the 2nd question.
Hypothetically, if the 1st statement gave us a value of k>17, then the 1st statement is still sufficient right?
Because it helps us answer the question whether it costs more (the answer being NO in this hypothetical case)
Thanks!
Not charles but yes, you dont need a "yes" answer for it to be sufficient. If you can figure out the answer(which could be yes or no), it is sufficient!
@@abhimanyuchaturvedi9110 and what if both these statements had provided definitive but opposite answers, say 1st led us to a yes and 2nd to a no. Both statements would still be sufficient in themselves right?
@@samridhpruthi971 yes. If the data can tell yes or no, it is sufficient. However, do keep in mind that if in the other table analysis or graph questions, you get a no. The answer is “not sufficient to conclude “ or similar
I am doing super badly in integrated reasoning and that is killing my score on the test i have done sufficient practice does anyone have any advice any resource that could be helpful?
Thank you for the video. Multiple times during the video you say that u used the calculator to solve a given equation (e.g. Q2). In a real life test, we are not allowed to use calculators, are we?
You'll have an on-screen calculator on Data Insights, but not quant. So you won't hear us mentioning calculators in our quant-specific videos, but you can always use the calculator for Data Sufficiency questions if you want.
Have fun studying!
Hi Charles, thank you for very helpful sequence of videos. I still having doubts on QUESTION 1 why you did not use the formula R+W+C=240,000 to solve II statement . Thank You.
Hey Charles, just wanted to know how many more episodes are there in this Data Insights playlist?
This is the last one, at least for now! So there's a total of 10 episodes, including the introductory "Episode 0" that describes an overall approach to Data Insights.
It's possible that we'll add more videos later if a need becomes apparent, but for now, this is it.
Enjoy!
Hey Charles, I find your videos very helpful just had one request, is it possible to create data sufficiency videos by each quant topic for the focus edition?
Thank you for the kind words!
At this stage, we don't have any plans to create separate DS videos for each quant topic. We do, however, integrate DS questions into each quant video in our playlist.
Keep in mind that there are only 4-8 DS questions on the GMAT, and some of those are non-math-based. So there's no need to overdo the studying on quant-based DS -- just master the overall process for tackling DS and master the quant content in our videos, and you'll be fine.
I hope that helps!
Hi Charles, can you suggest how to prepare for the denser data sufficiency questions that are being asked at the exam these days?
This video already covers DS questions that are very much like those on the actual GMAT Focus exam, and the the process in the video will serve you well if you execute it with consistency.
When you hear people say that DS is "denser" on the GMAT Focus than on the previous version of the exam, they generally just mean that Data Sufficiency consists exclusively of word problems now -- so in a way, I suppose the reading itself is "denser" on DS than it used to be.
Other than that, relatively little has changed. The questions aren't inherently harder than they used to be, they don't require more steps, and the process for tackling them generally looks the same as always. And that's reflected in this video.
I hope that helps a bit!
happy holidays, Charles
In the question 2, Could we consider that because from the statement 1, we only have 1 valid value of k, then statement 1 sufficient without writing down formula and finding the value of k?
Yup. I wrote out the algebra in the video to make things completely clear, but once you're 100% sure that there's only one possible value of k, it's totally fine to stop there.
Just be a bit careful: if you have any doubts at all, it's often worthwhile to take a few seconds to write out the algebra, just to be safe. But again, if you're 100% sure -- not 98% sure -- then there's no need to go through the algebra and arithmetic on something like this.
I hope that helps a bit, and happy holidays!
Hey Charles! Will you make the playlist for Verbal Reasoning too for GMAT Focus?
We have playlists for Reading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning. Check them out through the links below:
Reading Comprehension:
ruclips.net/p/PLiaK8zyGGndlDghCtnUwhbPUU1qyJKcj0
Critical Reasoning:
ruclips.net/p/PLiaK8zyGGndkmDpY6c99ESXreEbr_EILp
I hope that helps!
@@GMATNinjaTutoring thanks! Will these 2 playlists be sufficient for Verbal Reasoning in GMAT Focus?
Hey, I have not really understood how it is with the calculator. Are we allowed to use one in the DI part?
Yes, that's correct: you'll have an on-screen calculator for Data Insights, but NOT for the quant section. Enjoy!
Hi Charles, for the ice cream question I wasn’t sure if statement b was enough because the problem didn’t state that at least one customer ordered two scoops. I was thinking that 371 people ordering a single scoop wasn’t enough info because the outcome would change depending on if there were acruallypeople who ordered to scoops - do we assume this?
We don't need to assume this. If no one ordered two scoops, then the ice cream shop would have sold 371 scoops in total and we can still answer the question.
Since someone buying two scoops definitely orders an even number of scoops, the number of scoops bought by the people buying two scoops will always be even. This is true even if no one buys two scoops that week. This means the only information we need to answer this question is the number of people that buy one scoop. Since this information is provided by statement (2), this is sufficient to answer the question.
I hope that helps!
Thank you for this video Charles!
I presume this is the last video of the IR series ????
For now, this is the final video in the series. It's very possible that we'll add more videos once we watch more students take the actual GMAT Focus Edition, but at the moment, the series is just nine full-length videos, plus the introductory "video 0".
Have fun studying!
Thanks charles for your videos! I prepared using these videos and got a 635(q81 v86 di76) .
I feel the score isn’t sufficient for ivy league ( I have 16 months work experience in advertising and want to pursue mba in marketing. Target is Hec paris or any ivy league). Do you recommend trying once again?
Thanks is advance
It's hard to give a good answer to this sort of question, just because so many factors can influence whether a retake will be worthwhile.
The simplest answer: if you're confident that you can improve, then you might as well take another shot at it.
Beyond that, it's hard to guess whether that score will be enough for your goals, just because GMAT scores are just a small part of the admissions picture -- if you have an amazing profile and a great academic background, then you have less of a need to get a killer GMAT score.
In case it helps at all, GMAC's concordance tables say that a 635 on the GMAT Focus is equivalent to a 680-690 on the "old" GMAT. That's on the low side for most Ivy League programs, but potentially in range for HEC. But again, if your profile is truly outstanding in other ways, maybe you can get away with that score for top US programs, too.
I hope that helps a bit!
@@GMATNinjaTutoring Thank you so much!
Nice video, thanks!
Thank you, and have fun studying!
All the questions in your Data Insights videos seem to be taken from the online question bank of OG, I knew all the answers in the videos before hand, is there no other source for Data Insight questions ?
At this stage, I don't recommend using non-official questions for Data Insights, with the possible exception of Data Sufficiency.
You've probably heard us say this in some of the videos: GMAC spends literally thousands of dollars creating, testing, and editing every single test question, and no test-prep company can possibly mimic the nuances of official questions. On quant and DS, it's OK if non-official questions aren't a 100% perfect facsimile of the real thing -- they can still be good practice.
On verbal and the four other DI question types, you're definitely best served by sticking with official questions. The nuances of those questions are far too difficult to mimic, and non-official questions can do you more harm than good.
So you see that reflected in our videos: we use official questions of one sort or another for CR, RC, and most of Data Insights. For quant and DS, we write our own questions.
I hope that helps a bit, and have fun studying!
Hey I know it's not related to video but I am having my GMAT focus in 5 days and I am getting just 575, percentiles of my quant are around 50 same with DI and 80 in verbal. Any last minute tips Charles?
hi . how was the exam?
@@NawalSinhal Hey, yeah scored 595 so could get into middle tier b schools as it's classic equivalent score is around 650
All the very best
@@NawalSinhal Thanks you too bro
Did you take it again?
Statement number 2 for the last question while holding true with respect to C=70k+0.25R, doesn’t seem to answer if the bakery sold less than 18k pretzels?
As the question stem doesn’t imply that if C=70k+0.25R is true therefore 18K< pretzels sold.
Additionally, if 90 k is the revenue we could assume the avg price to be n, an example would be 4. But this would no longer be consistent with statement 1.
You're absolutely right: statement (2) does not answer the question of whether the bakery sold more or less than 18,000 pretzels. Since we know the information in statement (1) is sufficient, the answer to this question is (A).
When you're considering statement (2) *alone* , you can make an assumption that contradicts the information contained in statement (1). It's only when you combine the two statements that you have to ensure you're using a consistent scenario.
I hope that helps!
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I'm not sure that I understand the question. The term "cat English" makes me think of talking animals, but I'm guessing that you're asking about something else...?
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Let's break down the Data Sufficiency question provided:
### **Question:**
At a certain ice cream shop last week, each customer ordered either one or two scoops of ice cream. If \( p \) is the total number of scoops of ice cream sold at the shop last week, is \( p \) odd?
### **Statements:**
1. The shop served a total of 604 customers last week.
2. The shop sold 371 single scoops of ice cream last week.
### **Answer Choices:**
- **A:** Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
- **B:** Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
- **C:** BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
- **D:** EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
- **E:** Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are not sufficient.
### **Analysis:**
#### **Step 1: Evaluate Statement (1) Alone**
- **Statement 1:** The shop served a total of 604 customers last week.
Knowing only the total number of customers doesn't tell us how many ordered one scoop and how many ordered two scoops. Therefore, we cannot determine whether the total number of scoops \( p \) is odd or even.
- **Conclusion for Statement 1:** **Not sufficient**.
#### **Step 2: Evaluate Statement (2) Alone**
- **Statement 2:** The shop sold 371 single scoops of ice cream last week.
Knowing the number of single scoops doesn't provide enough information about the total number of scoops \( p \) without knowing the total number of customers or the number of customers who ordered two scoops. Therefore, we still cannot determine if \( p \) is odd or even.
- **Conclusion for Statement 2:** **Not sufficient**.
#### **Step 3: Combine Statements (1) and (2)**
- **Combining the Statements:**
- If there were 604 customers in total and 371 ordered one scoop, the remaining \( 604 - 371 = 233 \) customers must have ordered two scoops.
- The total number of scoops \( p \) is therefore \( 371 + 2(233) = 371 + 466 = 837 \).
Since 837 is an odd number, the answer to whether \( p \) is odd is **yes**.
- **Conclusion for Combined Statements:** **Sufficient**.
### **Answer:**
The correct answer is **C: BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.**
### **Key Tips for Solving Data Sufficiency Questions:**
- **Evaluate Each Statement Separately**: Always test each statement individually before considering them together.
- **Focus on Sufficiency**: Determine if the information provided can fully answer the question without needing further calculations.
- **Combine If Needed**: Only combine statements if neither one is sufficient on its own.