hi,
first 0ff - congrats and hats off roy1000 for the massive score - 740 is to be admired and quite an achievement. i am targeting similar score and will be sitting on the exam in april.
second - as far as top b-schools go, i recently read an article in a magazine about how top schools were unwilling to expand their phd programs and thats the main reason they still accept so few of their applicants and thats why tey continue to raise the bar to almost 'unreachable'' height.
this is kinda off-topic - how many comb/permutation questions did you get in quant??? i read that most 700 + scorers see at least 2-3 perm/comb questions, which are not normally seen on <690 scores. can you attest that if one sees that amount of perm/comb questions, one can assume that he/she will get a 700+ before the test ends ??? [assuming of course a good score on verbal too since it comes after quant] thanx for you reply in advance.