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ashikaverma13
22 Feb 2017, 05:22
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Hello all,
I have posted this query earlier on this forum as well. I am looking for the explanation of the questions in the 'most comprehensive collection of everything official' (RC/SC/CR) the collection of GMAT prep questions posted by Souvik and others on this forum.
Although, IMHO it is one of the best collection of verbal questions one could lay hands on for practising verbal, I feel pretty much handicapped without the explanation part as I want to know where I went wrong and would want to improve upon it and remember to not make the same mistake again. Those who seriously practice verbal would understand the importance of question wise explnation as in the OG. The post says to look for answers I need to google each and every question, which not only is a humungous task in itself and time consuming, the questions do not get copied as I think the pdf is protected.
Someone please please please tell me how and where I can find the explanation or is there any other way to find it online than googling it.
I have posted this query earlier on this forum as well. I am looking for the explanation of the questions in the 'most comprehensive collection of everything official' (RC/SC/CR) the collection of GMAT prep questions posted by Souvik and others on this forum.
Although, IMHO it is one of the best collection of verbal questions one could lay hands on for practising verbal, I feel pretty much handicapped without the explanation part as I want to know where I went wrong and would want to improve upon it and remember to not make the same mistake again. Those who seriously practice verbal would understand the importance of question wise explnation as in the OG. The post says to look for answers I need to google each and every question, which not only is a humungous task in itself and time consuming, the questions do not get copied as I think the pdf is protected.
Someone please please please tell me how and where I can find the explanation or is there any other way to find it online than googling it.
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22 Feb 2017, 18:08
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ashikaverma13
Dear ashikaverma13,
I'm happy to respond, my friend.
My friend, think about your question. You posted something about the "most comprehensive collection of everything official," but you did not even include a link in what you posted. In other words, you expect the people answering your question to hunt around on GMAT Club to find this. Part of achieving success on the GMAT is taking responsibility for everything you do: if you ask any question in which you don't take full responsibility for yourself, you are not pushing yourself to pursue excellence in all things. As a wise may said, how you do anything is how you do everything. See this blog article:
Asking Excellent Questions
Now, suppose you do one of these superb verbal problems and you get it wrong, or you were guessing and you are not sure why one answer is better than another. Here's where you get to take more responsibility. Search for that question on GMAT Club. Chances are excellent that any question from GMAT Prep is already posted here on GMAT Club with detailed explanation. You can read there and you may find the answer to all your questions: if you don't, you can always add your question to the thread and one of the experts there can answer your question. In the rare case that a question is not answered already, you can do a service by starting a new thread. You can even invite experts to answer: you are more than welcome to ask for my input.
My friend, I would encourage ask yourself: why are you studying for the GMAT? Are you ready for the GMAT? Are you ready for business school? Are you ready to embark on a career as a manager? Clearly, finding good explanations for these questions is vital for learning and understanding. This will require some work on your part. You are looking to evade this work, hoping for some magical fairy-godmother collection of OEs that will spare you the hard work. That is an attitude that no business school and no employer wants to see. Excellence is about embracing everything that is challenging about any task, about diving into the necessarily work because it is necessary, regardless of how hard it will be. Shakespeare said, "Ambition should be made of sterner stuff."
When you are working as a manager, I guarantee, there will be times you will be handed tasks that make this task of hunting for all these explanations seems like child's play. The employee who complains in the face of challenge and tries to avoid it is the employee who doesn't advance. The employee who throws himself in to the challenge with the heart of a lion wins the respect of his peers and superiors.
Think about the kind of person you want to be, as you study, and as a future employee. How you do anything is how you do everything.
Does all this make sense?
Mike
ashikaverma13
23 Feb 2017, 00:22
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Dear Mike,
As much as your moral policing is appreciated, you may have taken an unwarranted not to mention an unnecessary leap of judgment in trying to undermine my abilities which is not appreciated from an expert like you. As much as you have tried to analyze what my 'aim' was for asking for the explanations, I assure you none of them were a lazy ass approach to just look for as you've, very rudely I might add, put it 'to evade the work, hoping for some magical fairy-godmother collection of OEs' but to simply try and figure out if even there was any sort of explanation available since the amazing people of this forum have some wonderful collections. I didn't even think or know there was a collection of all GMAT prep questions possible, but hey, here we are. I agree to not being able to put up links, but the rest of the judgment was pretty much not needed.
As for your lecture on what kind of employee I am or I could be, I am sure you realize that you have again made a premature assumption of how I approach challenges. Heck, you don't know me or anything about me. I am a lawyer by profession and let me assure you that nothing, absolutely nothing in our profession comes easy or tailor made and everything that is available can be interpreted in 100 different ways so I know the nuances and challenges of approaching a problem when I face one and I never shy away from going the extra mile to reach a satisfactory result coz there is no scope of leniency in our profession as sometimes lives are at stake because of what we do. A small mistake and the client could land in jail. So don't you give me a lecture on looking for short cuts or judging my abilities on whether or not I would be able to handle challenges. I take pride in the hard work I put in my work and I also take full responsibility of the many mistakes I make as I believe one can never know enough and learns by the mistakes he makes. You have no right to judge me on my responsibility taking ability based on a simple question asked on this forum.
Again, not that I need to, but since you have taken out so much time to knit pick my question and make a personality assessment, not to mention the many wrong assumptions and judgments that were passed, I feel I need to explain exactly how serious I am about my GMAT and beyond or whether I even know what I am getting into. let me assure you that I do and I cannot wait to begin the wonderful journey or face the challenges that will be put in front of me and I already do put in all I have to get that perfect score. Like I said, my only aim was to save a lot of time which as per the approach you've mentioned, which I was already aware of btw, will take a lot of my prep time looking for each and every answer's explanation on this forum. I already do that for quants questions, I figured maybe there might be a way that I could save some time and focus on more productive ways to improve my skill set. Another wonderful quality that my profession teaches is to not give up on looking for something unless you've actually possibly looked everywhere. so push it. This is going to be my second attempt at GMAT and I do not have a lot of time and I plan to make the most of the time I have at my disposal and I don't think I should be judged for it. I'd humbly request you to not judge your students in their approaches like this as this could go a long way in demotivating someone with that last tinge of hope. Lastly, I might not know so many quotable quotes like you, but my learning in my profession has taught me how important it is to have an open mind and to be receptive to everyone's approach to the problems and challenges they face because they all have difference circumstances of their own in which they are trying to make it in this world, like you and me. Nothing in this world is in black and white and you cannot possibly ignore the grey and therefore, one should first of all refrain from passing judgments and if he or she must, should not do it unless he/she has analyzed each and every aspect of it.
P.S. I'd remember to come back and update you on my GMAT score if I get something worthwhile.
As much as your moral policing is appreciated, you may have taken an unwarranted not to mention an unnecessary leap of judgment in trying to undermine my abilities which is not appreciated from an expert like you. As much as you have tried to analyze what my 'aim' was for asking for the explanations, I assure you none of them were a lazy ass approach to just look for as you've, very rudely I might add, put it 'to evade the work, hoping for some magical fairy-godmother collection of OEs' but to simply try and figure out if even there was any sort of explanation available since the amazing people of this forum have some wonderful collections. I didn't even think or know there was a collection of all GMAT prep questions possible, but hey, here we are. I agree to not being able to put up links, but the rest of the judgment was pretty much not needed.
As for your lecture on what kind of employee I am or I could be, I am sure you realize that you have again made a premature assumption of how I approach challenges. Heck, you don't know me or anything about me. I am a lawyer by profession and let me assure you that nothing, absolutely nothing in our profession comes easy or tailor made and everything that is available can be interpreted in 100 different ways so I know the nuances and challenges of approaching a problem when I face one and I never shy away from going the extra mile to reach a satisfactory result coz there is no scope of leniency in our profession as sometimes lives are at stake because of what we do. A small mistake and the client could land in jail. So don't you give me a lecture on looking for short cuts or judging my abilities on whether or not I would be able to handle challenges. I take pride in the hard work I put in my work and I also take full responsibility of the many mistakes I make as I believe one can never know enough and learns by the mistakes he makes. You have no right to judge me on my responsibility taking ability based on a simple question asked on this forum.
Again, not that I need to, but since you have taken out so much time to knit pick my question and make a personality assessment, not to mention the many wrong assumptions and judgments that were passed, I feel I need to explain exactly how serious I am about my GMAT and beyond or whether I even know what I am getting into. let me assure you that I do and I cannot wait to begin the wonderful journey or face the challenges that will be put in front of me and I already do put in all I have to get that perfect score. Like I said, my only aim was to save a lot of time which as per the approach you've mentioned, which I was already aware of btw, will take a lot of my prep time looking for each and every answer's explanation on this forum. I already do that for quants questions, I figured maybe there might be a way that I could save some time and focus on more productive ways to improve my skill set. Another wonderful quality that my profession teaches is to not give up on looking for something unless you've actually possibly looked everywhere. so push it. This is going to be my second attempt at GMAT and I do not have a lot of time and I plan to make the most of the time I have at my disposal and I don't think I should be judged for it. I'd humbly request you to not judge your students in their approaches like this as this could go a long way in demotivating someone with that last tinge of hope. Lastly, I might not know so many quotable quotes like you, but my learning in my profession has taught me how important it is to have an open mind and to be receptive to everyone's approach to the problems and challenges they face because they all have difference circumstances of their own in which they are trying to make it in this world, like you and me. Nothing in this world is in black and white and you cannot possibly ignore the grey and therefore, one should first of all refrain from passing judgments and if he or she must, should not do it unless he/she has analyzed each and every aspect of it.
P.S. I'd remember to come back and update you on my GMAT score if I get something worthwhile.
