guerrero25 wrote:
carcass wrote:
I think that the major take-away in this scenario (the question and the typo) is this: of course is rare if not impossible to have an error in a question from gmac,, still is possible to do not understand the whole nuances of the question but you are STILL able to pick the correct one understanding the whole thing
I didn't even notice the error, and I pick the right choice in 40 seconds
Morale of the story: do not be stuck
regards
understood ! .. It seems you 're damn quick in tackling CR questions . It took me 1:50 sec to zero in the correct answer .How do you maintain such a pace ?..appreciate if you could share some tactics . Any CR question with difficulty level ~650+ takes me 2-3 mins to answer
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on one sideis really a question of practice, and when I say practice I mean a lotttttt of practice. Trying to study the question at end not only to pick the right one but also to understand why. To understand the dicothomy of the question itself (is not important if it is verbal or math)
on the other side I read SUPER carefully the stimulus to disentangle why is so, why is that. here an example: a question from
OG the last one so should be difficult, a really upper level question.
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Vargonia has just introduced a legal requirement that student-teacher ratios in government-funded schools not
exceed a certain limit. All Vargonian children are entitled to education, free of charge, in these schools. When a
recession occurs and average incomes fall, the numberof children enrolled in government-funded schools tends
to increase. Therefore, though most employment opportunities contract in economic recessions, getting a
teaching job in Vargonia's government-funded schools will not be made more difficult by a recession.
Which of the following would be most important to determine in order to evaluate the argument?
(A) Whether inVargonia there are any schools not funded bythe government that offer children an education
free of charge
(B) Whether the number of qualified applicants for teaching positions in government-funded schools increases
significantly during economic recessions
(C) What the current student-teacher ratio in Vargonia's government-funded schools is
(D) What proportion of Vargonia's workers currently hold jobs as teachers in government-funded schools
(E) Whether in the past a number of government-funded schools in Vargonia have had student-teacher ratios
well in excess of the new limit
My process: breaking down the stumulus in sentences. the same RC strategy that I adopt: the stop strategy. In that way I do not re-read the stimulus and eliminate the answer right away. one by one.
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Vargonia has just introduced a legal requirement that student-teacher ratios in government-funded schools not
exceed a certain limit
the ratio is constant. no matter what, cannot be unbalanced. Better: can not exceed a certain level. for what reason: major costs and so on.....ok well. go ahead
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All Vargonian children are entitled to education, free of charge, in these schools
pretty clear
Quote:
When a recession occurs and average incomes fall, the number of children enrolled in government-funded schools tends to increase.
Here is the key point: if this happens the ratio is going to be unbalanced (see the first sentence)
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Therefore, though most employment opportunities contract in economic recessions, getting a teaching job in Vargonia's government-funded schools will not be made more difficult by a recession.
Conclusion: a lot of people can be teacher. Now: or we have more students to maintain the ratio costant if the teachers go up OR we have to eliminate one of the two variables: the children is not possible because all students have the same rights to attend the school so we have to eliminate or to find a reason to eliminate the teacher to have a costant ratio OR that this does not exceed a certain limit
Which of the following would be most important to determine in order to evaluate the argument?
(A) Whether inVargonia there are any schools not funded bythe government that offer children an education free of charge
school not funded: we care about FOUNDED...delete(B) Whether the number of qualified applicants for teaching positions in government-funded schools increases significantly during economic recessions
In either scenarios the ratio could be out of balance: or more teachers than students (if qualified) or more students than teachers (if not qualified)(C) What the current student-teacher ratio in Vargonia's government-funded schools is
The current ratio: is not important. we care about the NEW ratio in the new scanario when a downturn comes into the picture(D) What proportion of Vargonia's workers currently hold jobs as teachers in government-funded schools
The proportion among the teachers is not our concern(E) Whether in the past a number of government-funded schools in Vargonia have had student-teacher ratios this option well in excess of the new limit
In the past: one second of thinking and delete Notice how in this last option we talk about limit and ratio: exactly what we have talked before to see this option, reading the stimulus. This confirms us that our hint was right.
This way of thinking should be flexible, depends on the context but for sure is quite good: because it is not related to a rigid strategy, on what you learn from books (though is what we learn in concrete to overcome the test) and permits you if do not understand a single word to bypass the whole thing and move on. In other words, do not be stuck.
I hope this helps you
regards
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