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haha great post! I like the Manhattan one...
btw what is the list of great foods? I'm wondering if it'll make a difference in my concentration

A lot of people say that they carried energy bars, a banana or a light sandwich with them for in between snacking. The first 2 sound like a good idea as sugar, at a reasonable dose, helps boost the energy levels.
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haha great post! I like the Manhattan one...
btw what is the list of great foods? I'm wondering if it'll make a difference in my concentration

A lot of people say that they carried energy bars, a banana or a light sandwich with them for in between snacking. The first 2 sound like a good idea as sugar, at a reasonable dose, helps boost the energy levels.


Really very nice post.Sentence correction making me crazy and I can find lots of redundancy in my office emails.The reason behind is only GMAT.
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This is great! Kudos

I would add something along the lines of: every time you see your company's org chart you wonder if it is drawn to scale :)

Also, anything about sentences being parallel?
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This is great! Kudos

I would add something along the lines of: every time you see your company's org chart you wonder if it is drawn to scale :)

Also, anything about sentences being parallel?


Could never forget parallelism. That is captured in #5 - all the sentences around the word and are perfect replicas of each other.

lol@ 'drawn to scale'
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LOL! This is an awesome post. I definitely caught myself doing #4 a few times!! :)

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Moving this to the GMAT Forum where I think it will find quite a bit of appreciation :)
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Hahah, in the mundane world of GMAT I love that I can laugh at something GMAT related!
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Edited # 5

Also, another one:

You find dressing up to be an impossible task because it is no longer about choosing between 5 shirts and 5 pants, it's choosing among 25 different ways in which you can pair them.
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Great post. Sometime I see myself doing those things.

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5) You make it a point to include at least one modifier and one parallel structure in every email you send at work.

6) Someone tells you he enjoys things LIKE x, y , z and you immediately correct him by saying ' I believe you meant, SUCH AS x, y, z

When I was preparing for GMAT, I was scanning every email I wrote for SC errors before clicking send.

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Awesome!!! "Manhattan" stuff killed me :)
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Haha, that's hilarious. I've actually done #7... who said you can't incorporate flax seed, fish oil, and blueberries into your daily consumption? :-D
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ha ha :D I like the one about boss's strategy :P
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Couple of others:

Of late, the opportunity to share a successful GMAT story on this forum seems a lot more appealing than does the thought of getting accepted into your dream business school.

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You: Did you consider the possibility that the people falling sick caused the E coli virus?
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LOL ! This is really great !!
I have definitely been studying too much...
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So this one day while reflecting on my GMAT prep, i realized that this test has influenced my life in more ways than just trying to learn the material and improvise upon test taking strategies; if a lot of you in the midst of their GMAT prep are like me and have seen a majority of your life dominated by this test, you probably fall in the same boat.

Below is a list of some of the ways in which the GMAT has changed my life. Feel free to add your own.

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Ravish,

The fact that you've come up with a brilliant compilation like this shows how hard you've been working on the GMAT. I'm guessing it's only a matter of time before you come up with something similar for the MBA application process.

Waiting for the next helping.

Good work!
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LOL. Good sense of humor. I really liked no.10.
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