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 Post subject: Re: So Today I Took The GMAT
PostPosted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:03 pm  
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they're not supposed to alter the outcomes in any way shape or form. they're SUPPOSED to be for survey reasons. we don't have many X people applying to our company, what can we do to improve that, sort of thing.


Yeah, but they most definitely affect outcomes when it comes to college admissions, which is the shame of it.

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Being a woman makes it harder to get into a college ( http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/opinion/23britz.html)
Being Asian puts you at a disadvantage (because they are an over represented minority)
Being white is bad...but being poor and white is worse: http://www.mindingthecampus.com/origina ... sians.html

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The enormous disadvantage incurred by lower-class whites in comparison to non-whites and wealthier whites is partially explained by Espenshade and Radford as a result of the fact that, except for the very wealthiest institutions like Harvard and Princeton, private colleges and universities are reluctant to admit students who cannot afford their high tuitions. And since they have a limited amount of money to give out for scholarship aid, they reserve this money to lure those who can be counted in their enrollment statistics as diversity-enhancing "racial minorities." Poor whites are apparently given little weight as enhancers of campus diversity, while poor non-whites count twice in the diversity tally, once as racial minorities and a second time as socio-economically deprived. Private institutions, Espenshade and Radford suggest, "intentionally save their scarce financial aid dollars for students who will help them look good on their numbers of minority students." Quoting a study by NYU researcher Mitchell Stevens, they write: "ultimate evaluative preference for members of disadvantaged groups was reserved for applicants who could be counted in the college's multicultural statistics. This caused some admissions officers no small amount of ethical dismay."


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 Post subject: Re: So Today I Took The GMAT
PostPosted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 6:34 pm  
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I scored 710 on the subjective portion, relatively weak by internal standards. Oh well, hopefully good enough for my purposes.


That's a good score. The state school I went to, used 600 as their floor GMAT score. I had a choice between taking the GREs or the GMATS when I entered my Masters Degree program. I choose the GREs because they were easier and cheaper- and I needed to rock the math section. What was your purpose for the exam?


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 Post subject: Re: So Today I Took The GMAT
PostPosted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:52 pm  
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Azelma wrote:
Being a woman makes it harder to get into a college (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/opinion/23britz.html)


Given that women make up like 60% of most student bodies, I don't think they have any reason to complain.

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 Post subject: Re: So Today I Took The GMAT
PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:54 am  
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its hard for a majority to get into something?

weird.


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 Post subject: Re: So Today I Took The GMAT
PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:37 am  
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dopenkly wrote:
Aestu wrote:
I scored 710 on the subjective portion, relatively weak by internal standards. Oh well, hopefully good enough for my purposes.


That's a good score. The state school I went to, used 600 as their floor GMAT score. I had a choice between taking the GREs or the GMATS when I entered my Masters Degree program. I choose the GREs because they were easier and cheaper- and I needed to rock the math section. What was your purpose for the exam?


I had already taken the GRE, but because my GPA is not good, I wanted another test score to corroborate the GRE lest it be perceived as a fluke. Probably a waste but worth even a small shot.

I don't pretend that I have any idea what I'm doing. I don't understand entrance processes, so I just think in terms of what I would think if I were the other party looking at the cards on the table.


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 Post subject: Re: So Today I Took The GMAT
PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:22 am  
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I scored 6.0/6.0 on the subjective writing segment, something I've never done on any subjective writing exam because I don't do formulaic writing.

I didn't feel I did particularly well on that part by their standards, or by my own. I would find it very difficult to believe I wasn't uprated because I said I was black/hispanic.


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 Post subject: Re: So Today I Took The GMAT
PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 3:42 pm  
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Perfect time to experiment.

Take test, copy paste answers, check the White box, and see what happens.


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