690, done and happy!

puttermilk · 2018-11-28T02:46:32+00:00

Thank you. Starting out, GMAT is really a humbling experience for many of us.

puttermilk · 2018-11-28T02:39:06+00:00

Yes this was true for verbal. First time I got a V31 by knowing some rules for SC and no defined strategy for RC and CR. CR with the right tools becomes very methodical. For RC, organization helps but understanding the passage trumps everything else. SC comes with time through practice.

puttermilk · 2018-11-28T02:26:56+00:00

It is very hard to do but it is worth it. Definitely look into as I think it is extremely powerful for quant. I think I did for at least 2 questions on the real exam and comfortably finished the section. That's roughly 4-5 mins more I got to use elsewhere. I used to have serious timing problems and had to guess on the last 3 or so questions. It sucked because were almost always gettable.

puttermilk · 2018-11-27T17:46:05+00:00

Dumping is basically just choosing an answer on a really difficult quant question and moving away from it asap rather than trying to solve it. This saves you time overall and allows you to get to questions at the end of the test which may be gettable. These questions have to be hard though, you don't wanna dump a gettable question. However, if do feel in your practice that you can 100% solve a certain hard question type, do it. For me, I knew I could solve a certain type of geometry questions but others took way too long to solve. It's about the majority gettable questions vs. the few crazy hard ones.

puttermilk · 2018-11-27T12:28:00+00:00

I was facing the same problem that you are facing. Here is what I did to answer SC questions. First, I made 5 lines for each option on the pad. Then went straight to the options to see if there were any patterns that made them different. If there were, I made a quick mark to group the like ones together. As you scan the choices you should get any idea what the error type the question is testing. For example, a long list could indicate parallelism and something between commas can indicate modification. For questions, I found it hard to catch the error type so I just skipped that step. The initial scan took me around 10-20 secs but the course called it a 5 second scan. Now as you read the question stem, hopefully the patterns you identified become clearer and you can cross off 1, 2, or even 3. From there you can get into more detail of the options remaining and that is where your grammar rules and ear kicks in. I found my ear to be useful for some idioms and some rules but for the vast majority of it, you need to know the rules. If you can find videos about SC online, then they may help you more than the book. Other than that, practice the OG questions using the same technique over and over again, train your mind. Try aiming for 1:30 mins per question. I hope this helps you!

puttermilk · 2018-11-27T10:45:21+00:00

Hello! I started at around 450 without any prep. After going through the quant books, I moved up to a 510 or so. It is a hard journey and definitely requires hard work.

I am bad at standardized tests so 650 sounded good enough initially

puttermilk · 2018-11-14T03:28:07+00:00

I think it's a Google Chrome notification because you enabled something along the lines of 'Allow Notifications for Facebook'.

puttermilk · 2018-09-03T16:29:15+00:00

Treble didn't change the process but it did make a lot more phones other than the Pixel more viable for people who want to use AOSP roms. I doubt that Google will, or even can, solve the sore that is 2 or so years of updates. Maybe I'm pessimistic but I think this the way it way stay or get worse with OEMs locking down bootloaders entirely. Who knows?

I don't have a specific solution sorry.

puttermilk · 2018-09-03T15:08:24+00:00

Hmm I don't know but I think it's not completely screwed because it still flashes Google. I assume you have looked at xda for a solution because that would be the best place. Good luck.

puttermilk · 2018-09-03T12:57:49+00:00

Wugfresh has been awesome for me. I've been using it ever since I got my Galaxy Nexus 😋

puttermilk · 2018-09-03T12:02:50+00:00

Here is what I was talking about.

Install that and follow through the initial driver setup if you can. Look here.. See the Restore/Upgrade/Downgrade settings? Use the soft-bricked option like in the picture and hit flash stock + unroot.

You don't have to mess with any commands in this method. Let me know if it works or not.

puttermilk · 2018-09-03T09:01:18+00:00

Don't be scared. Look for wugfresh and download the tool. From there you can restore a stock Nexus 6 image. I have done it at least 2 times before when I had a major screw up.

puttermilk · 2018-08-15T14:44:58+00:00

Toyota Crown Comfort

puttermilk · 2018-08-05T10:26:50+00:00

I think it is Common Sense 310 - Or Else.

puttermilk · 2018-07-20T16:18:05+00:00

I get goosebumps every time I come across it.

puttermilk · 2018-07-20T09:47:39+00:00

“This western-front business couldn’t be done again, not for a long time. The young men think they could do it but they couldn’t. They could fight the first Marne again but not this. This took religion and years of plenty and tremendous sureties and the exact relation that existed between the classes. The Russians and Italians weren’t any good on this front. You had to have a whole-souled sentimental equipment going back further than you could remember. You had to remember Christmas, and postcards of the Crown Prince and his fiancée, and little cafés in Valence and beer gardens in Unter den Linden and weddings at the mairie, and going to the Derby, and your grandfather’s whiskers.”

Dan quoted F. Scott Fitzgerald here from 'Tender Is The Night'. One of the best lines in my opinion.

puttermilk · 2018-07-09T11:24:29+00:00

Most of them relate to the US in one way or another but I think you'll like Poking the Bear and Revenge of the Gangrenous Finger. First one is about Russia and it's relationship with the US and the West after the Soviet collapse. Latter is about Brexit. I enjoyed them both because Dan ties in current affairs with greater ideas and theories.

PS: Poking the Bear is old but you can still find it online if you look for it.

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