Business Schools Look for Different Kinds of Students

In a small classroom on the MIT Sloan School of Management campus in Cambridge, Mass., about 15 graduate business school students gather for a workshop on job interviews. The lesson is like any other for a group of job seekers—stay calm, tell a clear story—but the attendees look nothing like what you might expect. They all are women.

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84 GMAT Scores Thrown Out

The GMAT scores of 84 wannabe business school students who have been accused of using a website to cheat on the test have been thrown out, the publisher of the entrance exam announced today. ScoreTop.com, which gave users access to unauthorized "live" test questions and answers, was shut down by the Graduate Management Admission Council after it won $2.35 million in a copyright-infringement lawsuit in June.

The council investigated 6,000 scores from 2004 to 2007 and has decided to bar 12 people who posted questions from retaking the exam for three years. The other 72 who posted messages saying they had seen questions from the site on their test will be allowed to retake the exam. GMAC also sent letters to more than 100 schools, notifying them of the students who have had their scores canceled.

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Users of a Shuttered GMAT Prep Site Could Face Sanctions

A copyright infringement lawsuit, which shuttered a site that improperly distributed GMAT questions, could spell trouble for the more than 1,000 prospective M.B.A. students who used the service, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. A district court in Virginia awarded the test administrator, the Graduate Management Admission Council, $2.3 million in damages from ScoreTop.com, which offered a sneak peak at "live" test questions and unauthorized study materials to its users.

GMAC, which is now analyzing the site’s payment information, posted a message at ScoreTop.com that students who used the site will have their test scores cancelled, be barred from taking the exam again, have their business schools notified, and may be subject to prosecution. "This is illegal," a GMAC spokeswoman told Business Week. "We have a hard drive, and we’re going to be analyzing it. If you used the site and paid your $30 to cheat, your scores will be canceled. They’re in big trouble."

Business schools say it is too early to tell what their response will be, and because prospective students who are most competitive are the ones who tend to use these services, the fallout will likely be limited to the top schools. And for the students who used the site, which has been in existence since 2003, and are already enrolled in M.B.A. programs? According to one administrator, the punishment could range "from a slap on the wrist to expulsion."

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Reader’s Question…and My Response

Originally Posted by XXXX

The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.

(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have

Is the answer D?  I spent about 5 minutes reading all the choices an I’m still undecided..how are you thinking about this one?

But wait…you’re not actually comparing the two different parts of the plan..you’re comparing their significance on the company..so we are really comparing:
1) guiding principles’ significance on the economy
2) particulars’ significance on the economy

Because of this you MUST have something additional added on. There’s two ways to do this:
1) “even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan do”
or
2) “even a greater significance for the economy than do the particulars of the plan”

(D) is option #2…You can even scan the answer choices for the word “do” to see try reading through that option choice and see if it makes sense to save you time.

My text responses can only show you so much. Keep in mind the GMATPill Method as you study.

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