READ BEFORE YOU POST: MGMAT CAT Verbal guidelines

[StaceyKoprince]

In addition to regular forum rules and information, this sticky contains rules specific to the ManhattanGMAT CAT Verbal questions folder; read this information even if you have already read stickies in other folders.

This folder is for MANHATTANGMAT CAT VERBAL questions only; all questions should be about information or problems appearing on one of MGMAT's computer adaptive tests. ManhattanGMAT Verbal Strategy Guides, and GMATPrep Verbal have their own folders; please post any questions from those sources in the appropriate folder.

Multiple-Choice Question Posting protocol
Please follow the below rules; if you don't, your question will not be answered.

0) BEFORE YOU POST, search for the text from your question; if it already appears in the database, read the existing posts to see if your question has already been answered. If not, add your question to the existing thread for that problem.

1) ONLY post questions from the verbal section of MGMAT CAT exams in this folder

2) Use the first five to eight words of the problem as your Subject heading. Also, post the entire text of the question and answer choices. Do not use abbreviations.

3) Be very explicit about your question / problem. Don't just post the text of a question without telling us why you're struggling!

4) Post one problem per thread; if you have more than one problem to review, start a new thread for each problem.

5) Only use image files for complicated diagrams or other things that cannot easily be typed in (eg, geometric shapes or seriously complex fractions). If a question is posted as an image, it will not appear in any search results for that particular problem. Also, it takes significantly longer for us to download and view image files - the more we have to do that, the fewer problems we can get through. It is EXTREMELY rare to need an image file for a verbal question.

6) Please be polite and respectful. Inflammatory, profane, or otherwise unacceptable posts will be deleted and the poster banned.

Other Notes

We instructors will strive to respond to posts within 5 business days, but we can't always guarantee this during high-volume times. We will do our best though! If you are currently a student in one of our classes, use your office hours and/or your instructor for any pressing questions.

If one user posts 5 or more questions in a short period, it may take longer for that user to get a response to all questions because we will try to allocate our time evenly over all posters (to ensure that one person doesn't get a monopoly on instructor time).

We may respond to some very open-ended questions with a request to narrow the topic. For example, "How do I get better at Reading Comp?" is too broad to be answered in a forum (we spend hours on this in class!).

Happy studying!

[I]

to ban a poster don't u first need to give him/her a permanent username?

[esledge]

Thanks for asking.

It is my understanding that users select their own user names; names are not "given out" per se. We know the IP address of all posters, and wouldn't just go by username in such a case.

[kerlium78]

Thanks for asking.

It is my understanding that users select their own user names; names are not "given out" per se. We know the IP address of all posters, and wouldn't just go by username in such a case.

where should one post questions from MGMAT question banks?

[StaceyKoprince]

Question bank questions should be posted in the relevant quant or verbal Strategy Guide folders. (The questions are online but are part of the curriculum of the books.)