olchik: (I'll be damned)
olchik ([personal profile] olchik) wrote2012-10-01 04:27 pm

perspectives

I took a practice GMAT test this morning (math component).  I haven't practiced or done math in a while and it was rough.  I really felt like I've forgotten math.

During my lunch break I went to return something at Land's End.  The lady there told me I will be getting back $16.18 per shirt and pulled out her calculator to see how much I'd be getting for 2.  I immediately told her it would be $32.36.  She looked at me and asked me if I was a math whiz.

Nothing like retail therapy to soothe the frayed nerves of a former math lover.

[identity profile] chocolana.livejournal.com 2012-10-01 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Great story :) All this GMAT math comes back with a little practice!

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_milashka/ 2012-10-01 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope so 'cause right now it's all Greek to me :)

[identity profile] pro-sha.livejournal.com 2012-10-01 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry. It is very simple actually. You just need to spend a little bit of time with some preparation book and you will be good.

[identity profile] miss-inch.livejournal.com 2012-10-02 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Оль, у тебя с математической частью никаких проблем не будет.

[identity profile] miss-inch.livejournal.com 2012-10-02 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Тьфу, неправильно вышло: получается, что с языком проблемы будут :)

Я имела в виду, что даже я с их математикой разобралась. А я, мягко говоря, не любитель математики.

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_milashka/ 2012-10-02 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
да пока что есть

[identity profile] chocolana.livejournal.com 2012-10-03 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Back in the day I took a prep course (I generally do better in an organized setting), which helped a lot!

[identity profile] k-gaff.livejournal.com 2012-10-01 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
:-) funny!
are you going to get MBA? (if you don't mind me asking)

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_milashka/ 2012-10-02 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
This was an idea my husband had and it might be a good one, I just need to research it some more. He sent me some practice questions this morning and I also did a practice test.

[identity profile] marklawyer.livejournal.com 2012-10-01 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Good story! Ha, now you can keep buying things and then returning them just to practice your math. :)

[identity profile] redheadrat.livejournal.com 2012-10-02 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
GMAT math is somewhat different. You don't need to know much math, but you need to know what kind of applications are important in the test.

[identity profile] -doublev-.livejournal.com 2012-10-02 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
fun story.
are you thinking of going for a Master's Degree?

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_milashka/ 2012-10-02 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
подумываю

[identity profile] ilanaclub.livejournal.com 2012-10-02 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Гуд лак!

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_milashka/ 2012-10-02 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
ой, не, пока что все на уровне идей

[identity profile] geroi.livejournal.com 2012-10-04 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Хорошее дело, я когда готовился в библиотеке книги брал, покупать нет смисла.

[identity profile] dr-alex.livejournal.com 2012-11-20 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Оой Ольга, жжошь напалмом =)

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_milashka/ 2012-11-20 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
а знаешь, как я смеялась? очень тихо ;)