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• 3 weeks ago

  What do you do when you want to know something?

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• 3 weeks ago

  How does Facebook Connect work?

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• 1 month ago

  Do Americans need a visa to go to Dubai or Egypt?

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  What percentage of college students are on some sort of financial aid?

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  What percentage of college students have a credit and/or debit card?

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• 1 week ago

  How Do I Get A Job Teaching English In Asia?

  I think the first thing you need to do is to decide where in Asia you’d like to teach English. Asia is a big place and there are many different countries that approach this in different ways. Some places to starts: 1. Japan: Check out the JET Program http://www.jetprogramme.org/ It is legit and supported by the Japanese govt. I think you can actually make some decent money in this program. 2. Peace Corps: Teaching English is one of the primary projects of many Peace Corps volunteers. Peace Corps sends volunteers to many places in Asia, including Thailand, China, etc. The other nice thing about the Peace Corps is that you get room/board paid for during the 2 year program and they give you ~$7k after the program. Also, they provide you with world class langauge training, so you walk away from the program fluent in a language. 3. “Other” Be very leery of random “teach english in country xxx” programs that you find on the Internet. Many of these have the potential to be scams. There are many horror stories of people going to countries and the experience isn’t what it was represented to being/have their passports taken/etc. The best approach here is to try to find a friend or a friend of a friend that has done the program prior to going. 4. Just go to the country and evaluate the opportunities from the ground level. Many large cities, such as Shanghai, is Asian countries have pretty small expat communities. If you go there and network a bit, there are many foreigners that are already on the ground that might be able to help direct you to opportunities. This is a bit more risky in the sense that you won’t have anything nailed down prior to leaving, but if you pick the right city, there is lots of demand for English teachers. Having lived in Asia before, I’d recommend that you stick to a bigger city, which tend to be much more “liveable” than random places out in the countryside that are hundreds of miles from big cities. I hope this helps :)
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• 1 month ago

  I have a friend taking the GMAT. Any words on advice if he's particularly shy about math?

  Take practice tests. Also, on at least 1–2 of the practice tests, do the writing section. Don’t worry to much about the score on the writing section (it isn’t figured in to your overall score), but writing for 1 hour and then jumping in to answer GMAT questions requires a bit of training. Once you take a practice tests, look at the results. This will tell you what sections within Math you are weaker in. Spend time doing tons of problems on areas you are weaker in (e.g. problem solving, fractions, etc). Also, I highly recommend the Manhattan GMAT practice course. They provide great materials, the courses are taught by high quality instructors, and they give you 6 practice adaptive tests to take online. Remember, you won’t get better at the math section by avoiding it. Take a practice test, figure out where you are weak, and focus your time on improving in those areas. Good luck.
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• 1 month ago

  Do you know of any good, credible GMAT study websites?

  I highly recommend Manhattan GMAT. www.manhattangmat.com . This service offers great materials 1. Books on each sections; 2. the official GMAT guide that gives you real GMAT questions 3. 3–5 adaptive GMAT tests. You can choose the take the courses they offer either online or in person. I highly recommend the courses because they are taught by quality instructors that scored 780 or better. They do a good job of teaching you all of the tricks to taking the GMAT. This is much better than just trying to study on your own. The homework they assign seems excessive, but it is well worth the work if you want to drastically improve your GMAT score. Remember, the GMAT is an adaptive test. This means that the questions get harder or easier depending on how you are doing. If you get a question right, you get a harder question. If you get a question wrong, you get an easier question. This means that by the end of the test you end up in a range and that is how you get your score. Time management is key to taking the GMAT. Practicing and taking some practice tests before the real thing will help you strategize and understand how to manage your time. The Manhattan GMAT course (and all other similar courses) are pricy, but the good ones are worth their weight in gold. Good luck.
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• 1 month ago

  How does a computer grade the written section of the GMAT?

  @timtrueman Don’t worry too much about the written section of the GMAT. The reasons they have you write on the GMAT are as follows: 1.) To make sure you are able to write in English 2.) To make sure your GMAT eassys are coherant 3.) To make sure there isn’t too much of a difference between the quality of your GMAT eassys and the eassys you submit to b-school. The reason for this is that many people will pay someone to write their b-school eassys. That being said, when taking practice GMATs, you should take at least a few including doing the 2 essasy before starting the next sections of the test. The reason for this is that the 2 eassys will take you about a hour to do. You need to prepare yourself to write for 1 hr straight and then jump in and start answering GMAT questions. This is quite different than not writing any eassys prior to starting your other GMAT sections. Good luck.
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• 1 month ago

  What is the easiest way to raise venture capital in today's economy?

  I’d say there is never an “easy” way to raise venture financing. VCs see hundreds of companies and ideas every week. I have a few thoughts for you: 1.) Target VCs that have shown an interest (e.g. they’ve made past investments) in the space your company operates. You might have the greatest idea ever for a film company, but some VCs might not fundamentally invest in “film” companies for one reason or another. 2.) Understand the types of companies VCs invest in. VCs invest in companies that can be huge (e.g. they are not niche ideas). VCs invest in companies where you can build some sort of defensiblity (e.g. you own the content, platform, have some sort of IP, etc). 3.) Understand how much money you need (e.g. $250k or $10M). The more money you try to raise, the more a VC will want to see what you already have (e.g. traction, a product, customers, etc). Looking to raise VC money in this environment with little more than a concept or idea will be extremely challenging. 4.) Understand whether VC $ is the right financing approach for you. Venture financing is extremely expensive. It might be better to bootstrap your idea/concept as long as possible until you have some real traction. Once you have traction, instead of telling a VC how great/different your idea is, you can simply show them the traction (e.g. distribution, users, revenue, product, etc). I hope this helps.
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