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Does he have a special characteristic, say…physical characteristic that sets him apart?

Great tips! It`s sometimes hard to distinguish what the questions are asking and what you should highlight about yourself and your accomplishment, career goals, etc. These tips give any applicant a sure-fire way to start thinking and approaching these questions.

I find the culture shock question very interesting. This can especially play up your abilities and skills if you are a current international student, if you`ve just come back from an exchange or you`ve lived away from home. These experiences are very impactful and to be able to share this in an application shows you`ve taken risks in the past and have grown through them. For example talking about culture shock indicates to them that you may be able to adapt and learn in new settings such as a new business school and program.

Sailor Moon; fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight, what else do you really need in a superhero? Well, you need a great villain to counter the greatness, so I vote Queen Beryl as my pick.

Anyone who can wield a sceptre and pretty much be all-seeing and all-knowing seems like a pretty interesting villain to me.

Great explanation ysridhar05!

I like watching both but I would prefer to take part in the water sports if I had the choice. I’ve played water polo before and let me tell you, it is a barrel of fun. Competitive, yes, strenuous, yes but the pay off when your team does well is really great. Even if it’s just a simple pass that works out, water polo takes a lot of effort and teamwork and I like that.

True, there is a very large learning curve when it comes to the English section because you not only need to learnt he concepts as an international student most times, but you also need to learn it in a professional way that an convey your ideas and thoughts in a clear manner. Numbers stay the same in most languages, so there isn’t so much of a barrier. However, once you get your English to a consistent level, you’ll find it comes much easier to you.

I would say that a candidate’s ability to answer question on the GMAT is not a true test of their ability to handle stressful conditions. The GMAT questions are tough to some degree (or else no one would need to prepare for them :) ) however how can we say that 2 minutes is over-sufficient? Is the conceptual and analytical difficulty comparable to other such management aptitude tests?

I feel that 2 minutes per question is a good amount of time, factoring in that you must read the question, read the choices and come up with a clear and reasoned answer. There are also ways to budget your time so that you take less time on some questions and more on the questions that you may need more of a thorough critical eye.

I think the concept here is that candidates should understand why they’re making critical, fast choices. Maybe those two minutes are enough for them to figure out why and how to discount the other answers deemed incorrect.

Yes, my mistake the fact that the question is phrased with “can” at the beginning switches the tenses. It should read as:

Of the many types of cakes that were baked, perhaps none were more delicious than the Blade-style Chocolate Cake, an exquisite cake made from a traditional family recipe.

Thanks for the heads up!

Capitalization. It should read as “The Dean of Mathematics” to be fully correct. Because it is a full title of the Dean, it should all be capitalized.

This lesson is awesome! That picture of the girls on the tube is priceless. The fact that the one girl is completely in the air and the other one looks like she’s had way more than enough makes taking action shots like these so worthwhile.

This is a great lesson. It’s sometimes hard to distinguish between all of the labels we come across these days; free trade, fair trade, organic, off-set. Thanks for making this a lot clearer, and a lot more worthwhile for me to look for!

Amit Gaur,

Physiotherapy Masters Programs usually combine a course-based education with research or practice within the field. Because Physio is such a hands-on practice, I would expect many schools to offer a combination of both or an opportunity of co-op or work-terms.

Here is a curriculum example for course-based Physiotherapy at Thomspon Rivers University:

“Courses are designed to:

• Provide academic recognition for advanced-level training in selected health disciplines and specialties.
• Allow working health professionals to broaden their education and enhance their skills, knowledge, career options, and academic credentials without having to leave the workforce for an extended period.
• Make advanced studies available to professionals in selected health occupations at a convenient time and place. “

Again I would highly suggest using the School Finder to help you find schools that will be the best fit for you. Request information about specific programs, get a feel for the different possibilities available.

The Carnation Experiment!

We were to split the stem of a white, blooming carnation, and then put each side of the stem in two bottles of water with red food colouring and one with blue food colouring. After a few days, the colouring from the opposite stems actually changed the colour of the flower’s petals! I found it fascinating.

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RRobin,

There are many great job opportunities no matter which type of course you take. It’s really up to your own personal preference whether you’d like to pursue course-based or research-based studies. From my experience, I would say that course-based work relies heavily on textbook studies and classroom interaction. This would be a traditional process to Software Engineering in which you would take classes and fulfill the requirements including assignments, developments and projects.

Here is a curriculum example for course-based Software Engineering at Acadia University:

“To provide an introduction to the discipline of software engineering, to discuss the major theories and methodologies and to provide an opportunity to apply these methodologies in group project environment. Software engineering (SE), in the words of Fritz Bauer at the seminal conference on SE, 1969, is “the establishment and use of sound engineering principles in order to obtain, economically, software that is reliable and works efficiently on real machines”. Thus SE lies on the middle-ground between computer science and industry application.

The intent is to introduce the student to group work on medium to large software systems development projects. The course will be difficult and time consuming. Each participant will be required to keep a well organized course binder, a personal estimate/log book, participate in various roles within their project team (leadership, design, coding, documentation, etc.). The student will be involve in activities such project meetings and minute taking, project planning and tracking, status reporting, product and process evaluation and individual and group assessment. ”

Research-based work I would imagine would involve the above as well as include programs such as co-op placements or working with your professors. Research work would give you a hands-on experience and I would expect that at the end of your term or placement that they would have you write a report as a Masters student would write their graduate thesis.

As well, keep in mind that every institution or specialization is different, so I would consider getting more information through the Canadian School Finder or by browsing through our featured schools for more specific information, or to request information.

This rule would work if the sentence involved “pie”. However because it involves “pies” the “any of” is appropriate.

Yes, the birth rate in Northern Ireland is much higher than in Great Britain, giving cities such as Londonderry and it’s bigger relative Belfast younger populations. However since the 1950s, Belfast has lost some of its population, especially from the city center as people start to move to the outskirts and outer developments. Londonderry is smaller in size and is going through the same trend, however at a slower rate and with less of a population, their young statistic still keeps quite high.

You are right ysridhar05,

The question does have glaringly wrong punctuation and grammatically errors secondly. The sentence with the punctuation correct functions as a terrible sentence but a sentence nonetheless. Yes, “because” would work, or if the “after” was changed to “afterward”.

This would then read:

Nobody was happy with me afterward; I did not do a good job.

You are correct, there isn’t much detail to give you a heads up as to whether or not the guest is interested or disinterested. More detail has been added. You are right about the ambiguity for “between” and the number of finalists. It can be assumed that there are more than two making the usage of “between” correct. If rewritten, the between could be taken out all together to avoid confusion.

Also choice C can be discounted since again Abe is not the subject matter, it is the resort that is getting confused with the “he” pronoun. Also the verb “made” in the correct answer solidifies it as the right answer since it works well in tense, active voice as well as continuation in the sentence with the verb “remained” later on in the sentence.

Great job everyone!

Great explanation!