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[Shantz]

19 hours ago, KunjanPSD said:

Hey Guys,

Is anyone using any Web3, crypto or Defi project for personal/business? I want to understand what bottlenecks are you facing with that particular project and what would it take to push your use-case 10x?
 

@Shantz @Felix the cat @TAZ

not me..

[achilles]

Hi. Anyone successfully received an order from Aliexpress lately? Whats the best way? Need a few components that are not available elsewhere. 

[Shantz]

On 3/15/2024 at 3:19 PM, achilles said:

Hi. Anyone successfully received an order from Aliexpress lately? Whats the best way? Need a few components that are not available elsewhere. 

Wont work. Unless you contact a seller via message and do a deal outside aliexpress

[achilles]

8 hours ago, Shantz said:

Wont work. Unless you contact a seller via message and do a deal outside aliexpress

Yeah, so I’ve been told elsewhere too. What about these “ali-forwarders”?

[Shantz]

2 hours ago, achilles said:

Yeah, so I’ve been told elsewhere too. What about these “ali-forwarders”?

Havent tried but should work similar to the US ones I guess. The ban is not on imports from china, only on those portals

[Felix the cat]

On 3/14/2024 at 6:53 PM, KunjanPSD said:

Hey Guys,

Is anyone using any Web3, crypto or Defi project for personal/business? I want to understand what bottlenecks are you facing with that particular project and what would it take to push your use-case 10x?
 

@Shantz @Felix the cat @TAZ

No man. Honestly i have doubts about the future of crypto in India. First, 30% tax and now authorities have banned major crypto exchanges, most of my funds still locked in those exchanges. I think im done with crypto.

[KunjanPSD]

16 minutes ago, Felix the cat said:

No man. Honestly i have doubts about the future of crypto in India. First, 30% tax and now authorities have banned major crypto exchanges, most of my funds still locked in those exchanges. I think im done with crypto.

Was not talking from a retail perspective. Was talking from a perspective of non-retail use-cases but got the gist.

[Felix the cat]

5 minutes ago, KunjanPSD said:

Was not talking from a retail perspective. Was talking from a perspective of non-retail use-cases but got the gist.

I know what you're asking for, but i just couldn't control my "bhadaas" 

[jak3072]

1 hour ago, Felix the cat said:

No man. Honestly i have doubts about the future of crypto in India. First, 30% tax and now authorities have banned major crypto exchanges, most of my funds still locked in those exchanges. I think im done with crypto.

Does that mean you can't liquidate? 

[Felix the cat]

2 hours ago, jak3072 said:

Does that mean you can't liquidate? 

I cant access the apps but website can be accisible using vpn. I havent tried to transfer my funds yet, so i dont know if its possible or not. I dont think there will be any problem in transferring it to any decentralised wallet.

[KunjanPSD]

Can anyone provide good prep-resources for GMAT? Specifically for the new GMAT Focus.

[0verlord]

52 minutes ago, KunjanPSD said:

Can anyone provide good prep-resources for GMAT? Specifically for the new GMAT Focus.

Official guides and online question bank by GMAC are the best source of practice questions, don’t go for any other questions by 3rd party providers (although Manhattan Prep is decent but pricey)

 

Before anything else, register on mba.com and take a full length free mock test to gauge where you stand and form a strategy to tackle different sections 

 

btw, what score are you targeting?

[KunjanPSD]

17 minutes ago, 0verlord said:

Official guides and online question bank by GMAC are the best source of practice questions, don’t go for any other questions by 3rd party providers (although Manhattan Prep is decent but pricey)

 

Before anything else, register on mba.com and take a full length free mock test to gauge where you stand and form a strategy to tackle different sections 

 

btw, what score are you targeting?

Is this the official: https://www.amazon.in/GMAT-OFFICIAL-GUIDE-FOCUS-2023/dp/9354646506 ?

Also, I am targeting 750+ on the new GMAT focus.

I am a little confused if GRE would be better or not, target are B-schools only.
Schools don't have a preference but just thinking about which is easier to crack.

[hazard12345]

8 minutes ago, KunjanPSD said:

Is this the official: https://www.amazon.in/GMAT-OFFICIAL-GUIDE-FOCUS-2023/dp/9354646506 ?

Also, I am targeting 750+ on the new GMAT focus.

I am a little confused if GRE would be better or not, target are B-schools only.
Schools don't have a preference but just thinking about which is easier to crack.

good luck man. I found it difficult because of the time pressure and mind games if you struggle with few questions in a row by getting them wrong as the difficulty drops 

[KunjanPSD]

7 minutes ago, hazard12345 said:

good luck man. I found it difficult because of the time pressure and mind games if you struggle with few questions in a row by getting them wrong as the difficulty drops 

Thanks, just checking ki kya kar skte hai future me.

[0verlord]

1 hour ago, KunjanPSD said:

Is this the official: https://www.amazon.in/GMAT-OFFICIAL-GUIDE-FOCUS-2023/dp/9354646506 ?

Also, I am targeting 750+ on the new GMAT focus.

I am a little confused if GRE would be better or not, target are B-schools only.
Schools don't have a preference but just thinking about which is easier to crack.

amazon link is correct. There are also 3 other books if you need additional official questions for each section

 

GRE has more vocab than GMAT but GRE is easier overall. Just take an official GMAT mock on mba.com. If you are scoring around 720-730 on the mock without any study, you can improve to 750+ with study and refinement. 

 

after 1st GMAT mock, study and see if you are able to crack 750+ in next mocks. If yes, go for real exam. If score after study is not reaching desired level, try GRE

[KunjanPSD]

16 minutes ago, 0verlord said:

amazon link is correct. There are also 3 other books if you need additional official questions for each section

 

GRE has more vocab than GMAT but GRE is easier overall. Just take an official GMAT mock on mba.com. If you are scoring around 720-730 on the mock without any study, you can improve to 750+ with study and refinement. 

 

after 1st GMAT mock, study and see if you are able to crack 750+ in next mocks. If yes, go for real exam. If score after study is not reaching desired level, try GRE

Why not just go for the easier GRE?

Anyway, I will give mock for both of them and see what's the best.

Thanks.

[0verlord]

10 hours ago, KunjanPSD said:

Why not just go for the easier GRE?

taking the GMAT, which is designed for b-schools, sort of shows your commitment to business schools, about your decision for management education. Reporting GRE scores may show indecision to management school adcoms, as its widely accepted for lots of graduate programs, about your selection of programs or even a lack of clarity about career goals

[KunjanPSD]

9 hours ago, 0verlord said:

taking the GMAT, which is designed for b-schools, sort of shows your commitment to business schools, about your decision for management education. Reporting GRE scores may show indecision to management school adcoms, as its widely accepted for lots of graduate programs, about your selection of programs or even a lack of clarity about career goals

I don't think colleges have a preference nowadays.

Anyway, took a mock test from MBA.com for GMAT focus. Scored 700.

Now according to the equivalency table, 700 is equivalent to 750 on the old test.

 

While 750 on the new test will only result to a 770 equivalent. They have truly made it difficult to score higher.

 

Nevertheless, I did get confused in Verbal and I need to polish few basic concepts in Quant now.

But will give a mock test for GRE first.

[0verlord]

17 hours ago, KunjanPSD said:

I don't think colleges have a preference nowadays.

Anyway, took a mock test from MBA.com for GMAT focus. Scored 700.

Now according to the equivalency table, 700 is equivalent to 750 on the old test.

 

While 750 on the new test will only result to a 770 equivalent. They have truly made it difficult to score higher.

 

Nevertheless, I did get confused in Verbal and I need to polish few basic concepts in Quant now.

But will give a mock test for GRE first.

In GMAT FE, scores always end in 5 like 695, 705, 725. You are saying 700 and 750 in FE which doesn’t seem to be correct 

 

Score equivalence in GMAT classic and GMAT FE or new FE being hard to score higher doesn’t matter. It’s the percentile that matters. For example, 705 in FE has the same percentile as 750 in classic both are 98.6 percentile 

 

ideally you should target 99th percentile score which is 760 in classic and 725 in FE

 

For 99 percentile in GRE, I think the target score is 333 or above