GMAT, Episode 3: Movin' On Up
Sep 30, 2003 in B-School
After a solid week of practice, I’ve moved from getting the medium-level questions on my practice GMAT to getting hard questions. This is good, because the harder the questions you get (at least on the computer-adaptive test), the higher the score you’re eligible to get. Read on…
GMAT, Episode 2: Attack Of The Math Creatures
Sep 25, 2003 in B-School
When I was preparing to take the SAT, one of the most important things I learned from my Princeton Review prep book was how to spot the trick questions and answers in that test. My Princeton Review GMAT prep book is doing the same thing, and I think it will be very helpful. With many of the wrong answers in the test designed to look “right”, it’s important to know how to spot these answers and stay away from them. Read on…
GMAT, Episode 1: The Early Years
Sep 24, 2003 in B-School
For many years, I imagined that my next test would be the GRE, either in Poli Sci or Psychology, depending on whether I wanted to be a spook for the CIA or an industrial psychologist modeling workplace behavior. Well, it turns out I’m taking the GMAT instead. Read on…
Catch-Up Time
Sep 23, 2003 in B-School
After leaving my Web design firm, I took a few months to really think about what I wanted to do next. Going to business school quite has filtered itself to the top of my list, and I’m very excited about the prospect. But the fact is, I’m behind. Read on…
About Me
Sep 23, 2003 in Meta
Who am I? I’m a 28-year-old boy from Baltimore living in Los Angeles and planning to go to business school in the fall of 2004 (when, incidentally, I will be 29). I’m interested in the Web and cooking and several other topics which don’t make nearly such interesting subjects for a blog. Read on…
About This Site
Sep 22, 2003 in Meta
Welcome to wadearmstrong.com! This site is an exercise in regular, fairly-professional writing and a resource for information I’ve learned or otherwise collected. Wadearmstrong.com will concentrate on four things: Read on…
Ojai
Sep 15, 2003 in Photos
Me and the Wonderful Girlfriend went to Ojai, just north of Los Angeles, for a relaxing weekend getaway. It was exactly what we were looking for! We had great treatments… Read on…
Oscar Wuz Robbed!
Sep 15, 2003 in Spurts
I watched the De La Hoya fight, I’ve seen many of the highlights on TV, I’ve read the commentators explaining why Sugar Shane got the belts, but I still think… Read on…
90 Days With Mac OS X
Sep 13, 2003 in Mac
After much trepidation, I upgraded to OS X a little more than three months ago. An expert user of the Classic Mac OS, I braced myself for more than ten… Read on…
War. Huh! Good God Y'All
Sep 11, 2003 in Ye Olde Politicks
What is it good for? Well, apparently, absolutely nothing. Where are we today with Gulf War II (or III, if you count that little scrap Iran and Iraq had for… Read on…
Am I Evil?
Sep 9, 2003 in Dreams
My family was out of the house, and, as a young teenager, I wanted to be a bad boy. So I peed in the tub. In dreams, peeing in the… Read on…
Sharkeez
Sep 2, 2003 in Photos
Better late than never, here are the pics I took at T-Dog’s party at Sharkeez. Enjoy! This time, instead of using the rather unsatisfactory mac.com photo gallery, I used Adobe… Read on…