...TOEFL Secrets Your Key to TOEFL Success From the desk of Tom Paulson, Director of Test-Taking Strategy at TOEFL Secrets, May 5, 2002Dear future TOEFL Success Story: Congratulations on your purchase of the most advanced test-taking manual for the TOEFL. Notice I did not say study guide- there are plenty of decent study guides on the market, but that was not our objective in writing this manual. Our goal is to seek and exploit specific weaknesses in the TOEFL assessment, and then share those secrets with our customers. Let’s be perfectly honest here- you’ve worked hard enough in the past, and if you want to spend hours in a study guide to boost your score, that’s a great thing to do. In fact, we recommend at least a brief review of some of the better study guides on the market. But that’s simply not enough to do well in the high-pressure high-stakes environment of the test day. How well you do on this test will have a significant impact on your future- and we have the research and practical advice to help you execute on test day. The product you’re reading now is much more than a study guide- it is a tactical weapon designed to exploit weaknesses in the test itself, and help you avoid the most common errors students make when taking the TOEFL. How to use this manual We don’t want to waste your time. This manual is fast-paced and fluff-free. We suggest going through it a number of times, trying out its methods on a number of official practice tests. First, read through the...
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...Go anywhere from here. JAPAN Princeton Economics AustrAliA TOEFL iBT Tips ® United StateS PURDUE U POLITECNICO dI MILANO HONG KONG LAW How to prepare for the TOEFL iBT. www.ets.org/toefl UCLA CANADA ENGINEERING ART FRANCE Teaching YALE Germany MEDICINE U of British ColUmBia MCGILL SINGAPORE UK U OF TOKYO KOREA TOEFL® iBT Tips TOEFL iBT Tips—from ETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Open More Doors with TOEFL® iBT, the Key to Academic Success . . . 4 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The TOEFL® Test—The Key to Academic Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 TOEFL Scores Open More Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The New TOEFL iBT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What’s New About the TOEFL iBT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Why Were Changes Made to the TOEFL Test? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 About the TOEFL iBT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Format . . . . . . . ...
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...The First Time of Taking TOEFL Test Outside the window, only a few houses still had their light on. The street lamps turned the glow color from white to yellow, a warm color that could pacify the anxiety of the passerby. I looked up at the sky. The dark blue sky extended to the boundless distant place, to the other side of the earth—America—the country where I wanted to go to school. To achieve this goal, I had to take two exams, the TOEFL and SAT. I took a deep breath, thinking about my TOEFL exam. Test Of English as Foreign Language, the first barricade I need to go through, now bothered me a lot. I was forced to practice it again and again, to make sure my score was good enough to apply the American universities. But my reading, listening, speaking and writing skills could not assist me to get an excellent grade. I knew it well. So I could not stay outside for a long period of time. I needed to come inside and begin my practice once more. “It’s time”. Dad sipped his hot tea, reminding me to continue my work. “Go do your work.” His gentle voice sounded like a ringing clock, low and deep but powerful, pushing me to obey his order. “Yes”. I responded, and turned on the computer to listen to the online TOEFL course. I attempted to note down all the key point the teacher said. She then started a listening practice. As the lecture began, I worked on taking note of the key words for the questions that would come out after the lecture. Hours later, after finishing...
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...APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS MS/MRE Programs 2014-2015 ELECTRONIC APPLICATION & REVIEW PROCESSESS FOR MS/MRE PROGRAMS Carefully read through the instructions below before starting your online application and uploading documents. TEXAS A&M GRADUATE STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED Contact appropriate Mays Department MS/MRE Coordinator for application instructions. A COMPLETE APPLICATION INCLUDES: ⇨ Application submitted electronically using ApplyYourself online application. All deadlines are at 11:00 pm (CST) or midnight (EST). The MS Application will be available September 3rd. ⇨ Application fee • Fee must be paid via credit card when online application is submitted. US Citizens: $50 International: $90 ⇨ Transcripts • Upload a low-resolution black and white photocopy of your transcript(s) from each senior-level post-secondary institution. Also, include one copy of the transcript key from each institution. • File size should not exceed 500kb. Decreasing the dpi to 150-200 should compress file size if needed. • PDF is preferred, but additional formats are accepted (.doc, .wpd, .rtf, .xls, or .txt). • Preview your uploaded transcript to ensure it’s legible. • Applicants with international transcripts are required to submit a WES (www.wes.org) course-by-course evaluation. Official transcripts will be required if admitted. ⇨ Three letters of recommendation. • Three recommendations...
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...คู่มือเรียนต่อ สหรักฐยอเมริกา สำ�หรับนั เรี นไทย คู่มือเรียนต่อสหรัฐอเมริกา 1 WWW.HOTCOURSES.IN.TH TABLE OF CONTENTS า มค รเ ือกเรียน อเมริกา 4 ร การ ก าอเมริกา 6 การสมัครมหา ิ ยา ัย 8 การยืน อ ี ่านัก ก า 11 ักสาหรั นัก ก า นอเมริกา 15 า นการเ ิน การ 13 17 ิต นอเมริกา 19 ก่อนออกเ น า ริการอืน ากเรา 21 คู่มือเรียนต่อสหรัฐอเมริกา 2 ทำ�ไมควรเลือกเรียนที่ อเมริก�? คู่มือเรียนต่อสหรัฐอเมริกา 3 WWW.HOTCOURSES.IN.TH ทั่วทุกมุมโลกต่างมีสถาบันการศึกษาจำานวนมหาศาล ทำาไมนักศึกษามากมายจึงเลือกมา เรียนต่อสหรัฐอเมริกา? ลองมาดูกันว่าหากเลือกเรียนต่อที่นี่ คุณจะได้รับประสบการณ์ ชีวิตและทักษะด้านวิชาการที่ดีอย่างไรบ้าง สัมผัสความหลากหลายทางเชื้อชาติ สหรัฐอเมริกาได้ชื่อว่าเป็นดินแดนที่มีความหลากหลายทางเชื้อชาติ และวัฒนธรรมมากที่สุดประเทศหนึ่งของโลก เพราะเป็นประเทศที่เกิด ขึ้นจากการเข้ามาตั้งรกรากของเหล่าผู้อพยพ ทำาให้สหรัฐอเมริกา มีโครงสร้างทางสังคมที่ซับซ้อน รวมถึงมีสภาพภูมิอากาศและ ภูมิประเทศที่แตกต่างกันออกไปในแต่ละพื้นที่ สหรัฐอเมริกาจึงเหมาะ อย่างยิ่งสำาหรับนักศึกษาที่ต้องการซึมซับประสบการณ์ชีวิตในหลายๆ รูปแบบ Sharpen Your English Skills สหรัฐอเมริกาเป็นหนึ่งในประเทศที่ดีที่สุดสำาหรับผู้ที่ต้องการพัฒนา ทักษะภาษาอังกฤษในทุกๆ ด้าน ไม่ว่าจะเป็นฟัง พูด อ่าน เขียน นอกจากนักศึกษาจะได้ใช้ภาษาอังกฤษในชีวิตประจำาวันอย่างสม่ำาเสมอ แล้ว มหาวิทยาลัยหลายแห่งยังมีคอร์สซัมเมอร์ก่อนเปิดเทอม เพื่อ เตรียมความพร้อมด้านภาษาอังกฤษให้กับนักศึกษาต่างชาติโดยเฉพาะ อีกด้วย American Dream จริงๆแล้วคำานี้เป็น...
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...能力却总让我自愧不如。在经会认识这两位学长，我深感幸运。还有帮我修改文书的同学和老师。 还有一起申请的同学。魏冬我想不用多说了，不管是去berkeley还是stern相信以后一定都各种牛逼。还要太感谢伍良杰，一起在拿到Chicago后像小学生一样天天上课复习准备托福，没有互相支持我想我估计挺不过这个难关；马上就要开始长达五年的repeated games，希望在Chicago大家都好！UBC的Z同学我是交换的时候认识的， 他是那边统计系的第一名，和经济系的double major；交换的时候就对我各种帮助，让我感觉还不太无助，申请前后我们几乎天天交流，互相看过SOP，分享各种信息，让我了解国外的本科申请econ phd是什么样的情况；神奇地拿了top 10的3个wl还有一个1st year funding wl，希望他至少能有一个转正啊！ 按道理还是要感谢父母。但是我想这是言语无法表达的，父母从我大二的时候就坚定支持我申请，尤其我爸还各种了解信息，在申请上有时候比我知道的还要多一些；最纠结的感受只能向父母表达，靠他们开导；我还能心理正常地度过整个大学和申请的过程，他们起到了最重要的作用。 还有我的室友和同学们。李昱松刘运操经常听我在宿舍吐槽，忍受我的噪音，太不容易；小贺和孙健总是各种开导我，我心情不好的时候也经常找他们发泄，但他们同时也有很多的事情和压力。还有上学期经原小课的同学们，在我最无聊最郁闷的时候想到要给你们上课，就不得不振作起来；课上各种有趣也让我轻松许多；如果以后觉得我有什么能帮到你们的地方，一定不要犹豫。 背景和申请结果 背景 GPA：总7/152，必修+限选5/152； G/T：GRE 166/169/4.0, TOEFL 30+30+23（害我不浅）+29；都是一次 交换：UBC 研究：一直和Z老师的助研，大三Z老师指导做的writing sample； 推荐信：如上 关于各种课大家可以移步urch上Profiles and Results，第二页上有我的thread。 结果： Acceptances: Chicago($$), UCLA($$), UCSD($$), Wisconsin($), PSU($$), UBC($$), USC($$) Rejections: Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Berkeley, Yale, Northwestern, Columbia, NYU, Caltech Waitlists...
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...Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? At universities and colleges, sports and social activities are just as important as classes and libraries and should receive equal financial support. Currently, it is universally acknowledged that sports and social activities have been a significant role as same as the role of classes and libraries at universities and colleges, which has aroused a heated debate of whether sports and social activities should get same financial support. However, not do all people have the same opinion. Though sports and social activities are important for students, I think classes and libraries should receive more money than sports and social activities do because of the core of universities, the cost of facilities and the mission of students. Because the core of universities is to provide knowledge for their students, classes and libraries are best choices where students can attain more and more knowledge. That is to say, their environment is suitable for students to study. Contrasted with classes and libraries, it is considered that the roles of sports and social activities just provide students leisure venues, which seem are not more significant than spot of classes and libraries. So the study environment should receive more financial support. In addition to the cost of facilities, libraries not only need a large number of resources that across all the areas, but also need staff who should manage the libraries. Besides, the mission...
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...TOEFL Writing Topics Topics in the following list may appear in your actual test. You should become familiar with this list before you take the computer-based TOEFL test. Remember that when you take the test you will not have a choice of topics. You must write only on the topic that is assigned to you. People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your community. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this new influence on your community. Do you support or oppose the factory? Explain your position. If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer. How do movies or television influence people’s behavior? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television has destroyed communication among friends and family. Use specific reasons...
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...* Real test problem: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People in the past ate foods which are better for their health than people at present. (Not sure correctly) *Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Classmates have more influences on a child’s success in school than parents do. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Child’s success in school is affected by a vareity of factors. Some people asserts that parents have more influences on a child’s success than classmates do since parents support children materially and psychologically to encourage them to perform well in school. However, I agree with the statement that classmate have more influences on a child’s success in school than parents do because children spend more time with their classmates, relationship among friends affect children’s performance in school, and teenagers tend to listen to their friends rather than their parents. One reason why classmates are more influential to children’s performance in school than parents is that children spend most of their time with classmates when attending classes. The time that children are with their parents seems long since children stay longer in their home than school. Nevertheless, students have less hours to communiate or interact with their parents since the number that both parents have jobs has increased sharply in Korea. On the other hand, in the case of classmates, they listen to same classes under same...
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...美国 12 月 19 号,20 号机经预测 声明:本人对北美托福的出题有一定的研究，我根据这 几年北美题库的题，按照出题的规律预测的，有些题 目最近有考过，我根据出题概率最大的整理成的机 经，更完整版本的请联系本人，近期北美如果考旧题 的话，中标概率还是挺高的。希望各位考生可以做参 考，希望各位一次性顺利通过托福考试。 考试类型：口语 1. 有个 group 要保护环境，你能提供哪些建议？ 2. 送礼物是送实用性的礼物还是 for fun 的？ 3. music building change reading：music building 改造完成，有地方拿来做 locker， 来保存学生的乐器。还有建专门的联系房。 男学生支持：原因 1 更加方便，不用 carry instrument back and forth。淋雨或什么的会损坏乐器. 2 现在只能在 dorm 练习， 现在有练习房，不会影响别人休息了 4. hidesight bias 是指有些人明明没有预测到结果，但 是往往结果出来之后自己却说以前就预测到了. 教授： 我朋友写了一本书，noval，她一直很担心没有出版 社要去出版. anyway，她还是去尝试了.幸运的是有出版商帮她 出版了.我与她聊起此事时，她说：我早就知道会有出版商愿意 出版的。因为我的书很好 5. 女孩遇到的问题：回家看了父母，却把作业忘在家 里。第二天要交. 两条解决方案，1 回家取，路程来回 2 个 小时，来得及 .2 重新画， ：但是非常喜欢本来的那幅 6. seabird 的 challenge+adaptation：1 sunlight too bright。 但 是 seabird have small eyes ，阳光不易射进去，所以也能看；2 salty water： seabird 体内有一个器官可以 absorb+remove salt， 这样就能喝道 fresh water. 综合作文：细菌清理海上漏出的油. 文章：不支持：一：细 菌会更多 二：营养 三：transport 公司会降低对漏油的紧张.放松警惕听力： professor 的内容如下： 1 bacteria 是依赖原油生存的 油没了 细菌自然没法生存 所 以细菌不会 dominate 这个 marine ecosystem 2 关于富营养化 professor 首先肯定是 氮还有。。另外一种 。 物质 是会破坏 balance 但是 要平衡利弊 看看 traditional 的方式 效果慢 而且 exotic oil 也会杀死很多水中的生物 所以说 利大于 弊 再就说 marine ecosystem 有自己 reestablish（原文是这个词） 的能力 3 大公司不会 pay less attention to oil spill prevention, cause they will pay the penalty for pollution. 而且 如果有 oil spill 发生还 会破坏渔业 旅游业等等 都是经济损失 独立作文：现在的广告越来越不 honest 有的人说买产品的时 候可以忽略广告 问你怎么看这个观点 1. 给三个方案， 问你选择哪个， 为啥。1. 一个 recycle program， 2.教小孩子种菜， 3.教小孩子怎么吃饭更健康。 3. 閱讀材料是學校通知下學期將開設 interview...
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...词汇练习（逻辑） 1. A water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms attached to a single, larger oxygen atom. The angle between the two hydrogen atoms is 120 degrees — the same angle as the angles of a hexagon — which accounts for the characteristic six-sides structure of ice crystals. The phase accounts for in the passage means a A explains B decreases C connects D summarize 2. Today’s executives must have some grasp of economic realities and the political process, as well as some comprehension of the basic framework within which scientific and technological changes take place. The word grasp in the passage is closest in meaning to a A understanding B communication C criticism D perdition 3. The must gain an understanding of human nature, including its negative aspects, such as the sources of human conflict and pitfalls of power. The word pitfall in passage is closest in meaning to D A benefits B stages C causes D hazards 4. Finally, the dynamics of the group should be balanced and the discussion leader must not be allowed to overwhelm the conversation or the agenda. The word overwhelm in paragraph is closest in meaning to A A dominate B plan C Summarize D Contradict 5. Groups work best when they consist of people who have similar duties, responsibilities, and mission. This does not mean, however that everyone in the group must think in lockstep. The phase lockstep in passage is closest in meaning to A A alike B critically C aloud D quickly ...
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...TOEFL Essay The argument that board members should be replaced because they are unconcerned about the increasing costs of employee benefits and salaries leaves out important concerns that must be addressed to substantiate the argument. No clear relationship is established between the premises stated and the conclusion drawn. This alone does not constitute a logical argument in favor of replacing the board members. First, the author assumes an analogy between the financial status of the computer hardware division and that of the whole company. If the computer hardware division did not constitute a substantial part of the consolidated financial statements, the board members would not pay too much of attention to the declining profits of just a division. Therefore, the argument that a division is decreasing profits would not be applicable. Second, the argument draws the conclusion based on last year's performance and assumes that such division would continue to generate low profits for the company. If it included a deeper analysis of the past five years or the budget for the following two years, the board members would have more information available to adopt another policy and increase the division's benefits. As a consequence, a lot more date should be gauged to thoroughly conclude about a company's division. Finally, the author establishes a comparison between last year's profits and projections, instead of distinguishing projections from real numbers. If the comparison...
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... | | 一、简要流程 | | 1. 凭植入TPO 的托福课程的听课证号、身份证号和真实姓名登陆迅程TPO 网页； | | 2. 系统自动验证成功后即可看到“获得ETS 考试授权号authocode”链接，点击该链接后即可查看到自己的authcode（考试授权号）； | | 3. 拿到authcode 后学生可以在家中任何时间进入ETS 的TPO 页面完成模考； | | 4. 进入ETS 的TPO 页面后的操作流程： | | （1）在主页面右下角‘If your employer or institution provided you with an authorization number, please enter it below’ | |框内输入TPO 授权号（注意：此授权号仅限单次使用，一旦输入进入注册，即视为使用），点击Submit； | | （2）进入注册页面，输入电子邮箱地址。如果之前已注册过TOEFL Practice Online 会员，则输入自己的密码；如果是第一次注册， | |请选取No，I am a new customer 选项。 点击Continue 进入下一页面； | | （3）点击Continue to the Practice Site 进入下一页面填写注册信息； | |...
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...新浪微博：涵张 weibo.com/rickyhanzhang 序言 序言（一） ——陈起永 “打入” 在我看来， 张涵是中国托福考生的宝贝， 因为他是稀有的甚至是迄今仅有的真正 美国 ETS 托福出题组内部的中国大陆人。凭借他出色的口语和美式思维方式，张涵成为参 与托福出题的中国人，这即使在美国所有的常春藤盟校（包括张涵的母校宾夕法尼亚大学） 及其他美国大学的中国留学生中也是前无古人的创举。 张涵对于中国托福考生的价值就在于，他了解出题者的思路，因为他就是口语考题的 出题者；他了解答题的思路，因为很多答案的得分点是他参与制定的；更为重要的是，他的 思路与其他出题者的思路是一致的。因此，张涵对参加托福考试考生的指导，是绝对权威的。 为了让更多的中国托福考生能够取得好成绩，我一直建议张涵出一本书来惠及更多的 中国学生。由于与 ETS 有保密约定，因此张涵不能透露任何他所出过的题目，但这本书， 却是张涵想到的两全其美方案的结晶：一方面，在这本书中张涵没有透露任何的自己有参 与出题的题目；另一方面，张涵用出题者的逻辑和思路为中国学生提供了新的视角。 在我看来，这本书对学生的价值，就好比哈佛商学院提倡的案例教学法对于其学生的 价值。我的一位哈佛商学院的教授说过，他并不能代替企业家或者职业经理人去更好地经 营企业，他可以告诉我们的只是其他企业是如何成功和失败的案例。 因此，我一直习惯性地把张涵的这本书对托福考生的指导意义与哈佛商学院之案例教 学法对企业家和职业经理人的指导意义进行类比 . 但仔细思考之后，我又坚信张涵的这本书 对托福考生的指导意义要远远大于哈佛商学院之案例教学法对企业家和职业经理人的指导 意义，因为要做好一个企业，仅仅跑到哈佛商学院去学习是远远不够的，而要参加托福口 语考试，就像这本书的名字一样，“看这本就够了”。 III 托福口语看这本就够了 序言（二） ——程来川（猴哥） 一周托福口语提高 6 分的奇迹 猴哥有一个学生，托福 95 分，其中阅读 27、听力 25、写作 25，但是口语 18 分。这个 时候，离申请前最后一次托福考试的时间只有一周 . 很明显，口语拖了他的后腿，托福如果 不到 100 分，大量的学校将不能申请 . 这个时候我能想到名字只有一个，“张涵”！也许 , 只有他能创造奇迹 . 4 个小时的 1 对 1 课程，让学生的托福口语成绩 , 发生了无法想像的变化 . 第一个小时，发现问题，帮助学生建立自信。只需简单的几句，张涵就发现了学生的 问题并不是口语的发音，也不是单词，或者句式，而是没有说到正确的点子上，并且由于 长期口语考试分数低，学生对托福口语考试失去了自信。张涵通过第一个小时的课程，告 诉学生， 虽然只剩下一周时间， 但是由于问题已经找到， 而如何答题是可以短时间训练的 （并 不像口语能力 , 需要较长时间的训练），所以一定要有信心。学生按照张涵在课上所提供的 方法试着组织自己的思维和语言，结果很快找到了窍门 . 学生的自信找回来了 ! 第二、三个小时 , 张涵针对他的问题，为其制定了每个题型的答题方案和训练方法。 第四个小时 , 张涵带着学生进行了大量的训练和纠错，并且为其安排了课程结束之后 几天的训练计划 . 与此同时 , 正确的考试心态也是他讲解的重点 . 学生自信满满的结束了四 个小时的课程。 一周后的托福考试，这个学生考了 107 分，其中口语是 24 分，一周提高了 6 分。这是 ...
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...California Pizza Kitchen Take Home Case Assignment Students will be required to work in a group of five (maximum) and submit the case analyses. Students will be required to hand in a write-up for the case. The write-up will be a maximum of ten pages (typed, double spaced) including exhibits and references. Please use 1-inch margins (top, bottom, left, and right) and Times New Roman font size 12. Paragraphs should be single spaced. Your name and the name of the assignment should appear on the first page of the assignment, and page numbers should appear in the lower right-hand corner. The write-up is expected to summarize the student’s analysis of the case in question by addressing the issues raised by the discussion questions. The write-up is to be submitted at the commencement of the class at which the particular case is due. Questions * What is going on at CPK? What decisions does Susan Collyns face? What do you recommend? * How does debt add value to CPK? * Hint: Calculate ROE, cost of capital, stock price, and number of shares outstanding for each scenario. (Show your calculations) * Explain your results. * What are the break-even levels of EBIT for each plan as compared to that for an all-equity plan? Is one higher than the other? Why? * What happens to ROE & EPS if EBIT drops to 50% in each case? What if EBIT increases to 100%? Explain your answers. Grading Criteria: (85%) Content – what you say (10%) Professionalism – how...
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