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That sounds logical. Thank you, Tino

I'm applying for F-1 & F-2's visas and some of the financial support to issue the I-20 was given by my financial sponsor through Bank Statements and other financial documents he sent to the University. I have an affidavit signed by him stating he supports me financially for an amount of money, but for security and privacy reasons I don't have a copy of his Bank or Tax documents. My question is: Do I need to bring a copy of his Bank & Tax documents for my visa interview? or is it enough with the affidavit signed? Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi David: I applied in the second round to HBS and MIT MBA this year but did not get even an interview from any of them. I am planning to apply fall 2010 but not sure about what business schools, mostly because I am concerned about my age (I am 35). Actually, people around me does not usually study MBA's so I didn't realize the average age to pursue it was passing by. Anyway, it is my goal to have an MBA degree from US, UK or Canada. I am a military from a Latin America country, with a lot of advance academic courses in my field. My work experience is around 11 years, during which I have gone from the lower levels in my institution to nowadays that I work in the elite direction of my speciality in my country. I wrote GMAT twice: my best score (Dec 19th, 2008) is 690 (Q45 and V39). My TOEFL score (Dec 12th, 2008) is 106 (R 29, L 30, S 23, W 24). I am looking for a carrer change to business, most probably working outside of my country for some years to gain international experience. I would like you to guide me about in what business schools I have a better chance to achieve my goals. Thanks in advance for the advice you can give me. Regards Ares

The point is your test score must be valid at the beginning of academic semester, for instance september 09, that is why schools require that you present toefl score earlier than january 07. I was in a similar situation and I asked the business school I was applying and received that argument as answer. Hope this is useful for you Regards

Actually, 680 is in the range of the 80% percent of admited applicants in the top business schools, so you do have a chance, just focus on your essays resumés, recomendations and interviews. Good luck on your next move.

Great score buddy. Good luck on your next move.

I took 4 Princeton CAT's last week, but had some problems with the verbal part, because it had too many passages to read (RC). and later passages reappeared with new questions. I don't know if I've been through an old version of that software, Anyway,the quantitative part, CR and SC seemed good to me, in both level of difficulty and scoring algorithm.

The material is great. Thanks a lot

Great derief, and I think it is a great score, that I consider sufficient even for top-5 schools. After all GMAT is just a part of your whole application. You must wonder if the cost of opportunity of spending 6 more weeks preparig for a retake instead of using that time to prepare your essays, resumé and look for recomendations is favourable.

That's the spirit. Don't give up and continue qith your preparation. Now focus on your weak areas for the test. Your verbal score is around the one you got on Gmat Prep 1. It seems your failure stands on quantitative, and these silly mistakes you mention can be surpassed only through practice. So maybe you should focus on going through a lot of practice on quantitative questions. Good luck buddy

First check the basis of the concepts tested in GMAT by studying through a good Math book, such as any of the Kaplan ones. Once you have figured out what topics are necessary, begin your practice, focus on the questions that are similar to the real GMAT ones, such as OG. Make a feedback on the questions that you get wrong, for a book doesn't cover all the topics you may need to search for some concepts somewhere else. Then with the feedback continue with the practice. At the begginning don't worry about the time, but once you have mastered the concepts give yourself a top of 2 minutes to answer the questions. Good luck

Good debrief. Great verbal improvement from the gmat prep tests to the real thing. Good luck on your next move.

That's the spirit. Good luck

Great debrief buddy You have given specific tips that are really helpful. Thanks a lot

You may need to answer that question to the admission board of the business schools you are planning to apply to. The emails are ussually in the Universities web sites.