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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.

Congratulations on your great score. Good luck on your applications.

Great debrief and awesome score. Good luck on your next move.

Congratulations and thanks for the info.

I think you can get a really better score if you re-schedule for the second week of DEC, just check first if your score will reach your desired business schools on time for the first rounds, for the deadlines are around first and third week of january. About your prep maybe you should focus on quantitative first, because your 41 can be improved at least up to 48, which is around 50 or 60 points more on the test score. The other topic you can focus is on SC, for you'll get a faster improvement in less time. Your verbal 31 is definetly improvable, just ask for material, not so tough first, focus on the basis. About the CAT's, you can take many but first hone your skills until you feel more confident, then you can retake GMATPrep, or buy some CAT such as Manhattan CAT's or maybe PowerPrep.

How were your practice tests? did you also get so bad scores?, my point is trying to figure it out if your current GMATscore is a result of a panic moment or of a serious gap in practice, theory fundamentals or even just in understanding the test.

you are welcome buddy Hope you'll get your desired score next time.

It depends on how important it is for you to acchieve that score and if you are willing to fight for it. I suggest you not to give up, analyse your knowledge gaps and then focus on your weakness, besides you did not have a good idea of what the test consisted of.

I think the Princeton Review book you bought is a great deal to start your preparation, for it explains the basis of the GMAT, ie: the kind of questions and the concepts tested. As you seem to have a good proficiency in the quantitative topics, you may start solving test-like questions, which can be from the OG 11. On the other hand, for the verbal part you probably will have to look for extra material on the basis. It is advisable that you focus con a certain type of questions such as SC, and then when you feel confident enough on this, jump to RC and so on to CR. There is a long road to travel, welcome on board. Good luck

I understand gmat is a part of the admission proccess, though it is an important part, there are other criteria the admission boards consider. The GMAT is consider a way to show your intellectual capacity to succeed in a tough academic environment (the MBA), other ways are the TOEFL (if needed) and your GPA. On the other hand, the recommendations are something required to show you had a good performance in work and academics and that people sorrounding you consider you a great applicant for an MBA. You can read the web sites of the business schools you are interested in and you'll find a lot of useful information about this.

maybe you can give few more details about your prep and weakness shown on the test, so you can receive better advice.