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by crazy4gmat » Thu May 14, 2009 6:20 am
Amazing debrief..Your contributions especially in the quant forum really helped me..Keep rocking..
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by hk » Thu May 14, 2009 8:50 am
Dana,

Thats a crazy score. Your tale is definitely a tale of inspiration and a tale of achievement!!!

Congratulations and all the best for your apps.
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by logitech » Thu May 14, 2009 9:23 am
That's how she rolls! :) Well done!
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by ssmiles08 » Thu May 14, 2009 3:40 pm
That was a great post! congrats! :D
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by Vitalina » Thu May 14, 2009 11:18 pm
Dana, this is truly amazing :!:
Makes me feel a bit inadequate though :lol:
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by DanaJ » Thu May 14, 2009 11:22 pm
@Vitalina: :D

Thanks, that's called putting me in my place!

Your score is really good though, especially since it's well within the range of major schools. If you're happy about it, then don't let some post discourage you!
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by Vitalina » Thu May 14, 2009 11:24 pm
^^ Ha, I would love to get 720.. It's still a dream score, not a real one, my GMAT is on the 11th of June... :)
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by DanaJ » Thu May 14, 2009 11:27 pm
Ooops... Sorry, I misread... Best of luck then! Break a leg or something else...
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by mrsmarthi » Fri May 15, 2009 10:25 am
Wow.....770 is a wonderful score. And I have been following some of your Quant solutions. And they are amazing.

Good Luck..... :D
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by DanaJ » Sat May 16, 2009 12:21 am
Hey guys just got my score report - AWA was 5. I'm not surprised: I hadn't practiced anything for this subject, as pointed out in my original post. Can't say I'm thrilled or anything - I guess I just don't care. This is mainly because I will be taking the TOEFL exam pretty soon, so I believe that the adcoms will be more interested in that score than in the AWA score. I promise I'll work harder for that one or try to give a.....:D

Oh, and I forgot to add that I'm truly surprised that they moved so quickly... May must not be their busiest month!

And here's the link to that debrief by the guy who scored 790:

https://www.urch.com/forums/just-finishe ... post152529
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by deepoe » Sat May 30, 2009 1:08 am
Well done Dana :D, I really like you explanation too in this forum;) Thanks for that!
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Hats Off!!!

by vinayakdl » Sun May 31, 2009 9:03 am
Congrats on Awesome score!!!
and bigger congrats on your amazing attitude, with this attitude you will do great where you go!!!. Ever point you said hit a home run for me!

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At 20 generally people don't have much idea about corporate life or about a field they love (exceptions exist). I would suggest taking a job where you work with fin modeling or even reading course books of grad schools. For Quant fin I would also recommend Stern and Wharton. I know people doing PhD's in Fin Modeling and they love it!!! I say this because i 28, at 20 dreamt of coming to US for MS in my dream field, completed MS in one of the best Univs and 5 yrs down the line what i do does not excite me anymore.
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congrats again!!!
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by som_frodo » Sun May 31, 2009 10:34 am
awesome score, and amazing debrief, all the best for your career, Dana.
Don't be serious, just be sincere about your goal!
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by Claret » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:59 am
After reading a few posts by you DanaJ i have come to a conclusion that the posts do not have any frills attached! You put things forward in an absolute crystal clear manner, no shades of gray whatsoever in your statements!

pls let me know if there is a soft copy available for Powerscore CR bible?



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by yalanand » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:18 am
Dana ..Hope u remember me...770 is just unbelievable....i m so happy for u ...congrats...
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