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by money9111 » Tue May 11, 2010 9:05 am
Typing debrief now.. I'm at work so gimme about an hour... It's long because it's also going on my blog
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by money9111 » Tue May 11, 2010 9:56 am
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by kmaro » Tue May 11, 2010 3:21 pm
Hey,

I used the Kaplan premiere live online book (alone). I found the verbal questions to be very similar to the actual exam. After three weeks of intense studying I got a 39V on the exam. I was always much stronger in the verbal section than the quantitative section but I found that the Kaplan CATs prepared me very well. I hope this helps!

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by money9111 » Tue May 11, 2010 3:21 pm
it does thank you! i had Kaplan 800...
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by ReachingHigher » Tue May 11, 2010 4:18 pm
Money-

You are a smart guy. No worries.

I have had the same stupid experience - three times. It happens.

You are definitely going to be one of those people that does exceptionally well in life. I can tell from your eloqence. It will get better - for us all!

Keep on truckin.

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by money9111 » Wed May 12, 2010 6:09 am
Thank you for the kind words Reaching Higher... I just got my AWA score and I got a 6! That's surprising haha... I did have fun with those essays though.
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by ReachingHigher » Wed May 12, 2010 7:26 pm
Hey Money,

You are most welcome. I just realized I spelled "eloquence" incorrectly. Sorry about that!

I also got a 6 on the AWA essays. It just shows you that you can express your thoughts with ease. That should give you the total motivation to move forward.

Looking forward to hearing about your awesome score.

Angie