Desperately need a 780 Score!

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Desperately need a 780 Score!

by Victory_GMAT » Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:00 pm
I have been lurking on this forum for few months and this is phenomenal! May god bless Eric Bahn to run such a great community forum. I need a top score (760-780) in order to realize full potential of my career. Please advice me what strategy to make, What resources to use and How to implement that strategy. Any input will be highly appreciated. Due to extensive use of Blackberry and IBM Lotus Notes (An email application just like MS Outlook), my writing skills and grammar could perhaps be horrible because in office life we just use acronyms and small fragments so proper Grammar, Diction and concision is never practiced. Which is why I think it will take a lot to score well in Sentence Correction.

Just to give a little idea of my education and career, I have mentioned my background:

My Background:
-Bachelors of Busines Administration from an averge University in Asia with great GPA. (Completed)
-Two years of Diploma in Software Programming Languages such as Java, .Net, Perl and SQL with good performance both in theory and Lab. (Completed)
-Bachelor of Laws; only one year completed from an average University in Asia with good GPA.
-Masters of Business Administration; only one year completed from an average Institute in Asia. (Due to some unusual circumstances only first year of both degrees were finished)
-Five years of solid experience with good references in following areas:
1). Process Engineering
2). Systems Analysis and Design
3). Program Management
4). Project Management
5). Financial Industry Compliances such as KYC, SOX and BASEL II
6). Support of Processes in Treasury and Corporate systems such as SUMMIT.
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by Patrick_GMATFix » Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:46 pm
Everyone would love a 760-780 score, but only 1 in 100 people actually reach that range. The truth is that (in my humble opinion) most people wouldn't reach that score if they spent 5 years preparing full-time for the GMAT.

Ok, now let's put the pessimism aside. What you want from a prep program is to put you in position to achieve your optimal performance given your resources (time, $, energy...). Basically, if you have it in you to reach 760, a good prep program will help make that score reality. There are some fantastic debriefs around; I suggest you peruse them for ideas. My favorites (besides the Stickies) are:
>> https://www.beatthegmat.com/from-610-to- ... 32578.html (am biased because this is a GMATFix success story)

>> https://www.beatthegmat.com/720-95-51-ma ... t8297.html

>> https://www.beatthegmat.com/760-q51-v42- ... 56645.html

Good Luck,
-Patrick
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by Victory_GMAT » Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:57 pm
Patrick_GMATFix wrote:Everyone would love a 760-780 score, but only 1 in 100 people actually reach that range. The truth is that (in my humble opinion) most people wouldn't reach that score if they spent 5 years preparing full-time for the GMAT.

Ok, now let's put the pessimism aside. What you want from a prep program is to put you in position to achieve your optimal performance given your resources (time, $, energy...). Basically, if you have it in you to reach 760, a good prep program will help make that score reality. There are some fantastic debriefs around; I suggest you peruse them for ideas. My favorites (besides the Stickies) are:
>> https://www.beatthegmat.com/from-610-to- ... 32578.html
>> https://www.beatthegmat.com/720-95-51-ma ... t8297.html
>> https://www.beatthegmat.com/760-q51-v42- ... 56645.html

Good Luck,
-Patrick
Thank you very much for your input Patrick!
See money is not a problem if MahattanGMAT can pay 100$ an hour to Ron Purewal or Chris Ryan to work as GMAT teaher for them then I can pay any of top instructor 125$ an hour with minimum 10 hour per week for one on one tution. Only thing is to decide that whether one to one tution is really better than group classes or not.

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by Patrick_GMATFix » Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:07 pm
I see. Guess it depends on whether you learn best with someone constantly challenging you and designing the lesson around your weaknesses or as part of a group that is taught a standard line and in which you are not singled out. I have had both types of clients.

Between the two of us, I've seen Chris Ryan in action and he is a fantastic instructor. I hope he gets a special pay, and I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

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by Victory_GMAT » Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:30 pm
Patrick_GMATFix wrote:I see. Guess it depends on whether you learn best with someone constantly challenging you and designing the lesson around your weaknesses or as part of a group that is taught a standard line and in which you are not singled out. I have had both types of clients.

Between the two of us, I've seen Chris Ryan in action and he is a fantastic instructor. I hope he gets a special pay, and I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

-Patrick
Would you mind to tell me how to contact Chris Ryan? I need one on one tution with him. I am sure many like me may have already asked him to teach but if he can arrange 10-15 hours a week in Midtown Manhattan that will be great. It will be around 2-3 hours each day and I can schedule time as per his availability.

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by Patrick_GMATFix » Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:45 pm
Chris is an ex-colleague of mine (I now teach via GMATFix). I'll try to get in contact with Chris next week; if I succeed and he agrees to correspond with you, I would be happy to help you out.

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