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Case Study: Jake R. 

Case Study: Jake R. 

Location: Bay Area, CAStarting GMAT Score: N/A (Pivoted from GRE)Final GMAT Score: 760School Attended: Berkeley (Haas) The first interesting thing about Jake’s situation is that he came to us having already taken the GRE in college and having gotten a very...

Case Study: Josh L.

Case Study: Josh L.

Location: Westchester, NYStarting GMAT Score: 590Final GMAT Score: 710School Attended: Wharton At the time, Josh’s case was unique for me in that he was starting a ManhattanGMAT class at the same time that we began meeting (I had worked with students who had...

Case Study: Chloe F.

Case Study: Chloe F.

Location: Boston, MAStarting GRE Score: 145Q 154VFinal GMAT Score: 160Q 162VSchool Attended: Harvard Business School Chloe was a classic case of someone who is very smart but not great at Math or at standardized tests. She was also one of the many people I...

Case Study: Mark L

Case Study: Mark L

Location: Calgary, CanadaStarting GRE Score: N/A (Pivoted from GMAT)Final GMAT Score: 169Q 164V (equivalent to 760 GMAT)School Attended: Stanford GSB Mark makes for an interesting case study for a couple of reasons. The most important is that he came to me...

Case Study: Aaron S.

Case Study: Aaron S.

Location: New York CityStarting GMAT Score: 620Final GMAT Score: 740School Attended: Harvard Business School Aaron came to me with very little experience with the test and an initial practice test score of 620. In our first session it became clear to me that...

Case Study: Evan M.

Case Study: Evan M.

Location: London, UKStarting GMAT Score: 430Final GMAT Score: 690School Attended: London Business School Evan achieved one of the biggest score increases I have ever seen with any of my students, so this is part of the reason I chose to include him here. But...

Case Study: Louis P.

Case Study: Louis P.

Location: Paris, FranceStarting GMAT Score: 410Final GMAT Score: 670School Attended: NYU Louis is a non-native English speaker and came to me with no experience whatsoever with the GMAT. Normally I would have a new student take a diagnostic before meeting...

Case Study: Chantal L.

Case Study: Chantal L.

Location: New York CityStarting GMAT Score: 480Final GMAT Score: 600School Attended: Columbia Business School Chantal was one of my all time favorite students (I am still friends with her) and her case illustrates several important lessons. Chantal is...

Case Study: Heath C.

Case Study: Heath C.

Location: Dallas, TexasStarting GMAT Score: 640Final GMAT Score: 710School Attended: JD-MBA at Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern) Heath came to me having taken the GMAT 6 times before! He had already done a Master’s in accounting so some of the...

Case Study: Aleeza K.

Case Study: Aleeza K.

Dubai, United Arab EmiratesStarting ACT Score: 24E, 26M, 25R, 24S (25 Cum)Final ACT Score: 34E, 33M, 29R, 30S (32 Cum)College: Dartmouth Prior to working with me, Aleeza had taken the SAT and ACT and had not done as well as she would have liked. She felt...

Case Study: David V

Case Study: David V

Locust Valley, NYStarting SAT Score: 540M 510VFinal SAT Score: 700M, 710VCollege: Boston University David started at a pretty low level and ultimately achieved a near 600 point increase! When I first met with David it was clear that he was ultimately likely...

Case Study: Jon S.

Case Study: Jon S.

Port Washington, NYStarting SAT Score:650M 650VFinal SAT Score:800M 760VCollege: Vasser In Jon’s case we started in August before his Junior year. Based on his practice test scores we decided that he had a shot at a National Merit Scholarship, so we did some...

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