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Dana is all of these and much more. With her in my corner, I overcame 18 months of test-taking anxiety and achieved my 700+ dream score that got me into Harvard.

Prior to working with GMAT Ninja, I digested 3 prep courses and took over 20 diagnostic tests. Despite cresting the 700 barrier in practice, I never broke a 650 in the real deal. After 1.5 years of nonstop practice and grinding, I felt like I had nothing to show. After taking a short hiatus from prep, I decided to retackle the gmat but with a tutor, and connected with Dana.

After the first session, I was blown away. Dana ignited a fire within me to charge forward. Dana treats time preciously, she will come to each session prepared and energized to make gains. Together, we exposed the quant and verbal thinking traps that depressed my scores and propagated inconsistency. She walked me through robust strategies to hold up against the most challenging questions and we drilled them to perfection. With Dana's coaching, my practice tests vaulted into the 740 range and I achieved a 49Q, 41V in Official Tests: scores that would open the gates to HBS and many other programs.

If you are seriously trying to squeeze out your highest potential, Dana will take you to the top.

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I started working with Dana after scoring a 680. I would highly recommend Dana + GMAT Ninja -- the structure is organized, they have very robust content for practice and studying, and working with Dana really helped me learn both content and strategy.

Prior to the GMAT I had not done math since basically high school (!), and Dana helped me re-learn all of the concepts well and helped structure my approach. I thought I had no shot at getting a good quant score given my background, but with a focused approach and with strategies for facing different problem types, I was able to score a Q49.

For Verbal, Dana was helpful with establishing a consistent approach. I came in stronger on the Verbal side, but could be inconsistent -- she gave me helpful advise on tackling each problem type in a structure approach that kept me on pace.

I also found the online videos for both Quant and Verbal really helpful -- particularly for Verbal, the GMAT Ninja videos were really helpful walking through some more complex SC and CR questions and approaches.

Without Dana + GMAT Ninja I don't think my score would have improved so much -- would definitely recommend!

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My GMAT journey started almost a year ago. I self-studied using Target Test Prep and exhausted almost all Official Guide materials and all the 6 practice tests. On all my practice tests, I scored between 720-780. In my first GMAT attempt at the test center, I scored a 660 (Q:49, V:31), which was a huge disappointment considering my practice test scores. I decided to re-take a month later, and was disappointed again with an even lower score of 640 (Q:49, V:23).

Given my decent Quant score, I knew I needed to focus more on my Verbal skills and decided to reach out to Charles, who I discovered through his famous Youtube videos and GMATClub posts. After sharing my history and practice test scores, he suggested the variance in my performance might be driven by test anxiety. While he couldn't guarantee a timeline for improvement, he recommended I work with Dana Stepleton to fine-tune my process to manage my test anxiety.

I cannot say enough positive things about my experience working with Dana (especially if you have test anxiety!). She's patient, empathetic, honest, and she knew how exactly to address my concerns in a productive manner as it related to test anxiety. More specifically, in order to address the anxiety, we trained on harder LSAT material, and cranked up the pressure by setting time constraints on practice sets to simulate a pressured test environment as best as possible. She also coached me through my thought process, especially when I started to feel the anxiety creep up on me, and trained me on strategies to refocus my attention on the problem at hand.

Lastly, the level of professionalism and commitment at GMATNinja is commendable - from my very first email to my post-exam debrief outside of our tutoring sessions, Dana and Charles have been incredibly responsive and invested in helping me get to my goal score.

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