Burak Powers' profile

"Curious Learner"

Helpful votes received on reviews, lists & guides: 74% (116 of 157)

Nickname: agentconnery

Location: Houston, TX USA

Birthday: October 6

Anniversary: June 22

In My Own Words:

Burak Subasi Powers attended Math and Science magnet schools in Turkey and immigrated to America (the land that he loves) during his senior year of high school in El Paso, Texas. Burak graduated from University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering in 2001. After working in software project management in Austin, TX for two years, he realized that his heart was in … Read more

Reviews

New Reviewer Rank: 360,241 - Total Helpful Votes: 116 of 157

Classic Reviewer Rank: 28,982

TurboTax Federal + State Home and Business 2006 Win/Mac [OLDER VERSION] by Intuit, Inc.	21 of 27 people found the following review helpful: Stay away from TurboTax!, February 21, 2007 If your tax return goes through without a problem, TurboTax might be okay. Yet, if there is a problem, TurboTax's approach to customer service is to give you the run-around ad nauseam until you get the message that TurboTax does not care no matter how serious the situation is. Here is the synopsis of my situation: I received a letter from IRS recently that it has never received my 2003 tax returns. Of course, I was very surprised and concerned. After some investigation, it turns out that my 2003 returns that I had filed via TurboTax never reached IRS either because of my fault or TurboTax's. So I set out to write a letter to IRS explaining the situation with a hard-copy of my… Read more

How to Prepare for the T.O.E.F.L.: Test of English As a Foreign Language (Barron's How to Prepare fo&hellip by Pamela J. Sharpe	2 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Second-best resource, March 8, 2004 This book is the second-best book on TOEFL after Educational Testing Services' (ETS) TOEFL book.

TOEFL Test Preparation Kit (Book, CD-ROM, and 4 Audio CDs) by Educational Testing Service	1 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Very reflective of the real test, March 8, 2004 This book is the best of its kind. The questions are extremely similar to the ones one will see during the actual test.