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These are survey responses from actual Magoosh students after they took the GRE.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 164 |
| Verbal | 167 | |
| Total |
Scored 331 |
I purchased a couple Manhattan Prep books, ETS's Official Guide, different phone apps, etc. yet I ended up using Magoosh's online application almost exclusively. I work full time and was only able to study after work and weekends. I was exhausted most nights after work before I even sat down to study... without the structure that Magoosh provides I would not have been able to be nearly as effective. I did not want to take the test more than once and my target was a 330. I scored a 331; what else can I say? Magoosh was literally a fraction of the price of the other paid resources. It has everything you need, trust me.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 167 |
| Verbal | 168 | |
| Total |
Scored 335 |
Magoosh helped keep me on track, at a much lower price point than other test prep systems. I followed the one-month plan, and was happy to do small pieces of prep each day. While I couldn't keep up the pace with a full-time job (as the guide warned me), I still believe Magoosh helped me a lot. I learned general strategies (number sense, not looking at the verbal answers without my own answer), a sense for timing, and most importantly, I always had a plan to follow so I couldn't second-guess myself.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 152 |
| Verbal | 168 | |
| Total |
Scored 320; 6 AWA |
Magoosh made the test knowable and less imposing. The math content also helped tremendously, as I have been away from math for over 10 years.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | 164 | 166 + 2 |
| Verbal | 167 | 170 + 3 |
| Total | 331 |
Scored
336 |
Magoosh is amazing! When I started I barely knew what the GRE was. Thanks to Magoosh, I was able to improve my standardized test taking skills significantly. Magoosh's tips and detailed explanations gave me confidence to aim for a 440 (for my next test Aug 29). A close-to-perfect score, especially on math, is valued for the schools I'm applying to, and I couldn't have dreamed of getting so close without Magoosh!
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 158 |
| Verbal | 164 | |
| Total |
Scored 322 |
I abolsutely love Magoosh. I’m a visual and auditory learner, so I found the prep books frustrating and difficult to pay attention to. Magoosh forced me to stay focused with step by step explanations on every problem. For the week leading up to the GRE, I took 1-2 practice tests a day—this was key to getting my test-taking endurance up to par. So, so helpful!
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 164 |
| Verbal | 158 | |
| Total |
Scored 322 |
Practice problems!
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | 158 | 161 + 3 |
| Verbal | 158 | 163 + 5 |
| Total | 316 |
Scored
324 |
Magoosh's math questions were a good simulation of the type and difficulty on the actual GRE. Additionally, the video lectures taught me fundamentals of math that I had never encountered or had previously foegotten. Overall, quite helpful.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 158 |
| Verbal | 154 | |
| Total |
Scored 512 |
Lots of practice
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 170 |
| Verbal | 164 | |
| Total |
Scored 334 |
the practice was really helpful! and i could pick and choose what specific math topics to review
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 170 |
| Verbal | 162 | |
| Total |
Scored 332 |
Practice tests were great. I loved the Flash cards app.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 166 |
| Verbal | 164 | |
| Total |
Scored 330 |
Magoosh made my studying much more organized and efficient. It also taught me valuable test taking tricks that I then didn’t have to figure out for myself.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 163 |
| Verbal | 170 | |
| Total |
Scored 333 |
Magoosh was the greatest resource I had at my disposal when preparing for the GRE. I watched a number of math videos, studied the whole list of vocabulary words, and took multiple practice tests, and I can now confidently say that Magoosh helped me reach above the score that I expected on the exam. I have nothing but words of praise for this organization.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | 170 | 170 |
| Verbal | 155 | 164 + 9 |
| Total | 325 |
Scored
334 |
Extremely helpful especially the Flashcards and all the classes! Already recommended to two friends!
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 162 |
| Verbal | 158 | |
| Total |
Scored 320 |
Math videos
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 166 |
| Verbal | 160 | |
| Total |
Scored 326 |
Lessons helped to review basic concepts.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 166 |
| Verbal | 168 | |
| Total |
Scored 334 |
Being able to flag specific questions and review questions missed was critical for obtaining a higher score.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 153 |
| Verbal | 167 | |
| Total |
Scored 320 |
I am in immense debt to Mike McGarry's thoughtful, well-paced teaching methods. I've never had such fun learning math. Even though his videos aren't personalized, I felt as though he was invested in my abilities and cared about me as a student. Maybe it's just because I've had arguably cold and indifferent math teachers, but I realized with Magoosh's approach to math, encouragement goes much farther to help a student learn math than negative reinforcement does.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 168 |
| Verbal | 165 | |
| Total |
Scored 333 |
Great practice, questions were usually harder than the actual test’s
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 165 |
| Verbal | 162 | |
| Total |
Scored 327 |
Lots of questions to practice from, and almost identical to the content encountered on the exam!
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 164 |
| Verbal | 161 | |
| Total |
Scored 325 |
Magoosh questions are extremely similar to the questions on the actual GRE. I didn’t see any questions on the GRE that Magoosh hadn’t prepared me for.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | 159 | 166 + 7 |
| Verbal | 161 | 161 |
| Total | 320 |
Scored
327 |
Combo of video and written explanation of videos was really conducive to learning.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 164 |
| Verbal | 164 | |
| Total |
Scored 328 |
It gave me exposure to a lot of different problems and problem solving techniques that I would not have considered before.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 158 |
| Verbal | 166 | |
| Total |
Scored 324 |
Videos were really helpful. Strategies to save time really work
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 166 |
| Verbal | 163 | |
| Total |
Scored 329 |
Good pool of questions
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 161 |
| Verbal | 165 | |
| Total |
Scored 325 |
Really saw a huge improvement with my math abilities from the time I started studying to when I took the test.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 162 |
| Verbal | 162 | |
| Total |
Scored 324 |
Study guides helped give prep structure, videos helped me learn the mind of the test