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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 | 168 |
| Verbal | 168 | |
| Total |
Scored 336 |
The practice questions were very similar to the real thing, and I lived being able to work on them at my own rhythm. The study plan really helped me focus and I learned good tricks from the video. I think my favorite part though was the quick responses I got when I asked a question about how to improve where I was struggling.
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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 326 |
I knew practically zero math before I began studying with Magoosh. I spent my summer learning math from beginning to end with the Magoosh video lessons. Once I finished the lesson videos, I spent the next few weeks just doing Magoosh practice problems, watching the explanation videos, and taking a practice GRE approximately once a week. My math scores consistently increased with my studying from 151 to 154 to 156 to 159, and finally a 161 on test day! I used Magoosh practice GRE, as well as ETS powerprep and Manhattan GRE (as recommended by Magoosh) to take the practice tests.
Regarding verbal, I have been a pretty strong critical thinker for a while, but my main challenge was vocabulary. I massively improved my vocabulary by mastering all 1000 Magoosh Flashcards, as well as by using the Magoosh Vocabulary Builder to make the vocabulary studying more exciting and fun. The verbal videos helped me to some degree with strategies for solving the single-, double-, and triple-blank problems as well as the sentence equivalence problems. Reading Comprehension problems studying mostly involved actually reading as many of those long passages as I could find and doing practice problems.
Most of all, what Magoosh gave me was the perfect balance in studying. It provided a structured study method which kept me on track and progressing, while at the same time allowed me to take breaks when I needed them, with the knowledge that the program will be waiting right there for me when I was ready to continue learning, and I wouldn't have missed a thing. In the middle of my studying plan I got a bit burned out , and took almost a week off, and my brain really needed that break. The flexibility to do that was only possible with a program like Magoosh. But like I said before, despite the tremendous flexibility, I never felt a lack of structure or direction, as if I were trying to teach it all to myself. The lessons were extremely clear, I was motivated to continue moving through the program, and my progress was quantifiable. It felt like being in a full-service university, with all the support and structure that comes with it, but I happen to have the option to press pause and play, rewind and fast forward. I am truly indebted to you.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 165 |
| Verbal | 164 | |
| Total |
Scored 329 |
Practice tests, some good videos on tricks
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 165 |
| Verbal | 170 | |
| Total |
Scored 335 |
Great math videos that incorporated examples of the kinds of questions we might encounter on the exam. I also liked that it encouraged consistent practice--by far, the most important study tool.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 163 |
| Verbal | 169 | |
| Total |
Scored 332 |
provided and pointed me to lots and lots of practice questions and told me the difficulties to expect
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 161 |
| Verbal | 166 | |
| Total |
Scored 327 |
I focused on the math portion/videos, even for concepts I was very familiar with because each video not only is awesome review but is loaded w important test taking tips. Loved the format, and ability to take and tag notes for each video.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 159 |
| Verbal | 162 | |
| Total |
Scored 321 |
Broad exposure to all the concepts and questions types that I encountered on the GRE. Everything looked familiar.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | 160 | 168 + 8 |
| Verbal | 152 | 152 |
| Total | 312 |
Scored
320 |
Magoosh provided me with a relevant question bank. Practice questions were slightly harder than the actual test, thus there were no surprises with respect to difficulty level.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 160 |
| Verbal | 161 | |
| Total |
Scored 321 |
Really helpful videos, practice questions/tests, study guides/plans, and emails with tips. I also really liked how there were videos explaining the process of answering every practice question and links to the videos that talk about the general concept!
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | 162 | 164 + 2 |
| Verbal | 160 | 166 + 6 |
| Total | 322 |
Scored
330 |
Moral support, structured preparation, video tutoring and practice materials
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 170 |
| Verbal | 163 | |
| Total |
Scored 333 |
Lots of practice problems and great explanations
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 165 |
| Verbal | 161 | |
| Total |
Scored 326 |
Honestly, my main reason for choosing Magoosh was to improve my Quant score. Practicing all the maths questions helped me brush up my skills and improve my accuracy.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 168 |
| Verbal | 152 | |
| Total |
Scored 320 |
Magoosh's video lectures were very helpful. The practice questions were also helpful for preparing for the test.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 168 |
| Verbal | 163 | |
| Total |
Scored 331 |
Really clear videos, love the option to customize the pace, most difficult practice questions, most accurate practice exam experience, way more helpful than any other service I tried- my first practice exam score with Princeton Review was 156Q and 160V and Magoosh alone helped me raise my math score 12 points and verbal 3 points so that I only had to take the actual GRE once.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 157 |
| Verbal | 167 | |
| Total |
Scored 324 |
The math videos were a necessary component to my GRE quant studying. I naturally do arithmetic slowly, despite doing very well in high school calculus. The math videos helped me learn tricks to quickly eliminate steps in harder problems without undermining my holistic understanding with simple formulas.
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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 |
Magoosh helped me so much on the verbal section. For one, there were so many verbal practice questions and the immediate feedback was very helpful. Additionally, I found the lesson videos helpful too.
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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 326 |
Without Magoosh, I would have done way fewer practice problems and not have taken such realistic practice sections. I believe Magoosh is what helped me to exceed my goal scores, so thank you!
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 161 |
| Verbal | 159 | |
| Total |
Scored 320 |
I found it really useful to have all the information laid out for me in one place, and the videos did a great job of explaining all the topics that could be in the exam. The practice questions were very realistic, and were very similar to what I experienced on exam day.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 162 |
| Verbal | 164 | |
| Total |
Scored 331 |
All of the math practice problems
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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|---|---|---|
| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 161 |
| Verbal | 160 | |
| Total |
Scored 321 |
Access to practice questions.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 170 |
| Verbal | 163 | |
| Total |
Scored 333 |
Prepping on material/ learning what types of questions were on the test, actual test practice (the best way I learn), suggested study habits (didn't use any but it was nice to know, plus the coasters vs sprinters bit was funny), and prompt responses to questions I asked. Also, the essay and FCP/combinatorics video lessons were excellent and helped me understand stuff i didn't get way back in high school. All these combined helped bolster my confidence.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 163 |
| Verbal | 166 | |
| Total |
Scored 329 |
Yes. Without a doubt. You guys plus the Manhattan 5 lb book and there's no way you don't do well.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | 158 | 163 + 5 |
| Verbal | 160 | 163 + 3 |
| Total | 318 |
Scored
326 |
structured study guides and practice tests. and of course the practice problems
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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| Math | 166 | 166 |
| Verbal | 153 | 160 + 7 |
| Total | 319 |
Scored
326 |
Vocab flashcards were awesome. I only did about 300 words but that helped a lot.