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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.
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 | 167 |
Verbal | 153 | |
Total |
Scored 320 |
The questions from Magoosh is very good. I keep practicing and reviewing till the last prep day. Eventually, I found my own pace to solve problem after several weeks training. Magoosh vocabulary flashcard is one of the best vocabulary materials that I have used.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 162 |
Verbal | 165 | |
Total |
Scored 327 |
It was helpful to have a study guide that allowed me to adjust based on my skill level and time. I also liked the reminders emails a lot!
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 150 |
Verbal | 166 | |
Total |
Scored 366 |
I have been out of school for over 30 years and needed to reboot my math skills. Magoosh was great -- broke it down, presented it block by block and gave me what I needed. I could have done better only by spending more time with Magoosh.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 161 |
Verbal | 162 | |
Total |
Scored 327 |
Clear some concepts and help practice.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 170 |
Verbal | 157 | |
Total |
Scored 327 |
Helped me improve my verbal score (compared to practice exams) a bit. But it didn't help me with cracking 160, which is what I wanted.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 159 |
Verbal | 163 | |
Total |
Scored 322 |
It helped give me direction and in depth instruction. Magoosh was a game changer! I love it.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 170 |
Verbal | 158 | |
Total |
Scored 328 |
the level of questions are very challenging. Overall it is very helpful
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 160 | 162 + 2 |
Verbal | 166 | 170 + 4 |
Total | 326 |
Scored
332 |
There was some GRE-relevant math that I didn't know at all when I took the test the first time. I learned everything I needed to know from the tutorial videos, and the practice problems helped the information sink in. My final quant score was a bit disappointing, but this was my fault. (I got stuck on a problem that I knew how to do, but I didn't get the needed insight in time.)
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 170 |
Verbal | 165 | |
Total |
Scored 335 |
Magoosh was a great review of some of the skills I had seen long ago but hadn't seen in years. Clear and concise explanations and a few really helpful tricks along the way
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 157 | 159 + 2 |
Verbal | 159 | 167 + 8 |
Total | 316 |
Scored
326 |
It helped my with test-taking strategies, approaches to remembering vocabulary in context, active reading skills, and math fundamentals.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 170 |
Verbal | 164 | |
Total |
Scored 334 |
I only had about 20 days to prepare for the GRE. Magoosh concise and concentrated and helped me review material I hadn't dabbled in for years.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 164 |
Verbal | 156 | |
Total |
Scored 320 |
In getting to know the type of questions asked in GRE. The practice tests helped a lot.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 170 |
Verbal | 153 | |
Total |
Scored 523 |
Lots of useful practices
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After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 163 |
Verbal | 161 | |
Total |
Scored 324 |
It helped providing dynamic, realistic practice exercises.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 165 |
Verbal | 155 | |
Total |
Scored 320 |
Practice questions and test were helpful
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 156 |
Verbal | 167 | |
Total |
Scored 327 |
The math lessons were very helpful. It was nice to know the secrets for beating the test. Math was where I needed the most help, so I spent most of my time there, but the few verbal videos I watched were also helpful.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 170 |
Verbal | 169 | |
Total |
Scored 339 |
Good practice problems, I did all of them before the actual exam and felt well prepared!
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 157 |
Verbal | 170 | |
Total |
Scored 327 |
Great study plan and structure to the lessons so that it was easy to stay on-track.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 157 | 162 + 5 |
Verbal | 170 | 170 |
Total | 327 |
Scored
332 |
Forced me to learn elegant and faster ways to solve problems than the slow brute force methods I'd been using. This gained me more time on the quant which was the main issue I had with that section
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 166 |
Verbal | 168 | |
Total |
Scored 334 |
The way that the program breaks down problems is extremely intuitive (for me). I liked how it was less about tricks and more about understanding what a question is asking and how to approach it. I also found the set up of the program to be excellent. I felt like I could make a little progress every day and continue to move forward. The questions on Magoosh are harder than the real GRE, so by the time you get to the real test it feels easy.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 167 | 168 + 1 |
Verbal | 156 | 153 |
Total | 323 |
Scored
321 |
Plenty of complicated math problems helped me to improve my score. Still, I didn't have much time to solve all the verbal problems - that's why probably I didn't make it and scored a bit lower than before.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 156 |
Verbal | 165 | |
Total |
Scored 321 |
Great self-guided way to re-learn math concepts one by one
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 158 |
Verbal | 167 | |
Total |
Scored 325, plus 4 |
I'm a neanderthal clicking rocks at math, so I focused on that. It helped immeasurably by walking me through each step, with scaling difficulty until I actually grasped the underlying concepts. Mike McGarry's sonorous tones on x1.25 speed is a symphony of knowledge.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 161 |
Verbal | 159 | |
Total |
Scored 320 |
Magoosh helped me remember my long lost math memories and taught me to think about what the test makers were doing and what traps were armed inside the questions.
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