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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 | 165 | 166 + 1 |
Verbal | 145 | 156 + 11 |
Total | 310 |
Scored
322 |
I used the flashcards a lot and they're very helpful. Another significant of my preparation was the verbal practices Magoosh provided. Especially practicing in quiz mode every time helped me familiarize myself with the pace and feel of the test, which helped calm me down on the test day indeed.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 155 | 163 + 8 |
Verbal | 150 | 157 + 7 |
Total | 305 |
Scored
320 |
Magoosh helped me a lot in maintaining a routine and that was something I was looking for around. Also, both the verbal and the quantitative prep. materials were of top quality.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 160 | 162 + 2 |
Verbal | 160 | 161 + 1 |
Total | 320 |
Scored
323 |
I think the number of available problems helped in focusing and getting used to the types of problems asked by increased exposure. I really liked that I could choose to do problems by levels of difficulty and by repeating incorrect problems.
Taking the actual GRE, I felt like many problems looked more like Magoosh problems than other resources.
I also liked liked that the tests available had an extra experimental section just like the real GRE, which makes a LOT of different in practicing not getting tired at the last math section.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 170 |
Verbal | 156 | |
Total |
Scored 326 |
Through every step of the way. Magoosh was pretty much the sole source of study that I used, and I'm glad I did :)
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 155 |
Verbal | 165 | |
Total |
Scored 325.5 |
Awesome math lessons, really helped me there. Vocab flashcards were stellar too
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 164 |
Verbal | 164 | |
Total |
Scored 328 |
Got me back into rhythm for the math section and widened my vocabulary.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 163 | 169 + 6 |
Verbal | 149 | 152 + 3 |
Total | 312 |
Scored
321 |
It greatly enhanced my logical thinking on the verbal section and there are many tricky math questions on Magoosh so in the real test I can skip all these traps . Anyway, my goal is 320+ and Magoosh help me achieved it . It really works.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 168 | 170 + 2 |
Verbal | 153 | 151 |
Total | 321 |
Scored
321 |
Very helpful on verbal since I've been out of academia for a while and Magoosh helped me a lot on getting the exam mood back.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 165 | 170 + 5 |
Verbal | 150 | 159 + 9 |
Total | 315 |
Scored
329 |
The vocabulary card is extremely helpful!
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 155 | 156 + 1 |
Verbal | 155 | 165 + 10 |
Total | 310 |
Scored
321 |
I was surprised at how helpful the verbal practice questions were when it came time to take the actual GRE. The difficulty of the Magoosh questions truly came in handy, and all of the verbal questions were a breeze because of it. Although it was not necessarily reflected in my score, I also felt that Mike (the man who teaches in the math videos) was able to really break down the math concepts in a way that actually made sense to me. Much better than any of the prep books I had tried using
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 161 | 164 + 3 |
Verbal | 154 | 163 + 9 |
Total | 315 |
Scored
327 |
I helped me organized the reading comprehension sections, improve vocabulary, and improve on the math sections I was weak.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 164 | 166 + 2 |
Verbal | 151 | 156 + 5 |
Total | 315 |
Scored
322 |
The lessons have been very helpful.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 154 | 154 |
Verbal | 162 | 170 + 8 |
Total | 316 |
Scored
324 |
The videos were extremely helpful, both in explaining concepts and helping me understand what I did wrong in a problem.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 170 |
Verbal | 162 | |
Total |
Scored 332 |
Verbal questions are pretty good!
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 161 | 163 + 2 |
Verbal | 160 | 163 + 3 |
Total | 321 |
Scored
326 |
It really improved my confidence in approaching math questions and helped increase my vocab.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 156 | 158 + 2 |
Verbal | 161 | 162 + 1 |
Total | 317 |
Scored
320 |
It helps a lot. Esp. Math. I think I will apply with this score.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 155 |
Verbal | 170 | |
Total |
Scored 325 |
It helped me understand the concepts of the math questions and get a better idea of what areas of the test to focus on. The score predictors allowed me to focus heavily on math instead of verbal, which was a useful insight.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 162 | 168 + 6 |
Verbal | 157 | 159 + 2 |
Total | 319 |
Scored
327 |
Magoosh has really good practice questions for both Quants and Verbal. Practicing them frequently is the key to get a good score on GRE.
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Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 155 | 159 + 4 |
Verbal | 158 | 163 + 5 |
Total | 313 |
Scored
322 |
The videos took on a life of its own. While taking the test, I could hear the voices of the Magoosh experts in my head talking through the problem like the video explanations. "Well, let's think about this. This equation is actually a quadratic, so you can rearrange it like..." "Answer A is tempting but they don't specify in the passage that..."
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 158 |
Verbal | 167 | |
Total |
Scored 325 |
The math videos were extremely helpful for someone who had extra time to study because they gave you foundational knowledge, rather than the approach of "beating the test".
I appreciated the timer on the problems because this kept me aware of the time-based nature of the test. Math speed was my biggest problem coming into the test, and I think this helped me gauge my progress over the course of my studying.
The ability to choose the types of practice problems was especially useful to target areas I needed help with.
The ability to choose either "quiz mode" or "practice mode" was helpful for simulating test conditions and also eliminated the hassle of looking up answers in the back of a book. This saved immense amounts of time.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 169 | 166 |
Verbal | 158 | 155 |
Total | 327 |
Scored
320+ |
Indeed, it is really helpful for my preparation, especially the lessons. Moreover, I really like the general design of dashboard.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 168 |
Verbal | 156 | |
Total |
Scored 324 |
Practice tests are very helpful. I got better and better with pacing myself as I did more practice tests. I also like the online courses especially for the reading comprehension session, which helped me to familiarize myself with the typical type of questions in GRE so I could read and approach each question more strategically. I am also extremely thankful for the fact that you extended my access for 8 extra days free of additional charge so that I could have access till my test day. I really appreciate how flexible and considerate you are.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | 152 | 164 + 12 |
Verbal | 165 | 168 + 3 |
Total | 317 |
Scored
332 |
The quantitative strategies and concept videos are very valuable. The flashcards are great as well. The whole practice question set up is on point, with the timer, the explanation video, and then the related material videos at the bottom. It really helped me get the most out of my time studying.
Before Magoosh |
After Magoosh |
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Math | I had not taken the GRE before | 165 |
Verbal | 166 | |
Total |
Scored 331 |
Taught me how to reason through questions effectively
Use of many practice tests
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