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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
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
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
Math 163 168 + 5
Verbal 159 163 + 4
Total 322 Scored
331

Explained how the GRE asks questions.
Familiarized me with the rules and assumptions or more specifically what not to assume.
Provided a large vocabulary library and great flashcard app to learn the words.
Great math videos explaining methods and steps to solving some of the more complicated problems.

It gave me the resources and explanations I needed to find out how the test is written and how to solve any type of question that came up. Really couldn't do a better job.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math 155 163 + 8
Verbal 165 163
Total 320 Scored
326

Gave me a deeper math sense and understanding of fomula so I was not just plugging in numbers. I was able to study on the go on my phone. I loved the video explanations both the lessons and ones after practice questions. I loved the score range feed back and being able to see how long I was spending on questions so I could work on test day strategy (what time sucking questions should I skip on test day). I loved the review aspect and could assess different data points like what topics I was struggling with (percent correct or because time).

Thank you magoosh!

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math 157 162 + 5
Verbal 157 162 + 5
Total 314 Scored
324

I only had one month to prep for the GRE and Magoosh offered me the flexibility to focus on the areas I needed help with. The amount of practice questions was invaluable! I was able to complete almost all of them and by the time the test rolled around, I felt much more confident and at ease in the testing environment. I used a book the first time I took the test and while I learned a lot, it didn't mimic the environment like Magoosh. Overall very happy with my improvement!

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 167
Verbal 158
Total Scored
325

It made my preparation very comfortable, effective and structured.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 163
Verbal 164
Total Scored
327

Magoosh was incredibly helpful- the math videos alone were enough to get me from a 150 to a 163 in a week !

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 170
Verbal 159
Total Scored
329

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Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 170
Verbal 158
Total Scored
328

It is pretty much the only thing I used to study apart from a vocabulary list.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 167
Verbal 159
Total Scored
326

Magoosh plays the role of orientating myself toward GRE, those lessons helped me a lot as a beginner and those further questions are high-end and are really close to ETS logic.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math 158 165 + 7
Verbal 160 166 + 6
Total 318 Scored
331

Practice, re-learning techniques.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 161
Verbal 165
Total Scored
326

Magoosh's instructional videos helped me recognize shortcuts on the quantitative section that helped me answer all of the questions in time. Trigonometry, geometry, and statistics are the areas I feel Magoosh helped me improve the most. I used the Magoosh vocabulary flashcards app a couple of times, and saw more than a handful of words that I only knew because of the app. The essay strategies videos helped me develop coherent essays within the extremely limited time frame provided.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math 162 164 + 2
Verbal 157 159 + 2
Total 319 Scored
323

I loved Magoosh because the questions were similar to the theme of questions presented on the GRE but much tougher. I felt that no questions thrown on the GRE could be tougher than a Magoosh question. That's good.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 161
Verbal 158
Total Scored
519

Magoosh practice questions are really close to the actual GRE. I think I benefited from doing the timed tests and questions from the pool.

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Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math 166 170 + 4
Verbal 166 170 + 4
Total 332 Scored
340

Magoosh allowed me to perform regular small drills of problems which matched my level of performance and thus challenged me, and then allowed me to immediately understand what I did wrong and correct any errors in my thinking/approach to problems in real time, as most of my errors in quantitative section were not due to lack of content knowledge, but rather in pacing and assuming a problem was either more complex or more simple than it actually was. Magoosh allowed me to develop a systematic method for tackling each problem, while also giving me data on how long different problem types took. On the verbal section, Magoosh helped me develop a strategy for the most challenging problems through elimination and consideration of more subtle aspects of word choices.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 161
Verbal 168
Total Scored
334.5

The math review was extremely helpful. I hadn't taken math since high school, so I was very rusty with a lot of the concepts. Magoosh really helped me re-learn the concepts I needed to know for the test, and I especially appreciated the focus on having a deep understanding of the logic behind those concepts, rather than just memorizing formulas. The practice questions were also very well done and very useful in my preparations.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 167
Verbal 161
Total Scored
328

Magoosh has an excellent collection of questions, detailed video explanations for each one of them, an unparalleled help/support system and loads of other well-crafted features. All of this, coupled with the incredible pricing makes it inimitably good. Magoosh prep and the Official GRE material were more than sufficient for me to get a good score.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 162
Verbal 162
Total Scored
324

Quant section was a great help for me.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 163
Verbal 162
Total Scored
325

The video explanations for all of the questions were extremely helpful, as there were often simpler ways to solve problems that I did not think of in the moment. I also found the Magoosh practice questions to be harder in general than those on the actual GRE, which made me feel more prepared. The study plans were nice in that they provided a routine to follow every day.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 160
Verbal 161
Total Scored
321

the videos helped clarify old misconceptions i had about smaller math concepts/details, and gave easy ways to solve every type of math problem given on the GRE. The verbal fill in the blank videos helped with the overall strategy of how to approach many of the problems. I really liked the essay writing strategy, and used it on my exam as well.

Magoosh students are offered admission to top programs including:

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 163
Verbal 167
Total Scored
330

The online practice questions were the most helpful to me. The blog was helpful too (for the writing portion).

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 170
Verbal 160
Total Scored
330

Very helpful for providing all the challenging verbal questions so that I wont panic about the comparatively easier GRE questions; the vocabulary builder and flashcards help a lot as well; also, thanks for accompanying me throughout the whole GRE journey by sending study tips regularly which gave me a lot of mental support and useful guidance in planning my studies.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 168
Verbal 165
Total Scored
333

A streamlined and fixed method of preparation. The online UI is great. It helps gauge performance as well as predicted scores. Moreover the difficulty indicator as well as the relative time indicators are great!.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math I had not taken the GRE before 167
Verbal 160
Total Scored
327

I owe all my success to magoosh. The lessons are well explained and answers are properly written.

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math 163 170 + 7
Verbal 150 151 + 1
Total 313 Scored
321

Preparing for GRE with a job was bit of difficult task especially when you re working for a startup where your work schedules are not defined. In such a situation, Magoosh provided one stop solution for all my queries and preparation. I could make best use of my time and questions were diverse enough to cover the almost anything and everything that can be asked in GRE

Before
Magoosh
After
Magoosh
Math 153 159 + 6
Verbal 161 167 + 6
Total 314 Scored
331

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