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Joined: Apr 2012
Purchased Course: Nov 2011
College: new delhi
Major: Management/Business Administration
Country: India
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magical improvement guaranteed
Recommended for —
Verbal: Yes
Math: Yes
GMAT Scores —
Before:
660
After:
720
i gave my first attempt without any professional coaching and scored a disappointing 660.....a month down the line i heard about the knewton gmat prep online course. the online training course gave my flexibility and the 50 points money back guarantee was too hard to resist.The study material is comprehensive and exhaustive.the online clases are very interactive.sometimes you dont even feel you are watching some prerecorded stuff.a special thanks to david and jen as my scores improved remarkebly in verbal i.e. from 33 to 42....now thats a huge jump! its practice tests are very much similar to the real thing.(though scoring system seemed relatively harder). |
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Joined: Nov 2011
Purchased Course: Jan 2012
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Focussed study plan
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Verbal: Yes
Math: Yes
GMAT Scores —
Before:
620
After:
700
Knewton certainly helped me improve my quant score from 37 to 49. My approach towards sentence correction and reading comprehension became more focussed after attending Knewton course,I started recognizing patterns in SCs. Some suggestions for further improvement - Thanks a lot to all my instructors for getting me to my dream score. Fingers crossed for applications :) |
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Joined: Feb 2012
Purchased Course: Feb 2011
College: Fordham University
Major: Psychology
Industry: Health Services
Country: United States
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Great GMAT Prep
Recommended for —
Verbal: Yes
Math: Yes
GMAT Scores —
Before:
N/A
After:
N/A
I would recommend GMAT as a prep. The only thing I wish they provided is text book or workbooks as a review guide. |
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Joined: Mar 2011
Forum Posts: 8 Purchased Course: Nov 2011
Major: International Relations
Industry: Trading/Import/Export
Country: United States
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Best GMAT strategy, Most test like option!
Recommended for —
Verbal: Yes
Math: Yes
GMAT Scores —
Before:
670
After:
710
After taking the MGMAT course and scoring a 670, I was understandably disappointed. I felt that while excellent at preparing me for the concepts tested on the GMAT, it did not do a good job of providing me with the proper strategies and test-like questions necessary to succeed on test day. Thankfully, I decided to try Knewton, in part because of their 50 point guarantee. What I found from Knewton was an extremely strategy-oriented course that offered questions that much more closely matched what I saw on the test, round 1. Admittedly, my Verbal did not increase at all after Knewton, however I barely focused on this part. My Quant score went from a 43 to a 48, which is a significant improvement! The only drawback is that there is not as much content-oriented material as MGMAT or others. I think this course is best for those who already have a sound understanding of content and need to learn the best strategies and practice in a setting similar to GMAT. While I did not reach the 50 point improvement, I was very satisfied with Knewton's program and would highly recommend this course. |
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Joined: Dec 2011
Purchased Course: Mar 2011
College: Mount St Mary's College
Major: Management/Business Administration
Industry: Commercial Banking
Country: United States
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I tried everything and it didn't work
Recommended for —
Verbal: Yes
Math: Yes
GMAT Scores —
Before:
530
After:
640
I bought the OG Guide 12th edition, did the GMAT Pill (which was a waste of time and they only give you a month to refund which is impossible to rate in a month), studied online forums, read and went through all of the Manhattan guides and I still got a low score. I decided to try the Knewton course because of the 50 point money back guarantee. I wasn't sure if it would actually work, but I did all of the homework and completed all of the quizzes. The 6 free tests were especially helpful and the concept queue was helpful in letting me know what I needed to work on. There were resources for more tests that I had access to, but I didn't do. My score probably would have increased had I concentrated more on taking more tests and reviewing concepts. Those tests are invaluable as well as the detailed explanation on the webinars and extra practice homework. I wish I would have done Knewton in the beginning and it would have saved me a lot of money and wasted time. Spend the money!! |
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Lousy and frustrating experience - I want my money back!!!!
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Verbal: No
Math: No
GMAT Scores —
Before:
640
After:
630
I was totally disappointed with the Knewton "On Demand" Course for the following reasons 1) They don't have any fixed time frame to respond to your verbal/quant queries, as a result of this there are questions that go unanswered. I found it easier and quicker to get a response to my queries on the forums. 2) The instructors who respond to your queries seem to have an attitude. i.e they don't entertain the 'What if' scenarios. For example, I had a query regarding one of the Sentence Correction questions; I wanted to know whether writing the sentence in another way would be ok; these guys don't entertain such kind of queries, because according to them there are many ways to write a sentence. On the one hand, they may be correct, on the other hand, they don't understand that they could actually be helping the customer answer his/her specific query. 3) They claim to have 3800+ questions. This is bullshit. I wrote them an email and I received a reply saying that the questions span the 13 sessions including the 6 CAT's. I decided to actually count the questions. To my surprise, I counted 1606 questions. If you include the 6 CAT's, it comes to 2074. They have a pre-assignment test that you take before watching the videos, for some of the sections such as, Quant, SC, you will see non-gmat format questions, I counted these questions as well to give them the benefit of doubt, nevertheless, the number I got is no where close to their supposed number of questions. 4) I really doubt the adaptive nature of the course that I took. I couldn't tell how I was being challenged by the adaptive nature of their questions. 5) I came across their program on this website, so I directly went to their site to apply for the course; it was only later that I realized that had I clicked on the link advertised on this site, I could have gotten another $50 discount. I wrote them an email about this, but I was refused the additional discount. In my opinion they were being a bit cheap about this. 6) The CATs cannot be reset by the customer. Also, if you don't complete the test within the time limit, the questions you miss are not displayed when you review the test. Feeling inadequate, I had to spend money on other test prep company products. I was wondering whether I could sue them for lying about point #3, unfortunately, I don't live in the USA. Needless to say, I was terribly disappointed and the entire experience was unpleasant. I would NOT recommend Knewton to anyone. Please thoroughly research every company's product before investing your money, is my advise P.S. I would have written this review even if I "cracked" the GMAT |
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Joined: Aug 2011
Purchased Course: Aug 2011
College: University of Waterloo
Major: Electrical Engineering
Industry: Telecommunications
Country: Canada
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Brought together a lot of relevant information in one clear, concise layout
Recommended for —
Verbal: Yes
Math: Yes
GMAT Scores —
Before:
610
After:
700
Teachers were definitely enthusiastic about material and often made the material itself more lively offering personal analogies to help prevent us students from the classic "eyes-glazed over" learning. Finally, the CAT's themselves should have allowed multiple attempts instead of locking after 6. This was a major hindrance for me when trying to mimic the conditions for completing a question within the constraints of the time limit. Comparing Knewton to Manhattan GMAT, I found MGMAT more useful for it's CAT's because MGMAT Quant section of CAT's were definitely tougher and mainly because I could attempt them multiple times to exhaust the question bank. Also, the tips provided in Knewton for CR and RC were extremely helpful compared to MGMAT, or PowerScore's CR Bible which I had also purchased. PowerScore's Bible actually was the worst due to being quite outdated. MGMAT's Strategy Guides books were actually a bit more thorough for SC than Knewton as well. However, for the price, Knewton definitely was effective in helping me bring my scores up the 50 points they had guaranteed. I had on their CAT's an estimated 660 before I went to MGMAT to help further increase the score. |
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Joined: Oct 2011
Purchased Course: Apr 2011
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Easy to use and go at your own pace
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Verbal: Yes
Math: Yes
GMAT Scores —
Before:
N/A
After:
740
The lectures were incredibly helpful to get through the material necessary to be ready for the GMAT. Additionally, the course includes helpful strategies and tips that really helped me master some of the more difficult questions and provided me good methods for guessing when I couldn't get any farther on a question. Knewton has plenty of practice materials available and their adaptive learning system was excellent at pointing out areas that I needed to place some additional focus on learning or reviewing. I didn't even get through all of their practice materials by test day because there was such a vast amount of practice problems and tests available. I did notice that the scores I received on Knewton practice tests and practice problem sets were significantly lower than my final score on the GMAT. I think this is because they focus on the more challenging problems. I found this quite helpful once I took the GMAT practice tests from the GMAC and saw that my score was quite higher. It did have me concerned for a while that I was going to do horribly on the exam, so I would recommend taking both GMAC practice tests to get a better judge of your realistic score range. |
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Joined: Oct 2011
Purchased Course: Aug 2011
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Perfect GMAT Prep for a Busy Working Mother
Recommended for —
Verbal: Yes
Math: Yes
GMAT Scores —
Before:
N/A
After:
N/A
I found the Knewton GMAT Test Prep Course to be the perfect solution for someone like me that works many hours in both my corporate and motherhood roles. I enjoyed the flexibility of being able to log on to the site and watch courses and complete assignments as my schedule permitted. This course helped me to get back up to speed on topics that I had not seen in the 15 years since I left school. I would highly recommend the Knewton GMAT prep course. |
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Joined: Oct 2011
Purchased Course: Jul 2011
College: Brigham Young University-Idaho
Major: Accounting
Industry: Commercial Banking
Country: United States
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Great product, available wherever I have internet
Recommended for —
Verbal: Yes
Math: Yes
GMAT Scores —
Before:
730
After:
N/A
My favorite part of Knewton is the simple and organized syllabus. At a glance I can see how far I've come, what's in front of me for the next few days, and everything else I need to complete to qualify for the 50-point guarantee. They don't just advertise the 50-point guarantee and then hope you forget about it, instead they let you know that if you get a green check mark on top of each lesson, you're good to go. Pros about the course: Cons: |