Frist, I am a very picky shopper, and I researched extensively before settling with MGMAT. I am very happy with the result as I made a vast improvement on verbal.

If you take a full advantage of MGMAT's resources, you will solidify your base knowledge on all aspect of GMAT and learn a great deal of effective strategies. Keep up with the syllabus and complete everything in the curriculum. Rest is up to you. Practice!! Practice!! Practice!!

Math: 49
I thought that I did not need as much help on math except I just needed to refresh my memory , but MGMAT provided me with time saving tactics and strategies in approaching frequently appeared question types. Some people may be able to finish math section early, but I needed full 75mins on every practice exams I took. I found real exam harder and thought that I did worse than 49. I probably would have scored lower if I wasn't able to utilize strategies MGMAT taught me.

Verbal: 42
I am not a native speaker, so I was most concerned with verbal section. MGMAT breaks down and tackles questions by their types and subsections of the types. Manhattan SC books are considered the SC bible by many. I didn't need additional materials besides MGMAT lessons and books. I just took as many practice exams as I could leading up to the real test with careful analysis on questions I found were tough.

Insturctor:
I took GMAT twice. One on October and other on November. I didn't have a designated instructor as I was a guided self study customer, but the guided self study comes with two 30 minute sessions with an instructor and post exam analysis session. Stacey took extra time to help me figure out my weaknesses after my first GMAT, and I made a vast improvement on verbal on the second attempt. MGMAT claims that their instructors are what separates MGMAT with the rest, and I strongly agree.

Good luck everyone who wish to beat the GMAT.

Thank you Stacey and Ron from MGMAT!!

In my MBA applications, I had a focus on my GMAT score: I got 700 and I entered the only school I applied for.

As English is not my first langage and I left school years ago, I was nervous about the goal of 700 or above that I had put on my shoulder.

Actually I registered to two preps: Manathan GMAT and Knewton, as I was too nervous.

Manathan GMAT has an amazing material with their books: outstanding; it is a lot of work to go through all of them and to retain anything but it is very useful.

I liked the class too as you are given tricks: there you are learning the GMAT langage; You learn to recognize how it works and what is the thinking pattern, why you are making so many errors: I enjoyed this part immensely and I saved a lot of study time.

The classes has brought me a lot. It is there that I understood what it is all about and I also gained confidence with my level of English: confidence is very important for this exam which is a psychological challenge more than anything else.

The teacher mastered the subject and was dedicated to the class: I have saved a lot of time learning from her. I just regretted that we didn't make more difficult problems (level above 700) but I understood that if you don't master the basis you are loosing your time and money: you have to build your strength one step at a time.

Compared to Knewton, the registered session on Internet are not good to my mind: it is not lively and I got bored after 10 minutes. That I didn't like and that's a minus for the prep. But a friend thought that Veritas was as horrible or more for the registered session. So I am guessing that there Manathan is average, where Knewton has specialised in having lively recordings.

Knewton also gives a lot of tricks: my feeling is that with Manathan - regular session - you can go to 700 but it will be hard to go over, while Knewton seems to give you the material to go over but if you don't assimilate the base properly, you won't reach 700 even, so for that I prefer Manathan GMAT: it is serious and you can go step by step, no matter what is your level at the beginning.

As a non native English speaking I definitly enjoyed Manathan GMAT as it is easy to follow.

I would have like to have a prep specifically to go over the 700: I think it is not that difficult: it was worth for me working on it with Manathan GMAT; I don't think I would have managed by myself and I would have got discouraged, not understanding why I made so many errors, especially on the verbal but also on the math part.

I am thankful for that prep: I am now where I wanted to go.