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Veritas Prep - The Wyndham Hotel

4.71 stars
21 reviews
633 North St. Clair Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Joined: May 2012
Purchased Course: Dec 2011
Verified Real Student Review

120 Points in a month! Thank You Veritas Prep.

5 stars
May 15, 2012
Company: Veritas Prep 362 reviews
Course: Veritas Prep Private GMAT Tutoring 13 reviews
Teacher: Kevin Richardson
Recommended forVerbal: Yes   Math: Yes
GMAT ScoresBefore: 550   After: 670

I recommend the tutoring service of Veritas Prep. I had Kevin Richardson as my tutor. With his help, I raised my GMAT score by 120 points within a month! I took the regular Veritas course about 1.5 years ago, but did not take the GMAT right after the course. After 1.5 years, my skills became rusty, and that resulted in a disappointing score. Kevin helped me by analyzing my skill-set and pointing out my fortes and my weaknesses.

He then customized his teaching methods per my needs and built up my confidence along the way. After being burned by the low score, it was important to have Kevin providing me with tips for each section and helping me to regain my confidence. His teaching is easy to understand and right to the point. For anyone considering a GMAT tutoring service, I would definitely recommend Kevin.


Joined: Apr 2012
Purchased Course: Jan 2012
College: Loyola University Chicago
Major: Biology
Industry: Telecommunications
Country: United States
Verified Real Student Review

Best Class Ever

5 stars
April 5, 2012
Company: Veritas Prep 362 reviews
Course: Veritas Prep Full Course 235 reviews
Teacher: Bill Robinson
Recommended forVerbal: Yes   Math: Yes
GMAT ScoresBefore: N/A   After: N/A

Bill had a lot of great tips and tricks for the student to use and remember to help improve our score in both verbal and quant. The AWA sections are extremely easy after taking this course and following a simple layout.

The online quizzes and online feedback you get it amazing and really helps you to focus in on your areas of opportunity.

There are about 15 practice tests included with the program, 10 of which were old GMAT tests to help give you an extremely good estimate of your score when test day comes.

I would definitely recommend, you will not be disappointed!


Joined: Feb 2012
Purchased Course: Oct 2011
Major: Journalism
Industry: Printing/Publishing
Country: United States
Verified Real Student Review

Very helpful course for non-quant students!

5 stars
February 1, 2012
Company: Veritas Prep 362 reviews
Course: Veritas Prep Full Course 235 reviews
Teacher: Kevin Richardson
Recommended forVerbal: Yes   Math: Yes
GMAT ScoresBefore: N/A   After: 650

I can't say enough good things about Veritas Prep ... and especially Kevin. He took an individualized approach to each lesson once he had gotten to know each student's strengths and weaknesses. He gave me specific study advice on breaks and before/after class that really helped me. Overall, the course is very thorough--the books are great, the OnDemand sessions that accompany each book are infinitely helpful for those of us who don't always "get it" in the course of one evening, and the fact that you can call for help with any of the problems and even retake the course if you need to makes Veritas Prep a stand-out GMAT prep course in my opinion!


Joined: Dec 2010
Purchased Course: Oct 2010
College: DePaul
Major: Marketing
Industry: Other Non-Profit
Country: United States
Verified Real Student Review

Good Class but needs to stay on task

4 stars
December 17, 2010
Company: Veritas Prep 362 reviews
Course: Veritas Prep Full Course 235 reviews
Teacher: Frankie Beecroft
Recommended forVerbal: Yes   Math: No
GMAT ScoresBefore: N/A   After: N/A

Our class rarely finished the lessons scheduled for the night and the instructor spent a great deal of the class time on previous lessons. Class ran over on time many nights and we still did not finish. The online practice tests, on demand lessons, and books were worth it.


Joined: Dec 2010
Forum Posts: 1
Purchased Course: Oct 2010
College: UCLA
Major: International Relations
Industry: Consulting
Country: United States
Verified Real Student Review

Amazing teacher - Very thorough course, with little room to improve

5 stars
December 16, 2010
Company: Veritas Prep 362 reviews
Course: Veritas Prep Full Course 235 reviews
Teacher: Frankie Beecroft
Recommended forVerbal: Yes   Math: Yes
GMAT ScoresBefore: N/A   After: N/A

1st practice test - 480 (v:34-q:22)
Last practice test - 640 (v:43-q35)
Test in less than a month and shooting for 700+

If you want a very good, solid, challenging and comprehensive program and are aiming high...this is for you! There are 2 parts to evaluating this: the teacher and the prep program

Teacher-You can count on Frankie!She comes in early every week, stays late, knows the material AND strategies thoroughly. She is always in a positive mood, has the ability to adapt her teaching style based on student learning needs and is very cool. She works as hard as the students do. Additionally, she is patient, even when students struggle with topics. I highly recommend her.

Veritas Prep Course:

Pros:
-Teaches the fundamentals AND the strategies, very comprehensive
-Lots of practice questions and they are challenging
-Nice, helpful staff there to teach GMAT material questions via email or phone
-Access to online materials: practice test, webinars, presentations, explanations, etc.
-Tons of class time
-HQ staff very willing to be helpful to your needs

Cons:
-Under-emphasized Math Essentials and could use some online basic math drills (My buddy said Manhattan has something like this)
-Even with all the extra hours I still think there should be more time to review homework each week


Joined: Dec 2010
Purchased Course: Aug 2009
College: Universidad de Monterrey
Major: Management/Business Administration
Country: United States
Verified Real Student Review

A great tool for those who have the type of personality

4 stars
December 16, 2010
Company: Veritas Prep 362 reviews
Course: Veritas Prep Full Course 235 reviews
Teacher: Frankie Beecroft
Recommended forVerbal: No   Math: Yes
GMAT ScoresBefore: N/A   After: N/A

When I first got in the class I realized that I should have studied at least a little bit before registering for this. The course is really good, but the instructor has to go through so much material that it has to be fast-paced, so I you are clueless in math you are going to need to study separately beforehand and between session very hard. My instructor, Frankie Beecroft, was amazing, she is really good at teaching math, is very patient and gets involved with her students. It is true that this course focuses much more on math that it does on the verbal part, mainly because you have to study that on your own.

I would recommend this course for people who have an idea of the material that you are going to have to study and who have the time to study on their own in betwen sessions.


Joined: Dec 2010
Purchased Course: Dec 2009
College: Carthage College
Major: Management/Business Administration
Industry: Advertising/Marketing
Country: United States
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Prep Teaches Discipline

5 stars
December 16, 2010
Company: Veritas Prep 362 reviews
Course: Veritas Prep Full Course 235 reviews
Teacher: Frankie Beecroft
Recommended forVerbal: Yes   Math: Yes
GMAT ScoresBefore: N/A   After: 530

The methods taught are extremely useful and although I bombed my test thanks to an awful verbal score, my review/prep was not blame; I would highly recommend this prep course to anyone taking the GMAT.


Joined: Aug 2009
Purchased Course: Apr 2010
College: Michigan
Major: History
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Veritas review

5 stars
December 16, 2010
Company: Veritas Prep 362 reviews
Course: Veritas Prep Full Course 235 reviews
Teacher: Frankie Beecroft
Recommended forVerbal: Yes   Math: Yes
GMAT ScoresBefore: 610   After: 700

Teacher was very effective and completely willing to stay after class, come early, etc. Questions were encouraged and were always answered effectively. The course is certainly intense and I recommend at least an initial knowledge of the GMAT, what's on it, timing, etc. My score raised 90 points; I attribute this largely to the course but it certainly helped to have taken the test first.


Joined: Dec 2010
Purchased Course: Oct 2010
College: Carthage College
Major: Computer Science
Industry: Computers/Software
Country: United States
Verified Real Student Review

Excellent Teacher, but wish I came better prepared for quant

4 stars
December 16, 2010
Company: Veritas Prep 362 reviews
Course: Veritas Prep Full Course 235 reviews
Teacher: Frankie Beecroft
Recommended forVerbal: Yes   Math: Yes
GMAT ScoresBefore: N/A   After: N/A

I enjoyed the course, but I'd have to attribute my enjoyment to my instructor. She was engaging, enthusiastic, and was well prepared. She did an excellent job and even came early once a week to provide additional quant help. The only criticism I have regarding the course is that they do not properly warn you about how much math review is needed prior to starting the course. I signed up two weeks prior to taking the course and received the materials including Math Essentials about a week prior to my class. I started working on the book, but even after completing the book I was nowhere near prepared enough for the quant lessons. I found myself consistently playing catch-up on the quant lessons. The pace of the verbal lessons was perfect, but had I done a solid month of math review and preparation before signing up I would have gotten more out of the course. If you are going to sign up for the course, be sure your math fundamentals are solid and take the time to do a lot of review. That was the only reason I could not give the course 5 stars. Other than that I thought the course was excellent, however I had an amazing teacher and the course is only going to be as good as the person teaching it. If you take the course go to Frankie's class! You will not regret it.


Joined: Dec 2010
Purchased Course: Feb 2010
College: Indiana University
Major: Finance
Industry: Private Equity
Country: United States
Verified Real Student Review

Awesome class (and teacher)!

5 stars
December 16, 2010
Company: Veritas Prep 362 reviews
Course: Veritas Prep Full Course 235 reviews
Teacher: Frankie Beekroft
Recommended forVerbal: Yes   Math: Yes
GMAT ScoresBefore: N/A   After: 730

I've used books and practice tests from other providers, and think Veritas' materials are just so much better. From what I've seen, Veritas does a much better job at teaching concepts and logic, rather than having students memorize shortcuts and solutions without necessarily mastering the topic.

Veritas has great practice tests too -- really difficult, which definitely motivates you to study a lot! The access that Veritas gives you to practice tests is important too. I think I took at least 10 or 12 leading up to the actual test.

My instructor was outstanding. She was a teacher by profession, so she was always prepared and was able to answer everyone's questions correctly and with patience. It seemed like she could explain everything in at least 3 different ways.

I have already recommended this class to my friends and 3 or 4 went ahead and took the class. From what I've heard, they are all just as happy with the course as I was.