Elaine was an amazing tutor for the GMAT. She helped me tackle each question type with the right strategy and mindset. She helped me improve my scores across each section and did a good job of adjusting our lessons depending on where I was struggling. Elaine was ultimately a big reason I was able to achieve my target score and I would definitely recommend her to others.

I studied on my own for a few months before working with James but wasn't achieving my goals, so I decided to request a Manhattan Prep tutor. Once I started working with James, I noticed an improvement in my scores and I felt much more comfortable with the exam material. He provided me with great tips, strategies, and a structured study plan, all of which were extremely helpful. I highly recommend working with James if you are looking to improve your score. As a nervous test taker, his insights made a huge difference both while studying and on test day. I took the GMAT after working with James for 3 months and my score went from a 570 to a 650.

I had an excellent experience with Manhattan Prep. After recently enrolling in their Advanced Course led by instructor Mark Sullivan - I was able to raise my score from a 720 to a 760 (Q49/V44 w/ 8 IR). Manhattan Prep tackles test preparation from three angles - content, strategy, and mental preparedness, with incremental methods to strengthen each across the spectrum of scoring. They work with you to identify your low hanging fruit and provide actionable items to rectify those issues. Throughout the course, Mark dives into common topics test takers struggle with at the higher level and provides an excellent repertoire of resources to tackle them.

I took the Manhattan Prep Advanced Online course with Mark Sullivan, and it was absolutely outstanding, 10/10. The course itself is great for those who can self-study or have taken previous courses and are past the basic "content" phase and moving more into strategy and consistently difficult questions. Mark has all the requisite intelligence and background to clearly demonstrate mastery of every possible nuance of the material. Other instructors might match him in this regard, but no one comes close in social IQ. He understands how to explain, how to probe and encourage, when to be patient, when to speed up. He is engaging and comical without being distracting. He is totally selfless with his time and thorough with his explanations but avoids dragging class on for too long. I experienced all these problems and more with other highly qualified, well-reviewed instructors. For context I also took Veritas Prep Online course, with two different instructors. Mark is in a league of his own. An absolute pleasure to work with from beginning all the way through to post-exam assessment and feedback on follow-on steps. I was unsure about spending hundreds of dollars on GMAT prep initially, but with Mark, I see that as a sound investment.

Took the in-person Manhattan Prep course with Keith Blume in Chicago at the beginning of this year and highly recommend! The curriculum offers ample material to not only learn the core content necessary for the exam but also efficient test-taking strategies. Keith was very helpful in pinpointing ways to reduce mistakes and see things I had not previously seen before, and he also created a customized post-course study plan based on my previous practice tests and goals. My first practice test at the beginning of the course was a 600 and I managed to increase that score 100+ with a first attempt on the actual GMAT. Highly recommend Keith and the Manhattan Prep course!

I completed the nine week in person GMAT Complete Course, along with three in person coaching sessions, and had a great experience. The course and my self-study afterward took me from a 620 (my first practice test) to a 710 final score on test day. The GMAT is a beast, so it was very helpful to have all the guidance Manhattan Prep provided along the way. The course was great. Reed Arnold was my instructor, and he is the college/high school teacher I wish I had. Reed was engaging, entertaining, and pushed us to not just get the right answer, but to truly understand how the GMAT wants students to think. Every three hour class flew by, and was a great mix of wrestling through tough problems with Reed’s guidance on how to think about them and to-the-point lectures on test structure and concepts. In addition to the actual content itself, Reed gave us what is much harder to find: a strong meta-foundation for success that included strategies on timing, approaching questions, pacing on the test, and how to schedule studying.  Outside of the classroom, the online resources and books were very comprehensive. The books were very comprehensive but mostly short enough to be approachable, though some of the verbal sections were a bit dense. As someone who was working long hours during this course and only had a small amount of time to dedicate during most weeknights, it was very helpful to have the online ATLAS portal be superbly organized and to clearly lay out how much time each homework assignment might take. The homework was helpful and often difficult, but the quantity was just right so that I was able to keep up with most weeks, but had additional problems if I had time to go a step deeper. My favorite part of the online portal was the ability to “star” difficult questions, bookmarking them for future review and putting them conveniently in the “starred questions” section for easy future access. The portal also came with a lot of videos that gave deep dives into certain concepts. I watched a few of these but mostly didn’t have time, though I appreciate them being there. In addition to these, the course comes with six practice exams, in addition to the two that GMAT offers. I believe you can actually re-take the six as well, but I never got that far - six was plenty.  Finally, and arguably the most important thing about this course, was how engaged Reed was with me as a student throughout the process. In each of the three coaching sessions we had outside of the normal class, we reviewed my practice exams, and I always came away with a few important takeaways drilled into me. Reed is tough but fair and empathetic. I’ll never forget him scolding me for missing a “comma which” Verbal question. I never missed another one after that. Outside of the coaching sessions, Reed was very responsive over email and proactively reached out often. I have felt supported throughout this process, especially during my self-study period after the class ended. Reed has given me perspective on numerous aspects of test prep, and shared several additional problem set worksheets for specific topics I struggled with. He has provided a clear example of what a great instructor should be.