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These are survey responses from actual Magoosh students after they took the GMAT.
You can find more stories about Magoosh here (on the GMAT Club forum).
Jul 21, 2013
| Score Improvement: | +18 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 710 |
| What was your math score? | 47 |
| What was your verbal score? | 41 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | 35 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 35 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I only purchased the quant section, as I thought I was on track with verbal; the videos helped me improve my math skills tremendously. I struggled with both time and some more advanced math concepts, but the shortcuts and tricks learned from the Magoosh tutorials were spot on. I also loved how customizable the practice questions were - I could sort them out by difficulty range, concepts, and could redo the ones that I previously answered incorrectly. I also used the GMAT Prep 1st set of questions and I believe that I owe my great improvement to both Magoosh and GMAT Prep. |
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Jul 10, 2013
| Score Improvement: | +13 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 740 |
| What was your math score? | 48 |
| What was your verbal score? | 44 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | 41 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 38 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I used Magoosh mainly for the quantitative section, since I felt that was my weak point during my first attempt. The quatitative practice questions are just like what you will get during the exam and the video explanations are excellent. I think the strongest point of Magoosh is it actually focuses in what is tested. |
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Jul 9, 2013
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 720 |
| What was your math score? | 49 |
| What was your verbal score? | 40 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh allowed me to do timed question sets with adaptive difficulty, which was very similar to the actual GMAT. The explanations for each question are crystal clear and video suggestions at the end of each question bridge the gap in understanding. Both quant and verbal sections have good number of high level problems for advance test takers. Their support staff does a very fine job to respond to your queries in less than 24 hours and ensure that nothing goes unresolved. Love the product, thank you guys :) |
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Jul 1, 2013
| Score Improvement: | +7 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 700 |
| What was your math score? | 47 |
| What was your verbal score? | 39 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | 39 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 40 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I think the volume of problems, videos and email responses were all very useful. |
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Jun 7, 2013
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 720 |
| What was your math score? | 44 |
| What was your verbal score? | 44 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I loved the questions and the video tutorials after each one! |
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Jun 3, 2013
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 760 |
| What was your math score? | 49 |
| What was your verbal score? | 45 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I think Magoosh was an awesome part of any study plan, and it was the core of my plan. I really appreciated the pre-planned study schedule and the fact that you actively incorporate other materials, the OG, forums, and Manhattan, into those plans. There were a number of formulas and techniques not covered by Magoosh I found helpful on upper level questions (the double matrix method jumps to mind as one example), but I think you know that, and build your program to incorporate those from other places for high level students. Customer Service was great. |
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Apr 4, 2013
| Score Improvement: | +4 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 700 |
| What was your math score? | 49 |
| What was your verbal score? | 35 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | 49 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 31 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh allowed me to practice all their questions in the timed & test simulated conditions. Doing practice tests for verbal helped me build the stamina needed for the 4-Hour long test. I went through the explanations after each sectional test and found the explanations quiet brilliant and precise. |
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Mar 21, 2013
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 700 |
| What was your math score? | 42 |
| What was your verbal score? | 42 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Questions and lessons were excellent. Practice questions for mathematics were impeccable and were of a great help. Cost of the program was also very reasonable. |
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Mar 18, 2013
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 750 |
| What was your math score? | 49 |
| What was your verbal score? | 44 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I used Magoosh for my GRE prep as well, so I knew exactly how I wanted to use the product. I watched every lecture, and then just used the question bank to focus on my weakest areas. |
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Mar 8, 2013
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 730 |
| What was your math score? | 49 |
| What was your verbal score? | 40 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I was able to target my practice to areas that needed the most improvement. I also liked that each question had a video explanation. |
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Oct 18, 2012
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 750 |
| What was your math score? | 50 |
| What was your verbal score? | 41 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh definitely helped me gain the much needed improvement in the verbal section. My score had suffered in the first attempt because of low verbal scores, especially due to my inability to comprehend RC and CR problems. Magoosh helped me overcome this problem by demonstrating the correct method of approaching the verbal questions. The lessons were clear, brief and simple to comprehend. |
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May 25, 2012
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 730 |
| What was your math score? | 47 |
| What was your verbal score? | 44 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
While reviewing for the GMAT, I had attempted to use study books and question banks but was having difficulty. After writing and performing poorly on the GMAT I discovered Magoosh by searching for a GMAT study aid that allowed the user to see the difficulty of the questions they were working on. This helped immensely in allowing me to understand where my issues were and how to best tackle them. The video lessons were all very informative and covered everything you would need to know for the entire GMAT. I would highly recommend Magoosh to anyone who enjoys working at their own pace and wants all the information you could require to succeed. |
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May 3, 2012
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 720 |
| What was your math score? | 50 |
| What was your verbal score? | 36 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
The video lessons were very helpful. All the GMAT topics were covered wonderfully! Also the OG video solution for maths came in handy. |
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Oct 25, 2011
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 710 |
| What was your math score? | 42 |
| What was your verbal score? | 46 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I can't thank Magoosh enough for my 710! I used a combination of tools but I credit Magoosh with much of my progress because of the detailed, easy-to-follow explanations. There are a lot of services that offer practice questions but Magoosh helped me clearly understand what I was doing wrong and taught me strategies for how to work faster and smarter. Also, the ability to customize practice sessions by category and difficulty was incredibly helpful when I needed to zero in on problem areas. |
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Aug 14, 2013
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 690 |
| What was your math score? | 46 |
| What was your verbal score? | 39 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I think Magoosh helped me a lot with the Quant section, though I made a few careless mistakes during the actual test (clicking wrong answers). |
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Jul 31, 2013
| Score Improvement: | +4 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 680 |
| What was your math score? | 47 |
| What was your verbal score? | 37 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | 44 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 36 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Pretty extensive library of video lessons, video explanation of every practice question |
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May 24, 2013
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 690 |
| What was your math score? | 46 |
| What was your verbal score? | 38 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh helped me to improve my math skills. I liked that the question bank could be set in so many different ways, so that you can focus your practice on your weakest areas. |
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Mar 4, 2013
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 680 |
| What was your math score? | 46 |
| What was your verbal score? | 37 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Awesome, I had very little for preparation and the excellent video lessons as well as the practice questions with video explanations took my score from mid 500's to 680. I owe everything to Magoosh. |
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Jul 30, 2014
| Score Improvement: | +4 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 690 |
| What was your math score? | 45 |
| What was your verbal score? | 39 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | 38 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 42 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh organized lessons to provide a comprehensive training program that's easy to follow. Simply put the time in to complete the work outlined. |
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Jun 21, 2014
| Score Improvement: | +7 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 660 |
| What was your math score? | 44 |
| What was your verbal score? | 38 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | 38 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 37 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
The lesson videos explained the mechanics behind the necessary math very well. Having video explanations for each question was a huge help also. Previously, I used another self study online prep course and they only had written explanations for answers. For some reason, written explanations did not register as well with me and I wouldn't always understand how they got from one step to the next. With the video explanations for each problem/answer I was able to SEE and HEAR the process, which helped me understand the logic/math much better. Also, the help team was great and always provided timely and thorough advice. The question bank was great with a nice range of easy to very hard. I loved the "score predictor" aspect because it gave a nice guide of where I was, and whether I was improving or not. Turns out, it was rather accurate (my score predictor ranges were 41-47 and 35-42 respectively, I thought no way I'll get that high on math and no way I'll get that low on verbal. Well, I got 44 and 38, literally smack dab in the middle of each range). Lastly, the study plans were awesome. Gave a nice organized structure for my approach. I used the 3 month math focus. |
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Nov 6, 2013
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 690 |
| What was your math score? | 47 |
| What was your verbal score? | 38 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
The video lessons and explanations were really helpful. Overall with just under a months preparation i did not expect to score as much as i did. Thanks to you guys! |
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Oct 1, 2013
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 640 |
| What was your math score? | 42 |
| What was your verbal score? | 36 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh was extremely useful for me in improving my GMAT scores from 570 to 640. The video lessons are an excellent resource, the questions are very similar to the actual GMAT questions, the answer explanations are well organized and clear. Support is EXCELLENT, they reply in a timely manner and provide useful clarifications and insights. I strongly recommend anyone who wishes to improve his score to join Magoosh. You won't regret it. |
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Sep 9, 2013
| Score Improvement: | +14 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 610 |
| What was your math score? | 39 |
| What was your verbal score? | 36 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | 36 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 25 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh played a primary role in getting a much better score the second time around. The instruction video lessons and 900 questions with videos were a tremendous help to me. Magoosh was exactly what I needed. I improved in every section as a result of Magoosh. I just wish I found it before I wasted my time using the Kaplan and Princeton review books like I did the first time around. |
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Aug 13, 2013
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 640 |
| What was your math score? | 48 |
| What was your verbal score? | 29 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | 600 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 540 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
The product gave me a more comprehensive understanding on the verbal section and improved my math. |
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