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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).


Oct 20, 2017

Score Improvement: +100 points
What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 710
What was your math score? 45
What was your verbal score? 42
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? 39
How did Magoosh help you?
All of the instructional videos, practice questions, and practice question explanation videos were extremely helpful. All of the content that appeared on the test was touched on at some point through the instructional videos. I also used the math focused 3-month study schedule. This was helpful in giving me a plan to follow and provided something to keep me focused and directed. All of the content in Magoosh was outstanding and if ever I had a question about something (even about questions from outside of Magoosh) there were quick and thorough responses delivered by real people. They were even great about responding to follow up questions to make sure I completely understood the question.

Oct 20, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 720
What was your math score? 49
What was your verbal score? 40
How did Magoosh help you?
Gave me an incredible tool to practice and understand questions.

Oct 19, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 710
What was your math score? 47
What was your verbal score? 40
How did Magoosh help you?
Great breakdown of the underlying concepts

Really GMAT-focused as opposed to "general maths"

Very close to actual GMAT questions

I've found Magoosh to be significantly harder than the actual GMAT!

Great UX

Love the video format & explanations for each question

Oct 18, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 720
What was your math score? 48
What was your verbal score? 40
How did Magoosh help you?
Practice tests

Oct 13, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 710
What was your math score? 49
What was your verbal score? 36
How did Magoosh help you?
I hadn't touched high school math for a long time. Magoosh helped me strengthen my fundamentals.

Oct 12, 2017

Score Improvement: +20 points
What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 710
What was your math score? 47
What was your verbal score? 40
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? 43
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? 41
How did Magoosh help you?
I have been studying for the GMAT for a very long time. I went from a 640 to a 690 and finally to a 710. Magoosh was incredibly helpful in that it helped me learn different techniques in both math and verbal. I was comfortable with the more challenging math problems and knew how to tackle different topics.

The various lesson videos were great! I also liked how detailed the explanations were for each practice problem. Other test prep programs don't have the level of detail in their explanations especially for their verbal questions.

Oct 9, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 700
What was your math score? 49
What was your verbal score? 37
How did Magoosh help you?
Get use to the kind of questions.
Check theory elements that were missing to understand how to solve some questions.

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Oct 8, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 770
What was your math score? 49
What was your verbal score? 46
How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh helped me learn tips and tricks to get through problems that seem almost impossible to complete without a calculator at first glance. It allowed me to target my practice to areas I needed to improve in. It gave me resources that weren't available anywhere else to dive deeper to figure out difficult questions.

Oct 4, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 760
What was your math score? 47
What was your verbal score? 47
How did Magoosh help you?
The videos for catching up on math and grammar, the strategies for manipulating numbers, and the strategies for approaching different types of questions

Oct 1, 2017

Score Improvement: +90 points
What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 710
What was your math score? 48Q
What was your verbal score? 38V
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? Don't remember
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? Don't remember
How did Magoosh help you?
The math videos are fantastic as are the Sentence correction videos for verbal. Which is exactly what was required for me. The best thing about the math videos and sentence correction videos is the fact that they are focused on the test and provide materials that would help in acing the test. They do build on concepts which is great but at the end of the day its not the syllabus that is challenging, it is the actual test and doing each of the questions in the test. Magoosh helps to develop the tools that are needed to ace the test and having them all in one place really helped me.

Sep 25, 2017

Score Improvement: +150 points
What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 760
What was your math score? 50
What was your verbal score? 42
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? On my only practice test before Magoosh, I scored a 40
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? On my only practice test before Magoosh, I scored a 34.
How did Magoosh help you?
I began studying for the GMAT by buying the Official GMAT Guide and working through it at on my own pace. I kept making the same mistakes, and getting really, really frustrated as my test date got closer and closer. As I realized that I needed help, I looked into prep courses.

At first, I wanted to sign up for one of the more traditional prep courses, but my schedule wouldn't allow that. As such, I was left to explore the online options, and the reason I chose Magoosh was largely because of the price. That being said, it turned out being the best decision I made in the GMAT prep process..

Magoosh not only allowed me to study when I had the time, but provided amazing materials in the process. The study plans (I did the 3-month for advanced students) were not overly demanding, while still allowing someone with a full-time job and personal commitments to complete them.

I think the biggest thing that I learned from Magoosh was that "beating" the GMAT is not about learning material, but about learning how the problems work. When I was working on my own, especially with Quant, I was focused on learning how to solve the problems given my knowledge of the necessary Quant skills (Geometry, Algebra, etc). The questions, videos, online instructions, and extremely responsive online help really helped me learn the philosophy behind the test, which is what allowed me to do as well as I did on the test. One of the first things Magoosh teaches you is that the GMAT is a test of logic, not of knowledge retention - I'd never have been able to do as well as I did without learning that.

I can't say enough good things about Magoosh. Hopefully, I will never need to take a standardized test again, but if I do, Magoosh is the first place I'll turn. I'll recommend Magoosh to anyone who needs test prep for the rest of my life.

Sep 20, 2017

Score Improvement: +40 points
What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 700
What was your math score? 47
What was your verbal score? 40
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? 43
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? 38
How did Magoosh help you?
The practice question module is fantastic! I love the ability to customize content / timing / answer visibility / etc. The video explanations are far more helpful than text and it is nice that you can visit them and return to the practice question page easily. The flash card apps (math and idioms) are also very helpful in that they mostly test concepts, instead of questions. It is easy to memorize answers to questions, which is of course useless on the test.

Sep 19, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 710
What was your math score? 47
What was your verbal score? 41
How did Magoosh help you?
Tons of practice questions helped prepare for test day. The lessons were very well developed and taught. Mike's math lessons were especially insightful by reminding me of the basics and building upon that foundation.

Sep 12, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 700
What was your math score? 48
What was your verbal score? 38
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? Na
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? Na
How did Magoosh help you?
Very good with the quant. It was very easy to get through. I felt prepared.

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Sep 10, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 720
What was your math score? 45
What was your verbal score? 44
How did Magoosh help you?
Working in consulting and traveling every week, it was difficult for me to study for the GMAT as I could not attend any live classes and never had a regular schedule. And then I found Magoosh, which was exactly what I needed! The informational videos made me feel like I had a personal tutor, but one that I could use on my own time. The practice questions were incredibly expansive and the other resources (blog, study plans, etc.) were a great augment to the overall study process. Using Magoosh, I saw my scores on practice exams continually rise until I ultimately achieved my target score on the real exam. I would definitely recommend Magoosh to anyone preparing for the GMAT!

Sep 9, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 700
What was your math score? 45
What was your verbal score? 40
How did Magoosh help you?
Establish a routine, find a new way to tackle problems and provide multiple resources to ease my experience.

Sep 4, 2017

Score Improvement: +40 points
What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 760
What was your math score? 50
What was your verbal score? 44
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? 38
How did Magoosh help you?
Pretty awesome stuff. I took the test last year and used the MGMAT/Kaplan/OG prep materials. This year, I was looking for more practice problems/solutions. The Magoosh practice problems were challenging and provided detailed video explanations. Thanks for the help!

Sep 3, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 730
What was your math score? 45
What was your verbal score? 45
How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh did a great job of filling in the gaps I had in knowledge. Specific topics, concepts, and details were all covered in ways that allowed me to quickly notice them on the test and attack them accordingly. The lessons and details were extremely comprehensive and helpful.

Sep 3, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 730
What was your math score? 47
What was your verbal score? 42
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? N/A (first attempt)
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? N/A (first attempt)
How did Magoosh help you?
Video lessons, video explanations for questions, question bank

Aug 31, 2017

Score Improvement: +20 points
What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 740
What was your math score? 50
What was your verbal score? 39
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? 39
How did Magoosh help you?
Simplified videos that are not boring

Aug 31, 2017

Score Improvement: +150 points
What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 770
What was your math score? 50
What was your verbal score? 45
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? 43
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? 45
How did Magoosh help you?
Taught me alternative approaches to tough word problems that I never would have discovered otherwise. Taught me non-traditional strategies that were integral to my high score.

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Aug 30, 2017

Score Improvement: +40 points
What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 760
What was your math score? 50
What was your verbal score? 42
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? 47
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? 42
How did Magoosh help you?
The questions in Magoosh are fantastic--they're challenging and reinforce the subject material. The video explanations after each question, as well as the lessons, were fantastic. Although my verbal score didn't improve between tests, I felt as if my verbal skills had improved substantially. In conclusion: I like Magoosh because Magoosh, unlike many test prep companies, caters to students who are aiming for high scores. I'm a huge advocate of Magoosh and recommend it to all of my friends.

Aug 29, 2017

Score Improvement: +70 points
What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 760
What was your math score? 50
What was your verbal score? 42
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? 34
How did Magoosh help you?
Interestingly, I used Magoosh for both my GMAT tests. I studied a lot harder and more prudently for my first attempt and yet scored much lower on the first attempt.
That said, I strongly believe that Magoosh helped me ace a couple of areas - getting the basics right, identifying areas of weakness, study plans, video explanations for questions is a trove of knowledge! (great job with that), and the list goes on.
There is a sea of GMAT prep content on the Internet and Magoosh really made it easy for me to find a one stop repo of good quality content and guidance.

Aug 27, 2017

What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? 730
What was your math score? 50
What was your verbal score? 39
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? NA
If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? NA
How did Magoosh help you?
Having the lessons and explanations in video form made understanding the topics and learning from mistakes really easy!