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These are survey responses from actual Magoosh students after they took the GMAT.
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Jun 29, 2015
| Score Improvement: | +4 points |
| 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? | 48 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 37 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
The video solutions for wrong questions feature was extremely useful. The one month study plan helped plan the whole preparation. |
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Jun 28, 2015
| 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?
It's been 17 years since I graduated college. 17 years since I've taken a test. 17 years since I've done any math without Excel or a calculator. The main thing that Magoosh gave to me was the focused study and instruction. The videos are fantastic. I would recommend Magoosh to anyone. |
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Jun 28, 2015
| Score Improvement: | +4 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 700 |
| 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? | 48 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I didn't go straight through and do the while program but when I ran into a problem type I was unformfrotable with in one of the GMAT company books, I'd use magoosh to figure it out. It was very very effective for that. |
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Jun 27, 2015
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 700 |
| What was your math score? | 49 |
| What was your verbal score? | 37 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Very concise videos, and the question bank is very useful in nailing down concepts. I will be taking the GMAT again because with a Q49/V37 I feel like I can easily make some improvements in my verbal score. I will continue to use the quant side to stay polished and look into Magoosh Verbal to master that side of the test. |
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Jun 26, 2015
| 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?
Magoosh was great in three main issues: i) great math videos; ii) great math problems with awesome explanations and iii) great verbal problems (other verbal problems in the internet are confusing!). |
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Jun 23, 2015
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 700 |
| What was your math score? | 42 |
| What was your verbal score? | 42 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | - |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | - |
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How did Magoosh help you?
It was tremendous. I got a 480 on your first practice exam- it's impossible to describe how helpful you were. I plan to take it again later and will share more with you |
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Jun 22, 2015
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 710 |
| What was your math score? | 48 |
| What was your verbal score? | 41 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Great help in the quant side. |
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Jun 21, 2015
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 760 |
| What was your math score? | 49 |
| What was your verbal score? | 44 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh helped a lot in teaching the intuition behind topics that are tested on the GMAT. This helped me learn, not just memorize, techniques, which ultimately improved my timing on the exam. Additionally, the study schedules were extremely helpful in guiding my day to day study schedule. |
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Jun 21, 2015
| Score Improvement: | +17 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 720 |
| What was your math score? | 47 |
| What was your verbal score? | 41 |
| 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? | 32 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
The video explanations were very thorough. The 3 month study plan was an amazing resource that helped keep me focused. |
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Jun 21, 2015
| Score Improvement: | +7 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 710 |
| What was your math score? | 50 |
| What was your verbal score? | 35 |
| 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? | 34 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Following the 30 day study plan was extremely helpful. The video explanations of every problem were amazing and really helped me understand the most difficult problems. |
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Jun 20, 2015
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 710 |
| What was your math score? | 47 |
| What was your verbal score? | 41 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I used Magoosh as a supplement to the MGMAT books. I ended up doing all of the quant and SC questions. The video descriptions available after each question were tremendously helpful. |
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Jun 15, 2015
| Score Improvement: | +15 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 770 |
| What was your math score? | 47 |
| What was your verbal score? | 49 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | 42 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 39 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Helped me, especially the 30 day guide |
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Jun 14, 2015
| Score Improvement: | +21 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 740 |
| What was your math score? | 49 |
| What was your verbal score? | 41 |
| 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? | 30 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh broke down the intimidating fundamental math concepts into digestible videos that I could understand. I whole-heartedly recommend Magoosh to anyone who is tired of transcribing obscure solutions! |
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Jun 12, 2015
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 779 |
| What was your math score? | 27 |
| What was your verbal score? | 51 |
| 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? | 46 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
The general videos and the videos explaining how to solve specific practice questions were hugely valuable! Easy to understand and made the quantitative portion (the most challenging for me) much easier. Loved that I could watch them on the go on my phone. Math flashcards were good for review, too. Magoosh is the only prep I did between my first and second time taking the GMAT, and it helped me boost my score from a 690 to a 770. |
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Jun 9, 2015
| 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?
Deep question banks and clear answers at the question level |
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Jun 9, 2015
| 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?
Magoosh helped by providing a structured plan that made it easier to allocate my limited time. Although life sometimes got in the way, I knew what needed to be done to adequately cover all of the material. The combination of the written and video explanations to all the questions helped to reinforce concepts. |
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Jun 8, 2015
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 700 |
| What was your math score? | 42 |
| What was your verbal score? | 42 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | n/a |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | n/a |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I used Magoosh primarily to sharpen my GMAT verbal skills. A GMAT course I took from another company did not do a good enough job on sentence correction. While learning the ins and outs of sentence correction and critical reasoning via the lectures from Mike and Chris, I discovered the trove of resources available via Magoosh. I utilized the custom practice section to hone my skills in the month leading up to the exam. I also watched videos in the quant section to clarify topics I was unclear on. |
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Jun 7, 2015
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 710 |
| What was your math score? | 47 |
| What was your verbal score? | 40 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I loved studying through Magoosh for a number of reasons. First of all, actual test questions were harder (at least ones in quantitative section ) so after working through all Magoosh questions I felt like exam questions were much easier. I also learnt a lot from lesssons with explantions. At first I thought that after working through three different books there's nothing new I could learn - but I actually did. I learnt a lot of very nice shortcuts (starting from multiplying by 5 and doubling to gaps in distance questions) which saved a lot of time on the test and thus I didn't panic as much about time. I also learnt how to pace myself through questions after working on all 700+ questions in Quantitative section - you don't get it with a book. I didn't have that much problems with Critical reasoning (in my opinion anyway) - I guess as a female I'm quite good at arguing :) I learnt to try to understand the worst texts for the Reading part - I tried to actually enjoy things and quite often checked links that led to Wiki - that eventually helped me to broaden my knowledge on some topics. The best part overcoming my Sentence Correction issues - I am not a native speaker and I hate grammar! However, thanks to numerous lessons, I improved that as well. Finally, I am very grateful for all the responses I got on my questions - they were prompt and to the point. |
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Jun 5, 2015
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 710 |
| What was your math score? | 48 |
| What was your verbal score? | 40 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I became best friends with your amazing video lessons and practice problems. Signing up for your program was THE SINGLE MOST BRILLIANT thing that I've done to prepare for the GMAT. |
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Jun 5, 2015
| Score Improvement: | +7 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 700 |
| What was your math score? | 51 |
| What was your verbal score? | 32 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | 51 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 25 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh video explanation is really awesome, especially for the OG SC section. The videos do help me a lot and make me understand how native speakers to cope with the questions that have bothered me. Anyway, really appreciate your help, especially for adam! good instructor, very patient! |
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Jun 2, 2015
| Score Improvement: | +10 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 750 |
| What was your math score? | 49 |
| What was your verbal score? | 41 |
| 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? | 33 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
I thought the lecture videos clearly articulated how to understand the problem and the underlying concepts. Additionally, the extensive question bank allowed me to reinforce the concepts under test conditions. |
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May 31, 2015
| Score Improvement: | +3 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? | 46 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 38 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Great question bank! Very clear lessons with "watch-out" areas. |
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May 30, 2015
| Score Improvement: | +8 points |
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 720 |
| What was your math score? | 48 |
| What was your verbal score? | 40 |
| 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?
What I particularly liked about Magoosh was that the content and the practice questions were designed very well. The practice questions were in particular very close to the ones that appeared on the GMAT. Also, Mike McGarry's emphasis on mathematical thinking, developing number sense were deeply insightful. The SC content was perfect in both its breadth and depth! Finally, the study plans are great! The variety of plans ensure students can choose what fits them best. |
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May 26, 2015
| What was your overall score on the actual GMAT? | 740 |
| What was your math score? | 49 |
| What was your verbal score? | 41 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous math score? | 48 |
| If you took the GMAT before, what was your previous verbal score? | 42 |
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How did Magoosh help you?
Magoosh helped me improve significantly on the Quant portion of the exam. Moving me from a 48 to the 49/50 range. The video lessons were helpful and the fact that you can speed them up to absorb the material faster is excellent. Mike McGarry for President! |
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