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I completed the nine week in person 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.

Mark was an excellent instructor! Qualified, fun and very eager to help his students. The interact videos are amazing! Highly recommended.

I took the 9-week course with Dave Mahler in New York and had a great experience. I had already taken the GMAT once before, but did not get my desired score and decided that the best way to improve would be to sign up for a class. Dave was very helpful through the entire process and made the course really engaging (not an easy task for a 3-hour evening weekday slot). Even more impressive is how attentive Dave has been (and continues to be) even after my official time with the course has concluded - he has offered to continue helping me by analyzing my CAT exam scores and hop on phone calls to help talk through ways to improve. Thanks to Dave and the staff at Manhattan Prep for the helpful study materials and personalized instruction

I took the GRE Manhattan Prep 8 week course — I had not done any prep prior to enrolling in the course and increased my combined score 12 points. My biggest issue was taking too much time on quant questions, while I knew I could get the answer, Tyler gave me excellent tricks that cut my timing down substantially. He helped me think about the problems in different ways so I could move through them quickly. Sitting down with a review book and working your way through it can be so overwhelming, so Tyler helped me understand what exactly I needed to memorize to be successful on the GRE. I ended up scoring above 165 on quant after scoring a 155 on my diagnostic — thanks to Tyler & Manhattan prep! Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, Tyler seamlessly transitioned from in-person sessions to zoom and helped us navigate the at-home option. I also found the essay prep was highly effective — both in person and in the review books. It is difficult to gauge how you are doing when you aren't getting scored on practice tests, but understanding the basic principles of the essay scoring through Tyler's lessons I was able to score a 5 without much time spent prepping for the essays.

When I started my GMAT journey, I scored a 490 on my first Manhattan CAT. I was certainly not one of those "Score a 740 in 20 days" stories. In David's Manhattan prep class I learned all of the ground-up framework necessary to understand the GMAT and strategize how to conquer it. Equally as important, as the COVID-19 crisis emerged, David and Manhattan prep made the transition to online learning seamless. At this point David and I had started private tutoring and he was able to give me a structured workload with followup meetings to keep me on track. As I continued to advance, David and I dug deeper into different strategies to tackle the toughest questions while reinforcing the framework that was built in the beginning. After scoring a 680 GMAT on my first run, there was no panic and David refocused my approach to improve on my weakest sections. The results speak for themselves and on my second go, I scored a 740. I am over the moon with my score and how far I've come, and I can not thank David enough for his help and guidance!

Ally was an incredible GMAT tutor. During our time together, we had to shift around our schedule because I had a busy time at work, as well as COVID-19 and Ally was incredibly helpful in re-aligning my strategy to what I needed and what i could do during the time. During our sessions, she was thoughtful, clear, and understanding. She helped me with both my math and verbal scores, and I ended up in the 96th percentile in my verbal score. When we first started studying together, I told her my goal score. I took the GMAT last week and achieved that score - thank you so much Ally!

Manhattan Prep gave me the foundation i needed before diving in for 3-months of studying for the GMAT. Richard Wright was a great teacher! He set a great mood for the class, and was very good at explaining anything that the class had questions on. I highly recommend a Manhattan Prep course with Richard!

I like the way the syllabus is structured, all the available resources to study and how lessons walk you thru the process step by step.