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Our comprehensive online prep program features over 150 video lessons and 700 online practice questions and video explanations to help you conquer the GMAT. Includes over 150 math and verbal video lessons, 700 math and verbal practice questions, video explanations after every question, access for 1 year and email support within 24 hours.
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4.6 /5 Average Rating
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AI Super-Summary of Customer Reviews for Magoosh Premium*

Magoosh is commended for its affordable, user-friendly platform offering well-structured video lessons, practice questions, and progress tracking tools helpful for GMAT preparation. Users appreciate its robust support and useful resources, particularly for quantitative sections, although some note the verbal sections require improvement. The course effectively helps refresh fundamentals and is considered valuable, especially for beginners, though advanced learners may need additional materials. Despite not always achieving target scores, many find Magoosh instrumental in their study process, recommending it as a cost-effective option for comprehensive test preparation.
3 users mention "Great for Quant"
  • "Very Hard Quant and SC questions..." Read more
  • "Great for re-learning math basics..." Read more
  • "Quant section in this course is just amazing..." Read more
3 users mention "Great value for money"
  • "cost-effective and comprehensive study aid..." Read more
  • "at its price point, it offers a structured approach..." Read more
  • "offers the best for value..." Read more
3 users mention "Additional Resources"
  • "offers a wealth of helpful resources..." Read more
  • "lessons and blog posts were really helpful..." Read more
  • "Clear and concise explanations..." Read more
3 users mention "User-Friendly Platform"
  • "user-friendly interface..." Read more
  • "Smooth UI that's easy to follow..." Read more
  • "stellar ... encyclopedic layout of all the math concept videos..." Read more
2 users mention "Score Improvement"
  • "The tools and materials provided by Magoosh to be extremely beneficial..." Read more
  • "my official score did match with the predicted score..." Read more
2 users mention "Strong Fundamentals"
2 users mention "Responsive Support"
  • "helped me feel more prepared..." Read more
  • "email support provided by the team was quick and elaborate..." Read more
2 users mention "Comprehensive Coverage"
  • "offers a wealth of helpful resources..." Read more
  • "decent selection of questions to practice..." Read more
2 users mention "Lots of practice questions"
  • "practice questions are diverse and challenging..." Read more
  • "Hard and Very Hard questions..." Read more
1 users mention "Expert Instructors"
  • "couple of tutoring sessions with Tom who helped me..." Read more
1 users mention "Money back guarantee"
1 users mention "New Updated Material"
  • "would be happy if they provide some updated materials..." Read more
1 users mention "Weak Fundamentals"
  • "100+ point gap between their estimate and an official test..." Read more
1 users mention "Not great for Verbal"
  • "didn't find their verbal to be helpful..." Read more
1 users mention "Limited Content"
  • "number of questions and mocks available is also not that much..." Read more
1 users mention "Outdated Material"
  • "old nature of the verbal course..." Read more
*Review summaries are AI generated from 25 latest reviews in the past 2 years.
August 03, 2016
harshit97

Joined: Jan 11, 2016

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Verified GMAT Classic score:
660 Q50 V30

Excellent Product for someone having a good background of English

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Magoosh is an excellent product. The video lectures are really helpful and easy to access. The access of the material can be also done using your iPhone or Android phone.
The sections are well defined and very well explained.
Although, the Verbal lectures delved a lot into the grammar and terminology parts of things and I being a non-native speaker found it difficult to understand and ended up with V30.
The support was good and any doubts or questions were cleared within 24 hrs no problem.
Overall, the experience was good and I would also like to mention that I saw the AWA part in the morning on test day and scored 5/6 :).

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July 30, 2016
chlmounika

Joined: Aug 18, 2015

Posts: 2

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Verified GMAT Classic score:
640 Q50 V26

My GMAT - 640

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Magoosh Premium has been really helpful for study of GMAT. The video lessons are very understandable and Help tab is also very responsive.
Pros
- Easy to Use
- Many practise questions for Quant and Verbal
- Video Explanations for all the Practise questions and almost all OG questions
Cons
-They do not review your AWA Essays
- More IR practise questions needed

Overall, I would say Magoosh is recommended for GMAT prep especially because it is flexible to use by working professionals. For Quant, Magoosh is entirely sufficient, it has all types of questions and these helped be score 50 in Quant. But for Verbal, you might need extra focusif you are a non native english speaker. From my experience I advise everyone to complete all the Verbal questions from Magoosh and of coarse from OG , My failure to do so may have resulted in low Verbal score.

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July 22, 2016
yaman1203

Joined: Oct 30, 2011

Posts: 14

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Self-reported Score:
720 Q50 V37

Highly recommend

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I would like to thank Magoosh Team for their incredible support and course!

I am a non-native. My last GMAT score was 630 (Q: 49, V-26). However, my simulation scores on the GMAT software were 710 and 730 so I believed that I could do better.

I used Magoosh for both Quant and Verbal but I spent 80% of my time on Verbal.

Sentence Correction Module: Covers all the topics quite well. I recommend that one use Manhattan Book along with the course. It covers basic as well as advanced modules.

Critical Reasoning Module: I went through the module and it summarizes everything for you. I find that for critical reasoning pre-thinking is the key so I worked on changing my approach whilst attempting the question.

Reading Comprehension: This is the first time I gave importance to RC as I always believed that this skill was something too hard to be improved. However, the module guides you how to attempt a question (Pre-thinking) and was very helpful in streamlining my approach.

Quant: I have never had any issues with the Quant and I believe that Magoosh's Quant section is very good if you are aiming at scoring high score.

Support: Their support is incredible!! You can't beat that! before this attempt, I used e-GMAT's support, which is basically discouraging and not helpful at all. e-GMAT would make you travel a mile before they even try to address your question. They would force you to post your questions on third party forums before they even look at the question. Having said that, e-GMAT's content is good but the support makes me feel that I don't want to deal with them for number of reasons.

Value for money: Can I give Magoosh more than 100%? Is so, then pick that number yourself!


Thank you,

Yaman

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July 19, 2016
aeropower

Joined: Dec 24, 2014

Posts: 100

Kudos: 53

Self-reported Score:
750 Q50 V41

Simple and effective product

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Magoosh is a very simple platform that is equally effective. The dashboard gives you a comprehensive summary that tells you some of weak points, but also points out your strengths.

The number of questions that Magoosh provides is outstanding. I found the quantative section to be challenging (I was previously already strong at quant). The verbal I found to be very rewarding. Although not a perfect match for "real" GMAT questions, I think the point of the verbal questions provided by Magoosh was to teach and make certain points that are invaluable to test day success.

I absolutely recommend Magoosh to everyone! You can't beat the value.

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July 11, 2016
lucasfcampos

Joined: Sep 03, 2015

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Kudos: 0

Verified GMAT Classic score:
720 Q49 V39

Very good course, the online videos were very helpful

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I really liked the platfom. There are many practice questions for different levels and it is very easy to customize your study considering the amount of time you have per day or the type of question you want to practice.

One of the things more useful for me was the online videos from the verbal part. I could watch it on a mobile app and the tips & tricks given were very helpful.

Some points of improvement are:
1. Increase the amount of hard and very hard questions (both verbal and quanti)
2. Increase the number of full length practice tests and make tests that do not use the questions from the practice questions bank

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June 26, 2016
dvijaykrishnan

Joined: Apr 17, 2015

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Verified GMAT Classic score:
730 Q50 V38

Very handy and useful resource

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Magoosh is one of the better Gmat prep resources out there in the market. It is very versatile and has a good UI. I am pretty sure it has one of the best value for money propositions out there. More than that I loved the way it handholds you through timely reminders and emails regarding important test information and motivates you periodically to login to the website and continue your preparation. Also with the Magoosh interface you will be able to understand your weak areas and strategically improve your score in a short amount of time. The timed tests gives you a close feeling about the tests the test environment. All in all, magoosh is an indispensible tool for all GMAT aspirants out there.

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June 21, 2016
UNCBOUND

Joined: Apr 15, 2013

Posts: 34

Kudos: 10

Self-reported Score:
710 Q47 V41

Best value out there

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Loved the course. Went from 590 to 710(Q47 V41). 4 months of prep in between attempts. I finished the course by watching all the videos, answering all the questions, and watching all the videos on missed questions. I sent two emails to customer services while I had the subscription and they responded within 24 hours. This course along with the OG and manhattan prep books is all you need to be very successful on the GMAT. I know if I spent some more time with these 3 resources I could boost by score even higher. The score guarantee provided the assurance I was looking for (even though I improved by 120 points!). The "resources" tab in the program was also extremely helpful. The blog has a great many articles about test taking skills (I think these are available without the subscription as well).

This program should be your first move for GMAT prep. If it doesn't work out you can always pay $1,500 for a high end course. You can download apps on your phone for flashcards and videos, which allowed me to study during lunch breaks at work. Thanks to Mike McGarry and the Magoosh team.

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June 14, 2016
Silviax

Joined: Jun 14, 2012

Posts: 106

Kudos: 101

Self-reported Score:
560 Q36 V31
580 Q39 V31
630 Q41 V35

Great self-study course for beginners at an affordable price!

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I have been using Magoosh for about 6 months now and I find the videos very informative. I think Mike is a great teacher who really knows how to explain new concepts in a slow way so students won't get lost. The quantitative section is pretty good but the best section was the very detailed sentence correction. Lots of videos with lots of explanations and helpful hints and tricks on how to approach SC problems. I actually learned the most from watching the SC videos although SC was already my strongest part of the GMAT.
One of the biggest assets from Magoosh were the thousands of questions one could sort by topic and difficulty level. I really liked having this kind of flexibility. The interface of the platform was super easy to use.
Sometimes it seemed like Kevin or the other guy (can't remember the name) sort of rushed through the video explanation... especially for CR and RC. The explanations often sounded like this: "Well, it's not A nor C, and it's definitely not D so when we look at B and E we have to pick B because that's just the right answer." :)

Magoosh was my first online course I worked through in addition to OG, and Manhattan strategy guides and I would definitely recommend the course to anyone who is just starting out. You get more than enough for your money!

Another big plus I want to point out is the EXCELLENT customer service of Magoosh. They rock! They really try hard to provide a satisfying answer to your questions and send additional material that may help you. Customer service is GREAT!

The downside of it all is that my score improved by only 20 points. I did pick up a few points in quant but nothing in verbal.
I have now decided to give another company a try and see how their on-demand course works and then compare the results to what I got with Magoosh.

In summary, I was actually pretty satisfied with the Magoosh course and I still use their question banks for practice. They really have hundreds or even close to 1000 practice questions.

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December 13, 2016
warpdrive

Hi,

I am just starting out on the GMAT prep and in the process of reviewing prep material. You wrote you were about to give some other company a try after Magoosh. Would really appreciate if you share your experience about any other study material from another company and how you found it compared to Magoosh.

Thanks,
Faisal` .

June 08, 2016
aksharadivekar

Joined: Feb 20, 2015

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Verified GMAT Classic score:
740 Q50 V41

Excellent!

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I highly recommend the Magoosh course.
I signed up for the Premium package (Quant + Verbal). Both the sections were taught right from the very basics, which really helped because I realized a lot of fundamentals were out of place.
The Verbal section in particular was very detailed, with typical mistake patterns highlighted. This helps tremendously because the verbal part of the exam is quite fast-paced (in my opinion).
Quant thoroughly covered all concepts, but I would say it was a little more on the basic side. I did practice some additional tougher sums from other books.
Overall, great material. Definitely recommend it.

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May 31, 2016
gesell.holly

Joined: May 31, 2016

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Verified GMAT Classic score:
510 Q39 V21

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I bought Magoosh after trying out friend's account. I loved the videos, I do wish that I spent more than 3 weeks studying with this program. I really thought the teacher was super informative and had great techniques. This is not a crash study course, or a get rich quick, you really need to take your time. It helps improve scores, however, I did not take the exam before studying. A friend of mine who did spend more time and effort increased her score by 70points and scored over a 600. I did not use the verbal portion mainly because I didn't have enough time to study for that portion.

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