Magoosh Reviews

[lupus521]

I have been searching for reviews on Magoosh's GRE subscription. I see they have a reduced rate through 12/15 (which is tempting), but I am having a hard time finding any reviews other than those that are related (or seemingly related) to the Magoosh Web site, blog, or their employees.

So, does anyone (who has used the service) have any input to how effective (or not) they found Magoosh in their prep for the GRE?

Thanks.

[bhavinp]

@lupus521 - I'm a co-founder of Magoosh. While I can assure you that all of the reviews/quotes on our website are from real customers, I completely understand any doubt or skepticism you may have. We receive emails from customers on a regular basis, but I struggle with the best way to share these.

On our blog, we've created a post for our customers to write comments about Magoosh in their own words (Magoosh GRE Reviews | Magoosh GRE Blog).

Keith, a recent test-taker and user of Magoosh, recently wrote a guest post about his experience on our blog here (Student New GRE Experience: Keith | Magoosh GRE Blog) though he only used the Math section.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about Magoosh. We do also have a 7 day money back refund policy in case you do sign up and decide our program isn't a good fit for you.

Thanks,
Bhavin

[Jill B]

Hi,
I took the GRE today after using Magoosh to study and found it very helpful and reasonably priced. My math was old and hadn't been my strong point so their lectures were perfect. I'm happy to report my score was a bit higher than required for admission. Something I really appreciated about Magoosh is that on their blog they review/recommend other websites, books and study aids in addition to their program. I'm not big on paying for expensive review classes so this fit my needs perfectly. I have already recommended their service to a friend.
Best wishes to everyone taking the GRE.
Jill
P.S. I found them on google and don’t have any relationship with their company.

[nitinsing]

I used the Magoosh GRE package and got itfor a very reasonable price as well. I am a working professional in a smallcompany and have a very tight schedule. I booked the data long before and didn’tprepare well in between. I started two weeks before the test and after a bit ofresearching on the internet I decided to go through the high frequency wordsand use Magoosh package. My quants is strong and I bought only there verbalpackage.
I must say that without Magoosh I would have performed terribly in the test.Magoosh gave me the tricks to tackle questions without knowing the exactmeaning of all the words in the fill in the blanks questions, it provided mewith the logical thinking to tackle verbal section. Magoosh provided me withreal practice problems from all difficulty levels. The practice tool providedme a detailed view of my performance.
Overall I was more than prepared and ready to face the test in two weeks. Iscore 152/166 in verbal/quants in the R-GRE and trust me it was the best out ofme given the time I invested in preparation. I would strongly recommend Magooshmaterial for R-GRE preparation.

[CharltonBeston]

I used the Magoosh GRE program and found the program both nimble and helpful. The staff answered my questions, and took my suggestion to improve the product. I highly recommend the product.

I used the free trial, before I purchased the full product.

Thanks!

[Dorrie]

I have just taken the GRE and I used the magoosh software. Here is the review that I posted on their site. I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend it. With their help my verbal score was nearly perfect (162/170).

This product allowed for timed practice which I found essential. I was very slow with the previous GRE and ran out of time on everything. When I took the test in february I found that practice paid off with me having nearly 10minutes to spare at the end of each verbal section. For the math, I still wasnt computing the answers fast enough (i'm sure this would have been rectified, if I had dedicated more time to increasing my math speed), but I gained a sense of timing from the software and was able realize when i needed to move on from a question. I finished quickly and went back to answer more time consuming questions.


The short lessons were immensely helpful and the swift feedback that I received when I placed a question was unbelievable. It was really nice to be able to get a quick and simple refresher on content long forgotten or muddled by time.


This software, most importantly, gave me confidence. I went through each section very calmly. Even if I wasn't doing particularly well. My reasoning was - it was highly unlikely that I had completed hundreds of timed practice questions and watched all those lessons with no improvement as the result. By sheer repetition and exposure, my knowledge base had to have increased. (and it did. undoubtedly) If I had more than 2 thumbs, i'd put them all up for this site. It's worth the price many times over. The only critique that I have would be for the inclusion of a new section that was tailored to people who are striving for a perfect score in a particular section.

Also so you know what kind of person is writing this, I am a college graduate who needed the GRE for graduate school. Good luck in your studies!

[dxmail]

I highly recommend it, too.
Their tutoring support is insanely good!
If you have any question concering math topics, strategies or specific questions. Chris or Magaratte usually answer within hours.
This is really helpfull!

[ChiFeng]

I bought Magoosh after I had the free trial. Seriously, Magoosh is by far the most efficient and user-friendly test prep I've ever used. The questions in Magoosh are very similar to the real exam, and the video explanations are perfectly clear. Oh, and you can also read their blogs from time to time, I find them very useful. Highly recommended.
P.S. Their customer services are extremely good, too.

[elizabethramir]

Hi,

I have been looking at test prep programs and came across Magoosh. I was previously considering the Kaplan Math Advantage, but have read some advice suggesting that it might not be the best fit for my particular situation. I got a 770Q and 690V, but I need at least a 790Q, shooting for 800Q, to be competitive for the programs I am interested in. Someone suggested that classes such as Kaplan's are not the best for people aiming to score in the top 5%. Thus, a self-directed program like Magoosh's might be best.

[suyashgre]

I gave the GRE this week and score 326 ( 169Q,157V)

According to me, Magoosh definitely is the best GRE preparation product available in the world.
Magoosh has that X-factor that no other product has. Using Magoosh's customized practice sessions, you can definitely identify and improve on your weak areas. And finally, that is what the GRE is about.

Why Magoosh is the BEST ?

1. Video lessons - very engaging and provide right content in a short time. Perfect to store key concepts of a topic in your memory for ever. Good for revision too.
2. Best Practice Questions - Adaptive practice is great !
Quant - questions have the right difficulty level and time required. Other products simply put very length problems as "hard problems". This is unrealistic and not at all helpful.
Magoosh strikes the right balance as compared to the actual GRE
Verbal - Again, the right difficulty level in RC , TC ,SE. GRE poses more challenging questions based on complex sentence constructions, and not obscure uncommon words.
This is where Magoosh wins against other products
Explanations - Video explanations are great. Go through it once, and you will not forget it.
3. Strategies - by Magoosh for all kinds of problems provided are really cool.
While giving the GRE , I could almost hear Chris (Magoosh) walk me through the problems using his strategies for verbal. These strategies really help not to panic during the test and just to attack the problem with the right approach.

4. Blog - Magoosh blog is also really helpful. Vocabulary and Mnemonics are entertaining and make GRE preparation enjoyable. Really good break to read all the blogs in between rigorous practice sessions.
5. Magoosh team - You will not get such personal and detailed responses to your doubts anywhere else! And response time is great too.
The team is really great and actually cares about your score as much as they would care about their own. Simply the best.

In all , I really felt Magoosh made the difference increasing my score by 5-10 points.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Cheers
Suyash