The major problem with the Princeton Review and Kaplan franchises in Mumbai is a dearth of teachers. The prep-test industry has a high attrition rate, and teachers constantly find better places to work in or go freelance. I began freelancing as I enjoyed teaching adults but didn't enjoy the poor payscale and slave-like contracts that were offered to me for a full-time job.
There is no way to tell if any GMAT coaching class is good. Usually you get a lot of promises, and they will not be honest about their schedule. It is common for faculty to quit or take leave in the middle of a session. (I only quit once in my entire term as a faculty in protest over the ill-treatment and irregular firing of a colleague; I didn't want to leave my students, but I was not prepared to stand down on my principles.)
When you visit a GMAT coaching class, talk to the faculty there. See how comfortable they make you feel. Ask for a free class. In fact, demand a free class. You might find an excellent teacher for Quant in one place, and an excellent teacher for Verbal in another. If so, go to those two different places separately. Most coaching centres are trying to get you to join, but really don't care about your schedule or well-being. They'll just do anything to enroll you. There is a disconnect between the management and the counselors, and the teachers, and nobody acts or does anything as they are simply trying to get the cheapest rate they can get from the teachers. The result is a shaky way of running a business where you have no idea whether you will have a faculty around or not.
One other interesting thing - When you receive advice or solicitation for any GMAT company, take a look at the quality of the message. If it's riddled with poor punctuation, syntax, and sms-speak (such as the one above, that is not the kind of place you'd want to go to as they're pretty careless and that carelessness will show in their work.)
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