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JayVellani
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I wanted to share my GMAT story as I have benefited from many on this forum. I had already written the exam before but did not get the score I was looking for so decided to give it another shot and started studying back in October 2013 with Dr. Sushma Jha and Mr. Bhoopendra Singh of gmatinsight in hopes of writing it in January 2014. I ended up writing the exam in April as work and holiday season got in the way. I finished the GMAT with a score of 690 (47 quant and 38 verbal) and now want to give a fair review of my experience with Gmatinsight. GMATinsight based out of New Delhi, India provides one on one training to students over Skype...my experience with them was an interesting one so I wanted to share this with anyone who might be looking for similar support.
VERBAL - good
I would like to start by saying that studying with Dr. Jha was an amazing experience... she is a very passionate and knowledgeable teacher... She had her curriculum mapped out very well and was very efficient in teaching all the concepts that appear in the verbal section of the GMAT ... She was available most of the time over Skype or email when I had any issues... They were times when she was not able due to conflicts with other students or confusion due to the time difference between Indian and North America, but she made up for everything with the encouragement and passion she brought to every class...I did find that the communication was not always done properly and not everyone was kept in the loop ... Even after I requested multiple times that both teachers be on the emails so communication is not lost, it was not done. So coordination was a hassle, but her teach method and organization were good. Taking up problem questions was also good as Dr. Jha was able to give good explanations for each question.
Overall the experience with Dr. Jha was satisfactory and she is a wonderful resource to have for your verbal section.
QUANT - Bad, Worse to Ugly
The Quant section at GMATinsight is taught by Mr. Singh.... I am sad to say that I don't think I have met a more disorganized and disinterested teacher before... In my first class with Mr. Singh the very first question he asked me was "Tell me ??" I was confused as I thought he would be more prepared to teach me all of the sections of the Quant section...But I felt like I am already expected to know math concepts that Mr. Singh never covered in class....there was no agenda or structure to his classes.. He simply gave me a sheet of paper with questions which were "memory-based" .... These were questions that students had recalled from the exams... And I might add that most of these questions had typos and language mistakes which made me question the credibility of every question that I read... I would spend 2-3 hours per day for my preparation out of which most of it went in frustration because of these errors...I had to eventually look for my own resources to do the Quant prep....
When I requested Mr. Singh to provide me with some structure and agenda for the classes.....my request was ignored for the first 6 classes...after that he emailed me the PDF version of the Manhattan books asking me to go over the books and do the homework from these books ...this was his version of providing structure !! If I had to do Manhattan prep I would've gone and done Manhattan prep and not reached out to him in the first place... I felt cheated and deceived... But since I had already paid in full for all the classes I decided to continue...ALSO, Besides the dogs barking and the children playing which added to the background noise ...Mr. Singh was also not very punctual with his classes, a lot of times he did not show up at the allocated time which was 6 AM North American time and 4 PM in India... and if I ever had a class in the morning hours for him ...I could barely understand him over his drowsy voice. This happened at least four or five times... As my exam was closing I realized that time spent with Mr. Singh was not efficient and I eventually seek other resources...and did my own studying but reached out to him for doubts when I was not able to answer some questions and didnt find a solution online .....This is when I realized that my money is lost and I should just try to get other help ..... The teaching style that Mr. Singh adopted was unique to me, for example anytime I would ask a question the response would be "this question is stupid or silly"...His responses were down right rude at times... The class with Mr. Singh felt like a session where he shows off his math skills and does the questions really quickly and you are suppose to be able to follow ...I came to a point of frustration and did not reach out to him at all before my exam as it was apparent that he didnt care to teach. Overall I was very disappointed with Mr. Singh and his approach to teach.... I would recommend GMATinsight for students who are seeking verbal help and for Quant I would choose some other resource... The secondary resource that I use for Quant was empowergmat, which worked out very well for me as it was well structure and the modules covered every detail and trick to tackle all the topics on the GMAT. With empowergmat I made more progress in 3 weeks than I did with Mr. Singh in 4 months.
VERBAL - good
I would like to start by saying that studying with Dr. Jha was an amazing experience... she is a very passionate and knowledgeable teacher... She had her curriculum mapped out very well and was very efficient in teaching all the concepts that appear in the verbal section of the GMAT ... She was available most of the time over Skype or email when I had any issues... They were times when she was not able due to conflicts with other students or confusion due to the time difference between Indian and North America, but she made up for everything with the encouragement and passion she brought to every class...I did find that the communication was not always done properly and not everyone was kept in the loop ... Even after I requested multiple times that both teachers be on the emails so communication is not lost, it was not done. So coordination was a hassle, but her teach method and organization were good. Taking up problem questions was also good as Dr. Jha was able to give good explanations for each question.
Overall the experience with Dr. Jha was satisfactory and she is a wonderful resource to have for your verbal section.
QUANT - Bad, Worse to Ugly
The Quant section at GMATinsight is taught by Mr. Singh.... I am sad to say that I don't think I have met a more disorganized and disinterested teacher before... In my first class with Mr. Singh the very first question he asked me was "Tell me ??" I was confused as I thought he would be more prepared to teach me all of the sections of the Quant section...But I felt like I am already expected to know math concepts that Mr. Singh never covered in class....there was no agenda or structure to his classes.. He simply gave me a sheet of paper with questions which were "memory-based" .... These were questions that students had recalled from the exams... And I might add that most of these questions had typos and language mistakes which made me question the credibility of every question that I read... I would spend 2-3 hours per day for my preparation out of which most of it went in frustration because of these errors...I had to eventually look for my own resources to do the Quant prep....
When I requested Mr. Singh to provide me with some structure and agenda for the classes.....my request was ignored for the first 6 classes...after that he emailed me the PDF version of the Manhattan books asking me to go over the books and do the homework from these books ...this was his version of providing structure !! If I had to do Manhattan prep I would've gone and done Manhattan prep and not reached out to him in the first place... I felt cheated and deceived... But since I had already paid in full for all the classes I decided to continue...ALSO, Besides the dogs barking and the children playing which added to the background noise ...Mr. Singh was also not very punctual with his classes, a lot of times he did not show up at the allocated time which was 6 AM North American time and 4 PM in India... and if I ever had a class in the morning hours for him ...I could barely understand him over his drowsy voice. This happened at least four or five times... As my exam was closing I realized that time spent with Mr. Singh was not efficient and I eventually seek other resources...and did my own studying but reached out to him for doubts when I was not able to answer some questions and didnt find a solution online .....This is when I realized that my money is lost and I should just try to get other help ..... The teaching style that Mr. Singh adopted was unique to me, for example anytime I would ask a question the response would be "this question is stupid or silly"...His responses were down right rude at times... The class with Mr. Singh felt like a session where he shows off his math skills and does the questions really quickly and you are suppose to be able to follow ...I came to a point of frustration and did not reach out to him at all before my exam as it was apparent that he didnt care to teach. Overall I was very disappointed with Mr. Singh and his approach to teach.... I would recommend GMATinsight for students who are seeking verbal help and for Quant I would choose some other resource... The secondary resource that I use for Quant was empowergmat, which worked out very well for me as it was well structure and the modules covered every detail and trick to tackle all the topics on the GMAT. With empowergmat I made more progress in 3 weeks than I did with Mr. Singh in 4 months.
