Hey dreas,
Echoing what Becky said, as someone who teaches online courses myself I've been pretty pleased with how easily students take to that format and how interactive and helpful it can be. In fact, I think that online classes offer a few of their own advantages
-with questions pre-programmed into the system, instructors are in a position to break down verbal questions, especially, by demonstrating how to eliminate unnecessary words and how to focus the most crucial portions of a question.
-since you can't see your classmates, students seem to be notably more comfortable answering questions, taking risks, and participating actively without that fear that some of us have of "looking foolish" in front of others.
-lessons are recorded for you so that you can go back to particularly-informative (or potentially confusing) parts of your specific class session to review what you may want to go over again.
Now, all that said, I know that there are those for whom online classes may not work very well. Knowing myself, I'd be a little concerned about the potential distraction of the entire internet at my fingertips while in class, and I can see where students may feel less accountable or engaged without direct eye contact and body language from an instructor and classmates. But on the whole, people who select online classes tend to be ready to work through those challenges and tend to do really well.
To help give people an idea of whether Live Online classes are a wise choice for them, we offer online free seminars a couple times a month - the details are hyperlinked at the right side of this page if you'd like to sign up for one.
Alternatively, if you have a deadline and are looking for an in-person class, Veritas Prep also offers one-week Immersion Courses in which we cover our full curriculum over seven days, and students typically travel in to a major market city (New York, London, Dubai, Miami, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong) to spend a full week breaking down the GMAT with a top instructor (we love teaching those classes and getting to see the world...) and like-minded classmates. I love that class format, and that may seem to suit your schedule, too...
Brian Galvin
GMAT Instructor
Chief Academic Officer
Veritas Prep
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