GMAT Prep classes (Intense)

[bbissat]

Hello everybody,

I am new here and I hope I am posting this in the correct place. I plan on taking the GMAT in the near future and I am planning on taking a prep class to improve. Due to time difficulties I prefer to take an intense class or boot camp. I know Manhattan GMAT offers the bootcamp, but I dont know much about it. I was hoping to get y'alls opinion on these classes and if you know of any other ones that are good as well.

Thanks a lot

[arun@crackverbal]

I would also suggest that you consider the following factors:

1. If the bootcamp focuses on specific areas that you need help on. CrackVerbal, for example, is unique in its approach to focus on Verbal.

2. Online versus offline. Sometimes brick and mortar model works - especially if you get to form a study group. Sometimes online model wins because you get to the study from the comfort of your home.

3. Personal coaching v/s classroom. Again this depends on whether you are facing problems with a specific part of the prep. Or you need a comprehensive approach to all parts of the test.

All the best for your search!

Arun

PS: Which city are you in?

[Brian@VeritasPrep]

Hey bbissat,

Good question - having taught the Veritas Prep Immersion Course (https://reviews.beatthegmat.com/veritas- ... ion-course) a few times, I have to say that I really love the format. The downside to a one-week class is that you're concentrating what most people do over two months into one week, so you won't have as regimented a homework schedule or as manageable of doses to master before coming back for another lesson. But I see some advantages in that, too - in the more compact format I really like that we don't have to spend much time on review, since it all happened quite recently, and that we get to emphasize those links between concepts because we do get to build naturally from lesson to lesson. And the singular focus of one week on the GMAT, to me, is great - students don't lose momentum because of a busy week at work or an illness; they come to every minute of every class, they discuss strategies and homework problems during lunch and after class, and I'd argue that the Immersion Course format, at least for Veritas classes, may even go at more relaxed a pace since everyone knows that we have all day and can always hang around after class to go over additional problems. So many people travel in for those classes that there's less of a rush to leave to get home after each session...people are happy to hang around, network, grab a bite to eat together and keep the discussions going.

There are obviously tradeoffs between formats, but since you asked I definitely have to say that there are some real advantages to the one-week format, and that - maybe counter-intuitively - one of them can even be a more relaxed classroom pace and environment.