Hi,
I have recently taken the GRE in Jan’23.
My score: 324 (V 160, Q 164, AWA: 4)
Time taken for Preparation: 45 days
Courses taken: GregMat Plus
Free Mock tests used:
• Magoosh GRE Free Mock (Estd Score: Q 162- 166 ,V 157-162)
• Princeton Free Mock (Q 163, V 161, AWA 4)
• CrunchPrep Free Mock (Q 169, V162, AWA 5.5)
• Manhattan Free Mock(Q 166, V 162)
• PowerPrep 1(Q 169, V 165) – Score inflated as I had already done the Paper based tests before PP1
• Power Prep 2(Q 164, V 160)
Review of GregMat Plus:
Pros:
This is probably the most affordable course with best content for GRE- the concepts are very precise and to the point. I started of with the videos on GregMat’s Youtube channel. Greg’s 32 group wordlists are all one needs for Vocab. The course has very useful techniques like parsing the sentence, pairing strategy, contrast strategy, math strategy, double positive/negative etc(One can find the basic videos for free on GregMat Youtube channel). Before taking GregMat course, I found it difficult to understand why a certain option was right or wrong- Very good explanations for GRE Verbal questions and the best part is that most of the questions discussed are Official questions. Quant course is also good. Writing classes were very helpful too- Greg uses specific templates for Issue and Argument tasks which makes AWA easier.
Cons:
There are no full length Mocks available. Sometimes, I felt questions in GregMat Mini Mocks were not GRE like. I also found the GregMat page very unorganized. I was unable to understand where to begin the GRE Prep. There were too many live recording classes with redundant content. Each class is around 1 hr long. I had to watch the videos at 1.5x speed to finish the course in 1 month. It would be very helpful if the content is organized. Hopefully, this issue would be solved with the PrepSwift platform.
Overall Verdict:
While other prep companies are busy marketing their courses as the best and charging exorbitant prices for GRE Prep, GregMat is a very comprehensive GRE course at the most affordable price. Content Organization on website could have been better.