Menlo Coaching offers hourly GMAT tutoring services alongside our live GMAT Prep Course. In the reviews below you can hear directly from our GMAT students as they discuss our unique curriculum, their interactions in the classroom, and their experience with our tutors.
I think just having that structured plan early on really took away a lot of the stress from the process and helped me do well. It was kinda, you know, going into it with with no background, no context...
I think just having that structured plan early on really took away a lot of the stress from the process and helped me do well. It was kinda, you know, going into it with with no background, no context, and just learning these types of questions from scratch. So it’s a good experience, but definitely been clunky. First of all, Ron was great. Super easy to work with, super insightful, and you know, helped me master some of the nuances of the test.
The first time, it was around seven hundred and wasn’t a score that can qualify for top business schools. And the second time, it was seven seventy (770), so it’s a pretty good outcome. Craig was very e...
The first time, it was around seven hundred and wasn’t a score that can qualify for top business schools. And the second time, it was seven seventy (770), so it’s a pretty good outcome. Craig was very experienced in the industry. He tells me tricks and ways to answer a question because we only have one minute or one minute and a half to answer each questions. So it’s not only about tackling the questions, but managing your own emotions and think about how to tackle the GMAT game in general.
So for me, it was paralysis by analysis where there were so many resources that I I couldn’t really make good progress because I was constantly switching between them. So I decided a more targeted prog...
So for me, it was paralysis by analysis where there were so many resources that I I couldn’t really make good progress because I was constantly switching between them. So I decided a more targeted program like the the Menlo GMAT prep course would would be best for me where it would be really focused in the sense that I would be told exactly what I need to do on a given day or week to reach the the GMAT goals that I had.
As you know we’re all busy people so it’s hard to do all the homework and all the work that that course requires during the week especially but having the live sessions sort of keeping tab on where we a...
As you know we’re all busy people so it’s hard to do all the homework and all the work that that course requires during the week especially but having the live sessions sort of keeping tab on where we are and trying to keep up with the class that was that was extremely important. I really enjoyed the interactive nature of the class as well and and just having to deal with actual GMAT questions while on the class and seeing how the others in the class respond and what are the common mistakes.
I had done one GMAT prep originally, and my math skills have always been strong. So the first time around that I took the GMAT, you know, math I aced. English was not the best. So I came to Hailey. I ...
I had done one GMAT prep originally, and my math skills have always been strong. So the first time around that I took the GMAT, you know, math I aced. English was not the best. So I came to Hailey. I said, hey. You know, I’m looking to refine my English skills. Can you really help me out throughout this entire process? She really helped me boost my English score, and it got me to a point where I was at a level where I thought I was good to apply for some of these top schools.
Worked with Chris to prep for the GMAT, and he was incredibly helpful, would highly recommend
Great organization with tons of helpful resources. I worked with Chris and he dedicated early mornings and weekends to help me be as prepared as possible for the GMAT. I wouldn’t have gotten my scores ...
Menlo were extremely helpful in getting my score up significantly in a very short space of time thanks to some targeted, tailored and intensive coaching!
Find the right approach the system and if able, the right person to help you guide you through the process. It goes far beyond just the content. There’s a lot of strategy involved. Figure out your own ...
Find the right approach the system and if able, the right person to help you guide you through the process. It goes far beyond just the content. There’s a lot of strategy involved. Figure out your own unique way of approaching the test is extremely important. I got 735 on the GMAT Focus. The first person that I texted right after my test was Dave, and I was, you know, really excited to share the good news, and he was really happy for me.
Hailey taught my GMAT prep course and I was very pleased with the pace, the content, the homework and extra practice problems available, and above all, her explanations and methods of teaching the con...
Hailey taught my GMAT prep course and I was very pleased with the pace, the content, the homework and extra practice problems available, and above all, her explanations and methods of teaching the content. Rather than teaching formulas, she helped us really understand shortcuts and critical reasoning methods to quickly distill the content, and her approaches to taking the test proved very helpful. I highly recommend the Menlo Coaching prep course!
I felt like I was learning. Like, even those are really two hour videos, I felt like I was still getting a lot out of them. You kind of, like, get that solid foundation, like, through the units, with ...
I felt like I was learning. Like, even those are really two hour videos, I felt like I was still getting a lot out of them. You kind of, like, get that solid foundation, like, through the units, with the online portion. And then, like, you have that support there if that’s tailored to you with, your tutor like I had with Mike. Mike was great. I highly recommend Mike. He’s super smart. Like, you can tell, like, engineering background, just like the way if I was, like, confused about something on math, he’ll just be able to, like, draw it out, like, from the very, like, basic elements of like what’s going on in the problem.
Now that I look back at it, every single second I dedicated to the GMAT was worth it. It’s a feeling that I really don’t think one can describe until you you experience it because you see all the hard w...
Now that I look back at it, every single second I dedicated to the GMAT was worth it. It’s a feeling that I really don’t think one can describe until you you experience it because you see all the hard work you’ve done, for the last couple of months, and it’s just an overall feeling of of satisfaction and being proud of proud of what you accomplished. Looking forward now to to sending the application saying, okay. This is done and done for good. Now I can focus on something else.
I highly recommend Menlo Coaching and really enjoyed working with Mike!
I made some really great initial gains, and my scores started to rise pretty rapidly until I hit a bit of a plateau in the sense of my my score was about the same. I understood the content well, but t...
I made some really great initial gains, and my scores started to rise pretty rapidly until I hit a bit of a plateau in the sense of my my score was about the same. I understood the content well, but the score just wouldn’t get to that level I needed to until I really sat down with with Chris in terms of just ironing out the very, very last few sections that I understood, but I didn’t understand at what we called the GMAT speed level. For me, that was a huge thing. The pressure of the exam on exam day, and and all the thoughts that are going into it right before you click I’m ready to go.
Menlo Coaching was a godsend to me. The lesson materials are phenomenal – I learned more in one week of video lessons than in my months of self-study. The materials not only cover subject content, but...
11 out of 10 would recommend Menlo Coaching’s GMAT course! The course challenges you to think like the test requires and prepares you for the most difficult questions on the test.
I first started studying right after undergrad and worked with another tutoring service, but I was stuck in the low 700s and felt like my tutor didn’t really believe I could improve. That’s when I fou...
I first started studying right after undergrad and worked with another tutoring service, but I was stuck in the low 700s and felt like my tutor didn’t really believe I could improve. That’s when I found Menlo Coaching and got paired with Hailey. From the start, she took a really personalized approach, diving into the areas I struggled with most and making sure I actually understood the concepts. With her help, I went from a 730 to a 760, and the one-on-one attention made all the difference.
I had an amazing experience using Menlo coaching for my GMAT prep. The class size was small, and our teacher, Chris, did a great job of bringing the energy and driving home crucial concepts to score a...
I had an amazing experience using Menlo coaching for my GMAT prep. The class size was small, and our teacher, Chris, did a great job of bringing the energy and driving home crucial concepts to score a 700+. The 5 week course was perfect for a busy working professional, and I personally saw my score increase by 100 points. Chris was very responsive to all email questions and provided the perfect strategy for test day. Thank you Chris and Menlo!
When I first started studying for this test, I started around a 630, hovered around the high 600’s. Eventually I got a 700, then a 720 when I started working—that’s when I started working with Menlo a...
When I first started studying for this test, I started around a 630, hovered around the high 600’s. Eventually I got a 700, then a 720 when I started working—that’s when I started working with Menlo and I saw that I was putting in a lot of effort to get above a 720. But with Hailey’s assistance, I was able to start getting above 720 on practice tests until I most recently got the 750 that I was targeting to get in the first place.
I think my strengths coming into studying with Menlo’s, obviously, I studied engineering and I have a good base Quant knowledge. However, I really didn’t have a grasp of the strategy and how to kind of ...
I think my strengths coming into studying with Menlo’s, obviously, I studied engineering and I have a good base Quant knowledge. However, I really didn’t have a grasp of the strategy and how to kind of approach and improve my responses on the verbal side of things. So I really wanted to work on that area. And that’s where Menlo was, amazing, but on-demand course was perfect because I could do it whenever suited on the weekends. And the timing really worked. I stuck to the schedule as if it, I was doing it live.
After tutoring I got 720. Yeah, I got a 720, which is super exciting. So that was great. My advice for starting GMAT, preparation is just work with Hailey. She’ll make everything easier, go smoother, a...
After tutoring I got 720. Yeah, I got a 720, which is super exciting. So that was great. My advice for starting GMAT, preparation is just work with Hailey. She’ll make everything easier, go smoother, and actually make studying, and taking the GMAT fun. So, just just work with her, it will be great.
I feel like after I came to Menlo with a 710 and after working with Craig over, a two-month period for six hours of session, I jumped to a 760, I felt very confident throughout the test. So, I knew th...
I feel like after I came to Menlo with a 710 and after working with Craig over, a two-month period for six hours of session, I jumped to a 760, I felt very confident throughout the test. So, I knew that I was scoring, at least 730, I felt certain I would just repeat my score, but I think when the, the score came back and I was shocked and pleased, and I just I felt like I had put in so much work over, so many months, I had tried so many tactics, and to finally feel like, okay, I finally produced a score that I feel like is really representative representative of my ability and the time and prep that I put into this about.
I got exactly what I wanted out of the sessions and that was a more concrete way to approach verbal questions. And that honestly had two main benefits. I think, the first benefit obviously was that I ...
I got exactly what I wanted out of the sessions and that was a more concrete way to approach verbal questions. And that honestly had two main benefits. I think, the first benefit obviously was that I got more questions, right. And also in April, a shorter amount of time. It also just gave me more confidence as I was taking a test.
One of the things that I liked best about the Menlo course in comparison to some of the other courses that I was taking, was the efficiency of the course. The Menlo course only lasted six weeks, in co...
One of the things that I liked best about the Menlo course in comparison to some of the other courses that I was taking, was the efficiency of the course. The Menlo course only lasted six weeks, in comparison to the several weeks that I was preparing, using my other resources. What I really liked about the Menlo course is was that we spent the most time applying the concepts that we learned from our refresh modules, and just making sure that we knew how to execute the application properly, to best answer the questions.
So this was my first interaction or someone took, you know, took me one-on-one and was able to look at my strengths and weaknesses and develop a plan that was unique to me. Focus on what I had difficu...
So this was my first interaction or someone took, you know, took me one-on-one and was able to look at my strengths and weaknesses and develop a plan that was unique to me. Focus on what I had difficulty with and make sure that I was successful with the exam. So Ron really quickly, kind of honed in and found that at least for me, Data Sufficiency was my weakness. So we spent a lot of time on that and kind of looked into what we can do to fix that. He was very accommodating.
Is it really this easy? Or is, are they testing something harder? And those kinds of questions that Chris really pressed me on and got me to better understand helped me perform much better because I w...
Is it really this easy? Or is, are they testing something harder? And those kinds of questions that Chris really pressed me on and got me to better understand helped me perform much better because I was able to recognize something you know that the tricks or the catches that they really test that are hidden upon first glance, when you, when you working with the questions. I really felt like he picked up on the specific areas that I needed to improve to get to, you know a 40 point improvement to get the score that I wanted.
Menlo basically will match you with a tutor that will meet whatever your needs are, whatever your strength are, and weaknesses are. They kind of match you up perfect for that. What I really liked abou...
Menlo basically will match you with a tutor that will meet whatever your needs are, whatever your strength are, and weaknesses are. They kind of match you up perfect for that. What I really liked about the process, the tutoring process with Menlo, especially Travis’s, he really took an interest in getting to know me before hopping into any of the prep and I think that’s important because he knew exactly what to what to say to me.
You know, I hadn’t done math and a long time especially having got a music school and things like that at least higher level math. I just knew I wanted to get a good score. That was important for me. A...
You know, I hadn’t done math and a long time especially having got a music school and things like that at least higher level math. I just knew I wanted to get a good score. That was important for me. And I didn’t use any other prep material, really only Menlo and I mean, I had, I guess I’ve done some research in terms of like what’s a good score for the GMAT sort of what the test is about, and that sort of thing, basic stuff. But again, in terms of like other preparatory, courses and things like that. Yeah, Menlo is the only one.
The biggest benefit I received was just the one-on-one tutoring session which I just covered with Hailey. At the very GetGo I told her that hey I’m probably operating at a 700 level already, but I reas...
The biggest benefit I received was just the one-on-one tutoring session which I just covered with Hailey. At the very GetGo I told her that hey I’m probably operating at a 700 level already, but I reason I’m want to work with you is I want to shoot for that 767, 777, 780 score. And she was like, yeah, let’s do it during our one-on-one tutoring sessions.
Coming to Menlo, I quickly realized that the GMAT quant section is not a math test. I really learned that there are special strategies and methodologies for approaching different types of questions on...
Coming to Menlo, I quickly realized that the GMAT quant section is not a math test. I really learned that there are special strategies and methodologies for approaching different types of questions on the quant section and that doing long algebra isn’t usually actually the way to approach most of the questions. And so for me, that was a huge learning experience, especially with regard to data sufficiency questions, and also just all sorts of questions where there’s many more strategies you can use and a lot faster ways to approach problems.
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Bianca, 70 point improvement
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I learned strategies to think through GMAT problems on my own
Veda, 720 to 760 in 4 weeks
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