GMAT Tutoring

(If you’re just looking for current GMAT tutoring rates, you’re welcome to click here, but I strongly encourage you to read the rest of this page before you think about hiring me. Your call, though.)

So this is the page where I’m supposed to tell you that I am a magical GMAT tutor who can raise your score by 200 points in, like, six weeks or something. I think I’m supposed to give you all sorts of guarantees and statistics, which would back up my claims to have developed some magical GMAT tutoring curriculum, filled with tips and tricks that will get you to a 750+ GMAT score and a free ride to a top-10 MBA program.

Sorry, I don’t do any of that. I honestly have an outstanding track record as a GMAT tutor–I’ve helped scores of students achieve dramatic score improvements, and many of my former students have gone on to top business schools, including HBS, Columbia, Wharton, INSEAD, and MIT, among many others.  If you want proof, you’re always welcome to ask for references, or you can click here or here or here or here or here to read some online kudos of my GMAT tutoring work.

But I’m not going to feed you a line of crap about massive, easy score improvements.  Improving your GMAT score is never all that easy, and I’ll make you work hard–and work efficiently–to achieve your GMAT goals.

Unfortunately, the GMAT is a pain in the butt.  It’s a ridiculously detailed exam that covers a wide range of math and grammar and logic concepts, tested in all sorts of unexpected ways. The GMAT contains some straightforward content that serves as the backbone of the exam, but it’s ultimately a methods-based test that requires airtight logic and a disciplined, precise approach to questions.

If there are “holes” in your understanding of fundamental GMAT math or grammar, a good GMAT tutor can certainly help to fill those in, and your score will improve. If you haven’t quite gotten the hang of the test’s odd phrasing, a good GMAT tutor can help to demystify some of the test’s classic pitfalls and quirks.

But there’s no magic to any of this. Hiring a GMAT tutor is like hiring a personal trainer: if you want your GMAT brain to get big and buff, you need to pump some serious (quantitative and verbal) iron outside of our tutoring sessions. If any GMAT tutor tells you that a 200-point score increase is easy, he or she is lying through their teeth. It may be possible to raise your GMAT score by 200 points (or more), but it will involve hours and hours of carefully focused practice on an almost-daily basis.

So if you want a painfully honest (but very polite) GMAT tutor who will kick you to the curb if you don’t do your homework, give me a call. (Actually, I’m a really nice guy, and I rarely enjoy kicking anybody to the curb. But it’s not fun for me to sit around and blabber about the GMAT while you waste your money on me, so I’ll be completely straight about what I can do for you, and what you need to do to achieve your GMAT goals.) Please explore my blog and bio and FAQ to get a sense of how I approach things, and feel free to call or email (see right sidebar) if you want to discuss your specific GMAT tutoring needs.

Live GMAT tutoring is available in NYC, near Grand Central station in Midtown Manhattan. For GMAT students who live outside of NYC, I also offer online tutoring via skype.  If you want to know more about my GMAT tutoring rates and other fine print, click here.  And if you’re not in NYC, here’s an honest assessment of the effectiveness of online GMAT tutoring.

Thank you for reading this far, and good luck with your GMAT and MBA ambitions!