GETTING STARTED

If you’re reading this, congratulations! You’re about to start GRE tutoring. (If you’re taking the GMAT, please click here instead.)

Before you get started, please do the following:

1. Make sure you’re comfortable with EVERYTHING on our rates and policies page

We don’t want to spring any unpleasant surprises, so please read EVERYTHING in our not-very-exciting rates and policies page, especially the parts about the cancelation policy, our two-hour session length, and the payment methods. Please note that autopay is required for all tutoring and admissions consulting services.

If you have objections or concerns, please let your tutor know immediately.

2. Purchase these GRE books

Unless your tutor has told you otherwise, you’ll need all of the following for the GRE:

1. New GRE Official Guide
2. GRE Verbal Reasoning Guide
3. GRE Quantitative Reasoning Guide (you can also get all three of the above in a single bundle if you want)
4. Old GRE Official Guide (only available used)

If your tutor wants you to purchase additional materials, he or she will let you know before you visit this page. Also, please don’t write in the books at all, since you can’t write on the screen during your GRE exam.

3. Complete some diagnostic assignments, as provided by your tutor

In most cases, we’ll assign 3-4 hours of diagnostic homework before your first tutoring session. The exact assignments will depend on your situation, and your tutor will select something tailored to your needs.

4. Be prepared for ~15 hours of GRE homework per week + weekly tutoring sessions

Tutoring is great, but the real improvements will happen through hard work between sessions. We expect our students to complete roughly 15 hours of homework per week (2 hours per weekday and 3-4 hours per weekend day), with tutoring sessions roughly once per week. 

If you aren’t prepared to sustain this workload, please let your tutor know immediately. 

5. Let us know if you’d like a referral to some of our favorite admissions consultants

If you’re thinking about admissions and would like a referral to some of our favorite admissions consultants, you can either speak to your tutor or contact us through this form. While some of these recommendations are from our MBA admissions consulting team, there are several from other companies we trust and work with regularly.

(And no, we never receive commissions or kickbacks from any of these consultants. We just like them.)

Thank you, and have fun studying!