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GMAT® LIVE COURSE - MANHATTAN PREP

Don’t Settle for Less than #1 Rated GMAT Prep Course

See for yourself why Test Prep Insight names us their Editor’s Choice for Best All-Around GMAT Course. Learn from world-class, 99th-percentile-scoring instructors, and reach your higher score guaranteed.*

You Get All of This...

  • 27 hours of live instruction
  • Higher Score Guarantee
  • 6 full-length official GMAT practice exams
  • All the GMAT Strategy Guide Set
  • The latest GMAT Official Guide
  • Foundations of GMAT Math eBook
  • GMAT Advanced Quant eBook
  • 1,200+ question practice set builder with full explanations
  • GMAT Official Guide practice tracker with full explanations to every question
  • Test simulation booklet (physical book kit only)
  • New: Manhattan Prep's AI Tutor, to instantly receive personalized study tips, content explanation breakdowns, and resource recommendations—whenever you need them
  • New: Personalized study calendar
  • New: Performance tracker that provides detailed feedback based on your strengths and weaknesses

Top-Ranked GMAT Instructors

Manhattan Prep instructors score better than 99% of GMAT test takers, endure a rigorous hiring process, and complete continual training related to their teaching. Bottom line: they’re perfect for the job.


Small, Personalized Classes

We intentionally limit our class size to maintain the right balance of individual attention and active participation in our discussion-based classes. Come ready to ask—and answer—questions.


Practice That Mimics Exam Day

Know just what you’re walking into. With a consistently updated curriculum and official GMAT practice materials, you’ll know exactly where you stand before exam day comes.


Named Best In-Person Prep Class

Intelligent names us the Best In-Person Experience and says our in-person courses "...provide direct interaction with expert instructors, fostering a highly engaging and focused learning atmosphere."


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Meet Our Experts

Test prep gurus, curriculum authors, MBA and PhD grads. Our overachieving instructors aren’t just super smart, they’re also amazing teachers.

Ryan Jacobs

Ryan holds an MBA from UC San Diego, a perfect SAT score, and a 780 GMAT score. His diverse background includes work as a professional musician, English teacher in the Czech Republic, and administrator at Stanford University. Ryan brings energy, creativity, and a sharp analytical mind to every class—bonus points if you show up in San Jose Sharks gear!

Tiffany Berkebile

GMAT prep is Tiffany’s favorite subject to teach, because the GMAT is essentially a puzzle. A very wordy, 3-hour-long puzzle. She loves helping students realize that in the midst of facing a challenge, you can still have fun.

Dmitry Farber

Dmitry has taught everyone from unruly teenagers to college professors. He has been teaching for Manhattan Prep since 2009 and has a 780 GMAT score.

What We’ll Cover In Class:

  • Dive into Data Sufficiency problems, a cross between math and logic. 
  • Learn how the scoring algorithm works and what implications that has as you study for and take the GMAT Focus. 
  • Learn the building blocks of all Critical Reasoning problems—Conclusions, Premises, Counterpremises, Assumptions, and more.
  • Gain an overview of your resources and homework so that you can make the most of your study time.
  • Take your first practice exam.
  • Fractions, Decimals, Percent, and Ratios (FDPR) underlie a lot of the math you do on the GMAT and in your everyday life. This first of two FDPR lessons covers the fundamentals for both the Quant and Data Insights (DI) sections of the exam. Also dig into Estimation, a game-changer on the GMAT.
  • Learn how to analyze Reading Comprehension passages efficiently and tackle main idea and other big-picture questions about the passage. 
  • Dive into Tables, one of five DI problem types. Learn how to sort, eyeball, estimate, and manipulate voluminous data as efficiently as possible.
  • Know the Code: How do you teach yourself to recognize—in less than two minutes!—what a problem is really telling you and what a problem is really asking you to do? Learn how to learn—how to decode problems and get yourself to takeaways that you can carry through to the real test.
  • Algebra 101: This first of two Algebra lessons covers the foundations of algebra (equations, exponents, and more) and GMAT strategies (working backwards from the answers, trying real numbers, and more).
  • Learn how to Find the Assumption, Strengthen the Argument, and Weaken the Argument on both Critical Reasoning (Verbal) and Two-Part (Data Insights) problems.
  • Loop back around to Fractions, Decimals, Percents, and Ratios (FDPR): Dive into more complex topics, particularly around percents and ratios. Solidify your strategy skills—estimation, working backwards, smart numbers, and more.
  • Get more specific on Reading Comprehension passages: Learn how to tackle detail, inference, and other specific question types.
  • Use your new-found FDPR skills to tackle math-based Graphs, one of the five DI problem types; also gain a grounding in non-math-based Graphs.
  • Boost your decision-making skills. Start doing sets of problems, rather than one at a time, to practice your time-management and prioritization skills.
  • Expand your algebra skills to include quadratic equations, inequalities, functions, and more. (And continue to practice / solidify your earlier lessons across both algebra and FDPRs.)
  • Inference shows up all over the exam, in nearly every problem type, so this week includes a short refresher on inference skills across problem types, in preparation for next week’s practice exam.
  • Multi-Source Reasoning is the ultimate blend of math and verbal skills—literally everything you’ve learned so far could show up on MSR. Learn how to tackle these overwhelming problems cleanly and effectively.
  • It’s time for mid-term exams! You’ll take your second practice test after this class, so this entire lesson is devoted to mixed, random sets covering anything/everything, teacher’s choice. Come prepared for anything (that you’ve learned so far).
  • We’ll also talk about time management, guessing strategies, when to move on—all of the strategic decisions you need to make during a test.
  • This week’s math focus is Statistics and Stories: how to translate words into math, how to crunch numbers (fast!) without a calculator, and how to reason your way through a problem using the theory / concepts—so that you can avoid a lot of calculations in the first place.
  • You’ve seen Verbal-based Two-Part problems before; now get ready to tackle Quant-based Two-Parts, including those with the dreaded “jointly consistent” characteristic.
  • Learn how to analyze the data from last week’s practice test and come up with takeaways to carry forward in your studies.
  • Dive deep into Number Properties—divisibility, primes, remainders, and other “fun” characteristics that can really mess you up when trying to solve—as well as probability. (Optional: Combinatorics problems are extra frustrating and not especially common, so you decide whether you want to study this area or just guess quickly if you see one on the test.)
  • Tackle the CR “minor types”—these can show up on the test, but they’re less common, so you likely won’t see them all. This category includes Boldface, Evaluate, Discrepancy, Flaw, and Describe the Argument.
  • Learn how to master Two-Part and Data Sufficiency logic-format problems—a subset of Inference in which you’re given a series of rules or constraints that you use to draw conclusions about what else either must or must not be true.
  • This entire lesson is devoted to mixed, random sets covering anything/everything that you’ve learned during the course. You’ll take your third practice test after this session.
  • We’ll also discuss the steps to take over the next few weeks to get yourself ready for your official exam. Think of this period as “finals week” or “reading week”—you’re going to review everything and take a few more practice tests before you take your final exam.

GMAT Frequently Asked Questions / FAQs

The Complete Course is fully comprehensive – it will review everything that is tested on the GMAT, with both Quant and Verbal topics covered in every single session. It is best for students who are just beginning their GMAT journey, have only done some preliminary studying on their own, or are looking to strengthen their skills in all aspects of the exam.

Students who are able to attend every class session will get the most out of the course. We offer the class both online and in-person, and recommend signing up for the option that is most convenient for you. There will be about 10-15 hours of homework assigned between class sessions, so you will want to make sure that you have the time in your schedule to commit to the suggested work.

Yes, the GMAT Complete Course is approved for VA reimbursement! 

Individuals eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33), Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty (MGIB-AD or Chapter 30), Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR or chapter 1606), Survivors’ & Dependents’ Educational Assistance (DEA or Chapter 35), may be eligible to pursue training in GMAT prep courses.

If you have not yet applied for education benefits, you will need to submit an Application for VA Education Benefits (VA Form 22-1990). You may apply for benefits at www.va.gov/education.

For more details, please see the VA Preparatory Course Fact Sheet

Yes! Our course and tutoring curricula have all been updated for the GMAT Focus. We're in the process of updating our books (obviously, they take time to write and print!), but we've made PDF supplements for the parts of the test that are changing. These PDFs are already available in your account on our site for any study program that comes with books. We've got you covered!

Packages are shipped via UPS or FedEx, depending on your location and which shipping option you choose. For US shipments, we offer 2-day and ground shipping. Standard ground shipping to most US locations generally takes between 5-7 business days (Monday-Friday), barring any complications. For international shipments, we offer International Economy shipping, which typically takes 4-6 business days. (Remote locations may require additional time.)

Orders placed before 1:00pm ET Monday-Friday will be processed the same day, and orders placed after 1:00pm ET, or on weekends and holidays, will be processed on the following business day. For more information, visit our Shipping Page.

If shipping books is not convenient for you, you may also opt to sign up for the class with eBooks only.

Full payment for all of our courses is due upon registration.

All students, both in-person and online, will have access to our On-Demand course – GMAT Interact. This program covers the same curriculum as the Complete Course, and is broken up into individual interactive lessons that are great for both reviewing material and making up any missed sessions.

All students will also have access to a complete set of recordings from a recent course, which covered the same topics in each session. If you miss a live session, you can log in to your Student Center on our website to access the prerecorded version. These recordings are made available immediately upon signup, so you can even plan ahead for a class you know you’ll be missing.

You will have access to your online resources from the moment you register for the course, up until 6 months after your class has ended – this includes the CATs, Question Banks, Interact Lessons, and interactive syllabus. Those resources can be extended twice for an additional 90 days within 45 days of their expiration (fees apply). The only resource that is on a slightly different timeline is the ebook access – the ebooks will be available to you from the moment you enroll, through 1 year after the start date of your course.

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