Princeton Review GMAT Review

Princeton Review Self-Paced GMAT Course

This is the entry level option offered by Princeton Review. This package will provide you with everything you need to self-study.

This package is self-paced and includes 1 year of access. You will get access to the following:

• Video based lessons
• 4,400+ practice questions
• 4 full-length exams
• Adaptive drills
• eBooks

Princeton Review Core Concepts Course

This option is their second tier package. The main difference between this package and the self-paced option is the LiveOnline hours you will have access to.

You will have access to everything in the self-paced course as well as 18 hours of live lessons from expert instructors.

When signing up for this option, you will be given a list of options to choose from. Some examples of current online class times include:

• January 21 to March 2: Every Tuesday and Thursday from 8pm – 11pm.
• February 4 to March 22: Every Monday and Wednesday from 7pm – 10pm.
• March 4 to April 22: Every Sunday and Wednesday from 7pm – 10pm.

They offer these classes year-round, the above are just examples of some dates and times they currently offer.

Princeton Review 645+ Course

This is Princeton Review’s third tier package. This is their most comprehensive course. This course includes everything in the other two options as well as the following:

• 30+ total hours of LiveOnline instruction
• Additional eBooks
• Office hours with experts

Just like the Core Concepts course, you will have a list of dates and times to choose from when registering. If you miss an online lecture, you can always watch the recording.

You will also get access to the course for 1+ year with this option. You will be able to use the online course from the time you register to 365 days after your last LiveOnline class.

Princeton Review GMAT Features

You can check out some of the features found within the Princeton Review courses. Our team went into these prep courses and played around with the different features.

If you want to consider different options, read our reviews of the best GMAT prep courses.

Goal Setting

The first thing students will do when entering this course is enter in their target goals. Students will be asked to enter their target scores for each section of the GMAT – quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning, integrated reasoning, and analytical writing.

Students can use their target scores as a benchmark to see how they are improving while taking the course.

Coursework

Students will be doing all of their studying in the coursework tab. This area of the course includes all lectures, lessons, and drills. The coursework tab is broken into 4 different categories:

• Strategies
• Integrated reasoning
• Quantitative reasoning
• Verbal reasoning

Each of the above categories is broken down into specific sections. For example, the verbal reasoning sections is broken down into 3 categories – critical reasoning, reading comprehension, and sentence correction.

Having the categories broken down is a nice feature and makes it easy for students to work on subjects they really want to work on for the GMAT.

Live Online Sessions

Students participating in the self-paced GMAT course will have the option to attend live online sessions. There are various classes taught by different instructors.

Students can choose to attend the classes if they want additional help on subjects they may not understand.

All of the class sessions are taught at night and on different days of the week in an attempt to make them as accessible as possible.

Some examples of topics covered in these live courses include reading comprehension, sentence correction, problem solving, and data sufficiency approaches.

Practice Tests

Students will find the practice exams to be very similar to the actual exam. Princeton Review uses software that simulates the actual GMAT exam and gives students a great idea of what to expect.

Students will be given the option to take the practice exams either timed or untimed – it is recommended students take the exams timed so they are comfortable when they take the actual GMAT exam.

Princeton Review offers 4 full-length practice tests. On top of the 4 practice tests, students will also have access to adaptive practice drills and practice questions.

Reports

Students will be able to see score reports for the practice tests they took. These score reports are very in-depth and will give students some useful insights into what they need to work on.

Students will be able to see which questions they got right and wrong based on various GMAT topics.

For example, if a student sees that they missed 4 questions about verbal reasoning, they can go back and complete the lesson on verbal reasoning to improve their score.

Students can also see various insights about how long they took to answer each kind of question, which question format they struggled the most on (multiple choice, all that apply, etc), and breakdowns on how they did on each part of the practice test.