| Comparison Factor |
GMATPro121 Tutors |
Typical Freelance Tutor |
Overall Quality Assurance
| High overall quality assurance. Because our hand-picked one-on-one tutoring specialists deliver a pay-as-you-go service that only profits when students return for more sessions. See our testimonials, and our independently verified 4.9 out of 5 stars rating on Google Checkout! | Low quality assurance. Quality assurance is the biggest problem among freelance GMAT tutors (and what GMATPro121 has been designed to solve!).
Most test-takers simply don't have the time or money to shop around until they find a good tutor. Unfortunately, freelancers can live on "passing trade" without impressing students enough tot come back for multiple sessions. |
| Guaranteed Expert One-on-One Tutoring Specialist? | Yes. All we do is one-on-one tutoring, and we hand-pick the strongest tutors we can find, based on:
1. Superb 750+ minimum score
2. Significant one-on-one tutoring experience
3. Consistently excellent student feedback. | Doubtful. Freelance tutors have a wide range of tutoring experience, and it's very difficult to be sure that claimed experience is genuine. |
| 750+ Minimum Score Required? | Yes, 99th %ile / 750+, matching the highest standard in the industry. | Maybe; wide range of scores. High scores are frequently claimed but almost never proven. Always insist on proof, as only a 750+ score assures genuine mastery of the exam! |
| Proof of Tutor Score Provided? | Yes. We always send a high-resolution scan of your tutor's score report before we ask for any money. | Almost never! But you should always insist on seeing it.
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| Speak with Tutor Before Starting? | Yes, always! | Yes |
Quality of Materials Used | We suggest the best of all available 3rd party materials — tailored to student strengths and weaknesses for maximum effectiveness — and supplement where appropriate with our own. The best materials are not always well-known — but they are not expensive. Our proprietary "ActiveTracker" online companion tool to the Official Guide automatically tracks and diagnoses strengths and weakness by topic area. | Wide range (sometimes none suggested at all). |
Total Cost to Reach Score Goal | Unknown! Yet the most important cost-related question you can ask about different GMAT prep options. See our "Results" comparison at the bottom of the table.
The great thing about the GMATPro121 service is our pay-as-you-go payment model, where you are always in control of your spend, and our tutors have to earn the privilege of serving you every session! We never require a large up-front payment commitment.
Unfortunately, the best GMAT prep decision cannot be made based on a comparison of over-simple marketing headlines of cost-per-hour or course cost — because assistance that does not get you to your goal is not cheap (no matter what the fees!). | Unknown! |
Fees | $140 per hour, much less (about 25-50%)than one-on-one tutoring fees from classroom providers (the nearest comparable service). Total fees will naturally vary, but GMATPro121’s students are always in control of their spend with pay-as-you-go. Typically students spend about as much with us as they would have on a course, but with far better results due to the expert individualized attention, and total control always over their spend (no big up-front commitments ever required). | Wide range. Lower cost is the main advantage of the freelance tutor market, but it must be accompanied by quality instruction to ensure return on money spent (if you don't reach your score goal, then whatever money you spent was, in fact, expensive!). |
| Minimum Cost Commitment | 2 hours only (one session) | Usually just one session of 1-2 hours. |
Student Results | Very strong: often +100 points or +20 %ile points vs. previous real GMAT testwith 7-8 sessions of 2 hours spread over a reasonable time period. Many report higher score increases; see our testimonials and independent student reviews leading to our amazing 4.9 out of 5 stars rating on Google Checkout! Revealingly, over half of our students are "graduates" of other prep providers that failed to help them reach their goal. | Questionable: Freelance tutors always claim great results, but there is great incentive (and little penalty!) for exaggerating such claims. In short, freelance tutors can "get by" and earn money from passing trade without offering great results.
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