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Sherpa Prep was fantastic. I heard about it randomly--right before I bombed the GRE on my first try. This time around I improved my overall score by 200 points--including a 130 point improvement on the math section. The instructors are great and do their best to keep the classes fairly interesting despite the content being pretty boring on its own. Seth was a great instructor, and I was able to get extra help from Martin for a decent hourly rate as well. Jay was also a huge help, and was always great about answering questions and getting right back to you. I would definitely recommend Sherpa Prep. I don't know what else Kaplan might be offering for the $550 more that it charges, but I can't imagine it being much better than my experience with this company.

I just finished. You're getting an email before my Mom! :)

790 math
730 verbal

Sigh of relief. THANK YOU SO MUCH. No way I would have done nearly as good without your help and without you telling me I could. I really appreciate it.

I just completed a GRE course with Sherpa last Tuesday and took the test Saturday. I am elated for many reasons and give Sherpa Prep a BIG thumbs up for helping me to reach my goal. Without Sherpa my score would have been QUITE dismal. One of the biggest highlights of their program is the strength with which they teach the math portion of the test. They provide great materials to practice the kinds of questions you'll see and the classes are great at addressing key issues to focus on. Going into the class I hadn't really done this kind of math in almost a decade. I was diligent in completing the homework assignments on time and was generally very motivated to do well. By the time I took the test my math score had shot up by over 200 points. I also managed to do quite well on the verbal section and surpassed my overall goal score in taking the test. It was a wonderful feeling to knock the test out in one try, especially given the cost of the test, and I thank Sherpa for that. I have yet to see what my score on the writing portion will be but they have great experience in dealing with that part of the test and gave great advice on how to effectively tackle that section. Anyway, if you have any doubts about your ability to perform well on this test you should definitely consider enrolling in a class with Sherpa. It is WELL worth the money. Again, BIG thumbs up.

Hey guys, I just finished! Here are my initial thoughts on the revised GRE: it was a lot easier than the practice exams and almost completely in line scorewise with the ets book test. My scores:

Verbal - 670-770
Math - 660-760

Needless to say I'm thrilled it's over and happy with my score. Thanks for all your help and instruction – I couldn't have done it without you guys!!

I just took the new GRE this morning and thought I'd send you a quick update.  I did well (Verbal 680-780 and Quant 560-660) and am happy with my scores. I feel I was very well prepared for the test. No surprises and if anything I think the practice exams we did were slightly more challenging that the real thing (nerves aside).  I got a lot out of the class and am very, very happy to have this test behind me now!

So I am happy to report back that I am done with the GREs.  I took the test this afternoon and my scores were much, much higher than I thought they would be considering I ran out of time (as has been my habit), and since I felt like I wasn't focused enough to complete the verbal section with anything but mediocre attention. All in all my verbal score was 670 and my math score was (GASP- I'm waiting for them to send me a notice that this was actually wrong) a 770. I'm hoping that I wasn't just delirious at the end of the test or something because I could barely believe my eyes. I even had a split second moment of wanting to cancel my scores but just resigned myself to, what I assumed would be, my terrible fate.

I am just very pleased to feel like this chapter is closed - unless some grad school wants better, about which I will argue with them directly. Haha. But I have to thank you because I know if had I not having taken this class my scores would very certainly have been quite dismal. My initial math score in taking the computer-based GRE was 550 for math (a 220 point increase.) So thank you very much! I wish you the best and hope you are enjoying your weekend! Thanks again.

Jay, you magnificent motherfucker: 800M, 710V.

My scores for the revised GRE:

Quantitative: 750-800
Verbal: 600-700

I'm pretty happy with that – I couldn't really ask for much better. There wasn't anything that went uncovered in class. Thanks for all you help these past 8 weeks with teaching and helping me reschedule classes to deal with my issues. Enjoy the rest of your summer.

I actually took the revised GRE on Friday. The estimated range they gave me was 1270-1470. Yay! It's so exciting that my score is really in that range! That's amazing!!
Nothing on the exam was unexpected. I got more function and probability problems than I wanted, but everything on there was stuff you guys had covered thoroughly! Thanks again! Thanks for all the help!

Hi Jouya, I don't know whether you remember me, but since I was one of the more annoying students in your class, I think there's a good chance. I just took the GRE and I figure I should let you know how I did.

Quantitative - 760
Verbal - 600

I just wanted to say thank you for all your help. You definitely brought my score up, at least, 200 points. In all sincerity, you were a huge help and a great teacher!

I just wanted to write you an email and say thank you for running such a great program. I have always struggled with math and got a 600 on my first taking of the gre (under 50%.)  After taking the class I went up to a 680 (close to 70%) which was the score I was shooting for and probably would have gone higher if I hadn't had some ridiculous distractions going on in the room during the test. 
  In particular, I can't say enough about my instructor, Jouya.  He was a huge part of what a great experience I had and I hope you will pass along my note. I was skeptical at first taking the class because you guys didn't have the name recognition of the bigger companies but it definitely was worth it.  Thanks again and I will definitely be referring anyone I know trying to study for the GRE to you guys.

I just wanted to write to say a very big thank you to you, but especially to Martin and Seth. They were both excellent teachers and I was really happy with all the handouts and problem sets and especially the tips they passed along. I'm really excited to report that my scores were verbal 580 and quantitative 800, which combined were plenty over my goal of 1300. Again, many thanks!

I was aiming for a 700 verbal and 600 math, but ended up with a 710 verbal and 640 math. Needless to say, I'm happy with the results!  Now it's just a matter of seeing if the schools I'm applying to will feel the same way… Thanks for all you help!

I just wanted to thank you and the Sherpa program for such an excellent course. I took the GRE a few hours ago, and I scored a 730 on the Quantitative section and a 640 on the Verbal. That's a bump of 150 and 90 compared to my score last year, respectively. Again, thank you so much! Best $450 I've ever spent!

Thank you so much for all of the assistance that you provided with my GRE prep. Taking the class was a huge help and kept me on track with my studying. Though it was intense at times, I managed to stay focused with completing the lessons and practice tests, and the test was very successful for me. I scored 120 points higher on the GRE when I took it last month compared to my 2008 scores. Thank you so Much. I will continue to pass along your company to others wishing to improve their scores.

I wanted to relay that I did very well on my recent GRE exam!  My scores were 760 math, 540 verbal. I improved my score by a combined 160 points and have a great shot to get into a top Ph.D. engineering program!  Thank you for the help!

I hope this e-mail finds you well! I just wanted to report back to you about my scores:

Verbal: 590
Quantitative: 680 

These scores are right in line with the averages for the top ten MPH programs in the US - so I'm stoked. Thanks so much for everything! I would recommend Sherpa Prep to anyone.

I took the Sherpa Prep course for the new revised computer-based GRE. I just took the test and felt very prepared--there were no surprises and I walked away happy with my scores. I found Sherpa online and took a chance, I'm glad that I did. I needed something to keep me on a study schedule and to help me know where I needed to focus my attention. I found that Sherpa gave me exactly what I needed to stay on track. The small classes were a big plus! I would (and will) recommend this company to anyone preparing for the GRE.

We've all taken English, Algebra, and Geometry (if not, maybe you should reconsider your decision to go to grad school) so the material on the GRE is essentially from high school. This makes it tempting to not take a prep course... until you're stuck on question 11, run out of time, and waste your $160 because you don't accept your score anyway. I used Sherpa because a friend referred me. I am writing this because I am so pleased with my experience that I will now refer you. First, the instructor not only refreshed knowledge for me that was buried 10 years deep, their attitude instilled confidence in me that directly translated to raising my score. Specifically, Nafeez's teaching style is awesome. He is clearly enthusiastic about his students success. You can tell that he really cares about our understanding of the material. Also, it's almost uncanny how he knows what to focus more time on and which topics we have already mastered. The classes are small too, less than 8, so there are few enough people to get all the individual attention you need while avoiding the high costs of a private tutor. Speaking of which, $450 for a prep course is a fantastic value. They have done some very innovative things with study materials too. For example, instead of having an answer key with their logo on the cover, they put answers on a private YouTube channel. Now we can have the problems explained to us step by step whenever we want and it saves us loads of money. Very smart. I've also talked to over a dozen peers who have all recently taken prep courses for the GRE. Everyone who took Kaplan or Princeton Review loved their course too. We had similar material to study, taught strategies to effectively take the exam, and for the most part scored in a similar range. The big difference is that after I completed my course I am smarter than they are: they had over 30 people in their classes and paid three times as much as I did. So if you are taking the GRE use Sherpa Prep because they have the most knowledge about the exam, the best instructors, the best study materials, and it costs three times less then other prep courses.

I took the Sherpa GRE prep course, and improved my score 240 points overall--from 580 to 730 on the Quantitative and from 550 to 640 on the Verbal. Sherpa gives you the tools and the attention you need to excel. I could not be happier with the end result, and am happy to recommend Sherpa Prep to anyone!