GMAT Ninja & Harry Duthie helped me achieve a score beyond my wildest dreams!

TLDR: Harry Duthie is an absolute legend who helped me achieve a 750 after I couldn't break 690 using TTP and a test prep course. GMAT Ninja isn't cheap, but the attention and skill of these folks makes it 100% worth it. If I could do it all over again, I would have engaged Harry much earlier in the study process.

My GMAT study journey began with Target Test Prep after scoring a 650 on my first cold mock. While TTP is an incredible content review, I found myself quickly overwhelmed with the sheer quantity of content & questions, and feeling entirely on my own when stuck on questions / concepts. This led me to enrolling in a group course (Test Crackers). While the course helped with test strategy and had office hours, the incredible amount of time spent in classes and doing problem sets left me feeling burnout and was often untargeted. Also, by the end of the course it became clear to me that most group classes are focused on getting people to the 600s, but test company courses’ overreliance on sometimes gimmicky strategies and focus on teaching towards the average won't reliably yield a 700+ score.

After spending 100+ hours on TTP and Test Crackers, I took my second official mock and received a 710 (V42, Q45). Seemed fantastic until I took my third mock official mock and received a 640 (V41, Q36). With only two weeks before my first scheduled official exam I reached out to GMAT Ninja.

Within the first reply it was clear to me I was going to be working with experts who truly cared about maximizing the performance of their students. Charles took the time to go through my mocks (free of charge) and identified timing issues & concept gaps and gave me an extremely honest and accurate assessment of the time and work it'd require to achieve my goal score.

I went on to work with Harry who is an absolute gem of a person. He took the time during our first session to holistically understand what was holding me back (i.e. time management and content gaps). We went on to work together for ~10 sessions during which we'd review concepts, work through problem areas together, and discuss timing strategy. GMAT Ninja even has proprietary question sets to help target weak spots without have to burn through OG questions.

What really stood out to me about Harry is that he clearly took significant time and thought before sessions to look through my error log from the homework and identify what concepts were holding me back. Therefore, our sessions together were always extremely targeted and efficient. Absolutely no gimmicks - he helps you fully understand the concepts and gives you tailored approaches to question types that trip you up. Harry is also incredibly honest - he will tell you when you need more work and will tell you when you're ready. By the end of our time working together Harry made it clear that he knew I was ready and that more tutoring wasn't going to benefit me despite my desire to keep going (he was right - I got a 750).