If you are struggling with GMAT Quant, John is your guy. It is thanks to him that I was able to…read moreattain a higher score in Quant and consequently, get into one of the top Part-Time MBA Programs. He has good methods up his sleeves, and he teaches you how to take the exam. We met weekly on Saturdays at a public library - This setting and time worked great for me. He is also very flexible. When summer kicked in, I sometimes couldn't meet on a Saturday, and if John had a free time slot, he would readily reschedule. If you do well with one on one tutoring and need GMAT help, reach out to John right away! He knows what the test is all about, and as long as you put in the effort, you will get the score that you want with his help.

I worked with John Easter to prepare for the GMAT. We spent three months meeting on a weekly basis…read morefor 2 hour long private tutoring sessions. He designed a preparation strategy, taught me the methods and strategies for the test, and reviewed diagnostic exams with me. I came into the process with a goal of scoring at least a 700. My first practice test score was a 650, and my score on the exam was a 750. I only sat for the exam once, and relieved to not have to worry about it again. Working with John was invaluable. The area in which I needed the most improvement was the quantitative section, and he clearly explained the concepts and applications of them for the GMAT. I would recommend working with John for anybody who wants to achieve their potential on the GMAT. His personalized study plan ensured that I was spending my time studying as efficiently as possible, which is important because of how much I travel for work.

Going into my GMAT preparation, I thought doing countless practice problems would suffice in order…read moreto master the test. After taking a few practice tests and not seeing any change in my score, I realized I needed to take a different approach. Hoping to take the GMAT by October, I signed up for the Full Online Live Course starting August 21st through September 28th. The classes are 3 hours long with an 8-minute break to help simulate what the GMAT breaks will feel like (so helpful day of). The first class serves as an introduction to what the GMAT is and the classes progress in difficulty as the lessons go on. For each class, you do skill-builders to prepare for the upcoming lessons - these really help prepare you to test out new strategies discussed that day. In terms of the class, we would go through various strategies for problem types and then do a lot of practice problems. What's great about the course structure is that it's live! This means that you can ask questions in real time and get answers straight from the teacher. In addition, the platform has multiple choice options so that you can not only submit your answer, but also see the percentage break down of what other people answered. The absolute highlight of the course was my teacher, Ethan Todras-Whitehill. From day one, his energy and passion for the GMAT made the 3-hour class fly by. He's incredibly smart and qualified, but very down-to-earth at the same time. He'd get to know each of his students and strove to help everyone understand the subject matter. In addition, he's hilarious, so even if you're learning Data Sufficiency, you will end up leaving class with a smile on your face. Once in a while, he'd check up on me to see how the course was going. Even after the course, he emailed to see how studying was coming along. Knowing that someone else was rooting for me really helped motivate me on test day. By far and away, the Veritas course is worth every penny. My GMAT score jumped 120 points and I gained important logical reasoning skills along the way. Learning how to think like the test maker made all the difference. Thanks Veritas! And most importantly, thanks Ethan!

I highly recommend the Veritas Prep course. I took their online course back in February, and was…read moreable to raise my GMAT score 100 points in a little over a month. The Veritas Prep materials gave me the tools I needed to achieve the type of score necessary to attend a top 10 business school, and I am happy to say that I begin my studies at a top ten business school this fall. All of this is thanks to hard work and the Veritas Prep program and instructors. The materials are very thorough and informative, and they make sure you learn every piece of information necessary to succeed on the GMAT. The customer service is top notch. I took other review courses, and often felt like they left out important material, and summarized issues that needed to be covered more thoroughly. This is not the case with Veritas. They provide you with in-depth instruction, and an endless supply of practice questions, and practice tests. They provide you with access to approximately 10 practice tests, which is a huge bonus. In addition to the exceptional study materials, the customer service was some of the best I have experienced. Every question I submitted was answered satisfactorily within 24 hours, often the response time was much less than that. When talking with the Veritas staff, you can tell that they truly care about your performance on the exam, and want to ensure you understand the answers to any question you have submitted. This truly is a program that goes above and beyond, and it is well worth the investment.

Pedro with Nova was a great instructor. I did the 1 hour behind the wheel instruction with road…read moretest. He showed me the route and all the things to remember while taking the road test. We drove the route multiple times. And I passed first try with flying colors. Definitely recommend.

Terrible experience! On April 30,2026, I paid $1,040.00 dollar's, receipt # 191092, for the…read moreUltimate Beginner coarse with home pickup and woman instructor"s for a young lady. The first three lesson's went fine, but setting up the next three lesson's were extremely frustrating with no one answering the Oak Park location or returning my call's when I would leave my name and number!!! Finally getting the lesson's set up, the next two went very well with the women instructor's! On lesson six, for some reason the 11am pickup was changed to 3pm and a male instructor showed up without me being notified and treated this 2 hour lesson as if this young lady had never driven and he did not follow the "next instructor needs to cover" from the previous female instructor. When I tried to call the Oak Park location, once again, no one would answer!!! No one would call me back when I left my name and number!!! I drove from my Des Plaines address to the Oak Park location and was told that they would make up the lesson for this young lady who was really getting confidence behind the wheel with one of Nova Driving School's better instructor's with 10 year's experience. On the day of this lesson, I waited at the Stickney address for the young lady to be picked up for her lesson and to make sure she stayed confident for this drive. This male instructor showed up 12 minute's late, and as I walked up to the driver's window to say hello, I was greeted with from this driver, I don't know why I was sent here, this is not my territory. We all have territories that we stay in and I don't know why the office had me come here out of my territory. The young lady was already in the passenger seat of the instructor's car listening to this and I told him it was a makeup lesson for a lesson that did not help this young lady and the Oak Park office was making it up to me. As I got into my van to leave, I got a phone call from this instructor that he would not be able to give the lesson. So I parked my van, walked back to the instructor and I noticed that this young lady was scared to death and was totally discouraged. The instructor told me that the young ladies eye's were red and he didn't feel safe driving with her. We just got back from vacation at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida and swimming in the hotel swimming pool's with chlorine left some minor redness. The instructor told me that I would get a call from the office shortly and he told me this three different times and then drove off without providing this young lady her lesson! I have not heard back from the Oak Park office at all or from anybody from Nova Driving School! As of today, November 4th,2026, this young lady is without a driver's license, total lose of confidence and you Nova Driving School who promised this young lady and I the Ultimate Beginner Course with woman instructor's for $1,040.00 dollar's, have failed us both miserably!!! Brian Pope

Maria S. is right -- these people are NOT to be trusted. CHAT co-founder Phyllis Kupperman is my…read moreformer speech therapist. I was one of her early clients back when CHAT was still called the Center for Speech and Language Disorders (CSLD). Mrs. Kupperman preached politeness, professionalism, and good communication to me for 15+ years. When I finally demanded the same of her and her colleagues, she threw an hourlong temper tantrum in her office, whining and practically crying on my shoulder about how unfair I was for expecting more than good intentions from her and her colleagues. Prior to this, Mrs. Kupperman repeatedly broke confidentiality just for fun. Evidently, her favorite phrase was "used to." She loved to humiliate me in front of her other clients and colleagues by telling them about what a self-centered, neurotic train wreck I was as a very young child -- before my therapy sessions with her helped me turn my life around, of course. But around the time of her temper tantrum, she began breaking every promise she made to help me. When I confronted her about this, she acted as though those promises never meant anything. Twice, she told me to view having to do everything all by myself as "a positive experience in growing up." Whenever I tactfully tried to reason with her via email, she ghosted me for days, weeks, or months on end. When she finally responded to me, she didn't even mention the problem I tried to discuss with her. I eventually stopped communication with her after I realized she was never going to address or apologize for her and her colleagues' ethics violations. Maria S. and I are not the only people who have had major problems with CHAT/CSLD. One other former client left them a bad Yelp review that has apparently since been removed. In her review, she complained that CSLD failed to tell her that they were not in insurance plans until she walked in the door. She also claimed that they were "a revolving door" of therapists who were "in the wrong profession." More than half a dozen anonymous former CSLD employees have also criticized the company on Indeed and Glassdoor. They, too, have alleged extreme disorganization at CSLD. They have also claimed that CSLD overworked and underpaid them and forced them to travel exhaustively throughout the Chicago Area's charter school system after promising them time in the clinic. The most damning reviews allege continual psychological abuse at the hands of the company's current executive director, Karine Fiore. CSLD responded to these allegations by changing their name to CHAT - Life Changing Speech Therapy and changing their website. They have never once updated their company name or website on Indeed or Glassdoor. They also refuse to disclose company information to the Better Business Bureau. On their website and social media, they pretend that they have always been called CHAT and have always been committed to social justice. Social justice aside, they have never once apologized to, or even acknowledged their ethics violations against, me or any other former clients or employees that I'm aware of. Instead, they have quietly erased us from their official history. Bottom line? Don't waste your time with them. They are more concerned about their image than anything else. You'll find out how much they truly care about you when they stop getting paid to care and can't use you to make themselves look good.

They helped my daughter so much. They do a great job. I was able to learn the techniques they use…read more I was able to learn the techniques that they use in therapy and apply them at home. The therapists were very knowledgeable, warm, and helpful. My daughter looked forward to going there every Saturday.

I was very lucky to have studied with Keith from Chicago. I initially met Keith through the…read moreManhattan GMAT class pack in which he was the instructor, and later took a few private classes with him to improve my understanding.   Overall, Keith is a very efficient and to-the-point instructor. I was quite confident in math but was making unnecessary mistakes so Keith pinpointed it to exactly where it was and provided CUSTOMIZED study plans for me based on my goal and schedule. As for verbal, he was instrumental in teaching me how to read and answer the question.   My first practice test was in the 600, and with the help of Keith and many hours of hard work, I increased a score of 100+. I would highly recommend Keith to any student who would like to learn and achieve a good score.   Manhattan GMAT also offers one of the best online platforms. It syncs up with the book and the explanations really helped me understand why an answer was right, and better yet, why other answers were wrong. In addition, you can use the report feature to see your overall performance and area of improvement. I would recommend taking a GMAT course with Keith through Manhattan. Thank you Keith!

Quick Summary: Best in-person GMAT prep course in Chicago…read more Dan is awesome. --------- Lots and lots of detail: Teaching: 10/10 Dan. Bartz. I owe a LOT to him. He was a huge part in the 90pt increase from my first attempt to my second attempt.* He scored in the 99th percentile (several times), so yes, he's insanely smart. As a teacher, top notch scores will only get you half way to five stars. Dan's personality gets him the rest of the way and more. During my prep, I asked a lot of basic questions (trust me), but Dan always had a patient and thorough response. In class, he aimed for true comprehension. No matter how complex or simple, if we weren't getting it, he found another way to teach the concept or open up the problem. He was very conscious of varied learning styles and backgrounds in the room and made an effort to find opportunities to tailor a message. In addition to being incredibly approachable, Dan is very engaging. The Manhattan classes have a card system so all students "poll in" an answer to questions (makes sense since you can't skip an answer on test day!). He'd use this and other techniques to get the class involved. This engagement really helped keep my energy up and stay mentally present for three hours after a full day of work. He was available at any point during the course or while studying after the course ended. He wanted to help us succeed and whatever he could do to help, he would. Did I mention he's just a really nice guy? He's just a really nice guy. As we approached the end of the course, everyone had different time lines. Some were ready to face the GMAT monster. I was not. I met with Dan to create a personalized game plan for life-after-Manhattan. He went over my strengths and weaknesses and we created an outline for what turned out to be four more weeks of studying. I was planning on evenly studying Q/V and focusing on my weaknesses within those topics, but Dan suggested that I be more in the 75/25 range. It paid off! After sitting the test a second time, I maintained my Verbal percentage from the first try, but increased my Quant percentage by 37 percentage points. My overall score went up 90 points! Dan's guidance heading into the homestretch was priceless. I honestly don't think I could have cracked 700 without it. *I'm sure someone out there would want me to say that this isn't guaranteed, and no, I don't work for Manhattan GMAT. --------- Materials: 10/10 Studying for the GMAT is intense, but the order and depth of the materials broke down the concepts into digestible segments. You could all but feel the building blocks stacking as you worked through the books. The syllabus was also a godsend. I thrive on structure and deadlines (I realize that makes me sound super awesome); free form studying is not for me. The detailed syllabus kept me on task and progressing logically for nearly over months. The 14 or so books are great. Some thick, some thin. Some you'll use once, others replace your best friend (don't worry, your real best friend will forgive you). Each major concept has its own book, and you work from basic concepts to full-blown convoluted and mean GMAT questions on each topic. The syllabus ties it all together and tells you where to go and when. Then the online resources tell you if you should go back and review anything in particular. --------- Online Resources: 9/10 Manhattan GMAT has all the resources you'd expect (practice questions, CATs, videos, etc.). The OG Archer is a really great tool. Even with Dan's urging in class, I really only started using it after my class but I wish I would have taken advantage of the Archer sooner. The analyses available for both the Archer and practice tests were very insightful and helped me focus my attention on what mattered. I gave the Online Resources a 9/10 since there were a few quirks in the system, specifically in the OG Archer, that I found clunky and a bit annoying. To really work on a specific area (number properties, anyone?), there are some focused sets of questions organized by topic. Once you've started in one of these sets, clicking next will give you the next problem in the OG, not the next question in the focused set. I ended up opening a browser tab with the list of questions in the focused set, and a second tab with the OG up. Also, as you are clicking next or loading a new question, the full page reloads and scrolls you back up to the top so you have to scroll down again. Both are minor annoyances, but when you're trying to make the most out of limited study time, it would be really helpful to move through the Archer smoothly. --------- My brief history with the GMAT (for credibility, I guess): 12/12-4/13: Took an in-person course with a company in Chicago 4/13: Official GMAT (low 600s) 10/13: Demo'ed a class with another company; wasn't feeling it 10/13: Demo'ed a class with Manhattan GMAT; felt it 10/13-1/14: Took an in-person class in Chicago 1/14: Official GMAT (low 700s)

This is the place for ACT /SAT prep. Kent and Quentin are organized and flexible when it comes to…read morethe changing schedules of teens. The whole process is positive and your teen will improve their scores. Kent has been doing this a long time and is dead on accurate when predicting tests scores. Its money well spent.

Awesome test prep! Worth every penny! Thanks! Joe is great to work with and the staff is very kind.read more

Midway tutors connected us to a great math tutor for Algebra. They were very easy to work with and…read moremade everything so smooth. The trial tutoring session was great to make sure we had a good fit with our tutor!

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I attended a November 2021 virtual online training course with John Dokos. John was a phenomenal…read moreinstructor. He was patient, thorough, and clear. I really appreciated how he broke down difficult topics and used real life examples to help support and instill the knowledge. I was extremely nervous coming into this course and then onto the actual exam, but John was superb at preparing us for what to expect and what is needed from a studying standpoint to pass the exam. And he was even there rooting for us after the course and giving me the nudge I needed to get signed up for the exam :) The materials PMA provided to supplement the in-session training were also extremely helpful. I felt I had everything I needed and more for my studying. Overall, I would highly recommend PMA and would encourage anyone interested to go out of their way to make sure they get John Dokos as their instructor. I don't know that I would have understood some of the more challenging topics if I had a different instructor. Thank you John and PMA for the superb experience!

I attended the November 2025 PMP prep class with John D through Project Management Academy, and I'm…read morehappy to share that I passed my PMP exam in January! This program was absolutely worth it. The structure of the course made a huge difference in how I approached studying, and John D did an excellent job breaking down complex concepts in a way that actually stuck. The biggest value for me was the practice exams and informal quizzes. They were key in helping me recognize patterns, build confidence, and feel fully prepared going into the exam. By the time test day came around, I felt ready. I also really appreciated the cohort experience. Being part of a group that was equally committed and supportive made the process more motivating and a lot less overwhelming. Highly recommend Project Management Academy--and especially John D--if you're serious about passing your PMP. -- Dawn G.