Sherwood Test Prep

I actually took the GRE prep course in NYC and found it to be a waste of money. I actually wish I would have used the money spent on this coarse somewhere else. Teaching was inadequate and scattered. Had to change class environment several times due to lack of organization and communication. Would definitely not recommend!

Signed up for their LSAT prep months ago, however the class I had chosen was rescheduled due to «instructor availability». I was offered a full refund or reschedule for the next course starting ⁸⁄₂₄. This would be last minute prep as the class ended the weekend before the October LSAT. Yikes.
Got a call yesterday that the class had been cancelled due to «instructor availability» and was given the same two options. Thanks for sending me into a mad panic to find a prep course 6 weeks before my registered LSAT and giving me only 4 days notice before the start of the class. You guys are a bunch of jerks. Thanks for the refund, I don’t want to see any more from you.

Please… I am begging you… do not waste your money with this. Maybe they have better instructors in other areas but this one was horrible. I took the GMAT Prep course. She was unorganized, unprepared, and unstructured. All she did was assign problems in the book and go over the answers. We caught her making mistakes and it only confused the class more because she would say that her papers are right. The first week the class was full. Each week it dwindled down. The second to last class their was only 3 people. I doubt anyone will show up on Saturday. Thanks for nothing Sherwood! I could have got that much from just buying the book and reading it myself.

I signed up for the GRE prep course and I was very disappointed with the instructor. Several people stopped showing up after the first two classes. Most of us were disappointed with the instructor’s teaching style. He rarely talked about GRE test strategies and we spent most of the time doing the test questions in the booklets. For example, he would give us 10 problems then sit in his chair and play with his phone or leave the room then come back to check on us 30 mins later. (During the actual exam, you only get 1 – 2 minutes to complete a problems) Afterward, he would spend about 15 mins to go over the problems, and we would repeat the same process again for the entire 3 hours. He would assign homework from the practice test book but he didn’t go over the problems with us. He avoided explaining problems he didn’t understand, instead he would direct us to search google, read the book or use the Khan academy for answers. Also he was late to almost every class. Avoid taking this GRE test prep if you are hoping to learn test taking strategies.

After getting a mediocre GMAT score four years ago, I needed to redeem myself. Last fall, I was ready to retake the test, but needed help getting motivated and focused on studying. I knew a class would give me that, but I wasn’t ready to drop $ 1000+. After some research, I came upon Sherwood. It looked sketchy at first, but the cost was right ($ 450) and the times worked for my schedule (weekend afternoons), so I gave it a shot.
There were some inconveniences when classes would be cancelled or rescheduled last minute. And what started out as a class of 5, ended up being a class of 2. But despite this, my teacher was knowledgable and helpful, and the small class offered a lot of personal attention.
Although I had to be flexible and roll with the punches, it worked out. I got a motivating class, almost one-​on-​one tutoring, and most importantly, a high GMAT score. I studied a lot in my free time, but this class was an important factor in my success and I recommend it.