The leading US-based test preparation and admissions counseling company.

Established in 1981 – Quality that has withstood the test of time!

Manya-TPR is the choice of leading publications like Business World to bring out admissions and test prep guides.

Smaller companies with limited experience and credibility.

Extensive interactive classrooms sessions + workshops to strengthen your classroom learning.

Compact course which is well-structured to ensure that students don’t waste precious time!

Manual is divided into pre-work and lesson. Pre-work sections deal with the basics and fundamentals that students study at home and come.

Teachers recap the fundamentals in class and then focus on the strategies and their implementation – which is what matters. For students who need more time with fundamentals, teachers provide doubt clearance sessions.

Unscientific structure resulting in redundancy.

For GMAT: 5 CATS + 2 Manya Prep Tests + 2 GMAT Prep Tests

For GRE: 4 CATs on your Online Student Center, 2 power prep GRE tests and several other practice tests.

For SAT: 6 proctored, 4 online and 9 practice tests.

Plus Diagnostic Score Reports for all the tests that you take.

Limited CATs. Often three or less than three.

Specially trained and certified by TPR certified Master Trainers.

All trainers teach the same things.

No formal training program for the teachers.

Access to LiveGraderTM (essay grading) to get feedback on your essay from an expert.

Comprehensive, up-to-date books and course manuals (you keep all materials).

OSC has drills which are classified into levels of difficulty for students to gradually progress. Mastering the ‘hard’ pacing drills on the OSC means being able to crack the test.

Verbal/Math Review is covered through workshops. Students get the handouts.

As students acquire speed and accuracy, harder problem sets are emailed to students.

Only course manuals are given to the students. No OSC drills.

Full- fledged R&D team in New York who develop questions based on the actual test appearance. Trainers continuously TAP THE TEST to keep abreast with the latest trends on the test.

No practice of ‘tapping the test.’

Socratic method is followed. Interactive sessions with trainers who follow the manual as do students. Teachers believe in the use of white boards as this helps address individual student questions better and helps make sessions more interactive.

Manual is designed scientifically so that related topics are placed and discussed together for accelerated learning.

Large classrooms making interactive sessions difficult.

Sometimes PowerPoint presentations are used to teach.