Hall of Shame : GMAT Coaching Institutes which have spammed/unethically advertised

MBA GMAT
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Over the past years, we have seen various coaching institutes advertise themselves in unethical, hideous ways on forums and it is definitely a pain for us and for the other genuine users. As per my experience, I have not seen such low standar…

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Much anticipated thread ! Much appreciated !

Many PGs have been misinformed by fake posts by several coaching institutes.

Hope this thread puts an end to such unethical practices.






Over the past years, we have seen various coaching institutes advertise themselves in unethical, hideous ways on forums and it is definitely a pain for us and for the other genuine users.

As per my experience, I have not seen such low standards anywhere. People try every trick in the book to advertise themselves by posting fake testimonials, misinformation and there are few things which we know which are quite funny stories to tell when these people have been caught.

This thread will list down all the coaching institutes/coaches/trainers who have tried to advertise on PaGaLGuY forums in an unethical manner. This message also goes for other aspiring surrogate advertisers, we will put your name here and it will not be removed from here in any case. The genuine users at PaGaLGuY have seen the worst of GMAT coaching in India. We will be having very low tolerance for any kind of surrogate advertising in GMAT section.

So here is the current list of hall of shame. We sincerely advise you to do lot of research and double checks before believing their claims.

1> GMAT wings/GMAT coach ( Pune ) - Made different ids and posted as different users. Tried to get students in guise of helping others.
2> Jam bo ree - Created tens of ids and threads to advertise for themselves in suspicious ways. We got so sick in the end that we had to "********" their name on the forums.

I will add more as and when we found suspicious elements. All the other aspiring advertisers of suspicious ways, please make sure that your name does not come in the list here, cos we are going to have a very low threshold for suspicious activities on the forums.

Rohit
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I would reckon CSQRL (CSquare learning center run by Kalyan) falls in this category. We have witnessed quite a number of dubiously created ids who do a good job in springing up once in a while (after the initial criticism that all the ids were created the previous day/night ) and writing something good about them.

A simple search will tell you that most posts are only about how good it is and pure praises. I haven't found a single honest opinion anywhere csqrl site:pagalguy.com/ - Google Search

Let me add here that our own Mituag who was an ex-student and actually had not-to-so-bad review and thought Kalyan teaching himself was actually pretty good! So its not about quality itself its about the blatant AND covert ways to advertise through the forum using fake ids, clones and what not

Arun

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But such exercise will not attract a lawsuit by a company whose name , for instance, wrongly posted here, for wrong means.

regards
GWG

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I fully agree with u ...

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Hey Guys!

Just got a PM from some "
"rochester.alum"

Contact:
Ankit Agarwal
________________________________________________________________________

I have suggested this guy to not spam unnecessarily. I do not thing he had MODs' permission to do what he was doing.

Please do the needful.

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It is the quality of freely available inputs and the culture on PG that makes us share such information so openly. The legacy is being passed from the past and would be carried further with responsibility.

Kudos! to the holy minds behind the forum.

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I also have very bad experience with CSQRL(C square learnings , Bangalore). They charge very high and tells we will give schlorship once you cross this much score in GMAT,but after finishing your GMAT if you reach them ,they will not even respond properly and says we will not give anything and what ever you want to do you do.Really unethical people.

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I am surprised by your mail. Not that I have any personal experience with this institute, but in this age where news spreads fast (negative, even more so), wonder how anyone can afford to do that.

But, apart from how they treated your 'after' you had ceased to be their student, how is the coaching like?

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I guess gmatpupil is Csqrl's id. If not I would suggest you to go there for coaching but dont believe in scholarship and all that stuff.

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sivavarma Says
I guess gmatpupil is Csqrl's id. If not I would suggest you to go there for coaching but dont believe in scholarship and all that stuff.


The thing is this brother...you are obviously cheesed off with Csqrl. Now assuming you are not a Csqrl id and I am, why would I (as a Csqrl person) risk asking you how the coaching at Csqrl is like and run a high risk of getting Csqrl flayed on a public forum like this.

Bottomline: Sometimes, applying some simple logic goes a long way before levelling mindless allegations.
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@gmatpupil,

The reason for my guess is simple. After telling that they have cheated me ,you are asking about the coaching . If you are not Csqrl's chap then relax, y so serious. If you are not really from csqrl then m sorry.

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Well, I am looking for a good gmat institute for 'coaching'. According to you, Csqrl has cheated you on 'scholarship'. I would not join an institute based on who much scholarship they give (or promise), but based on what the quality of coaching is, which desipte my repeated requests, you refuse to answer.

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If u ask me, I'll say don't go 4 it.

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Agreed agreed agreed ..........

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Hi to all,

Please tell me which is the better coaching center in mumbai for GMAT?

I have closed my search on Princeton and Veritas.

Please also suggest if any other institute is better than the above ones.

Thanks in advance!!!

Regards,
Ankur

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Whichever insitute you chose, i please ask you all to stay away from a class in Andheri. It's called Future Propel. The guy takes 30k, is an IIM-K graduate(or so he says) and teaches everything under the sun. GMAT,CAT,SAT,BAT,PAT,etc etc etc. For CAT I have seen him using IMS notes khullam khulla. For GMAT, he either gives you R.S Agrawal to solve or gives ManGMAT xeroxes and asks them to do on your own. He doesn't teach anything. Simply does Timepass. I have been a very big victim of this. I had done enough preps for 2 months and then went to him for some coaching. I was planning to give GMAT in 1st week of Novemnber but I put trust in him for almost 3 months and really screwed my case up. I have left his classes now and am doing it all on my own. Please, everyone stay away from him. I now plan to give it in Decmber mid,though it's still very early to give it but have no choice as univrsts i am targetting have a deadline of Jan. Wish me luck people I need it. 😃

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gradpostgrad23 Says
Whichever insitute you chose, i please ask you all to stay away from a class in Andheri. It's called Future Propel. The guy takes 30k, is an IIM-K graduate(or so he says) and teaches everything under the sun. GMAT,CAT,SAT,BAT,PAT,etc etc etc. For CAT I have seen him using IMS notes khullam khulla. For GMAT, he either gives you R.S Agrawal to solve or gives ManGMAT xeroxes and asks them to do on your own. He doesn't teach anything. Simply does Timepass. I have been a very big victim of this. I had done enough preps for 2 months and then went to him for some coaching. I was planning to give GMAT in 1st week of Novemnber but I put trust in him for almost 3 months and really screwed my case up. I have left his classes now and am doing it all on my own. Please, everyone stay away from him. I now plan to give it in Decmber mid,though it's still very early to give it but have no choice as univrsts i am targetting have a deadline of Jan. Wish me luck people I need it. :)


Thanks alot for you replay.

All the best for your exam.

Can somebody please answer my question i'm running out of time.

Regards,
Ankur
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Thanks alot for you replay.

All the best for your exam.

Can somebody please answer my question i'm running out of time.

Regards,
Ankur


In my opinion, stay away from any classes. GMAT's something that has a lot of resources available online, unlike CAT. So any doubt you have ever had is already solved. And you don't need to search the entire net to find the solutions. Pagalguy's the best place for it all. Apart from that, do OG regiously and Solve Manhattan Word Translations, CR and SC. You ll scale through 700 easily.
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Guy, this is really a good effort to evaluate coaching centers.

I am looking for information about Application Preparation consulting after GMAT. Somebody told me The Chopra's in Delhi are good???
Any evalations??