Mumbai, India: QDS Pro built its name on GMAT and CAT batches. GRE was always there, but it wasn’t the headline. That’s changing. The company has pushed out a bigger lineup of GRE courses online, and the timing isn’t random—it lines up with ETS shortening the GRE General Test itself. Fewer questions, less time in the chair. And the applicant pool has shifted too.
The Test Changed. So the course had to.
Here’s what’s different about the GRE now: under two hours total, compared to close to four before. Quant and Verbal each went from 40 questions down to 27. Analytical Writing lost a whole task, down to just one now. None of that is cosmetic. We had spent years building coaching around the old exam, and when the format shrinks that much, you can’t just delete a few slides and call it done. The whole thing needed rebuilding.
One of the academic mentors behind the redesign said it plainly: “Students preparing for the new format don’t need more content thrown at them. They need it organized differently. A shorter exam rewards precision over volume—that’s basically what we built the program around.”
Smaller Classes, More Tests
QDS Pro caps its batches at four or five students. Two subject-expert tutors split the load across Quant, Verbal, and Analytical Writing, and between them they run about 72 hours of live class time. Everything gets recorded. Miss a session on a Tuesday, and catch up by Thursday—nobody falls behind just because work ran late one evening.
The testing side is heavier. Ten full-length computer-adaptive mocks. Over 200 topic-wise tests. About two dozen shorter, speed-focused sprints on top of that. Each one comes back with peer benchmarking and a national rank attached, but QDS Pro doesn’t stop there — every mock gets picked apart afterward, showing exactly where time slipped away and which question types are still shaky.
What QDS Pro Says Students Actually Struggle With
Ask the company what trips students up, and it’s rarely the material itself. Plenty of applicants already know the vocab, already know the math cold. What’s missing, more often than not, is pacing — when to cut losses on a hard question versus when it’s worth pushing through. “That’s something structured GRE courses online can actually teach,” the mentor said, “In a way that just grinding through practice problems on your own usually can’t.”
Weekday and weekend batches are both running now, aimed at people juggling jobs or final-year coursework. There’s one-on-one mentoring too—mentors sit down with a student’s mock results and help figure out where the last few weeks before test day should actually go.
The Numbers So Far
Several GRE students have broken 320 recently. A few made it past 330. The company is careful not to hang that on any one thing—small batches, steady testing, and mentors staying involved the whole way through. Together, apparently, is what’s working.
How to Join
Enrollment for the expanded GRE online coaching program is open now on QDS Pro’s site. Anyone considering it can book a free diagnostic session first before committing to a batch. Weekdays and weekends are both live for this cycle, and one-on-one tutoring is still an option for students who’d rather not sit in a group class at all.
About QDS Pro
QDS Pro runs live coaching, both online and in person, for the GMAT, CAT, GRE, SAT, and MAH-CET. The company started with a small-batch, mentor-heavy approach and has stuck with it while growing—it now operates several centers across Mumbai alongside its expanding online programs, mixing live faculty with adaptive testing tools and ongoing performance tracking.
