e-GMAT GMAT Course Reviews

After scoring a 700 on the GMAT for the second time, I was at a loss for words, effort, and time. I knew that R1/R2 applications and deadlines would be fast approaching and that in order to be competitive at top 10-15 schools in the world I would need a 700+ GMAT score.

Having already used every single GMAT resource out there (and I truly mean every single one, Magoosh, TTP, a private course, gmatclub mocks, OG guides/books) I was really running out of options. At that point I started seeing youtube videos of success stories for eGMAT and people achieving 30-50 point increases in the span of a few weeks with a guided plan. A guided plan is what attracted me in the first place. Clearly at this point with a 700 I had all the requisite skills but was lacking some fine-tuning and having troubles figuring out exactly what and where I was going wrong.

I reached out to Egmat support on June 26th with this email:

Hi,

I just wrote the GMAT and got a 700 (Q47, V38) same score as the first time.
I’m struggling to break this barrier.
Is there someone who can provide targeted support, I really want to break the 700 barrier!
Hoping to rewrite the exam again in 2 weeks.

Thank you!


Right away the next day a strategy consultant reached out to me and assured me that getting a higher score is possible. After that I was paired with an instructor (DJ). DJ and I had a 15 min zoom call where in which we went over my ESR. From the get-go it was noticeable that DJ knew what he was doing, he quickly analyzed my ESR and told me that quant and specifically number properties and geometry is where I needed to improve. Within a day he came back to me with a targeted plan. Best thing about DJ was that he was more confident in my abilities than I was. He assured me that I am capable of a higher score and that the current score (700) is not a true reflection of my abilities.

After our meeting he sent me a personalized study plan spanning over 20 days. The study plan was great as it had specific instructions of what I needed to do to improve my Quant score and my weak areas in Verbal.

Egmat is a very well built program and platform. The way the course is structured really suited me. They have a 3 step process to everything 1) Learn the basic concept 2) Master the process skills for questions related to that 3) Master GMAT like questions and difficulty. I did 80% of the quant course completely, and all of the sentence correction module. Essentially I did more of the course then was even recommended by DJ as I really liked how the course was structured and felt as if I was learning something new everyday. Their platform scholaranium is one of the best that I've used, it's very easy to do a certain amount of questions and quickly get a detailed solution to those questions, along with analytics to pin-point your weak areas. Their mocks called "Sigma-X" were also very representative of the actual GMAT, in-fact they were harder than the real thing. I felt the "medium" questions on scholaranium are equivalent to the "hard" questions on the actual GMAT. In my 3 weeks of preparation I did no OG questions and still never felt that I was "under-prepared".

In summary, if you're looking for a program where you'll have ample support, while also having the ability to use a platform that prepares you for the GMAT adequately this is a great program. I wouldn't say it's better or worse then competitors as I feel all programs have their strengths. However, the one-on-one support and personalized study plan really stood out for me and hence it suited me.

Overall after using the platform for 3 weeks and following the study plan, I was able to score a 730 (Q49/V40/AWA 6/IR 8).

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E-GMAT has uplifted my abysmal score from 400 to 770. When I had received 400, it shows that I am bad in both sections. However, I have taken the E-GMAT course, and believe me it has changed my life forever.
Verbal Section:-->
SC course is so precisely made that even non-English speakers could able to crack the GMAT with the sole help from the E-GMAT course. Its meaning-based approach had made my GMAT journey easy.
CR course pre-thinking approach is very well drafted. I could save approx 35 secs on each question after following the pre-thinking approach.
RC course is so well crafted including all types of questions such as Science and technology, literature, history, etc.

Quant:--
The Quant section is so well made that I could learn each and every concept from scratch and practice as many questions as given in schoalrium.

As we know that today's world work on data ideology and I love data. E-GMAT has helped to achieve my dream score by imbibing in my mind that how data could be useful by using Quant 2.0 and Verbal 2.0 as well.

Both were so insightful that they actually helped me a lot to improve on every aspect of my preparation from starting my 400 scores to reach my 770 Score.

What I have done differently after having E-GMAT Score.

Read, Read, Read novels and newspapers(Taken subscription of Wall street journal, NYT, Washington Post).
Read some IEEE conference papers for understanding the big paragraphs.
Diligently followed the error logs. Always give 2 hours a day for my error log review.

Most important thing
Believe in yourself always.

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Where do I start... Hmm... Let me start with a little background. I am from an Engineering background who has been dealing with math all his school, college life. I also had good English teacher in school which helped me get good grades in 10th and 12th grade. Most of you might have guessed where I am getting to by now. Yeah... I thought I could just brush up my concept and be ready to crack the GMAT. I gave a mock to establish a baseline. Got a 620 (Q46, V29). I studied for 2 months on Verbal and Quant concepts for GMAT and gave a mock again. Got a 650 (Q46, V34). Looking at the score, I was too disappointed. Didn't know how to proceed.

One fine day, I came across the e-GMAT website. Signed up for free consult with Dhruv. He showed me the results of one the students. I was particularly impressed by the analysis and the numbers that they had. I absolutely didn't think that verbal could also be approached through numbers. He then asked me to give a mock and did some analysis. Found out my weak topics and guided me on how to approach them. I right away brought the course and made a personalized plan. Gave myself a target date and started working on it. One thing that stands out is the approach taken while teaching the concepts. Like it is said, a strong foundation leads to a strong building, e-GMAT brought this to life. Each of its concept is based on building the concepts ground up - be it RC or be it Geometry. It doesn't focus on any tips and tricks that one needs to memorize. If one is clear with the basic concepts, handling of 700-level questions becomes much easier.

What I liked most about the course:

> Quant: It starts right from the basics (for ex: it even explains what a triangle is). Every module follows a step by step approach. I found this method especially effective as I used to skim through the question and miss the important details. The question bank is slightly difficult than what you would find on an actual GMAT but it makes sure we are well prepared for anything that the GMAT throws at us.

> Verbal: Here again, it starts from the basics (for ex: Starting from sentence structure for SC). Going through this help get the attention to detail. This comes in handy in verbal since presence or absence of one word can completely change the meaning of the sentence. The meaning based approach in SC, Breaking down the argument and pre-thinking in CR, and individual paragraph summaries in RC were the standout concepts/approaches for me.

I'll elaborate a little more on the analysis, data points that are available for our disposal here. On the scholaranium 2.0, we are able to check topic level accuracy, time taken per question classified at the difficulty level and recency of the attempts. This helps to understand weaker topics, subtopics which need refinement - by going back to the concept/application file and giving custom quizzes just on these topics. Once you get good enough score in these custom quizzes, the confidence level gets back up which is instrumental in an exam such as the GMAT. This is also true to the Sigma - X mocks that e-GMAT offers. I have not seen a block level analysis on any other mock test (which is very close to the ESR that GMAT provides except that Sigma - X mocks have much more depth to the numbers). The analysis tell us the topics that we spent more than average time on and how to improve that. This played a very important role in understanding what went wrong in the mock and how to improve in the next one.

Coming to the support from the e-GMAT team, it is simply outstanding. I will go so far to say that it would have been impossible for me to get 700+ had there not been a support from the e-GMAT team, especially Dhananjay (DJ). He played a role of a mentor in the preparation as well as a motivator. I felt particularly down after scoring low on one of the mocks and was partly demotivated. DJ believed in me and motivated me to do better. He drafted a plan for me, made a video explaining the next steps and was available anytime I needed some support. There was some issue with my passport, which meant I had to delay giving the GMAT, during which time my course access expired. DJ went out of his way to get that extended and help me revise for the exam with a 8-day plan before the exam. I am currently working with DJ for my second attempt to improve the score further(I will edit this review with my second attempt score). This is all possible with the support and mentor-ship from DJ.

In conclusion, I feel that e-GMAT provides a holistic approach to the GMAT exam and would recommend it to anyone planning to give the GMAT.

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Few months ago I could not have imagined anything above a 650 on my GMAT. But thanks to the beautifully created course I reached a score of 730 in two months. E-GMAT is a great product for those who want to start their preparation from scratch or who struggle with timing on verbal section.
After going through few reviews I took the leap and enrolled in E-GMAT course. And this has been probably the best decision I took. The course is structured in a way that it, if followed diligently, improves the fundamentals.
What course offers -
In depth video lessons – Lessons are followed by application for each concept file.
Meaning based approach/Prethinking - Essential if you want to break the 700 mark
Scholaranium - Great set of questions with really helpful analysis on where one has gone wrong (A must use)
Ask the expert - Very useful tool to clear doubts immediately
Sigma - X mocks - Similar level difficulty to the actual GMAT
GMAT club tests - The course comes with access to all the GMAT club tests as well. Make sure to utilise these.
By following the course, not only did I improve my accuracy but also went on from having a shortage of time in the first GMAT exam, I had few minutes to spare in the second attempt.
Overall, a course that every GMAT aspirant should utilise.

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Hi all,akashdeep here.I have been a silent candidate here on gmatclub platform for the past 7 months or so.Having been failed to get a call from the premier IIMs,I decided to embark on GMAT as a sort of redemption.Started reviewing various platforms on gmatclub and came to know of e gmat.Also watched few of their live sessions and enrolled in december 2020.Initially i Had a subpar ability on both SC and CR.I took on of their ability tests and scored only a meagare 10 percentile in verbal.After going through their superb SC and CR course my ability in both started hitting upwards of 70 percentile in 3/4 months.Their step by step approach such as the meaning based approach helped me gain a whole new insight onto SC..Struggled a lot in CR and SC was averaging close to 90 percentile.In sigma mocks of E gmat I started plateauing at 680 or 690.Then i got into their Last Mile Program where you get one to one guidance from one of their mentors.I got in touch with #ATREYA Sir from e gmat and he guided me in every step.I began hitting 97th perentile in SC ability quizzes thanks to ATREYA again. Also the kind of data insights provided by E gmat scholaraium was superb.They give splendid insight on your performace based on difficulty,timing and sub topics.Specifically the LMP(Last Mile Program) is an icing on top. The quality of Sigma X mocks , scholaranium questions and their explanations on their forum helped immensely in my improvement.On the D day the SC and CR questiosn seemed a lot easier thanks to being acquainted in advance with scholaranium.
This is all from my side guys.Planning for a retake again for a 750 and hopefully after that I would give a more indepth analysis of my journey.

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When I started my process for GMAT and MBA, I did not really know all my options about which course to take to study for the GMAT. Being out of college for almost 4 years and having no quant in college meant I needed help for the GMAT.

Upon a friend's recommendation I tried the free e-GMAT access. It was quite detailed and slightly overwhelming but I knew that I needed to deep dive into concepts and then practice to hit my target score of 730+. So I chose e-GMAT.

The on-boarding was very smooth. There is a specific instruction on how to use the course and test your "test-readiness". Do not ignore these instructions like I did. It is very useful and tells you exactly how to self-evaluate in each section and sub-section, and gives you important tips on maintaining the error log.

A singular instance stands out to me where after 3 months of study, I still scored only a 570 in a mock test and I reached out to the support team at e-GMAT, in a state of panic. I got a very detailed e-mail and action points on how to get better and where I am lacking. I followed the instructions to the letter and I immediately went up to 690, and that's when I booked my first GMAT test.

Pros: (i) very responsive support team, (ii) very detailed quant and verbal, (iii) break-down of each concept. The sigma mocks are very good - and will give you a break down of each section where improvement is required. Take these suggestions very seriously and you should see an improvement in your scores.

Cons: some concepts may be too detailed but it worked for me.

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I already had a score of 740 and wanted to go above that mark. I knew that pacing through questions was my biggest weakness, and hence I chose e-GMAT to work on that.

I was impressed by the number of questions as well as the interface that was available. Question difficulty is up to mark for scoring high in GMAT. The interface allows you to attempt questions in sets and in a time that simulates the GMAT test-taking experience. This helped me a lot to control my anxiety during the actual exam. Apart from that, the explanations provided are sufficiently articulate to make you understand any concept clearly.

I found e-GMAT really helpful when it comes to practice and would recommend this to anyone who is struggling with the exam.

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The video lessons are thorough & interactive and they beautifully seed the processes and concepts in the mind. All the modules builds concepts right from the basics, are interventive with mid course quizzes to test performance and covers each area tested by GMAT comprehensively

Scholaranium is like JARVIS from Iron man, a complete tool which gives flexibility to take cementing, ability or custom quizzes and provides thorough analysis and a review list to focus and improve your weak areas.

I found the Sigma X mocks far better than all the Gmat official mock tests especially in terms of their adaptability and question bank.

And finally, the support mechanism is super responsive. I got responses to all queries I had put in within 24 hours.

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It been a dedicated few month and now I am happy to report that I have scored 750 on GMAT. Being a working professional with heavy working hours it been a difficult but a rewarding journey. EGMAT’s course has been instrumental in providing a structured approach to my preparation (its difficult o study after 9-10 work hours if you don’t have a goal-based study plan). The detailed coursework especially – the meaning based approach in Sentence correction and pre-thinking approach in CR can make a world of difference in anyone’s preparation. But having a plan is not enough – having feedback points are also a must to be successful in GMAT and this is where EGMAT’s Scholaranium2.0 platform comes into play. The ability and custom quizzes really helped me to evaluate and reinforce the concepts I learned. I found that the Sigma X mock’s difficulty and scoring very close to the actual test.
But as with any course , a little course correction and guidance goes a long. I must thank EGAMT’s Last Minute Program (LMP) and the assigned coordinator of it for me – Aditee Biyani. Her guidance, hyper-specific plans and time to time words of encouragement made a big difference to my overall preparation.

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I took EGMAT mainly to improve my SC score.
I came to EGMAT after doing Manhattan SC books.
EGMAT teaches concepts and also tells how to apply them right away which I found useful to cement my concepts. This also helped me to recall concepts faster when I encounter a similar question.
Ultimately I prepared notes from both Manhattan and EGMAT to help.
One thing which I regret is I couldn't internalize the whole process outlined by them. My advice for someone taking EGMAT and having time is to give some time to Internalize their approach in SC before jumping to OG questions, as that would help enormously. I couldn't due to my time constraints. USe scholarnium also to improve your shortcomings.
Egmat's RC and CR section didn't use much. Each person has their strength, they suggested making notes for RC, I am not sure how feasible is that while actively solving, some students might find it useful.
I couldn't as my handwriting is very bad, so I knew even if I make them, won't be useful while referring back. Also, I am a fast reader, so didn't have an issue if I have to read a passage twice. So this is my take on RC, but see what works for you.

Nothing to comment on in the CR section.
For QA, used OG and GMAT Club tests, only advice which has been stressed enough is to maintain Error Log for QA and not repeat your mistakes

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