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e-GMAT is the world's most reviewed company whose students have delivered 10x more 700+ scores than students from the average GMAT Club Partner. e-GMAT truly understands the test and the test taker and accurately creates personalized GMAT journeys for students, whether they start with a score of 300 or 600, and helps them achieve 740+ on the GMAT.
Created by Four out of the GMAT Club's Top five experts, e-GMAT is a unique combination of proprietary methods in Quant and Verbal. To ensure that you excel on these methods, e-GMATs' xPERT AI personalizes your learning and provides real-time feedback that can quadruple your chances of success and help you save up to 120 hours while preparing.
Finally, e-GMAT also gives you access to strategy experts who will help push your score to 740+ if and when you find yourself stuck below a 700.
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e-GMAT's 'GMAT Online' offering is a great course to get you started with your GMAT Prep. Before purchasing this course, I had already explored a few other free offerings from other prep companies and was yet stuck at a score between 610-630 in mocks. After attending one of Rajat's RC webinars and applying the concepts in OG questions, I saw an increase in my accuracy. This prompted me to try out the free version of e-GMAT and I absolutely loved this limited version of the course. So much so that I decided to go ahead and try out the full-fledged version of GMAT Online after getting a decent discount 😊
I started my preparation in June 2020 in the midst of the pandemic despite working 50+ hours a week. I landed a 570 in my first sigma mock. I reached out to the e-GMAT Support Team and requested them to help me with the next steps. The team created a customized study plan for me which I used until my first GMAT attempt in October 2020. Until a week prior to this attempt I was still scoring a 680 in sigma mocks. I was confident that I would be able to score somewhere in the vicinity of a 700. However, I got a 630 (Q48 V35) in my first GMAT (online) attempt. Upon performing a post-test analysis, I realized that my timing strategy for Verbal was not on point due to losing out time on harder RC questions. Post this attempt I again reached out to e-GMAT’s Strategy Team for help. I was suggested to follow a strict plan which involved using a mix of tools such as timed custom quizzes, strategic review of errors and GMAT Club mocks. By the end of November, I was scoring between 680-690 in both GMAT Club mocks and the GMAC Official mock. Thus, I decided to attempt the GMAT (Online) exam again in December. I secured a 680 (Q48 V35) in this attempt and this was a good enough score for me to apply to my target B-schools (I also secured admits to 2 of the 3 top IIMs in India with this score)
To summarize, I would highly recommend e-GMAT’s ‘GMAT Online’ course to those looking to build a solid foundation in both Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning. From GMAT Online’s Quant course, one can learn quite a lot of tips and tricks which can help solve even the hardest quant problems on the GMAT. Apart from the core content, the UI of the portal/application is very smooth and easy to use. If you are looking for a GMAT prep course with great customer support apart from great content, e-GMAT is what you should go for!
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This review is for e-GMAT's full online course priced at $349. I'm a native-born American and a working professional, out of school for 8 years and recently decided to switch careers to pursue MBA. It has been about 10 years since my last standardized test, and when I used to take tests, I usually scored very well without much study. So, I expected the GMAT to be like that.
To my surprise, no matter how hard I studied or how much time I put in, I could not break the low 700's barrier. I consistently scored 690-720 on various practice tests sampled from many GMAT courses. On Dec 8 2020, when I took the real GMAT, I scored a 710. I cancelled my scores (my target was 730) and decided right then that I needed the help of experts.
I enrolled in e-GMAT and in a nutshell, I was overall extremely satisfied with the product they delivered. I adhered to a strict, daily study plan that they provided for 2 months, from Dec 13- Feb 13 culminating in a test on Feb 13, 2021. I scored a 760 V44/Q49, up from the 710 V38/Q49. I spent 6 weeks on Verbal and 2 weeks on Quant. If I had spent 2-3 more weeks on Quant with their material, I have no doubt I would have scored 50 or 51. The week before the test, I had only completed about 40% of the material and so had decided that improving Quant was too late for me.
I want to make this review helpful to any native-born speakers who may be skeptical. e-GMAT may be, at first, difficult to get used to if you are an American, as the company is based in India and all the videos have speakers sporting an unashamed accent. But, if you stick with it and make no excuses for yourself, you will learn a lot. You do have to swallow your pride and realize you don't know much about English. I went from V38 to 44, and I could not have done it without learning the concepts and the processes provided by e-GMAT.
I would attribute a big reason for my improvement to active participation in Scholaranium (their question and quiz bank). Although I wish they had more questions in the question bank (you can easily run out of questions and need to budget well), I believe they restrict the # of questions because of the importance of reviewing your past questions.
Never have I ever reviewed my own mistakes as in-depth as before. When I would review incorrect choices in the past, I would usually think "ah, I was very close, I just won't be so careless next time!" But e-GMAT stresses the importance of revision and to understand not only why you selected the wrong answer but also rejected the correct answer. Therefore, I started to understand the test-makers' thought processes and to spot subtle, detailed traps.
I found myself frequently battling it out in their solutions forum, arguing why my solution was the correct choice. Sometimes, I would come across certain SC questions and think that the correct choice was so awkward... In the real world, native speakers would not think that this is a good English sentence! I would write passionately why e-GMAT's solution was wrong, or how the question/sentence was not clear or awkward. But always in the end, I would indignantly realize that the correct answer choice was slightly a better choice than mine, or that my thought process had logical gaps.
I was lucky, half way through my study (around 40 days before the test) to have been enrolled in their Last Mile Push, where I was assigned a mentor (shoutout to Ashutosh) who would tell me what sections to study or what scores I needed to get on certain quizzes. This helped me not make excuses for myself (for example, if the target score was 70% and I got a 65% I would think that it was close enough. But my mentor would say that I failed and needed to redo that section).
Last Mile Push also made me realize I was not studying enough, and to commit to 3 hours a day of studying and 6 hours a day on the weekends. This was the most insane amount of time I've dedicated to studying but I stuck with it.
I did not take any of the SigmaX Mock tests (e-GMAT's practice tests) from Dec 13 until Jan 30, a full 6 weeks after I started my journey with e-GMAT. During this 2 week period before the real test, I took 3 different mocks, scoring 740, 700 and 720. It turns out that the Sigma Mock Tests are a lot harder than the real GMAT, as on test day, I found myself wondering why the test seemed so easy.
The rest is history and I would like to say props to e-GMAT for sharing their process in such a clear, consistent and rigorous manner. Though sometimes it was not intuitive for me to know how to follow the study plan, their support stuff was always on standby to answer any questions or evaluate my results for me.
Their newly revamped Quant course has a new style of teaching, boasting variety of activities. I would definitely say that it helped me solidify my number properties understanding. However, I did not spend enough time on their Quant section to give a detailed review, as I was still in the "re-learning" process of Quant when I took the test.
Some quick cons to provide balance for this review:
- the Personalized Study Plan recommended to me through AI was very inconsistent with the one recommended by my mentor. I was lucky to have had a bit more personal guidance on this.
- Scholaranium ran out of questions so I had to practice solving additional questions using GMAT club forum
- the course is intensively concept and process-focused, and no test-taking skills or strategies are provided. If you enroll, be prepared to spend a lot of time to re-program your mind on verbal and quant concepts. You might do worse at first as you are assimilating a new process. For test taking strategies, I had to watch a few videos and read a few blog posts outside of eGMAT to learn some tricks for time management
- I couldn't finish the course in 2 months despite putting in 27 hours a week
1st GMAT attempt - I started studying for the GMAT in late 2018 using exclusively the Magoosh online course. At the time I studied for approx. 2 months before taking the GMAT in Jan 2019, when I scored 620 (Q47/V29).
2nd GMAT attempt: I was very disappointed with my score and took the test again one month later, still using Magoosh and free material on the GMAC site, and scored 680 (Q47/V37). I felt the online course I was using was not similar to the real test and I couldn't apply proper strategies to address different question types. So I decided to take a break and take the test at a later stage.
3rd GMAT attempt (using e-GMAT): In Sept 2020 I bought the e-GMAT online course and tried to focus on verbal, which was my weakest spot. I went through the SC course and most of CR, and I was impressed on how I was able to apply the e-GMAT process for solving these questions to improve my results in quizzes and mocks in the verbal section. The course is time consuming, but once you master their process you feel more comfortable with the questions & can asnwer them faster. I took the gmat again in Dec/20 and scored 700 (Q49/V37). I was happy to reach the 700-level but still felt that I could do better.
4th (and last!) GMAT attempt: By the end of 2020 I was invited to join the Last Mile Push program with an e-GMAT tutor (Ashutosh) with the goal to score 720+. He provided me with daily tasks, overall focused on Quant, that allowed me to increase the time studying & focus much better on taking the most out of the e-GMAT course. I did the new quant courses (Number Properties & Algebra) and I got much more comfortable with those type of questions. The course helps you build a strong foundation on the concept, learn process skills to solve different question types and then practice GMAT-style questions with more difficult level, similar to those you will take on the test. This 1-month program helped me to focus a lot on my preparation for the test. It still requires you to take the full course (which takes time) but again once you learn their process you get more comfortable with gmat-style questions. Finally, I scored 730 (Q48/V42) and very happy with the final result (especially in verbal that was my weakest spot since the beginning).
I'd like to congratulate e-GMAT for creating such an excellent methodology to help test-takers excel on the GMAT and hope that you continue improving the course to help more and more people over time!
I decided to apply to HBS about 2 months before the deadline and knew nothing about MBA or GMAT.
Studied for a month (about 80 hours) based on free resources, using weekend mocks to define each week study plan. Felt like I was running after my own tail, scores going down, feeling frustrated. Was probably missing the basics and how to best approach questions.
Decided on August 2nd to hire eGMAT, because all resources were already there and I could set my own pace.
I really liked the comprehensive way each content was organized and I could learn how to identify types of questions and how to best approach them. At first, it might seem you are dedicating much time on one thing, but it does pay off. I had rushed for a month and that did not help me at all.
I took a lot of notes and focused on what was most critical for me, because I had very few time (26 days between hiring eGMAT and test date). I really wish I had had the time to go through the whole content in the platform because it was an enjoyable experience and the more I studied the better my scores got. I stutied about 120 hours during second month.
Here is my track record
Mock 1 July 6th 600 (Q36, V36) - GMAT official (feeling ok)
Mock 2 July 10th 660 (Q44, V36) - Manhatan (feeling happy)
Mock 3 July 25th 660 (Q43,V37) - Manhatan (feeling worried)
Mock 4 August 2nd 620 (Q39, V35) - eGMAT (feeling terrible but still have some time) - this was the day I hired eGMAT
Mock 5 August 9th 620 (Q41, V34) - eGMAT (feeling I'm not gonna make it in time - 19 days before test)
Mock 6 August 16th 720 (Q45, V44) - GMAT official (feeling super happy but why wasnt this the real one)
Mock 7 August 23rd 680 (Q45, V38) -eGMAT (don't like the score but under the impression I do better in GMAT official tests than the courses')
Mock 8 August 26th 700 (Q40, V44) eGMAT
Real thing August 29th 730 (Q48, V 42)
Thank you for your help! I loved the platform and could always reach you via email to ask questions about my study plan, how to use the platform, how to interpret mocks, etc.
I purchased e Gmat Online by using a promotion code. In my opinion, the course is very detailed.
It is an enjoyable learning process. The course structure is very straightforward and breaks down through concepts in easy-to-understand videos and slides. The section modules are studied in a fun way and offer ideas and methods to solve the GMAT questions.
Despite all my positives, I do not think that studying only through e-GMAT is enough to get a decent score if you have fundamental gaps. (or if you are an international applicant with a mother tongue different than English). I recommend all candidates combine the e-GMAT verbal and quant section with official GMAT materials in their preparations.
I took the e-GMAT full course for a preparation time of around 45 days. Though the course is lengthy, there is a detailed explanation for each concept which is a must for initial preparation. There were questions for each difficulty level for each concept with application quizzes and scholaranium.
But I felt that while going through the course and different questions, I got so used to the question types, that I was able to answer 90% of questions correctly by reading in one go. But the questions which we see in official guides and real-gmat are very different from what we see in e-gmat practice (language, style etc). That's where it all becomes difficult.
There are surely certain deficiencies in the course :
1) They say they are only a test prep company, but don't provide any prep material or guidance to prepare for AWA section.
2) The video quality for IR section was bad and unwanted background images.
3) The course can cement your concepts, but once you get used to it, all the scholaranium seems similar in Verbal (mostly SC, and CR section).
4) They count the total number of questions including OG questions but for OG only questions are available and not the options.
5) The approach which e-GMAT purports cannot be mastered in a small amount of time and once you try to apply that, it slows you down drastically, whereas GMAT is a test of speed and accuracy.
6) Once you buy the course, there is not much further support and if you ask for any help from support, they will blame you for nonsense.
7) Do not have summary files for anything except SC section.
So, on the whole, before taking the course I scored 700 and after taking the course I scored 700.
I would recommend this course if your target is up to 700, but after that, I will say apart from this course please go through additional preparation to train your mind to change for GMAT style questions.
I belong to an overrepresented category of MBA aspirants (Indian Engineer), so I knew that I had to put in some effort to achieve a high GMAT score.
I wanted a course that clarifies the basics to build a strong foundation, provides a good number of questions to test my abilities and provides expert guidance on doubts encountered. The e-GMAT course matched my expectations on all the above mentioned aspects. I sincerely recommend this course to other aspiring candidates and I can vouch for the course's credibility.
I would like to highlight some of the key distinguishing factors of the e-GMAT course:
1. Concept Videos/Application Files : Great to build a strong foundation and to test ourselves. Both the Quant and Verbal concept videos are a boon to someone who wants to build on the concepts from scratch.
2. Scholaranium : A wealth of questions are available for timed/untimed practice. One can customize quizzes , vary the time limit and question difficulty level to test ability.
3. SIGMA-X Mocks : One of the most robust Computer Adaptive mocks available online. The Analysis given after the mock is very useful as well.
4. Strategic Advisors : The Advisor who was assigned to me (Archit Bhargava) was extremely helpful and encouraging. He helped analyze my ESR and highlight the key areas that I needed to work on.
Additionally, the e-GMAT support mail is pretty active and one can actually reach out to the instructors either via the support mail or via the "Ask an Expert" feature on the e-GMAT platform.
Above all, e-GMAT was a smart investment that helped me reach my target score. Kudos to the team ! Keep supporting aspirants the way you have been !
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I purchased E-GMAT course after a lot of research on GMAT club and was not disappointed at all with what was provided. Infact, Their "Last mile Cohort program", which they provided free of cost, was a much needed intervention for me. Dhananjay Lowe was my Last mile cohort mentor and his advice was what really helped me get the score of 750. He doesn't tell you what you want to hear instead what you need to hear, a strategy which makes all the difference. His attention to detail and understanding the issues is impeccable and his customized solution to the problems faced is exactly what i needed. A 15 minute call with Dhananjay is an eye opener. I am thankful to both E-Gmat and Dhananjay Lowe for helping me out in the right way at the right time. Thanks Guys!
I started my GMAT Prep journey with e-GMAT in Aug'20. Although, being a native speaker I was confident in the Verbal section, I knew I had to do well in the Quant section so as to achieve my target score which I wasn't so confident about. This is where E-Gmat mentorship program came to the rescue.
eGMAT’s mentorship program is one of the best guidance techniques there is available, for sure. My mentor, Dhananjay(DJ), has not only guided me throughout my improvement journey from a Q43 to a Q47 but has also ensured that I keep up with my prep and that I have all it takes to crack the exam.
The hyper specific weekly milestones that Dhananjay(DJ) created for me gave me a very strong sense of direction and accomplishment each day knowing exactly what I had to do during the course of the day, giving me a true sense that I as moving forward on the right track. My mentor, would touch base with me at the end of each week to check up on the status of the milestones as well as calibrate for new goals and developments. He would keep a constant track of my progress in the course, discussing and eliminating any roadblocks that I would find by sending me videos detailing exactly where I was going wrong. Basically, Dhananjay helped me look for ways to keep moving forward in my journey with the GMAT, ensuring that I learnt what was needed in the best and most effective way possible.
Overall, it has been a great opportunity to learn in a truly personalized way. DJ has been a great mentor who has constantly motivated me to put in my best as well as made sure that he came up with solutions to avoid any impediments to my journey. The best part about having a mentor like Dhananjay(DJ) is that he is extremely approachable and I could reach out to him at any point of time with the smallest of queries or doubts and rest assured he would sort them out in no time
Also, a lot of credit goes to the e-GMAT 2.0 course, which is a substantial upgrade over its previous course files, in my Quant score improvement. The best thing about Quant 2.0 is that it assesses your current skill level and then recommends next steps in order to avoid wasting time. I was able to enhance my learning in NP, Algebra and Geometry through the new quant course as the questions in the files were great and were at par with if not higher than the actual GMAT level and the process skill file made sure I was adept with the correct way of approaching and solving them.
Looking forward, I aim to achieve a higher score and I now look forward to digging deeper into the Quant 2.0 materials along with the guidance of my mentor, Dhananjay and I am sure I will achieve my target score.
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"I studied on my own for a month and got 760" - after hearing my sister's GMAT debrief, I thought genes would work equally well for me and I would be able to ace this test without any external help. I thought, if not 1 month maybe 4 months would do and if not 760 a 730+ would do.
After preparing on my own through OG (+ Q & V Review) and MGMAT books for over 4 months, I was pretty confident that I was steering in the right direction. I did everything which a prudent GMAT aspirant would do - diligently practicing the OG, spending time on explanations, paying attention to timing, and giving several mocks (scored between 730-760 in all 6 official mocks, Expert's Global mocks, Princeton and Vertias mocks). After my first attempt in November 2020, I was shocked to see a 670 (Q49 V31). I knew that my verbal was weak but never did I expect (nor get in any mock) a V31.
Heartbroken and disappointed, I booked another retest for the next available date, thinking that my concepts are strong but my luck was bad. I made a plan to practice harder this time, solve OG Advanced and also study for long hours so that my mind is under enough stress to perform well on the test day.
Off-topic: I found out that my mind went into "hot cognition" during the exam and that is why I couldn't make sense of any verbal question. I just wasn't able to understand the meaning of any two sentences.
Anyway, I made sure that I have a disciplined routine and that I follow Mohammad Ali's advice on "not quitting when you're tired".
I was on practicing on GMAT Club when I found out that I did not know much about "-ing modifiers" in SC. I read a beautiful explanation by Payal Tandon from e-GMAT. I had heard the name of this company a lot of times (read both positive and negative reviews - which is why I never opted for it earlier). After reading the explanation I went to E-GMAT's website and signed up for a free trial to understand more about modifiers. I felt that the way their videos explain things and the way they make you practice every little thing in various phases might just work for a student like me.
I booked a video call with one of the E-GMAT representatives (Dhruv) the next day and I explained to him my ordeal. I also showed him my ESR which clearly indicated that RC and CR were super weak in verbal. He explained a few things and suggested trying the E-GMAT course and extending my exam date because he felt I wasn't ready.
I was torn between spending on the E-GMAT course and applying the same strategy which I have been applying. I thought to myself - if I do the same thing again and again, I cannot expect the same result. After sleeping over it, I made up my mind to purchase the Quant and Verbal GMAT Online course.
After spending considerable time and energy on this course, I can tell you the exact pros and cons of this course so that you can make a decision based on what fits your bill:
Pros:
1. Dhananjay Lowe's mentorship.
Excellent mentor. Helped me out with the most important strategy questions like timing, plateau, etc. He has experience of dealing with all kinds of students and you're probably one of the types - so he will know how to steer you in the right direction. He will also not hesitate to tell you that you have conceptual gaps even when you think you are good with concepts (and mostly he was right).
Before enrolling I was skeptical about one thing - E-GMAT does not give phone numbers or do video calls for students when they have conceptual or strategy doubts. How am I going to work with that? But I was pleasantly surprised to see that their email system works quite well. DJ himself used to reply within 1-2 days whenever I had any issues. I remember the biggest help he gave was regarding my timing improvement on CR (brought down from 3 mins to 1.5 mins).
2. Their 3 Stage learning approach
At first, I thought this is just a marketing gimmick (just to show that they do have some system in place). But when I ardently followed the preparation through all stages, I realized that it's very methodical and reasoned. Basically, they will first assess what stage of learning you are currently on (for each subsection in V & Q) and then they will ask you to start from the appropriate stage. For example, I did not need to start with Stage 1 (learning concepts) in most Q subsections because I was doing well with concepts.
3. Verbal course
It's one of the best. No doubts. I've tried almost every other course but their verbal course is the best thing ever.
4. New Quant course
Their new quant course is much better than their previous one. Earlier their course was not as good as their verbal course but the new course is promising. Especially the "Process Skills", "GMAT Skills" and "Application" files are fantastic.
Cons:
1. Old Quant Course
Their old quant course was a bit too tough to comprehend easily. Also, it had certain topics that were stressed more than required. I am comparing because they gave me an upgrade to the new course between my preparation.
2. Difficulty of Q in mocks
Their SIGMA-X mocks are although fantastic when it comes to measuring your subsectional abilities and finding out your weak area if I were you, I would not take their Quant score in their mocks by heart. In each mock, I scored ~Q45 although I knew I was hovering around Q49.
Finally, the exam day came (I even fell sick 3 days before the exam and thought that this is the end of the world). I got boosted on some coffee this time (I love coffee but I didn’t have it in my first attempt). I made sure I did some warm-up questions 1 hour before the exam.
Verbal seemed better this time. Quant was the same (easy in the beginning but a tad bit difficult towards the end). I wasn’t expecting more than 740 but I think my effort and stars were aligned on that day - I got a 750 (Q49 V44).
