I have used both
e-GMAT and
GMATWhiz courses in my past 18 month preparation and I guess I can shed some light on both of them. I used
e-GMAT course for close to a year and scored a 680 with it. Then I subscribed to
GMATWhiz and it helped me improve my score to 740.
In short, I felt that
GMATWhiz is
e-GMAT + the many more things that a student needs such as mentorship, an adaptive course, more focus on application/methodology and better forum support.
Detailed AnalysisLet me now share my analysis in detail. First let’s start with the verbal section. While
e-GMAT is famous for its verbal course,
GMATWhiz has no doubt emerged as a strong competitor as I found it more balanced.
In SC both are at par, they equally emphasize on meaning-based approach and suggest proper technique to identify errors and explain grammatical rule equally well. However, if you’re a lover of nuances then this might intrigue you a bit -
GMATWhiz provides you a tool of Checkpoints - a tool which can be of great help to people who are not accustomed to reading in a very absorbed manner.
In CR both
GMATWhiz and
e-GMAT have done great done job in one context that both suggest to deconstruct the argument first and then move on to the next step. However, here I would like to emphasize the difference in technique both of them suggest.
e-GMAT guides you to a process wherein you ask yourself few questions by the time you arrive at a conclusion to figure out the assumptions. However, the approach takes a lot of time and toll on the mind to do the same on every CR question.
GMATWhiz on the other hand guides you to a process which is very common sensical – in that it has done a great job in identifying different TYPES of arguments that GMAT technically focus on and provides you a ready-made template which in turn enabled me to come with at least two assumptions in such questions before even reading the question stem.
This in turn saves time and improves accuracy.
In RC, though much depends on practice, but both
GMATWhiz and
e-GMAT have given their fair attempt. Both suggest to read slowly and understand the flow of author, but still in inference part
GMATWhiz – apart from teaching what to infer- also tells you cannot infer from statements in GMAT.
The Quant sectionI felt that
e-GMAT has not given the fair share of diligence to its quant module. I’d rather suggest anyone to buy a 3-month quant subscription of GMATClub. Attempt tests – read solutions-learn from mistakes-implement.
GMATWhiz takes a great leap ahead in Quant section. Its quant module apart from focusing on typical course (that is typical syllabus and types of questions), discusses the question errors – in which after every topic you get
a template where we usually fall
for the traps. The instructor actually tells you where you will go wrong in this type of question – and I’d suggest if you buy this course please write down these errors and not even the formulas if you’re a bit occupied-.
Apart from this after every topic when you attempt questions the portal suggests your weak areas depending not only what type of question you erred in but also which option you chose.
I meant this to be short, but there’s one other major difference in both the prep firms.
I don’t know if it happened with majority or not but whenever I asked question or doubts on
e-GMAT forum – every time they had a standard reply and more often than not I’d receive a reply stating that – I don’t remember the exact words but they’d say something like you cannot modify the question or answers or something like that.
But for me to understand where I went wrong it was necessary to know had it been the case otherwise – could I have been right- if yes then I know my approach is right but I took the question mistakenly which in turn strengthen my approach and reasoning and builds confidence. Fortunately, never have I encountered such a situation in
GMATWhiz forum.
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30 Sep 2020, 02:56
