eGMAT Vs Sandeep Gupta's TOP 1%

Question

Hi all, Can anyone suggest me to choose GMAT coaching in between eGMAT and TOP 1% coaching by Sandeep Gupta. 
I have seen some videos of Sandeep Gupta and gone through some of his material, seems that its not so bad. I am confused now.
If anyone have the personal experience with TOP 1%, I request you to give the feedback.

Thanks
Kiran.

Addupaddukaddu · Answer

Let me start off by stating that Sandeep Gupta's Top 1% distance learning course is a complete no no. At first, when I watched his YouTube lecture on quant skills to Ace GMAT, I thought he's really good and would love to learn more from him. I read multiple negative reviews on him, but I trusted my gut on this one and I availed the video lecture package with free tests (4 MGMAT tests pasted into a pdf format and 4 tests designed by him (which I think again are borrowed questions from MGMAT and the OG)). Although he's a hard sell kinda guy, I'll review his services objectively: 
1. I wouldn't entirely depend on his lectures. 
2. His problem selection is good: mostly MGMAT, Veritas (maybe) and Hard OG problems. 
3. His methods of solving some problems are just downright bad and can totally derail you. He considers it blasphemous but effective. I personally would not recommend his "shorter, smarter, blasphemous" methods, especially verbal, because they just don't make any sense and don't work on some problems. I have found a few problems in quant wrongly solved by him as well, though I'd say quant is his stronger suit.
In all, I would recommend that you steer clear from his course. Go through his free lectures on YouTube. That's the best he has to offer.

I have heard good things about eGMAT but can't give you an objective review of them since I haven't worked with them.

Hope this helps.

Posted from my mobile device

Hero8888 · Answer

EGMAT has trial period for some materials. Check them, if you like then you will be able to decide.

DrGMATer · Answer

Hello kiran,

Welcome to the club.

Your dilemma is understandable as there a so many GMAT prep courses available.

I suggest two things. First see if u can free trial period from courses you have selected. The egmat has a free period I know..
Use it fully... Only then decide if it's good for you or not.

Second is try the free stuff available at gmatclub.
It's fantastic and very high quality. U can go ahead and subscribe to premium tests once u have done the free stuff.

Check out best books for verbal and best books for math in another forum.

About Sandeep gupta top1% , honestly I have not heard of so can't comment. Take a trail and decide for ur self.

Posted from my mobile device

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

kiran1213 
Sadeep's course is perfectly fine. You can learn so many different things that are not discussed in any other courses!

venkivety · Answer

Last year i have purchased the video package of the sandeep gupta (TOP 1%)
what i feel there is a lot still need to learn after the end of the course. few techniques are good bt overall its just a waste of time.
there are many questions in his course which are repeated in GMAC free tests 1 & 2 and you'll probably end up with a higher score..
bt thats not the true measure.

I've purchased e-GMAT this year.
no words just a fan of e-GMAT.

verbal course is truly fantastic

Kunal112 · Answer

Hey Buddy

Can you tell me how is it going with egmat
My story is the same as yours. I have to decide as to which package i need to go for
Would really like to understand some insights from you

Thanks

Sanya15 · Answer

Hey! Can you please share your experience which course did you finally take and how was it?

Posted from my mobile device

Sanya15 · Answer

Hi can you please share your experience of which course did you finally take?

Posted from my mobile device

nkshmalik1 · Answer

I would not recommend either one. After preparing for a while now,i feel gmatclub.com has everything you need. Ultimate Quant Megathread by Bunuel (user name) for Quant and for verbal follow the megathread of respective topic SC, CR, RC. I believe nobody needs to spend chunk of money for preparing, better buy mocks from reputed company.

Buy any prep material only and only if you want a tailor made course for you. I have used egmat personally and i only liked its SC.

Posted from my mobile device

Buy any prep material only and only if you want a tailor made course for you. I have used egmat personally and i only liked its SC.

Posted from my mobile device

Sanya15 · Answer

Hi, 
Thanks for replying. But I need help from one course as it's been really long since I graduated and I need consistent guidance and support. That's why I need to join a course.

venkivety · Answer

Hi sanya, nothing to worry, it's great that you hv come to prepare for GMAT and wanna take ur career to next step..

Personally, I feel egmat is a great course. As you said u hv graduated long back,better if u go vth egmat.it has a personalized tool which can help u a lot. 
Don't opt for top one percent.theres nothing u can learn there.. Just a few questions from the GMAC mocks.thats all..

Any more help, u can pm me

Posted from my mobile device

Sanya15 · Answer

Thanks for your response. I do like E-Gmat's verbal course, since you have used it, please share your thoughts on: 
1) How's their Quant section? As I want both verbal and Quant from one course and course should be good in both

2) Someone told me E-Gmat is tedious/lengthy. If I want to write GMAT this year by August end, I shouldn't take it.
Please tell me is it possible to finish the course in 2months?

Posted from my mobile device

venkivety · Answer

Yes, definitely...but first fix on the score u wanna reach..and then no of hours u r gonna spare..
..
No it's not lengthy..it's perfect..
And verbal is awesome..u fall in love vth that..

Regarding quant,it's not that great, but it's needed for the next phase..
And yes u can complete by July.
If u wanna take GMAT in August, complete by July itself

Posted from my mobile device

KK0007 · Answer

I was also in a similar confused state few years back.The answer might depend on individual's experience but since I had enrolled with E-GMAT for almost an year, I think I can share my individual experience about E-GMAT. I enrolled E-Gmat for almost an year. They asked me to attempt 1st Mock (E-GMAT has 5 in total ).I scored around 460 overall 22 percentile. It had been a decade I had graduated and was working since then, so honestly I had forgotten what exactly is an integer , or even whether 2 is a prime number. I never prepared for CAT or any competitative exam after 12th grade that too almost 15 years back. So,I had to start everything from scratch . I completed the course , OG compilation and even the scholarium completly from E-gmat. It took me an year(almost).

I first enrolled for their 4 months subscribtion. I was unable to complete the course in 4 months as i moved to Europe and life had changed a lot in Europe , so I had to re-subscribe the E-GMAT course either 3 or 4 times adding 1 months subscription each time ( I am not sure it was 3 times or 4 times but sure it was at least 3 times if not 4 times ). I completed the course. In their Mocks I score around 700 - 670/680 and 600. In total i must have spend ( $ 600-700) plus with E-GMAT.

Before my 1st actual GMAT exam I had attempted 3 mocks of E-Gmat. But when I actually attempt the real GMAT exam it was way different than how E-gmat had prepared me. Although i still had subcription time left and 2 unattempted mocks , i knew those mocks worth nothing as actual real gmat was way different than what these test preps prepare you for. Believe me , you do not have time for note taking in RC , neither so called pre-thinking. You have on avg 108 secs in verbal to read , analyse and answer and move on. The questions will be tougher and tougher as we progress. So there is a big gap on how E-gmat prepare you for and how the actaul gmat exam really is. I scored in lower 600's.

The good aspects of E-GMAT are ( pls bear in mind that whatever i said is based on my personal experience , it could be different for someone else)

1. E-GMAT response by mail is quick. If you have any doubt and you write a mail to them they response. But writing a mail for each doubt , do you really think it's possible for a candidate ? Yes they response and response is often quick.

2. Many people had told me that Verbal of E-GMAT is best. But honestly it's a crap. Many might say that their SC is best but it did not worked for me. Good luck if it worked for someone else.

3. Guys are professional in dealing, the response language they use is professional.

4. Since they have i think 1 months or two months subsciption unlike other prep companies which straightly ask for 6 months subscription ( USD 400 in one go plus possibly tax added on top of it ), it makes sense for most Indian like me to enroll for short duration and experience on your own.So, It makes sense to pay 179 usd and get two months subscription. But trap here is that once you are enrolled , it's highly unlikely that you will quit the corse mid-way so 95% plus chance is that you will have to re-subscribe the corse. This trap is well set in E-gmat

Flaws:
1. As I have personally given actual GMAT thrice, or anyone who has actually written GMAT can feel that E-GMAT does not prepare anyone for scoring high score.It was very very hard for me to score past 650 with E-gmat's materials. I do not feel that the materials are actually designed to score past 650-680 level.

2. E-GMAT can boost about highest no of 700 plus but if you have a biggest no of Indian pool enrolling the cheapest course, yes you can have 700 plus scorer but irony is that they never reveal the % of candidates who 
 enrolled and scored past 700 out oftotal enrolled pool.

3. E-gmat never prepares you for RC for 700 level if at all ,although RC is most heavily weighted section in Verbal. It never churn your mind to develop the required endurance for high verbal score.

4.E-GMAT'S quant is not even close to actual GMAT. It's actually not worth trying if your target is scoring Q49 plus.It does not prepare you well enough past Q45 plus level at all.Having enrolled for a year at E-GMAT and written actual GMAT exam thrice I would give 3/10 for their Quant course and 5/10 for their verbal.

Post my 1st attempt i utilised GMAT clubs resources extensively. I choosed 650 - 750 level questions and selected resources MGMAT(FOR VERBAL not for Quant ), OG, GMAT NINJA, GMAT PREP, LSTA official , and GMAT ADVANCE only.

I was able to improve my points in my further attempts by 110 points in 2 months and was able to achieve my target score of 730. A big credit to gmat materials in gmat club specially the prep companies i selected.

So Is E-GMAT worth enrolling - my answer would be it depends:

1. Target is 650-670 Yes definately.

2.Target is 700 plus - A big NO NO

My last words : No one is better in teaching Verbal than Charles from GMAT Ninja. I was never part of GMAT Ninja but i learned a lot from their free materials available in you tube.

For quant - no one will ever churn your brain and kick your butt to develop endurance required for GMAT Quant than Sandeep Gupta from Top 1% club. His OCTAVE approach to RC is practically applicable for GMAT RC, specially in high level RC passage where you have to navigate more framing big picture. Also Sandeep Gupta's approach to DS is just fabulous . I swear it worked so well when you are past Q46 level questions. Again I never enrolled or paid a penny to Top 1 % club but learned a lot from their free materials.

And undoubtedly, you have to be smart enough and utilise GMAT Club materials extensively to score past 700. There is so much resources out there , all for free.

From GMAT Club :

Please Select pool of questions from : OG , MGMAT,GMAT NINJA , GMAT PREP, QUESTION OF THE DAY, GMAT ADVANCE. First select a range of 600-650 , if you are scoring 8/10 here move on to 650 - 700 level questions and if you are scoring 7/10 in 650-700 level questions move on to 700 -750 level ones.

These resources are complete and have questions very similar to what one gets in actual GMAT.

Good Luck !

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

Mr Sandeep's RC tutorials could be the best one to solve Primary Purpose Question. 
egmat did not help me to much!

Nidhijain94 · Answer

I can totally say that i have exact same experience as yours with EGmat!! I thought it is just me who had to re-subscribe and still ended with score in early 600's. can you share the free materials for Top 1% you studied?

	Magoosh increases your score, guaranteed - 15% off ALL Magoosh GMAT plans with code GMATCLUB15 + Free GMAT Club Tests.
	Manhattan Prep: $79 Bonus Score Higher on Your GMAT Exam. Guaranteed.
	Target Test Prep - Save up to $325 $200 Discount + $79 Bonus GMAT Club Tests
	e-GMAT: 60% Off on GMAT Focus Get to 735+ from any starting point
	Experts' Global - ~~$1720~~ $960 End-to-End GMAT Prep + App Support: 150+ Videos, 2000+ Questions, 15 FLTs +
	GMATWhiz - $299 ~~$499~~ Experience the course through a free trial.
	GMAT Club Tests - Free Included with every course purchase of $149+ View all deals

eGMAT Vs Sandeep Gupta's TOP 1%

Prep Toolkit

Top 5 GMAT Debrief Videos

615 to 715 in 15 Days (Ria's Strategies)

More than Quant/Verbal Abilities: Speed vs. Accuracy

745 with Only Self-Prep and GMAT Club

From 555 to 765: 210-point Improvement

Perfect 805 Score Debrief by Julia

My Rewards