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How block-level data turned "Verbal is my weakness" into a short list of things I could actually fix.
Why I wanted a course
Critical Reasoning: it was never the section, it was one block
Reading Comprehension: I used to lose the passage by line four
What I was actually watching
Quant: Q90
Data Insights
The mentor part
Test day, and what I would change
I finished Quant with every question correct. Q90. That is the part I am happiest with, and it did not come from grinding new theory. But the reason I am writing this up is Verbal, because that is where the work went, and it is where e-GMAT earned its keep.
Why I wanted a course
I already knew Verbal was my weakness and Quant was my strength. What I wanted was a structured course rather than self-study, so I could track my data systematically instead of guessing at it. I came across e-GMAT through student testimonials on YouTube and saw multiple reviews recommending it for Verbal preparation. I chose it because I needed a structured, data-driven framework for Verbal and DI, alongside strong practice platforms like Scholaranium and Neuron.
Critical Reasoning: it was never the section, it was one block
I worked the CR learning files in sequence. Then came cementing quizzes, the short exam-level quizzes that sit after each topic with a threshold you have to clear before you move up. Medium cleared at 70, 80 and 70. Hard did not. First quiz 60, second 40.
What made the difference is that the platform does not just tell you hard CR is weak. It splits hard CR into blocks by question type, and mine were not evenly bad. Inference was the healthiest of them. The argument-based block, Assumption, Strengthen, Weaken and Evaluate, was the one holding the level down. That meant the next stretch of work was aimed at four question types instead of at "CR", which is a completely different assignment. My next hard quizzes came back at 80 and 80, and hard CR was closed.
Reading Comprehension: I used to lose the passage by line four
Prior to going through the course I would read a few lines, lose context, and then have to re-read from the beginning. The RC module helped me understand paragraph summaries, and learning to identify the main point of a passage is where I have improved the most. I also used to get stuck between two answer choices, and learning to find the exact proof line in the passage is what let me pin down the right option.
The numbers followed. Medium cementing opened at 72, 66 and 69 and closed at 85 and 84. Hard took longer: my first two timed hard quizzes came in at 58 and 66 before finishing at 100 and 84. Across the Verbal sectionals in my final stretch I ran 73, 78, 76, 87.
Where I still need to improve is inference and detail-based questions, especially in passages on unfamiliar topics like humanities. My block data says exactly the same thing without me having to guess: hard science passages sit at 80, business and economics at 60, humanities at 50. That is not a feeling, it is a number, and it is the sort of thing I would have had no way of seeing on my own.
What I was actually watching
Scholaranium is where I practiced the most, mainly through cementing quizzes and Verbal sectionals. Later in my preparation I also took custom quizzes on Neuron using official questions. The best part about these tools is the analytics. I found the xPERT analysis exceptionally helpful. The dashboards for Scholaranium and Neuron tell a complete story of performance: time per question, accuracy across recent attempts, and where the remaining score improvements lie. The insights are truly top-notch.
Quant: Q90
I was always confident here. Without much preparation I was consistently getting Q89 and Q90 in my mocks, so I knew Q90 was always at reach and that it should be my absolute target. Whenever I missed a question it was usually a simple oversight, like misreading "greater than" versus "greater than or equal to". So on the official exam I made sure to double-check exactly what the question was asking before confirming my answer, and I was happy to get all of them right.
Data Insights
The DS course was comprehensive and helped me understand the question type and the answering methodology. On test day I hit a streak of five or six DS questions back to back and felt very confident navigating through them. Across my mocks DI moved 84, then 87, then 89. The verbal-heavy TPA questions and MSR required the most time because of the dense reading material. With about ten minutes left I had five or six questions remaining, mostly GITA, and I moved through them quickly and completed the section on time. I did not run out of time, but I would not deny that I was under time pressure through that section.
The mentor part
Having a structured program and mentor support was immensely beneficial. Throughout prep it brings peace of mind knowing you have expert guidance regardless of what a quiz result says. Shubham's responses were always timely and actionable. If e-GMAT offers you the Last Mile Push, which is the closing-phase mentorship where a mentor reads your data with you, take it.
Test day, and what I would change
I follow the order Verbal, DI, then break and Quant. As I started Verbal it felt very similar to my sectionals and mocks. After a few CR questions I got two back-to-back RC passages, both of which felt manageable and well within time, which boosted my confidence, and the third went smoothly too. All three were short, two-paragraph passages. The final RC was lengthy and covered an unfamiliar topic, and because I was running behind by then I rushed it, marked my choices and moved on.
If I sat for the exam again next week, two things. Make sure every question has a confirmed answer marked, because I left one question unanswered in Verbal as time expired. And if there is a lengthy DI question, or I get a sense that one is going to take time, bookmark it and move on rather than letting it keep me under pressure for the rest of the section.
My advice for anyone beginning: simulate the mock environment early, with the actual test interface too, and take at least five full mocks. Having great concept knowledge is not enough unless it is paired with strict per-question time management on every question in the mock.
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