Hi! I am Manan Dadhania. I would like to talk about my GMAT journey. I was able to improve my score from 680 to 760 while working at a full time job in finance.
Given my long hours, I was looking for a solution that helps me stick to my preparation timeline and provides me with a structured course to follow without me having to spend too much time figuring out what I need to study next.
e-GMAT met my objectives perfectly. Its course is structured appropriate with a dedicated module for each sub-section of Verbal and Quant. My favorite module within
e-GMAT course was Master Comprehension, which equips students with important skills to improve accuracy and speed in the verbal section. I also really liked
e-GMAT's Scholarium 2.0, which is a database of proprietary questions with detailed explanantions. Finally, I was impressed by
e-GMAT's mock exams. I felt they were very representative of the actual
e-GMAT.
To be honest, my GMAT prep journey was anything but smooth. In all, my prep time was about 9 months. It included 3 months of no prep due to work commitments. Frankly, it was frustrating at times given the impact of these uncontrollable events on my prep timeline. However, the regular check-ins with Akash Aggarwal, who was assigned by
e-GMAT as my mentor, and his guidance really helped me push through this journey. I did give an attempt after my 8 months of prep. However, due to the final day exam anxiety, I panicked in the verbal section and, as a result, I had to cancel my score. I was really disappointed and was probably thinking about not giving another attempt. However, Akash made me realize that I was test ready and that I had to just work on my mindset for the final day. Thus, I prepped for one more month and gave another attempt, in which I was much more under control and ended up securing 760.
For me,
e-GMAT played the following three important roles in my journey: 1. Provided a highly structured course 2. Assigned me a great mentor like Akash 3. Offered an excellent preparation module for the verbal section (was really important to me given I’m a non-native English speaker). If you’re thinking about giving GMAT and are in the similar boat as I was (working professional, limited time availability, non-native speaker), I highly recommend subscribing to
e-GMAT course.
All the best!