My journey to 740 in the GMAT with e-GMAT

In my 1st attempt at GMAT, I scored a 710 (Q50 V34). For my 1st attempt, I had solved OG questions and taken official GMAT practice tests but I was inconsistent with my Verbal scores, probably because of lack of proper techniques for various question types and lack of knowledge of my weaknesses in specific Verbal question types.

So, after my 1st attempt, I evaluated various perp providers. e-GMAT stood out to me as they seem to have a very robust data-driven platform which can reveal a test-taker’s specific weaknesses in question types. When I spoke to an e-GMAT representative, he told me that I was eligible for Last Mile Push (LMP) Program for Personalized Preparation guidance by a mentor. The data-driven platform and LMP sealed the deal for me and I went ahead with e-GMAT.

Experience with e-GMAT platform:
Highlights from Verbal section:
• e-GMAT’s Master Comprehension section was extremely helpful. Although test-takers may be able to read English, they may not be good at reading English for GMAT. Learning how to read properly for the test can make a massive difference in Verbal.

• The course is laid out in a systematic manner which helped me build my Verbal abilities starting with fundamental building blocks and thinking frameworks of various question types and ending with full-fledged GMAT style questions.

• This gradual ramp up helped me digest various techniques and processes and enabled me to be more consistent with my Verbal scores.

• The platform accumulates high quality data in-depth data about accuracies in various sub-sections in Verbal. Specifically, I found out that I was consistently weak at Strengthen questions which was a big revelation to me. So, I worked on my understanding of Assumptions and Strengthen questions. This helped me be equally good with all Verbal sub-sections which is required for an overall better score.

• This deep-dive data is really useful for working test-takers like me who have limited time which they can devote to test prep.

Highlights from Quant section:
Since I was fairly confident with Quant section, I jumped straight into e-GMAT’s practice question bank. Again, the data from the platform pointed out niche areas in Quant which I brushed up. The key with Quant for me was to keep the ability at the same level while I improved in Verbal.

The PACE engine helped me to skip those parts of the course which I was already good at, save precious time and direct my efforts towards the sections which were most relevant to me.

The Quant process skills highlighted in the course were crucial to deal with the silly mistakes which I made sometimes in tricky questions.

In both Verbal and Quant, for each question, there is an active Q&A forum with discussions between the students and experts. These discussions helped save time whenever I had any doubts, which were almost always asked by previous students and resolved by mentors.

For my 2nd attempt at GMAT, almost 95% or more of the questions which I solved were from e-GMAT and I only took Sigma-X mocks. I believe that their question bank and mocks are of a high standard and more than sufficient for GMAT prep.

Experience with LMP and my e-GMAT mentor:
My e-GMAT mentor for the LMP program is Abha. She has been extremely helpful throughout my prep for the test. She (and other e-GMAT mentors from time to time) has been a source of crucial guidance, support and constant feedback for regular course correction during my prep. GMAT prep can be a very challenging journey with constant ups and downs. Having a mentor watching over the whole process, guiding you in the right direction, giving words of encouragement at the right time, helping you navigating the course in the most time efficient manner and just being there as someone to share your prep-related difficulties is of immeasurable value.

I scored 740 (Q50 V39) in my 2nd GMAT attempt. Based on my experience with e-GMAT, I would highly recommend it to my fellow test-takers.