GMAT Focus 725 with e-GMAT

Strengths:

1. Extensive and exhaustive Content. Almost all question types are covered, and you can selectively practice your weak areas.
2. Well-written solutions. Very important in verbal. I particularly liked that most of the questions had written explanations because I could quickly go through those and not have to go through a long video.
3. Prompt responses to queries to questions and their solutions.
4. The best thing about the product – its sectional mocks. Plenty of sectional mocks for constantly testing yourself, while building the muscle to solve the section in the stipulated time.

Would make the product better:

1. While learning the course, the option of marking certain sections complete when you deem it so. Otherwise, the plan doesn't adjust accordingly. Either way, doesn't make a tangible difference to the prep journey.
2. To have written explanations of whatever few questions don't have that.

I had a good experience with e-gmat. Among the prep courses available, it is an affordable course and provides much of what is needed during the prep. I'll break up the review into sections, test practice, and the learning mentorship program.

Quant –
My quant was good to begin with, given my engineering background. However, I had a Q86 in my previous attempt. Certain improvements were required. I went through the entire course, tailored to my skill level. Helped me build confidence in sections I was slightly unsure of. The sectional mocks definitely help build muscle of tackling tough questions, which is something you don't get to practice in the OG full length mocks.

Verbal –
Major improvement here. From getting 5-6 wrong in RC to almost getting any wrong. In my 715 attempt, got all RC right, and 2 wrong in CR. Also, built a lot of confidence in Boldface CR too.

DI –
The question banks are pretty good. Good classification among sections, like verbal and quant sections of TPA, so helps in improving certain parts of the section. I believe there is still room for requirement, but I believe that is true for all prep courses since this section is still relatively new.

Sectional and Full-Length Mocks –
The sectional mocks are godsent. They help in multiple ways. Once, you have completed the course structure, the idea is to test your sectional prowess, figure out weak areas, work on them, and repeat the process. The sectional mocks were pretty good for this. Also, helps build the muscle to complete the section in time, although DI in the actual paper has gotten pretty tough and vague, so I believe they'll adapt there eventually.

Last Mile Push Program –
Got personalised mentorship from Rashmi. She helped me identify my weak areas and pushed me to improve on them before appearing for the exam. Helped me with test strategies, and how to draw meaningful learnings from poor performances, which helped a fair bit on the exam day.


My final thoughts are that if you want a major improvement in any/all of the sections, a prep course may prove instrumental, because OG has niether enough questions nor the testing environment needed (OG mocks are still very helpful). The e-gmat program is reasonably priced, covers all bases, and has a good question bank.