My GMAT journey to 805 with e-GMAT

Strengths:

1. Coursework is structured and easy to understand on your own. It takes you from the basics all the way to advanced topics smoothly.

2. All progress in quantified and provided to you regularly, this way you can see how much you've been improving over time.

3. Lots of questions and practice mocks at a similar level of the actual GMAT exam for thorough preparation.

4. Self-paced content which provides accurate estimates of when you will be able to complete it all to plan in advanced properly.

5. Availability of an experienced mentors to provide direct and honest feedback

Would make the product better:

1. Logging errors for reviewing them later can be made a bit simpler and categorical, to ensure users can find all their previous errors in one place and review them at once.

I had been preparing for the GMAT for quite some time on my own, but didn't have a structured method or proper understanding of the concepts that are actually tested on the GMAT. After someone recommended e-GMAT, I gave it a go and was immediately impressed with what they have been able to put together. The courses for all 3 sections are very well structured and emphasize on strengthening core concepts instead of just solving questions mindlessly. This changed the way I was looking at verbal reasoning and enabled me to consistently score V80+.

I was mentored by Rashmi in the Last Mile Push (LMP) program, which is a customized plan for the last 4-5 weeks before the official exam. It was a great experience getting feedback from an experienced mentor about how to overcome some of the last-minute challenges and maintain consistency; and finally how to make sure you do your absolute best on the official exam.

My Takeaway
1. Build trust in structured processes, own them and stick to them on test day.
2. Practice consistently and challenge yourself with hard problems.
5. Manage your time effectively and learn to move-on. Getting stuck somewhere and wasting time is never the right choice.
6. Always start new sections afresh, forget how the previous one went and put your entire focus into acing this one - one bad section will not affect your score if you're able to ace the rest