I already had attempted GMAT in 2019 and had scored a 650 (Q49,V29). I was working Schlumberger Asia Srvices Ltd. as a field engineer and decided to go for MBA in 2019. I was disappointed with my score, but understood that GMAT preparation would require some time and dedication. So I quit Schlumberger and started preparing for GMAT in January'20. I was running short of time because I wanted to apply to schools in R1 in 2020. So this gave me 6 months to prepare. Initially I didn't take it seriously and thought that it's just another Post Grad exam. I had subscribed to E-GMAT comprehensive course. At the end of March'20, it was clear to me that GMAT is not just another post Grad Exam, and that it required time to score good.
After I finished my course content on E-GMAT portal, I was hoping to have improve my score from 650-700 at least (A very poor assumption). On my first Sigma-X mocks (E-GMAT Mocks), I scored a 610 and was devastated. But the next day, I received an email from Dhananjay Lowe (DJ) asking if I wanted to enroll to E-GMAT Mentorship Program. I was offered it for free as iE-GMAT was running a pilot for the program. I accepted and enrolled to the mentorship program. That's where things changed.
After my discussion with DJ, he gave me milestones to cover every week in terms of my preparation and based on my performance in the milestones, the milestones were prepared. It was customised for everyone in the mentorship cohort.
I achieved every milestone because I actually saw improvement in my scores and understanding of the GMAT. As days passed by, my scores improved. But the improvement in scores was minimal to begin with and I grew impatient with GMAT Preparation. But the weekly discussions with DJ really calmed me down. And by the mid of May'20, I had crossed the 700 mark. I was targeting a 750-760 (I still am), and so I continued my preparation with full belief in the mentorship program. I started scoring a 750-760 in official mocks and Sigma-X Mocks. So I booked a date for GMAT on 11th of July'20. I was really confident but had ignored the little details which caused my score to dip. I became a little complacent towards the exam. There were 2 major mistakes I made. I forgot my passport at home and I never realised the order of the sections until the exam day. But those were minor hiccups and cannot be used as an excuse to justify my score of 710 (Q51,V34). There were several things which I realised after the exam as I had gone through a lot of materials online apart from E-GMAT courses and tests. No one can help you to score good except for you. Other programs and courses can help you to cross a certain threshold but at the end of the day, GMAT is a very logical and structured exam and it requires proper understanding of things. There are no definite rules to most of the verbal questions and the section is rightly named Verbal Reasoning. I realised that there is a limit to which anybody could have helped me in my preparation and that the rest was up to me. But E-GMAT Mentorship Program really helped me to cross that threshold. During the program, I improved massively on CR and SC. I am going to go for another attempt in a month or so to improve my score from a 710 to a 750-760.
Suggestion: Don't rush in your preparation. GMAT needs time.

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Before I signed up for E-GMAT, I was missing around 7 SC questions per practice test, but this was really odd to me because I have always considered myself good at grammar. So, obviously, I was missing something, but I didn't know what. I read on some online GMAT forums that e-GMAT SC program did wonders for their score, so I decided to try it. I approach the program as if I didn't know anything about grammar - I got rid of all preconceptions I had, whether they were correct or incorrect, and just learned the concepts with a fresh mind. In a month, before I had even finished the program, I was only missing around 3-4 SC per practice test. E-GMAT did wonders for my SC studying, and I highly recommend it to anyone struggling with SC. But, you must follow the lesson plans diligently. There is a method to their madness!

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Verbal online is one of few comprehensive online courses. It changed my attitude towards many concepts, especially in Sentence (the biggest asset of VO). Course has very powerful material on understanding "meaning" in GMAT. Recently, critical was updated and evolved to a much more comprehensive stage. The course gots constantly updated to represent changes in the test. Personally, I used the course to refresh my verbal skills over more than a year (over multiple retakes). Preparing to retake GMAT, the biggest value were deep reviews of official questions and hard questions in Scholarium. Considering the price, and additional materials (GMAT Club tests and 800-score tests), it is hard to find anything of better value for money in terms of verbal prep.

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Hey everyone,

Hope everyone reading this, is doing fine!
So, let me give a brief about my GMAT preparation journey and few of the important factors that helped me along the way. I began my preparation for the GMAT towards the end of May 2020. . Upon some research and some credible sources later, I decided on e-GMAT as the final decision, and boy, did I not regret it a bit!
Since I had given myself only 2 months to prepare for the GMAT, I decided to buy the GMAT Online course (Verbal and Quants). The course was great, and a special shout out for their Verbal course and the depth and the modularity of it just makes it so easy for the student. I am glad that, this was my first choice of preparation.
The course apart, what really impressed me was their exceptional support team, which was always there for any query , be it related to the course or the strategy ahead. I was given very detailed solutions to my query, which definitely helped me focus on the more important stuff.
One of e-GMAT's best products is the SigmaX Mocks. This not only emulates the adaptive nature of the GMAT, but also provides ESR like analysis and loads of granular data to learn from. It was of great help. One of the better examples, was when I reached out to the support team post one of my mocks, to get their analysis on the same. Mr. Dhananjay(DJ) responded to me with a detailed analysis of the mock, and provided inputs which would later help me channelize my energy, to get a high score.
In his analysis, he had highlighted points like my struggle with letting go of questions and hence jeopardizing my chances at further questions. He also brought out through his analysis, the fact that I was being over-cautious at the start, when it could be seen that I was able to solve harder questions later at a much faster rate.
Such points helped me shift my focus from only concepts to developing a test taking strategy and a smart skipping strategy. I started consciously practicing the art of letting go, as suggested by Mr. Dhananjay. He also laid out a detailed step by step path for the last few days prior to the GMAT. It was designed along the path of polishing the slightly weaker areas, but also working at developing a test taking stamina. These points really helped me get ready for the test and overcome any jitters there might have been. I did end up with a good score, and I would like to thank Dhananjay and the whole support team of e-GMAT.

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During my entire GMAT prep journey of 2 months, taking the e-GMAT Mentorship was probably the smartest decision of all.

I enrolled in the mentorship program about 10 days after I bought the e-GMAT course and started my preparation in January 2020. And starting from then till the exam date, my mentor Karan was there to guide me through every stage of my preparation. During that phase, there were a lot of times when I was stuck and confused about how to handle my weak areas, or whether my pace of preparation is good or not. But none of my doubts and queries went unanswered as he was there to relieve me of that stress. Also, the weekly check-ins on my progress were critical as it made me accountable to someone.

What makes the mentorship program a game-changer is its ability to cater to the specific needs and requirements of every student individually. There can't be one common strategy for all, and hence with the mentorship program, one can expect personalized attention and strategy tips that can't be found anywhere else.

In conclusion, I would just like to say that don't think twice before enrolling for the e-GMAT Mentorship program. It will surely be the best investment you make in your GMAT journey.

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I was introduced to DJ 3-4 months before I gave my GMAT. He has constantly supported, motivated, and guided me through this journey.
DJ helped me pinpoint my weaker areas, formulate strategies to overcome the same and face my fears head-on(quant lol)

Thanks to the plans set by DJ, I gave ample mocks and quizzes to feel confident on my test day. There were strict timelines set by him and he motivated us to follow through.

Even though in my first attempt I have scored a 690, I am confident with DJs help I would be able to improve on this further.

With DJ and my cohorts support, I felt not so alone on this journey. Kudos to egmat for this initiative and to DJ for being a great mentor!

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Their verbal course is a good one if you are a non native speaker. In depth solution is given as well. The material for verbal is great, especially SC. It covers all you need in a detailed manner. And the pre-thinking approach in CR was also highly helpful. They take quizzes before and after each topics. That is very helpful as well during your preparation.

Scholaranium helps you to practice different difficulty level questions. Quant seems okay but go for verbal for sure.

They also conduct webinars, which are very very helpful. One should attend the webinars to get the improvement in scores.

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I started my GMAT journey late January so I had four months to study before my first exam on May 18. On the test date, I went there just to find out that the test center was closed (even though I was receiving all confirmation emails normally), so I rescheduled the test for 2 days later in another location (6 hours away from the city I live in). I took the test and got a 700 (35V, 49Q).

In these first 4 months I studied mainly with MPrep theory for verbal and quant and question bank from OG. My OG mocks were around 710-730 so I expected something closer to 710-720. And after the test, I felt that I had exhausted my study materials and even though I wanted to retake the exam, I didn't know where to begin or where to focus.

So, in early June I contacted eGmat, since I knew my biggest weakness was Verbal. We discussed my test performance (with the ESR) and I went through all the theory through their platform, but now what really changed was not the concepts per se, but how to apply their method (pre-think, don`t skim, etc...) and stick to it. A month later, I took a new mock and got a 750, which got me very excited.

That's when I contacted their Support to make sure I was ready to reschedule the test. In the following 15 days, Ashutosh worked closely with me, providing me guidance on where to focus and reviewing my progress every two days. My main weakness by then was CR, that I needed an extra focus to make sure I was going to excel in the test day. A week before the test I took another mock, which I scored 740. This made me feel confident that was really ready.

I took the test again July 18 and got a 730 (39V, 50Q) and felt so relieved! Now I`m working on the app process.

I can confidently say that eGmat was an exceptional part of my study improvement for two main reasons: (1) the mocks are HARD, but somewhat similar to test day, (2) they go deep into sticking to the method and that was a key differential + their quizzes are great for further practice (specially medium and hard questions, that are tough to find).

The handholding aspect is a must have if you like to study alone, but want some guidance during the process. I really appreciated Ashutosh support and feedback during the process. It gave me an extra energy to keep studying specially during the final days before the test.

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eGMAT’s mentorship programme is, hands down, one of the best products out there. The programme provides you with personalised support from one of eGMAT’s mentors, who will guide you every step of the way to ensure that you keep up with your prep and that you have all it takes to crack the exam.

Let me tell just how this works in real life and how each of the components of the programme translated to my personal case:

• Initial call. I had a call with my Archit Bhargava, my eGMAT mentor, who asked me enough questions to understand how my journey had been until then, what my goals were, and were my strengths and areas for improvement were. It was amazing to see how, by asking the right questions, he could quickly arrive at the key issues that we needed to work on. This call was the base for creating the roadmap we would follow over the following months

• Weekly milestones. Based on our initial call, Archit provided me with an overall roadmap that translated into very concrete, day-specific milestones. What’s great about this milestone-driven plan is that it gives you a very strong sense of direction and accomplishment: you wake up and you know exactly what you need to do, and as you complete the milestones, you get a true sense that you are confidently moving forward. This moves you away from “oh so what should I focus on today? Algebra or Critical Reasoning?” or “I feel I have been studying for long enough now, maybe take a mock?”

• Weekly touch base. Every week, my mentor would reach out to ask the status of my milestones, and we would iterate to adjust the plan for the next week, calibrating for new developments, availability and goals. My particular situation was that work was quite unpredictable at times, so the fact that we iterated and readjusted the plan on a weekly basis was great for me – just what I needed to keep moving at an optimum pace

• Strategy Hurdle sessions. Once every 2-3 weeks, we would do a one-hour session with other members of the programme and our mentor. In those sessions, we would go over issues that go beyond the actual content, but that definitely add up to your overall performance: key pitfalls students find along their GMAT prep journey and how to overcome them, time management during the exam, how to balance between a demanding personal and work life and the need to study consistently, and so on. These sessions were great in that we were presented with real life examples of other people (who I could definitely relate to more than once), and we got the chance to share with others who were going through the same situation as us

• Individual calls. We conducted individual calls with my mentor as we saw fit. In these calls, we discussed the overall status of the prep, any roadblocks I was finding, and potential solutions to overcome them. Whatever the topic of the discussion, the fundamental principle was this: “how do we adjust the plan so that your prep is advancing, effective, and sustainable?”. Basically, we looked for ways to keep moving forward and avoid being stagnated, ensuring that what we did actually allowed me to learn what I needed to learn, and that the pace was sustainable given other areas of my life (for example, work)

Overall, a great opportunity to learn in a truly personalised way. If you are willing to commit to your prep and invest the time it takes to get your target score, this is really good value for money.

Personally, I am sincerely grateful to eGMAT and the mentoring programme – they were a key part of my being able to move from 620 to 760!

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I recommend egmat for anyone preparing for GMAT. Verbal was my weak section. Egmat's SC module elucidated tough grammar concepts. Also focusing on meaning helped increased my accuracy in SC.
Egmat's proprietary method of pre-thinking assumptions for CR before going to answer choices Improved my accuracy in CR. The quality of their questions as well as the entire e-learning module is high.
Their reading comprehension module taught me to read actively.
Its very hard to find high quality verbal questions to practice. I feel Egmat team has done a very good job of putting together some high quality questions on scholarium to further hone your skills.
Similarly the Quant module and scholarium questions were at par with official questions.

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