I decided to opt for a course in mid September 2021 because I realised while solving problems that my Verbal abilities needed some significant improvement. Based on GMATClub reviews, I decided to go for e-GMAT.
Their Verbal Section(Sentence Correction modules in particular) are really good. Initially when I started out, SC was my weakest area but eventually, it became one of my strongest sections in Verbal. By following the step-by-step e-GMAT process, I could effortlessly answer some of the hard SC questions.
In CR, the process of pre-thinking and breaking down the argument into fundamentals(premises and conclusions) boosted my thought process clarity and in RC, the notes on summarising paragraphs proved out to be beneficial as well.
In Quant, the hard questions in Scholaranium really test out your concepts and if someone is able to nail those, I feel he can answer just about any GMAT quant question.
The 'Skill data' feature of Scholaranium is pretty amazing as it helped me analyse my strengths and weaknesses by quantifying by abilities across each sub-topic.
I also felt that the Sigma-X mock tests are pretty good estimators of your actual ability. It's a bit on the tougher side but better have a cushion that inflate your actual level.
Finally, I think the game changer for me was the personal guidance in the LMT programme that I received from Dhananjay(DJ). I reached out to him a bit worried, one week before the test. He organised a call with me, where we discussed the areas where I was lacking and created a tailor-made plan specifically for me to follow in the last week. That really helped me a lot as I got to work on my weaknesses and give my prep that final finishing touch.
Overall, e-GMAT turned out to be a great platform for someone like me and I highly recommend it to everyone.

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I had been wanting to give the GMAT since a few years and finally started my preparation post pandemic year of 2020. Like every other aspirant, I took the official guides as my source of truth and started to understand more about the exam, the sections and what are the types of questions there are.

With the initial learnings and basic ideas into the paper, I took the leap of faith to give a diagnostic test and scored a 600. This made me sure that I had to dig deeper into the concepts of both the Verbal and Quant sections if I need to have a serious chance of cracking the GMAT. That is when I started to research about various GMAT online programs that I can avail to re-run all the concepts and build expertise around the sections. With detailed research and a free counselling session by E-GMAT folks, I enrolled into E-gmat during April 2021 to now dedicatedly focus on my preparation.

What makes E-GMAT stand out?
The entire syllabus of the GMAT exam is intricately broken down in the E-GMAT platform, with each section having sequential learnings transpiring from initial concept to application and then trickling down to increased ability and expertise. Both sections for Verbal and Quant have detailed video learnings for each topic and sub-topic, along with pre and post assessment quizzes to re-impose the concept.

Enhancing these video learnings into actual problems from each difficulty was imposed perfectly by the Scholaranium 2.0 platform, which gave detailed insights into your quiz attempts as well as provides data points to identify areas of strengths and weakness. Rigorous effort put into SC, CR and Quant section from my end helped me understand my concepts better and build a solid base for my GMAT exam.

Another factor that gave me good exam practice and confidence were the Sigma X mocks, in which I transitioned from the diagnostic score of 600 to a 720 with the improved learnings and concepts learnt over a span of 2 months. The mocks are very close to the actual GMAT exam and provide you the right opportunities to apply your skills and manage time in a simulated exam-type experience. The 5 mocks given in my course helped me identify my strengths and weaknesses and revise and redo concepts accordingly for my main exam.

The Last Mile Program (LMP)
With the score improvement to 720 in my mocks, I got an opportunity to work with E-GMAT Mentor team (Aditee), who looked at all the data that is present in my E-GMAT portal and guided me to have a dedicated approach to reach my target score and help ace the GMAT in the official attempt as well. Aditee introduced me to the concepts of strategically logging my errors in error-logs which massively helped me to revisit my errors and ensure that I try not repeating the same in any of my future questions!
The team also guided me improve my score from a 680 (first attempt with a CR dip) and help bring my verbal score from a V32 to V40 with guided improvements in CR to finally help me get my target score of 720.

I would strongly recommend the E-GMAT course to all students who want to focus on the detailed concepts provided by the amazing online platform and wants to practice GMAT questions across with Scholaranium and Sigma X Mocks for a complete GMAT experience. All the best!

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Hi,

Firstly, cheers to all the fellow mates who are in process of GMAT preparations and who are about to initiate. I write this review keeping in mind all their anxieties, confusions and dilemmas that anyone can have. Believe me, even I had the same kind of situation when I first appeared for my GMAT. While I was confident about both Quants and VR, the scores turned out otherwise. This was an eyeopener and I realized that I was doing something really wrong. And that is where I actively started looking for guidance. I chose to go with eGMAT course immediately.

Things that happened with me within a week of starting the course:

1. Enlightenment: I realized why did I score that low in VR in my first attempt. I realized where exactly was I making mistakes, be it grammar, reading methods, the process of solving questions or the time management. All these realizations were due to a well designed eGMAT course structure.

2. Dilemma: Just like in every online course that we take, this course initially brought a lot of dilemma to me and I was not sure if I was going on a right track even after all the above realizations. One reason for this was also the lack of personal touch which we are usually accustomed to. In this time, the eGMAT support team helped me stay calm and they made sure I follow the process well.

Over the next 2 months of my preparations, I literally started feeling comfortable with the process and method of learning. Ultimately, I was instilled with confidence when the results started showing up in mocks and scholaranium quizzes. I saved most amount of my time in SC (literally 50%) and RC (about 40%) and that ultimately helped complete my VR section almost on time.

Best to look out for at eGMAT:
1. Meaning based approach: initially when eGMAT suggested slow and meaningful reading, I was puzzled as I was already having time issues in VR section. But trust me guys, this approach is a boon. It helped me save most amount of time. It is a skill which will come for your rescue not only for the exams but for many work years ahead.

2. Quick response to queries: maximum of my queries were answered within hours, be it on mail or on portal itself.

3. Scholaranium: Level of the practice questions, in my opinion, is quite accurate and good. The that analytics and strategic reviews give you exact opinions as to where did you go wrong. NOTE: do your strategic review wisely, it helped me the most in visiting and revisiting my methods, concepts and the time management process.

I hope this review helps well. All the best!!

Regards!

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With scores of 680(V-32) and 690(V-34) in GMAT mostly by self study methods, I was in need for guidance to break the 700 barrier. I came in touch with DJ from E-GMAT team and his first step was analysing my ESR(Enhanced Score Report) of my second attempt. The analysis was clear that I was hovering around 65-70 percent ability in all 3 sections of Verbal and work will have to be done in all the three sections. He shared with me a detailed plan for improvement.

I started with the reading exercises shared by DJ to improve my reading/comprehending skills. Further, Master Comprehension course provided by E-GMAT also helped me in gaining the right strategies to handle Reading Comprehension questions.For Critical Reasoning and Sentence Correction the webinars conducted by Rajat,Payal from E-GMAT team are really good and gives you the right approach to kick start your preparation in these sections.

DJ emphasised on Pre Thinking approach for Critical Reasoning and using it definitely helped me in boosting my score. Coming up with your own assumptions before jumping into the answer options definitely helps. For Sentence Correction, the meaning based approach(Intended meaning of the sentence) is the only right way to solve medium and hard questions in the given time frame. With trap answer choices all around this strategy definitely works.

The strategy of cementing your learning through scholaranium is gold standard and it raises your ability considerably in that section. One can take multiple quizzes from scholaranium with more than 600+ verbal questions which are on par with the real GMAT questions. There is a detailed analysis available for each question attempted with most of the tougher questions having a video analysis. Scholaranium tool also has an error log which provides useful information like topic wise ability in each sub-section. Key to getting a good GMAT score is to use scholoranium to its potential.

I was able to get the 30 point improvement(V-34 to V-38) in under a month through the E-GMAT score.I would highly rate the E-GMAT online course for the verbal preparation as it is structured and quite easy to navigate. Further you can easily get in touch with E-GMAT mentors like DJ who are always ready to help.

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I started the e-GMAT online course only with the verbal package. The verbal course is well designed for all the 3 sections. The meaning-based approach for sentence correction and pre-thinking approach for critical reasoning definitely helped enter the 700 score bracket. I opted for the Quant package as well to leverage the Sigma-X mocks. The mocks are quite accurate and give a detailed analysis of the performance in different sections and help identify the weaker sections at a glance.
I joined the mentorship program with Atreya as my mentor. He helped me fine tune the skills by identifying the exact weak topics and chalking out a timeline to achieve them. Having a set timeline and small set of topics to focus on helped a lot. Scholaranium for both verbal and quant is very useful and the fact that you can practice questions not just according to topic but also according to difficulty level and create your own customised tests is very useful.

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I purchased the e-GMAT Verbal online twice.

The e-GMAT course was helpful to understand the basics for non-native speakers like me in the Verbal section. I could understand all the aspects clearly and in that sense, I would rate it 4/5. It reduced my complexity at many levels.

I did all the questions and went through the material 4 times in my purchase of twice of the course in one year but I couldn't improve my score in the Verbal section. In terms of improving the score, I think the course is not helpful as they promise to be. They are excellent for understanding the basics of the Verbal section.

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I absolutely loved E-GMAT verbal course. The course is designed to transition you from a instinct based subjective approach to a very methodical and almost scientific approach to the verbal section. The meaning based approach foe SC, the pre-thinking approach for CR and the master comprehension skills to enhance your reading ability, have helped me remove any confusion in eliminating the choices. The quant course was a little too slow for my pace. Its good for beginners but if you have very stringent timelines like I did, then you might have trouble understanding what to skip.
I found the scholaranium questions to be harder than actual GMAT test itself. But it definitely helps you assess your ability section wise and prepare you well for official GMAT questions.

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Egmat is great for Verbal. I improved from 31 to 41 in Verbal using the SC meaning based approach and the CR pre-thinking approach. The approach for Sentence Correction is the BEST I have seen in the market.
The course is a bit intensive, but once you have your basics clear, Scholarium and Sigma X mocks are a blessing. So, I would recommend this course if you have the patience to go through the material and basics and revisit those as needed.
GMAT Club + EGMAT is enough for preparation as sometimes the Egmat explanations are too complex, I would look at alternative ways in GMAT Club.

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E-GMAT was a excellent resource in my journey to 750 GMAT score. Few things that I specifically liked:
1. Methodological and step by step approach
2. Well designed course structure. Process of test, learn and practice was particularly helpful
3. Great content; learning videos might be tad bit long but getting a good verbal score do need that prep and e-gmat has done excellent job in getting the content solidified.

I'll recommend e-GMAT to anyone who has a plan to ace the GMAT, as it has the necessary resources irrespective of the level of the candidate appearing for the exam. It can help you fill conceptual gaps, have enough practice and gain test readiness all in one package.

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I prepped for GMAT while working in an incredibly busy start-up. Here is what I liked about the eGMAT Course.

Critical Reasoning

Throughout the course, eGMAT gives subcategories for each category of questions. For example, a question can be profiled as - CR → Assumption Based → A context-dependent truth being assumed as a generic fact.

This helps you profile a question while you are reading it and make a mental note of what type of reasoning it probably is testing. This was incredibly helpful in CR.

Their Pre-Thinking method is also a great tool for CR Questions.

Reading Comprehension

eGMAT teaches you common structures of RC passages. This makes interpreting and skimming RC passages easier.

Sentence Correction

Meaning based approach - eGMAT stresses on this a lot in their SC course, and it's a good model to have while solving SC questions.

Quant

eGMAT has a great question bank in Quant 2.0 and Scholaranium 2.0 for Number systems and inequalities, which are heavily tested topics on GMAT.

Scholaranium 2.0 also gives you insights on which question types take you a long time to answer (which is worse than getting them wrong in GMAT)


One-on-one Support

Best thing about the eGMAT course is the one-one-one support in the LMT program. This was especially important for me since I was working with extreme time constraints. I worked with Atreya Roy. Atreya created personalised study plans to structure my prep, defined milestones, and gave me some important reality checks.

Expert Team
I would recommend trying to get as much 1-on-1 interactions with the expert team. It can give you pointed advice that will help your score jump by 20 points just like that. I had hit a wall with SC. My conversation with Shraddha from the expert team was crucial for me.


Strengths -

eGMAT is an expert on the GMAT. They know all the nuances and prudent things about the GMAT. This reflects in all their courses (except SC)
eGMAT Course is great for topics that you are really weak at.
1-on-1 interactions are very helpful.
Subcategories of questions created by eGMAT are incredibly helpful.

Weakness -

Course is extremely long and slow. I recommend only doing the parts that you are weak at, or you will waste a lot of prep time.
SC Question Bank doesn’t emulate GMAT accurately. I would recommend doing OG questions for SC preparation (also available in Scholaranium 2.0). There is just a different flavor to OG questions that no one can quite capture. Also eGMAT’s prescribed process helped me get better at SC during practise, but is simply too long and idealistic for the actual test.

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