I gave my GMAT in July and i remember absolutely dreading the Sentence correction section of the test 2 months before the exam.I could see that even after doing well on the initial tests i was not able to cross the 620 mark .This was very surprising for me as i scored 590 without any preparation.

Even after going through Manhattan guides twice,i was not able to score well in verbal as i was not able to apply any of those concepts while i was solving the questions .That is when GMATCLUB came to my rescue,i looked for courses that could specifically help me with my SC situation and i found my answer with e- GMAT SC course.

This particular course not only explains every bit of grammar that is tested in the GMAT in a very simple manner but also keeps you informed about your progress by testing you after every concept with GMAT like questions. I realised that after taking the course my approach towards looking at problems changed,i could now understand why an answer was correct or incorrect.

The best feature of this course is that after every topic OG questions that are related to the topic are explained thoroughly in their videos .This helps you to understand if your approach to the problem is correct,specifically in GMAT questions.This boosts your confidence if you are going in the right direction or helps you by showing you the red flag if your answer is right but the reasoning is incorrect.

For anybody who is looking for a course specifically focused on SC just check out their free trial i am sure they will impress you to take up their course.

I was able to hit the 650 mark with their help,i hope i will cross 700 next month in my next attempt.

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I started using E-gmat as I had heard a lot of positive appreciation about E-gmat.

I first went through the concepts. Please do not forget to go through the application files. A low score on the application file indicates that you need to revise the topics throughly. Make sure to follow the guidelines given to complete the test scores, repeat the test if needed.

Concepts are explained in very clear way.

Another tip to effectively study is to utilize the Scholararium section. Not only can you choose the types of questions but you can also the difficulty level. This tool also has a detailed feedback on your weak areas. This tool also helps to provide actionable feedback area wise.

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The Quant Live prep course offered by e-GMAT is phenomenal. I was struggling to get beyond Q35 when I started preparing for the GMAT with MGMAT books. This, by no means is a reflection on the quality of the MGMAT books. They are good and detailed. But for me, an interactive prep course was more suitable for my learning style. So after seeing a lots of positive reviews about e-GMAT‘s verbal live prep course on the GMAT club, I decided to sign up for their complete GMAT live prep course (includes both Verbal and Quant).
So they breakdown the quant section into 5 topics (N.P., Algebra, Geometry, Word Problems, and Advances quant) and further in sub topics. Every sub topic starts with a diagnostic test and then you complete a concept video which will develop your basics. Then you take an application quiz and answer OG questions related to the sub topics. After that you get to attend their live online sessions, which are structured very well. In live online sessions, the instructors will walk you through on how to apply the concepts you have learnt to 700 level questions. The live sessions are very detailed and you will learn to answer 700 level questions. In short, the e-GMAT course starts with basic level concepts and then builds up from there to help you to answer 700 level questions. Their method can at times be time consuming and give you a sense of feeling that you will fall behind time, but time is one thing that will improve practice.

I struggled with Number Properties and had a very hard time answering 600 levels questions, especially data sufficiency questions. But with e-GMAT prep, I was able to strengthen my core concepts, which eventually helped to get to Q44.
I would highly recommend e-GMAT course to anyone, no matter what stage you are in your GMAT prep. They allow you to review some of their concept files for free and also let you attend couple of live sessions (I believe Number Properties 1 and Algebra) for free as well. You won’t regret it!

Krishna was a fabulous professor, who was extremely patient to understand and explain all of your doubts during the course.

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Hi !
I have taken my GMAT exam 2nd time with increase of 10 points in quant score. The credit for this increase in quant score is only to eGMAT quant course. This course is boom for candidates because in this course you able to start by clearing your fundamentals then build up by learning advanced level quant usage through modules wise approach.
This quant course is different from others because it goes in details to explain logic behind the usage of concept & method rather than simply lecturing formulae usage that most of the courses do. The choice of Qs in this course both for explanation & practice purpose is excellent and sufficient to improve your skills level.
Further, the faculty of live prep course is the best in GMAT world because they go upto the last detail to remove any of the doubt one to one with candidate during session so actually you feel like sitting physically in class by interacting one to one with teacher.
I got benefited with Quant course as after practicing with quant Qs and then going through explanation every formula and method was learnt by heart.
I strongly recommend eGMAT course especially quant to all candidates preparing for GMAT exam.

Thanks to Egmat for superb support

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Hi !
I have taken my GMAT exam 2nd time with increase of 10 points in Verbal score. The credit for this increase in verbal score is only to eGMAT verbal course. This course is boom for non-native candidates because in this course you able to start by clearing your fundamentals then build up by learning advanced level English usage through modules wise approach.
This verbal course is different from others because it goes in details to explain logic behind the usage of grammar rather than simply lecturing grammar usage that most of the courses do. The choice of Qs in this course both for explanation & practice purpose is excellent and sufficient to improve your skills level.
Further, the faculty of live prep course is the best in GMAT world because they go upto the last detail to remove any of the doubt one to one with candidate during session so actually you feel like sitting physically in class by interacting one to one with teacher.
I also got benefitted with Quant course as after practicing with quant Qs and then going through explanation every formulae and method was learnt by heart.
I strongly recommend eGMAT course especially verbal to all candidates preparing for GMAT exam.

Thanks to Egmat for superb support

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If you are beginning to prepare for GMAT and are unsure of where to start your Quant preparation from then please do not think beyond the eGMAT Quant course. This course is the perfect start for someone who wants to brush up all the quant skills needed for the GMAT. The structure of this course is such that in each topic section, along with the revision of the concepts there are lots of practice problems which include OG guestions, for practice. This enables the student to revise the concepts of a topic and then do a thorough practice of the questions related to that topic as well helping in a all round practice and revision of the topic.

For anyone else, the Quant scholaranium is the perfect source of practice with a lot of GMATlike Quant questions. These are the closest to the GMAT level that questions that I have seen across varied sources of questions.

The course also offers live online prep sessions where the experts show how to solve questions in the fastest manner. These sessions are topic wise and follow a pre-scheduled calendar. Although if one is not up to date or ready for a session then that person can also view the recorded sessions for this.

I highly recommend the eGMAT Quant course to anyone preparing for the GMAT irrespective of their current Quant level and target score. Anyone who sincerely completes the eGMAT Quant course work is destined to improve Quant score I feel.

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I started my preparations about 6 weeks before my GMAT exam, beginning with Wiley's Verbal and Quant guides over the first two weeks. I was expecting speedbumps with Quants, but I was stumped when I saw that I wasn't really performing well in the Verbal section either. I scored a 540 on my first mock. For someone coming from a convent school, who hardly ever prepared before his English papers and yet scored really well, this was nothing short of a massive blow to the face.
I really wanted to make my first attempt count and make the most out of it. My first step was a quick Google search for "Best GMAT coaching" and I came across e-GMAT, Mangoosh, Byjus, etc. I read a few articles on GMAT Club on how people have improved their GMAT scores. Most of them mentioned going through Manhattan and Kaplan and various other sources to improve their verbal scores. But most of them also had one common saving grace, e-GMAT. So I had my search results and my reviews to help me zero down to e-GMAT. However, since one man's strategy may not always work for another man, I decided to go through the free course material provided by e-GMAT as well as a couple of others. In the end, I found myself most comfortable with e-GMAT than any other. Ergo, I ended up purchasing their online package. I must say, I crammed through the concept files, verbal as well as quant, for two weeks at a stretch, doing 12 hours a day. While this worked for me, I won't recommend this unless you are comfortable with cramming. I did have my moments of zoning out and getting distracted, especially due to the festive season going on in India at that time. So in order to stay focused, I'd bribe myself with incentives. I'd study for 2 or 3 hours, then I'd listen to some good music for about 15-20 minutes, or watch a part of a movie, or play a mission or two of one of my favorite PC games. Non-stop cramming will only be counter-productive. The brain needs to cool off every now and then.
The overall focus of e-GMAT on pre-thinking, summarizing and simplifying even the most complex of RC passages was a game changer for me. Apart from certain highlighted text based questions, I never had to revisit the passages to answer the pertaining questions. For CR, reading the question (whether it is asking for assumption or strengthener or weakener) before going through the presented argument only made the pre-thinking way quicker. After verbal, I moved on to quant, which was also simplified by e-GMAT in a way that I could never imagine. Then I moved on to Scholaranium practice sessions. The questions here are tougher than official GMAT questions, but they are essential to make sure you are prepared to handle even the worst. So approach your Scholaranium scores with a positive perspective and analyse where you went wrong. Finally, I spent two weeks practicing 40 questions from each section of the 2018 Official Guide, followed by a deep analysis of all the wrong answers, introspecting to find gaps and bridge them. First, my focus was on improving my score, even if I took 90 minutes for each section. Then with constant practice, I came down to 60 minutes per section, improving my scores as well with each attempt. I spent one day practicing IR and probably an hour understanding how to and how not to approach AWA.
My test was scheduled at 1 PM. I had a good 8 hours of sleep the night before, I didn't go through any study material that day, I had a light lunch and I went for my test. It is very important to approach the final test with a cool head. Do not let anxiety or panic cloud your judgement. Understand the logic behind each question, be aware of specific details mentioned in the question, and accordingly select the most accurate option (and eliminate others on solid grounds as well). I made sure I attempted all questions and didn't spend too much time on questions that I couldn't interpret at all. Finally, at the end of 4 long hours, I was delighted to see a score of 730 (V42, Q48) with an IR score of 7. For AWA, I read through the argument presented, wrote down a few points that could weaken the argument, built a short paragraph around each point, threw in a couple of real-life examples, gave it a short and to-the-point summary (the reverse of e-GMAT's RC strategy) and built an essay that earned a perfect 6. So Practice, Introspection and Persistence, with e-GMAT as a catalyst, was my winning formula to ace the GMAT.

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GMAT and its preparation may be a piece of cake or a tad tough for some people, but there may be folks around like me. I could have posted the review after official GMAT test , however i wanted to bring into notice a few helpful tips, morale boosting circumstances, head scratching moments, jubilation's & Urgh's and tips to motivate and hence improve your chances to ACE THE GMAT
Background:
I have been a hardworking, good and intelligent student (At least i and few around considered that) throughout my formal education. Going through my initial phases of GMAT preparations, i found myself weak and incapable in Verbal. Reason wasn't that i didn't understand the concepts but that I LACKED BASICS TO APPLY THESE CONCEPT AND RULES. Partly, because of education setup in my part of world. I had no idea of Critical Reasoning and Critical Reading to begin with. Though i knew grammar rules, i never studied english/verbal with the intent of Understanding Meaning and never focused on "words" that build the context of a sentence. Therefore, i wasn't able to grasp the GIST of passage while going through CR and RC in particular.
I took annual leaves to finalize my preparations for GMAT 2016 version and went through Manhattan Quantitative Guides and Official GMAT Guide. It felt fine until I attempted Verbal CR , SC and RC questions on Beat The GMAT & GmatClub. I was swept away. I realized before the test that i am gonna fail miserably in Verbal. On top of that, i attempted a Verbal Ability Quiz on e-GMAT while surfing internet for some tweaks and shortcuts for good verbal score. I was dead from inside after i had given the test. The DAY came and rest is history.

E-GMAT & upcoming GMAT 2017:

I was jolted at such a magnitude by the OFFICIAL TEST that i kept quiet for few days. Not because my first attempt was very bad but because i failed to understand and answer most of CR and RC questions with conviction. I made a promise to myself that i wont stop trying till i master GMAT. Identifying the reasons behind low score was not that difficult. It was lack of Verbal proficiency.
e-GMAT ability test was in the back of my mind since my first ability quiz. The explanations provided for the questions presented such a fine and refined method to unfold the puzzles in a typical CR, RC passage that i didn't give a second thought and bought the Verbal Online Package. I will list a few upsides of Verbal Preparation by e-GMAT.

SC :
1. Coupled with Manhattan SC book, lessons on SC are enough to hit with < 90 % accuracy.
2. It presents the reader with a framework to view a sentence beyond the rules of grammar. Yes, The Meaning. Ace it and see the magic.
CR :
1. Initially i laughed at the concept of pre-thinking ( how could you pre think an answer) , but it is the best method to ace the CR. No other way around. Simplest Mantra : why has author said/written that conclusion.
2. The process of identifying reason behind a conclusion and drawing scenarios in mind while making assumptions help you to master any CR passage.
3. Level of Questions are by far the best and very Official GMAT like.
RC :
A lot has been said about the quality of RC content. I was praying for easy RC passages in my 1st GMAT Test and i got 3 ( 2 passages comprised first 8 questions). Since RC passages consume a lot more time, students normally falters and score poorly. The 7 tips available in Basics of RC will ease your mind in deconstructing any passage easily. There are enough details about each type of question. I hardly answered any question correctly on RC and now i rarely mark a wrong answer choice. Having said that, there will be some genre of passages that you may not feel confident about.

As i am going through my preparations, i have noticed a remarkable change in my understanding of SC , CR and RC. Though it took me some time, i can now apply given methods and techniques to answer any question. A giant leap forward is that i can easily figure out the wrong answer choices.

METHOD FOR CONQUERING VERBAL:

This process worked for me and i will recommend it to candidates who are weak in Verbal.
1. Go through SC first.
Takeaway: you will be able to understand the meaning and context of a sentence --> will help you in CR passages.
2. Go through CR then
Take away : Being able to understand a sentence, it will be easy to figure out Conclusion, premises, additional information, reasoning and missing links. Always think about " What reasons has led author/xyz to reach this conclusion". Start questioning the reasoning and you will understand the myth of Assumption, Evaluate, Strengthen and Weaken Family : Four major types of Questions.
3. Go through RC
Take away : i got a lot of help through BF questions to be able to understand the role a passage may play in RC. I recommend that give proper time to understand and summarize RC passage. if you follow the e-gmat method, you will be able to answer most of the questions in less than 40 seconds.

4. Be consistent in your preparations. Study daily.
5. Dont jump from SC to CR to RC until you have mastered one concept.
6. Attempt Scholaranium questions atleast 2 times. Point is that you will be able to understand the process even though you may know the answer.

My personal advice: if you are weak in verbal, e-gmat got your back. Its not only interactive but also objective.
P.S : if you think you are good at Quant, give a quant ability test in e-GMAT. :)

Thanks for a patient read.

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I had opted for e-mat online course both for quant and verbal. I always thought that quant is my strong area and referred to only the verbal section before I appeared for gmat test. I scored 48 in the real test. While preparing the test again, I referred to the quant section as well and realized there were many week areas I had in my knowledge for Quant. Though I find that many question of e-gmat are too lengthy for real test but they are a very helpful in building the advanced concepts. I recommemnt e-gmat quant if you target 50-51 in the real test.

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I came to know about e-GMAT through BTG and I cannot thank enough for advise. The videos, courseware provided by e-GMAT made the learning an easy task. They were light and helped me brush up my concepts very well. Notes were easy to make as that would not only help you revise, but also create a handy notebook for you to skim through while you're on the move. This tip helped me a lot and I would really recommend it to you all as well.

e-GMAT provides you a number of key strategies that you must keep in mind while preparing for GMAT. These strategies seem very time consuming in the beginning, but within no time, you start to internalise them. My fear had transformed into a structured learning methodology wherein i could always fall back to previous step in event of doubt. I am now more confident in my approach and my Quant score has steadied between Q49-Q51 range.

As I'm a re-taker, I would like to add a word of appreciation for the support team who have always backed me up as and when needed.

Thank you e-GMAT once again and thanks to all those who read my review till the very end. I hope I was able to motivate a few of you out there like me, who may have totally given up on acing the GMAT.

All the best to you all !!

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