I gave my first GMAT attempt in July 2019, with little preparation, and got a 680 score. When I decided to re-attempt in 2020, I realized I had many conceptual gaps and lacked any understanding of test-taking strategies. In the few mocks I gave before starting preparation, I would always fall short of time and repeat the same mistakes over and over again. I, thus, decided to take the e-GMAT online course for GMAT preparation. I opted for the 2 months course (had to e-mail them for the same) and got it for $199.
The e-GMAT course is very comprehensive, in terms of concepts (verbal and quant), strategies (difficulty-wise and time-management) and practice. I started with Verbal, as that was my weak area, and went through all the concept videos and practice and application files. This is very important. Doing these will greatly cover any conceptual gaps you have in your Verbal section and will help you develop a process to tackle different types of questions.
The biggest boost in my preparation came with the e-GMAT mentorship program. I was contacted by Deepak to sign-up for this program, for no extra charge. I had a call with him where we discussed my GMAT target score, plan and timelines, and he identified various places where I was lacking in my prep. For example, I had no strategy to manage time during the test and was not practicing enough to increase speed and apply concepts and the process. He sent me weekly targets, with daily schedule, to complete my preparation and practice, following which my prep speed increased. Also, we had a weekly/bi-weekly call to update my progress.
After I was done with concept videos (and simultaneous practice) for both Verbal and Quant, I had around 15 days to go for the exam, during which I had to practice very efficiently through mocks. I still was lacking in managing time and questions of various difficulty levels. Deepak made a time-table for me to take mocks, review them and practice questions. I used:
1. GMATclub Quant CATs for Quant
2. e-GMAT Scholaranium for Verbal
3. OG (Online) for both

For Mocks, I used:
1. Official Mocks (1 to 4)
2. e-GMAT Sigma-X Mocks 2 & 3

Both these give a very accurate simulation of the real exam and provide the closest estimate of your ability.
After each Sigma mock, Deepak would analyze each section, focusing on difficulty level, timing and accuracy, question-wise and section-wise. This helped me in setting a strategy that worked for me and helped me perform most effectively. Having a one-o-one mentor helped me a lot as I could route all my questions and doubts to Deepak and since he knew my weak and strong areas, he could guide me accordingly.

Would definitely recommend the e-GMAT course and the Mentorship program to anyone struggling with GMAT preparation.

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E-gmat contains very good content. When one has enough time to prepare then it is the best one. Each verbal topic is very well designed and in detail. I did not had enough time to go through all of it. I suggest start preparing early. There is no short cut to have nice score in Verbal section. Practicing regulary is the best way.

I liked Quant material very much. It is in short and covers all the required topics in GMAT. It is sufficient. Practicing regulary is the best way.

Taking practice test is highly recommended but not 2-3 days before the exam. Engineers shall spend more time in verbal preparation than Quant. Verbal is not at all easy.

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Hello everyone
I am glad to inform you all that I score a 730 on my GMAT finally!
I would like to thank the E Gmat team for this improvement, since without them , this score seemed like a distant dream.
I remember the first time after purchasing the course, I opened E Gmat and felt pretty lost. I decided to contact the support team and within 2 hours I received back a reply detailing the best way I should go ahead with my GMAT goal.
The plan laid out by the support team was really helpful .
There were strict accuracy percentages defined and there were times when I couldn't reach them, however, the Egmat team was always encouraging in these situations and motivated me to do better.
After I completed my prep, I decided to take a sigma x mockand got a 700.It was then that Dhananjay was assigned to me as my Test Strategy Consultant. The very next day , Dhananjay sent me the next steps and analysed my mock.He made me realise that how I had a hard time letting go of questions and how my performance in Algebra was not upto the mark.
The best thing about preparing with E GMAT was the level of personal attention one gets. There were times when i got low and I was doing good, it was during these times that the E GMAT team supported me and pushed me to get back out there and work harder, AND I CNT THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR THAT!

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I took the e-GMAT Verbal Online after my first GMAT attempt (Got a 680 with Q49 V33)

Pros:

The SC course is definitely hands-down one of the best courses in the market currently. It's extremely beneficial for people with conceptual gaps. I increased my accuracy in SC from ~60% to ~80% with the help of this course.

I personally feel the RC is pretty good too. I was struggling with RC and none of the 'shortcuts' or 'techniques' I found online helped me with this. The e-GMAT's RC module with its 'predicting the flow of the passage' and 'involving yourself in the passage' really made sense and helped me a lot!

Cons:

The number of questions for practice is very low. Considering other good courses such as Expert's Global (comparing solely based on the number of questions/ quizzes), the number of questions and quizzes for practice in e-GMAT scholaranium is very low.

I gave my GMAT again and now have a 720 with Q50 V37 (might give it another shot). The increase in the verbal score is majorly because of my increase in accuracy in SC. BIG TIME!

Cheers! All the best!

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Hey folks,

Acing GMAT is not an easy journey. When I first saw an SC problem, I felt that I will never be able to do well on this exam. Some of my peers who scored well could solve SC Qs in less than a minute. I continued to ask myself what is it that I am missing.

I tried several offline coaching institutes. Solved OG, coaching institute material and what not. It still took me at least 3 mins to tackle a SC Qs.

Finally, I came across e-GMAT's SC course. Its approach of teaching SC was no where close to what I had been taught. One module at a time, I kept moving. It took me about a month to internalise every concept. And after doing so, my SC skills were far better than some of the best English writers. I became so proficient that at times I could spot errors in newspaper editorials.

Since then I have recommended e-GMAT's SC to at least 10 friends who have shared similar problems as mine.

I jumped from V19 to V34. And now I am close to V 40. My concepts are totally clear, however, comprehension and speed need more work.

I thank the e-GMAT's team and would like to tell all my fellow community members here, don't give up; we will get there!

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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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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 initially practiced from OG, while skimming through Manahattan Prep books. Then I took one official mock and a free Sigma X-mock from e-GMAT. The scores were a pleasant surprise and I decided that I should polish a few weak areas and should give the GMAT online within a month.

The Sigma-X mock's detailed report was in line with my own assessment and helped me identify that SC was a weak area for me and I needed to further polish my Quant ability to give my best shot. Post a strategy consultation, the e-GMAT team offered me with a special one-month subscription (basis my actual GMAT date, the team happily and promptly extended this for 2 more days). I began with SC, which was my Achilles' and where e-GMAT course helped me the most. After completing that I wasn't sure how to utilize the program as I was already at a reasonably advanced level and did not plan to study other topics from scratch. I then arranged a call with an e-GMAT mentor, Dhananjay (DJ) and he provided me with a customized plan. Further, he even scheduled regular follow-ups, which were quite helpful to track my progress and adapting the plan as needed. The discussions with Dhananjay gave me a good framework for how to structure my preparation and helped me understand how to make most of the e-GMAT course.

As for the actual course content: In verbal, I found the SC course and Scholaranium quite useful. I didn't refer at all to CR and RC concepts; for practicing these I did try Scholaranium but I felt certain CR questions were not in line with official questions and hence shifted to the Verbal OG. As for Quant, e-GMAT's questions are significantly tougher than that of OG. But if done with the right mindset, they can help you expand your approach and understanding of concepts, but one has to ensure that they don't get demoralized given that the accuracy can be lower while time taken per question would be higher.

Overall, I think the course is very detailed and would be very useful for someone who starts from scratch and invests more time. For me, the concepts felt lengthy and at times primitive. But this is where the support from the e-GMAT mentor was integral as it helped me customize the course to my needs and extract the most out of it.

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I believe the interactive module structure of e-gmat course is the best way to test prior knowledge, familiarise oneself with the course contents, and practise extensively. As many other reviews already mention, the verbal course was very easy to follow and has helped me a lot in my preparation. Supplementing the prep with scholaranium question bank was sufficient practice to ace the mock tests. Although I had used various mock test modules, the primary source of preparation has been e-gmat. I advise anyone who is just getting started to begin the preparation with e-gmat and test the skills on as many decent mock tests as possible.

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I signed up for the verbal eGmat program to focus on sentence correction, which is where I had struggled during my last GMAT test. eGmat has a great feature where not only can you watch videos teaching you sentence correction technique, but you can create your own quizzes based on difficulty and verbal question type to practice over and over. You can sort on easy, medium, or hard and number of questions. For each question missed, it shows you a video or explanation about how to go through the process of figuring out the correct answer, not just giving you the correct answer. I found this very helpful because instead of meaningless practice, it helped establish the correct procedure to develop a plan to attack the questions on the real test. The timer and suggested times also help you learn to pace yourself. I am yet to retake the GMAT test but after spending two months, I believe that I will be able to improve on my last score.

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