I commenced my GMAT preparation around mid-February 2023. While I had a strong aptitude for Quants, the Verbal section, especially Sentence Correction, posed a challenge for me. Thus, my primary focus was on improving my verbal skills.

I initiated my preparation by grasping the fundamental concepts of verbal reasoning. My objective was to engage in extensive practice, as I believed that consistent practice would enhance my performance. Despite this effort, I continued to struggle with the verbal segment, particularly in questions of a 700+ difficulty level.

In May, I took my first GMAT attempt and achieved a score of 700 (37/49). Post this attempt, I aimed to identify and address my weaknesses. This led me to enroll in the e-GMAT Last Mile Push (LMP) program. During my time in LMP, I was paired with a mentor who provided invaluable guidance. Together, we worked through the program and pinpointed the topics where I needed improvement.

I delved into the e-GMAT course to establish a strong foundation in verbal reasoning. The master comprehension course they offer is skillfully designed to illuminate the subtleties of sentence construction. e-GMAT employs a structured methodology for approaching verbal questions. Their meaning-based strategy for Sentence Correction significantly bolstered my accuracy in advanced questions.

To gauge one's proficiency, e-GMAT employs a cementing process, which enabled me to identify any gaps in my skills and rectify them. This process further solidified my conceptual understanding. The expertise of the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) was remarkable; queries posted on the forum received detailed responses within 24 hours.

e-GMAT played a pivotal role in enhancing my grasp of concepts and filling in knowledge gaps. The meaning-based approach for Sentence Correction proved particularly beneficial in elevating my accuracy. The quality and uniqueness of their practice questions are commendable.

The LMP program was instrumental in helping me achieve my target score. I extend my gratitude to my mentor for her constant availability and unwavering guidance throughout this journey. Her encouragement motivated me to push my boundaries, and her support was pivotal in my entire journey.

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Strengths:

Scholaranium - verbal and Quant both.

I started my gmat journey in the year of 2018. I took several courses including e-gmat's. However I failed to score in my first two attempts. Meanwhile covid happened. All of my family members including myself were infected. This derailed my preparation. But I always had the urge to score 700 at least once. In the beginning of 2023, I started preparation again. I liked e-gmat's course because of couple of reasons:
1. Modular approach. So that we can finish each topic of SC, CR and RC and we can practice each of those topics of each subsection. The best part is we can gauge our ability using scholaranium and then move to next section if we are happy with our ability.

2. Detailed explanation of each question. It helped me to understand my mistake. Conceptual knowledge we all acquire. The real test comes in harder questions when multiple concepts are tested in a single sentence and when we need to choose one from couple of grammatically correct sentences. Same for CR and RC also. In RC the main idea encompasses the complete passage. Some options may be true for most of the passages but miss one important point. That particular option cannot be the main point. The detail explanation helps to understand these points.

I was eligible for LMP program, Last Mile Push as I scored well in first sigma X mock. I opted for the program. However, I didn't do well in subsequent mock tests. My mentor Rashmi was very kind and helpful. Although this program was for 1–2-month duration, I had to stretch it for 6 months. E-gmat team has never raised any concern. I created multiple 1-1 sessions with her to understand my drawbacks and to improve test taking strategies. When I scored back-to-back 710 in the GMAT official mock, I booked the GMAT online and scored 700 (Q49, V36).

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Strengths:

Very detailed course andfocus on processing skills, not just conceptual understangin which is key to achieve elite scores

Excellent support from GMAT mentors, Rida Shafeek was excellent! They see hundreds of students and thus guide you through the process and tell you what to focus on

Would make the product better:

Sigma mocks are harder than the GMAT. I scored 630 the weekend before my 740 score. They are excellent practice but they may not be as good to predict scores

Achieved 30 point increase in only one month! From 710 to 740!

Totally recommend E-GMAT, it is a fantastic top-tier program that has embedded mentorship without additional cost.

EXTRAORDINARY VERBAL AND QUANT

Very detailed course and focus on processing skills, not just conceptual understangin which is key to achieve elite scores

Excellent support from GMAT mentors, Rida Shafeek was excellent! They see hundreds of students and thus guide you through the process and tell you what to focus on

Sigma mocks are harder than the GMAT. I scored 630 the weekend before my 740 score. They are excellent practice but they may not be as good to predict scores

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Strengths:

Structured approach to the curriculum

Would make the product better:

None

Even though I did not use the course for long, I found it to be a well structured course with a good personalized approach. Rashmi was my mentor and she gave me a plan that took into consideration my strengths and weaknesses. I used the verbal section for SC and the 3 step approach prescribed in the course is a great way to tackle the SC questions. I did not use the other sections but the Master Comprehension course was also helpful. However, I found the UI/UX to be very generic and I could not spend too many hours at a stretch on the platform.

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Strengths:

Content Pedagogy
Question bank
Personalised content
Last mile program

Would make the product better:

A Android app will be extremely helpful.

As part of my professional experience in the ed-tech sector, I have come across and evaluated content of various platforms. Let me evaluate e-GMAT on some key parameters

Pedagogy
Pedagogy is the single most important parameter when evaluating any learning medium, not just ed-tech platforms. e-GMAT course does quite well on this front.
-There is a solid question solving strategy for each question type that you come across in GMAT - Quant, SC, CR and RC.
-The strategy becomes important when you want to apply the concepts that you have learned to complex and varied problem statements. For example in SC, there is a lot of focus on meaning based approach.
-I also found the strategy to solidify concepts through cementing quizzes very helpful. Overall the course design felt very thought through.
-Typical attention span is less than 5 min in an online learning scenario and the e-GMAT course seems to have been designed keeping that in mind. You don’t keep watching videos for hours on end, there is plenty of practice interspersed to keep you engaged and solidify the concepts. It is not possible to complete a module without continuously engaging with it.
-I love the attitude with which the course is designed. It is not about tricks, but building ability. The end goal of what we are learning is not to just clear GMAT but build ability that will help during an MBA or professional career. This attitude is reinforced throughout the course and with this attitude, the time investment towards the course just seems so much more worthwhile.

Question bank size and difficulty level
-The question bank is quite sufficient. I was barely able to use 50% of it. (387/1067 in verbal and 337/1363 in quant)
-The platform also has a separate section to practise QG questions. All questions have detailed solutions.
-The platform allows you to design your own highly customised tests using this question bank (using either OG or proprietary Questions).
-One can also take up to 4 adaptive mocks in addition to the diagnostic mock one takes in the beginning. They were more than enough for me, I was only able to take 3.
-The question level is just slightly above or equal to GMAT level for all sections, which is exactly what you want.
-The data analytics provided on questions is targeted and very helpful. It does not drown you in data based graphs and visuals but only shows some chosen key graphs that help you understand your performance and weak areas.

Platform
- the platform is clean and easy to use once you get the hang of it.
- It complements the learning pedagogy well.
- The ‘PACE’ feature available in the quants sections is a real time saver. Based on the diagnostic test before each module, the platform auto skips some parts for you so that you can save time. I think I saved about 60 hours this way.
- It works decently well on the phone browser. It would have been amazing if there was an app to complement this content and make it available for study offline.

Forum for doubt clarification
- there is a forum where you can post queries or doubts that you come across while studying. Most of the common queries have already been answered so that’s very helpful. Typical response time is less than 24 hours.

Content errors
- I did not come across any major glaring errors, which is a big deal for such a vast content. From personal experience, I know how difficult it is to achieve that.

Support
- My mentor was Rashmi. Her support was crucial to my success. She typically gave me a detailed and helpful response within 24 hours of raising a query via email.
-Once I was done with my course and scored 740 in the first mock, I reached out to her to help me improve my score further. She informed me that I was eligible for the LMP (Last Mile Program) as part of which she gave me a detailed study plan after analysing my test results and the data of all the tests that I had given.
-The discussions, and videos analysing my test data brought so much clarity and helped me redirect my efforts in the right direction over the last 2 weeks leading up to the exam.
-Even though I performed poorly in the next two mocks, 730 each, she assured me that it was just a result of fatigue and not ability because the overall data showed a different picture. Her emails really kept me motivated and confident right up to the exam day.

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Strengths:

PACE
CEMENTING
SC & CR MODULES
MEANING BASED APPROACH
MENTORING
SIGMA-X MOCKS

Would make the product better:

RC MODULE

I had given GMAT once, in which I got 660 Q50 V28, after that I gave GMAT again in some stressful situations and I got even less and so I cancelled the score. I heard about e-Gmat from GMAT club reviews and also from some friends, and found it as one of the most economical and focused GMAT prep program, so I chose to go with it. E-Gmat has its unique way for preparation planning. I was adviced to give one Sigma-X mock and on the basis of its analysis I was suggested full prep plan as per my timing availabilities. For a working professional, this kind of flexible plan can work well. I started doing Quant with PACE enabled mode which made me more confident in Quant as I found my strength easily and also saved a lot of my prep time so that I could focus on the weak areas. After that I started improving my Verbal part. I was always struggling in Verbal part but as I started doing modules it felt like I cleared many concepts that were very confusing for me. SC modules were quite good, while I found a scope of improvement in RC modules in the manner student can identify his/her weakness with ease. In the end, I gave 4 Sigma-X mocks and I can say that those were very similar to actual GMAT. I score exactly same in actual GMAT as I got in all Sigma-X mocks. Although e-Gmat has better UI for Sigma-X mocks than GMAT in actual has, the UI should be much more similar to the GMAT. That will help to create a similar kind of experience. In all this process my mentor Ms Abha M guided me whenever I got stuck somewhere and she also provided specific plans for me to follow to improve in perticular area.
All in all, my leaning with e-Gmat was good. In the end, I got 710 Q51 V34.

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The e-gmat course is the best gmat material I have come across. The study material, scholaranium, and sigma x mocks are excellent and the best resources to ace the test. The question forum and mentor support is incredible and has been pivotal in giving me personalised advice to address my strengths and overcome my weekenesses. I could not have made it this far without my mentor Dhruv Joshi’s genuine support and help.

1. From the foundational concepts to the most advanced strategies, the content was exceptionally well-structured and thoroughly covered all sections of the GMAT exam including IR. Whether it was Quantitative, Verbal, or Integrated Reasoning, the materials were top-notch and tailored to suit all learning styles.
2. One of the course's standout features in Quant section was its adaptive learning platform. Adaptive learning analyzed my performance and tailored subsequent lessons based on my strengths and weaknesses. This personalized approach ensured that I focused on areas where I needed improvement the most, making my study sessions efficient and productive.
3. The vast array of practice questions, mock tests, and timed quizzes helped me build my confidence and test-taking stamina, ultimately refining my approach to each section of the GMAT exam.

In conclusion, I can confidently say that E-GMAT was the turning point in my GMAT preparation. The remarkable increase in my score from 610 to 710 speaks volumes about the effectiveness of the course. I am now well on my way to fulfilling my dream of attending a top-notch business school, and I owe a significant portion of my success to this exceptional online course.
If you're serious about excelling in the GMAT exam and unlocking your true potential, I wholeheartedly recommend E-GMAT. The investment will undoubtedly pay off, and you'll find yourself closer to your academic and career goals than you ever imagined.

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Strengths:

Excellent Verbal course content.
Advanced analytics platform

After my first GMAT attempt, I was looking for an excellent platform to practice and learn concepts, a mistake I made on my first attempt. During my first attempt, I decided to study verbal on my own and used GMAT Club extensively to find practice problems. After going through multiple reviews and trying out a few other platforms, I decided to join eGMAT online 360 program. I’m happy that I made the right decision.
As I already had 680 on my first attempt, I was eligible for the Last Mile Push Program (LMP). I cannot express how impactful this was for me. I was assigned a mentor, Akash, right from the beginning. Akash helped me with analyzing the ESR, identifying the knowledge gaps, and creating a custom action plan for approaching the course content. This plan was extremely helpful as it helped me focus on the topics I was actually struggling with. Also, he consistently monitored my performance and pushed me to get better scores in every practice and cementing quizzes.
The course content is structured and very well explained, especially the SC (Sentence Correction) course. As SC was one of the topics I was struggling with, I started with SC, as per the plan. The approach eGMAT suggests and the simple explanation of topics helped me to improve my SC score substantially. The approach eGMAT suggests to solve CR questions helped in reducing the time I took to solve CR questions and scholaranium provided enough quality questions to practice these approaches. The inbuilt analytics platform helped me monitor my performance and identify the topics I should work on.
As I was scoring well in the quant section, I did not go through the quant course. However, after attempting scholaranium quizzes, I could see that some topics needed more attention. After going through the specific topics as per the modified plan that Akash suggested, I could see improvement in my scores.
Thanks to Akash and eGMAT team for the support they’ve given throughout the journey. I highly recommend this program for anyone looking for a course that covers everything from absolute basics to advanced topics.

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Strengths:

The Verbal module is their absolute strength.
Starting with Master Comprehension course which enabled me to dissect sentences better, pause at the right places, and infer the right meaning, the course provided all the foundations I needed.

The 'Meaning-based' approach to SC was easy to grasp and effective in nature. The course did not shove technical grammar details at all, and the nuanced approach to understanding the underlying meaning of the sentence helped me improve my accuracy in SC to a large extent.

CR was my weakest part. Again, the 'Pre-thinking' part and understanding the 'Falsification scenario' of each question helped me to understand the passage tremendously. The CR module is a must for someone looking to get into the 90th percentile.

Another strength is their Question bank - Scholaranium portal and the massively important data analytics which helped me pinpoint my weak areas

Would make the product better:

The Quant portion is too vast and for someone who's looking to increase from a Q47-48 to Q49-50, there can be a separate module for them to address their weak areas while keeping the momentum of the strong areas with regular practise.

I started using E-GMAT after getting V28 in my GMAT attempt.
I realised that my Verbal needs a re-approach from the absolute basics and hence, enrolled for E-GMAT after everyone recommended their course.
The course provided the perfect push, with excellent question banks to sharpen my skills.
The cementing quizzes helped me strengthen my skills and the periodic reviews helped me to understand why I was failing in certain areas.

As part of the Last Mile Push programme, my mentor Rashmi ma'am jotted down a perfect strategy plan for 3 weeks before my test date. It helped me to keep my focus and be consistent in my prep, which was mighty important. Other than that, she motivated me on my bad days and reinvigorated my sense of self-belief and confidence. I owe my performance to Rashmi ma'am and to the entire E-GMAT team.

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Strengths:

1. Verbal strategy in all the three sections - SC, CR, RC
2. Scholaranium questions
3. Great User Interface

With consistency, dedication, hard work, and structured learning, anyone can achieve a score of 700+.

After three attempts and sub-700 scores, in March 2023, after a year's break, I decided to embark on the journey again. I sought guidance from e-GMAT's support and purchased their online 360 course. I attempted the first Sigma X mock and scored a 720. Encouraged by the fact that I still had the ability, I joined e-GMAT's "Last Mile" program, where I received personalized guidance from Akash, their strategy expert.

Fixing the strategy:
Akash pointed out the flaws in my approach, stressing the importance of maintaining error logs, adopting the meaning-based approach in SC, using prethinking in CR and setting daily targets. I wholeheartedly embraced the process this time and shifted my focus from merely completing a high number of questions to improving the quality of my problem-solving skills using scholaranium, which offers the best set of questions available. As a result, I could see my accuracy in verbal’s 700 level questions improving significantly within 2-3 weeks.

For quants, I practiced from GMAT club tests and e-GMAT’s scholaranium.

Keeping an error log turned out to be a game-changer, as it helped me identify and rectify my mistakes. As my preparation neared its conclusion, my practice test scores consistently ranged from 720 to 750.

Filled with determination and with three months of dedicated preparation under my belt, I attempted the GMAT once more. This time, my efforts paid off, and the score that appeared on the screen was 720 (Q50, V38)!

My GMAT journey was riddled with challenges, but thanks to the invaluable guidance from the e-GMAT team, I finally achieved my desired score. I owe an increase of 16 points in my verbal score (from my first attempt to final attempt) solely to e-GMAT.

Final advice:
For anyone preparing for the exam and facing challenges, believe in yourself, follow structured learning, and trust the process. Don't be disheartened by the success stories of those achieving elite scores in a short time, as everyone has their unique set of strengths and weaknesses. Stay committed to your journey, and with dedication, you can achieve your desired score.

GMAT attempts -

1st attempt - 560 (Q46, V22)
2nd attempt - 650 (Q48, V30)
3rd attempt - 690 (Q49, V35)
Final attempt - 720 (Q50, V38)

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