Strengths:

Well-structured courses, interactive modules, easy-to-digest concepts and explanations, massive question banks, intelligent algorithms, realistic mock exams, and support from E-GMAT experts.

Would make the product better:

None. I was highly satisfied with the E-GMAT products and services.

Hi everyone. I'm Jab from Thailand. I went through up and down and up again throughout my GMAT journey. And I have a lot to share with you today, hoping that none of you will make the same mistake I did.

It began in 2019 when I followed my friend to take my first GMAT exam. I went straight to the exam without preparation because I was confident that I could make it through quickly. Needless to say, it went horribly wrong. I severely underestimated the exam, thinking it was similar to SAT.

After online research and discussions with my friends, I realized that I need professional support tutoring services, but I need to stay in my full-time employment. An online tutoring platform like E-GMAT became my most reasonable option.

E-GMAT has one of the most structured and rich GMAT preparation contents. It's arguably more impressive than the official GMAT prep. They have personalized study plans, intelligent algorithms, giant question banks, and detailed explanations for any answer you may want. The contents are arranged in perfect order, making them easy to follow and digest. They have a realistic quiz engine and mock exam to sharpen your examination skill. My first mistake was that I utilized none of them efficiently.

At that time, I was invested in my full-time job and couldn't prepare for extra hours to study GMAT diligently. I thought that by practicing the exercise as much as I could, I could go on just fine without sticking to the plan. After all, the quantitative and verbal sessions were at the first-year college level, right? Thinking that I could apply my previous lessons in college to answer the official GMAT questions was a mistake, and it cost me greatly. My second test a few months later went as terribly as my first. Something has to change.

I decided to prepare GMAT by taking a two-month leave, so I could entirely focus on it. I sailed through half of the question bank and wrote notes on all the topics I got wrong. I also checked out some of the OG questions in the GMAT Club. I even organized a study group with my friends so that I left no stone unturned. My confidence improved when I saw my mock exam score improve to the mid-600 level. My third exam was a disappointment, still. The stress kept me from thinking critically. The average time spent was nowhere close to my practice time. Poor stress management was my second mistake.

My time was running out, and I was out of the idea of doing it alone. So I seek professional advice by emailing the E-GMAT strategy Expert team. I thought they would mock my insignificant score, so I was skeptical. But they were accommodating. First, they analyzed my performance and revision activities from the E-GMAT account, then created a personalized improvement plan tailored to the time I had left. I remembered telling them I had four months to get from 630 to ~700 level in a predictable manner. Our goal was clear, and we went on the spartan mode.

At this stage, the essential point is my own diligence. If the execution were lacking, the plan would have failed regardless. I steeled myself and disappeared from social media. I first revised my mistake by looking at the practice quiz and fixing weak parts instead of going through everything. Then came the cementing quiz and strategic review. I cannot stress enough how vital these two activities were because only by focusing on solidifying your conceptual gap would I then be able to say that I can do it confidently.

Following the plan we set up diligently was not only helpful in aceing the GMAT exam but also calmed down my nerve when I walked into the actual exam room. This time, I felt I had done everything I could and managed my stress well. The result was far better than I had hoped.

I improved by 60 points from 630 (V31, Q46) to 690 (V40, Q44) just because I let go of my arrogance and studied diligently. I trusted that the E-GMAT team knew the proper method and followed their guide. The journey could have been shorter and more manageable.

If I could turn back time and give myself some advice, I would say...
Plan your study in a structured and actionable manner. Refrain from trying to brute force your way through.
Stress clouds your judgment. It would be best if you learned to manage it well.
If you ever feel stuck, seek advice from experts. You would be surprised at how willing they are to guide you.

And if you don't know where to start, I highly recommend contacting E-GMAT team.

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Last Mile Push Review and Support:
My mentor Abha Mohan was fantastic, she guided me with the steps needed to ace the test. The guidance was very structured. She would also track my progress and provide any course corrections if required. I genuinely appreciate her detailed feedback on my account and ESR for my retake. I was really amazed by this personal touch. Kudos to her for that.

The support team of e-GMAT is very prompt and collaborative. When my mentor was unavailable, they made sure that some other expert replied promptly. During my first attempt, they were very kind to extend my course for a few days free of cost. During the second attempt, a 1-month extension was provided at a subsidized rate.

Verbal Course:
The course is comprehensive and has all that we need to ace the test. e-GMAT has the best verbal experts. Harsha for CR, Shradha, and Stacey for SC, Payal, and Kanupriya all-round. Their Pre thinking and meaning-based approach do work but require some time to make it intuitive.
My tip is always to feel free to send an email to the support with your queries and use the in-built forum.

Quant Course:
Surprisingly, the quant course of e-GMAT is even better than the verbal course. With the introduction of 'PACE' and diagnostic quizzes, one can customize the course and complete it faster. Swetha is the best Quant instructor in my opinion.

Scholoranium and Sigma X mocks:
The questions are modeled very closely on the official GMAT Prep questions and are of high quality.
The mocks are the best and close to the real thing. The analytics are great. Please don't forget to use the 'Skill data' part of the course to understand and ace your weaknesses.

Areas of improvement:
My suggestion to the e-GMAT team is to include the error log feature inbuilt into the course, instead of filling all the already available data again in the excel sheet. I felt this part to be tedious.
Also, include a feature to track progress or time spent, etc. Please provide video explanations and written explanations of all the solutions.
In addition, the RC course can be further improved. Please come out with something like 'PACE' for the verbal course as well.

Overall the course is value for your money.

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Strengths:

in depth knowledge and videos about everything you need to know about the GMAT

Would make the product better:

The verbal videos dont have a play back speed, having those and something like Pace which is implemented in the Quant section will really help out

I took the Sigma X mock and scored 370. I worked on my online study plan and started working on the Quant section for the first month and then the Verbal section in month 2. After finishing each topic I took the cementing quizzes and worked on my error logs.
Even though the error logs are lengthy can be alot of work, it is worth the effort because it actually helps you pinpoint your mistakes and shows you if there is a pattern or a topic I needed to go back and review
Overall I would recommend the course
it is well worth the money

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Strengths:

1. Course content:
Verbal: Extensive yet crisp
Quant: Precisely what is required- not more/not less

2. Cementing Process:
If followed correctly, there is no surprise if one excels at ability building

3. Support from Mentors:
If you know what to ask with proper rational, you will get precise guidance for way forward. Quick response from mentors as well as in forum where we can ask doubts pertaining to specific questions

4. Sigma Mock analysis:
Once you finish any mock as guided by mentors, you will get in dept personalized test review. The review is crisp, insightful, and full of self reflection points.

Would make the product better:

If anything, there is one point that can be improved. When I review any quiz in Scholaranium, I can straight away see the correct and/or incorrect answer choices. It is okay if I am reviewing the test just after completing it. However, if I am reviewing during revision or after some time, it would be great if I can only see the answer choices without the correct or incorrect answer choice. Adding a button such as “show answer” to unravel the correct answer choice can provide one an opportunity to recollect the thought process that one may have utilised while attempting the question without getting biased about correct and/or incorrect answer choice. It would have increased my error log quality, I believe.

Instead of writing review, I reckon that writing my journey will make more sense to get the idea about the course. I am a non native English speaker, and my schooling was in vernacular language. So, my verbal section required special attention.

It was my second e-GMAT subscription. My first subscription was purchased in July 2020. To be honest, I completely ruined that subscription by randomly going through the course and by not following strategic cementing process. I assumed that going through the course would be sufficient to get a reasonably good score. I ended up scoring a 590 (Q49 V21) in December 2020.

My learning from the whole experience was that GMAT is not the test of concept but rather it is the test of reasoning and processing. If the concepts are not commissioned with proper process, they are of no use as far as GMAT is concerned.
I enrolled for the second time in June 2022. This time I was clear for at least what not to do. This time I followed the guidelines by the course and the mentors from the beginning to the end before adding my rational to a particular topic/section. Earlier I used to challenge the thought process that is being taught in the course by contending that the “eGMAT process following algorithm” takes longer than my method. Doing so hindered my learning in the previous attempt.

Preparation beginning:
Attempted a sigma X mock. Assessed my ground level. Prepared a PSP - an overall outlook of how long should it take to reach test readiness.
2. I started with Verbal and then moved to Quant. (Reason: I am better at quant than at Verbal. Building ability takes time. It is a good idea to give yourself sufficient time to make the process application your second nature before taking GMAT)

For Verbal:
Master Comprehension >> SC >> CR >> RC
Meaning based approach in SC and Pre-thinking method in CR are game changer. If followed the process in right way, majority of the questions can be solved with relative ease. However, it is not easy to get acquainted to these process if you cut the corners at understanding level.
First, I finished all the course content and made proper notes in such a way that if I want to refer to a particular topic after a few time I can go back quickly and connect with that topic.
Finished cementing stage for each subsection as instructed in “Yes loop algorithm” of Cementing Process. Moved to next step after validating progress from the mentors.
After Cementing, I followed instruction of Abha/Akash (Mentors) for Test readiness stage.
Mentors actively asked me to revise the older learning along with learning new things. The idea is not to lose on what we have earlier gained.
Prepared an extensive error log as instructed by Mentors.

For Quant:

PACE is a beautifully crafted Quant course. The concept and process diagnostics in the beginning of the section gave me a fair idea about how prepared I am and where should I focus particularly. It saved me a lot of time. I finished the quant course in 16 days with full time job.
It teaches how to decode the question statement to understand what exactly is asked. It has helped me in understanding complex problems with relative ease.
It is a myth that e-GMAT quant is tougher than the actual quant that is being tested in GMAT. Sometimes, the question statement length is overwhelming in cementing state. However, the requirement is to score 5-6 question correct out of 10 such question. In sigma X mock, medium and hard questions are perfectly balanced and are of similar spectrum of what GMAT tests.

Overall:
The cementing stage is, I believe, the most important tool to increase our basic abilities. Mentors repeatedly state the same, and now I understand the reason behind it. Once I finished stage 2 cementing stage, I asked all my process related doubts to the mentors in form of long extensive emails, and all my queries were addressed by Abha/Akash/e-GMAT team. In the last 3 weeks of my GMAT test, I informed the mentors about my calendar and my commitments. Abha/Akash/Mentors gave me a proper plan to follow for test readiness and Mock schedule. There were times when I felt low, and these mentor made sure I don’t lose faith in myself.

I scored 680 in my last sigmaX mock and 700 & 720 in my official GMAT mocks. As far as I could understand, Official GMAT mocks did not feel like an adaptive test. On the other hand, Sigma X mocks are actually adaptive. Increased difficulty level question on the later stage of the test is quite challenging under timed environment. I scored a 680 (Q49 V34) in actual GMAT, and I felt quite similar to Sigma X mock experience. I am in the process in deciding whether to re attempt GMAT or not.

Overall, it was a good learning experience. If I compare my current work emails with my earlier emails, I see a vast difference in the way I write and in the way I read anything. It will not be exaggeration if I claim that eGMAT approach has not just increased the test taking ability but also increased the overall reasoning ability.

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Strengths:

eGMAT's main strength lies in their structured approach to both the verbal and quantitative sections.

Verbal and quant are both broken down into topics and the tutors on eGMAT focus on helping the student break down each module and come up with a logical and easy-to-follow way to solve them, while still retaining the basic core idea of each module.

The mentorship process is also very innovative - it allows the student to learn at their own pace while also giving enough time for the mentor to review your query and give a detailed response.

My mentor for the process was Dhruv Joshi and he helped keep me honest - we did disagree on the approach to take for a few sub-sections but Dhruv's brutal honestly helped me identify what I needed to improve on.

Would make the product better:

While the mentors are helpful in responding to the students, sometimes a student may need a personal touch or reassurance when things may not be going so well or it would help the student clarify a doubt by verbal communication.

At present, eGMAT only offers mentor responses over email and a call feature could be one of the things added to improve eGMAT's already impressive methodology of teaching.

Overall, eGMAT has aced the process of helping a student ace the GMAT exam, which in itself can be daunting and more so for working professionals, who may not have studied formally for a few years and need to get into that mindset of studying again.

eGMAT's tiered break-down of sections helps immensely in that regard and their PACE time savings method in the quant helps the student identify their strengths and subsequently reduce their preparation time.

I would recommend eGMAT wholeheartedly for anyone who wants to do well at the GMAT, be it a recent graduate, a working professional or an experienced professional.

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Strengths:

Their verbal learning track is quite well structured.

Especially I like their teaching and practicing strategy, wherein you learn a concept, then immediately do some practice tests and then at some point later while learning other new concepts the old concepts are also tested. This is crucial as you don't forget what you learned over time.

Further I like the customizability that is offered in the questions practice bank with crisp and clear explanation.

Good balance with cost, it isn't prohibitively expensive.

A quick brief of my GMAT journey:
I had been on and off with my Gmat prep since 2018, life, international job opportunity, and many other things got in the way.
However I finally committed to appearing for gmat in 2021, and scored 700. Though this isn't a bad score considering the colleges that I was interested in and my profile it wasn't sufficient. I got rejections most of the T20 MBAs.
So a. year later I appeared again around mid August and scored 680, so I cancelled my score. This probably was my lowest point as most of my mocks were above 700.
Upon reviewing my performances and ESR I realized the issue was with verbal, particularly SC. I did pretty good in CR/RC. I had previously used free resources of e-GMAT (from youtube and gmatclub forum), and based on that experience decided to go for e-GMAT subscription. Another reason to to choose e-gmat was their price point, I did not intend on spending too much on a course that I would use just for a few topics/weeks.

e-GMAT usage:
As the R1 deadlines appeared I only had about 4 weeks to reappear. So I took the e-GMAT course to bridge my verbal knowledge. I have been a fluent english speaker since childhood, however it is mainly conversational fluency. When it came to using rules to distinguish between options I would bank on "does this sound right" and various tricks and techniques. It was clear that I had exhausted the potential of these strategies and I had to bridge the fundamental knowledge.

This is where the e-GMAT's structured course really helped me. Particularly using the diagnostics I could skip the sections over which I had mastery, e.g. comparisons. This enabled me to fast-track my preparation in the short window of opportunity.

The explanations of fundamental concepts were also quite rational and logical. Up until then I considered grammar to be some sort of magic/alchemy, particularly when it came to modifiers. But through their explanations I could see the rule-based nature. This knowledge paired with my "conversational fluency" was a potent combination that enabled me to score so well during my third attempt (750) which got me into T15 MBA's.

I did not use the quant tutorials as I was pretty confidant on these topics. I only used the quant question bank. I liked the customizability and difficulty-adaptability of the question bank.

One more thing to highlight about the question bank, since I had attempted GMAT twice I had exhausted all the questions from official question banks. This was a bigger issue for verbal than quant and CR/RC questions were essentially corrupted. I liked that e-GMAT questions were not a repeat of the official question bank and it gave me new questions to practice on.

In the end I would heavily recommend e-GMAT to anyone who wants to change their Verbal game fundamentally, whatever knowledge level you are at!

Original Score: 700 (V38,Q48)
Final Score (after e-GMAT): 750 (V41, Q50)

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Strengths:

1. Structured
2. Concise
3. Easy to use
4. Customizable

Would make the product better:

Nothing much to improve but something that can be adapted -
It would be great if some discounts can be offered for the financially disadvantaged yet diligent student to help the overall student community!

An online educational platform is deemed a great one if its content, user interface, and adaptability can help students conquer their goals in a structured yet fluidic manner.

This is where e-GMAT surpassed my expectations.

To begin with, I’ll break the GMAT exam into its two major components –
1. Verbal Section
2. Quant Section

The Verbal Section – e-GMAT’s methodology to ace the SC section involves comprehending the meaning of the sentences followed by applying the correct grammatical rules. This technique, made simpler with the plethora of GMAT-styled questions, helped me reach 90%+ accuracy. The entire SC module has been deconstructed into shorter videos, which, when followed in chronological order, help summarize every nuance within this section. The SC module is then followed by the CR modules, in which specialized techniques such as the pre-thinking approach, variance test, ABC tests et. al. help the student view every CR question in a much more systematic manner. Once a student is familiar with these methods, the RC section begins to appear reasonably easier to tackle.
Verbal Scholaranium is e-GMAT’s collection of handpicked verbal questions that are at par or can be considered a notch harder than the current GMAT test questions. If one is able to utilize this adequately, the person will surely excel in the Verbal section of the GMAT exam.

The Quant Section – As I’m relatively comfortable with the quant section, I questioned the learning process during my preparation. Why am I supposed to go through the basics? Will it not waste my time? This is where P.A.C.E kicks in!
P.A.C.E is e-GMAT’s proprietary algorithm, which helps the student chart out their preparation plan based on the diagnostic tests attempted. Hence, a student who is relatively stronger in a certain section within the quants module will be in a position to skip those particular files.
This helped me ‘pace’ my preparation. The quality of questions in the Scholaranium is exceptional (though relatively difficult compared with the actual GMAT questions) and these questions helped my Q48 improve to a Q50!

For someone who is inherently a poor test-taker, multiple customizable quizzes helped me prepare for the actual exam. This, coupled with the 5 Sigma-X Mock Tests helped me prepare my test-taking strategies. The Sigma-X mocks are an accurate representation of the actual exam. One can expect a +/- 10/20 points deviation in their official scores.

Lastly, no platform is complete without the human touch. My mentor, Rida Shafeek, and her colleagues were extremely helpful in guiding and motivating me for my exam. There were days when I would be mentally exhausted and physically drained. However, her constant support in charting out a hyper-specific time-bound preparation plan helped me power my 640 to a whopping 760! I’d highly recommend e-GMAT to every GMAT aspirant out there. A solid 10/10!

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Strengths:

1) Excellent data:
The course provides broad level as well as very granular data on the questions that you solve. This data is critical in the improvement and learning process.

2) Doubt and strategy support:
the E-GMAT team was kind enough to extend an invite for their Last Mile Program to me. As a part of that program a strategy expert was constantly in touch with me and designed a personalised milestone based plan for me during the last 25 days before my exam. This helped me immensely.
I even the doubt support replies to be reasonably quick(

Would make the product better:

The Verbal section video player:
It's a bit outdated. It doesn't allow you to control the speed of the videos which can be quite irritating considering that the default speed of the videos is too slow for most.
A simple speed adjustment feature in the videos would go a long way in saving the student's time.

So this was my first attempt at the GMAT. I knew next to nothing about the exam when I started looking for a preparation course and chose e-GMAT. It was one of the best decisions I took in my prep journey.

Strengths of the product:-

1) Excellent data:
The course provides broad level as well as very granular data on the questions that you solve. This data is critical in the improvement and learning process.

2) Doubt and strategy support:
the E-GMAT team was kind enough to extend an invite for their Last Mile Program to me. As a part of that program a strategy expert was constantly in touch with me and designed a personalised milestone based plan for me during the last 25 days before my exam. This helped me immensely.
I even the doubt support replies to be reasonably quick(

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Strengths:

I really liked how the verbal section is structured. The SC sub-section focuses on a meaning-based approach which really helped me to increase my accuracy to 80+%ile. This approach further helps as the difficulty of the questions increases. The pre-thinking approach in CR was a game-changer for me, wherein the course instils the process skill required to pre-think weakener/strengthener etc and this approach helps to eliminate the incorrect options quickly. The RC subsection focuses on strategies required to ace complex RC passages on the GMAT such as focussed-Reading strategies. The QUANT course although a little too hard, covers each and every topic in detail and provides ample practice on every sub-topic. The Pace AI further helped me to skip topics which I was already comfortable with. The scholaranium is a very good tool created to practice questions to improve and the detailed topic-wise split really helps to analyse the faltering points.

I really liked the mentorship help that I received from e-GMAT. My mentor was Mr. Dhruv Joshi. He was really helpful throughout my GMAT journey. He was always prompt in replying whenever I needed any help. He gave me guided improvement plans to follow. The help I received from my mentor helped me tremendously in achieving the score. After my 2nd attempt. I was deeply demotivated as I was unable to achieve my target score. I had almost given up the thought of getting a chance at my dream B-school. However, Dhruv assured me that the target score was possible with the right strategy and effort. I followed the plans shared by him and I was able to see the improvements.
I would like to thank e-GMAT team for helping me reach my target score.

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Strengths:

Organized content, proactive mentors, methodical approach to both Verbal and Quant sections, Excellent content for both Quant and Verbal, Sigma Mock Tests are very similar to real GMAT tests

Would make the product better:

Overall, I am very happy with the product. Maybe we can have more personalized content and support for the group aiming to score higher 760 or higher.

E-GMAT was my savior when I needed help the most. I started my GMAT prep in the month of April '22. I hired one of the tutors (would like the keep it anonymous). I was given a content ramp-up plan of ~4 months and then a month of mock practice and it was expected that I would be able to crack the exam in the south of ~6 months.

Days passed by. I gave in the required time, finished the content, and attempted my first mock (Official practice test 1). I got a 720 - This was the best score I would get among the mocks to come, and, yes, I attempted quite a few of them. The entire month of august, I wrote 1 mock per week with the delusion that I have mastered what is there to master in the content and it was just a matter of time before I get my target score of 750. Reality check, after around 6 mocks, 720 was still my best score. I even got a few scores of sub-700. I tried reaching out to my mentors but received no help whatsoever.

Enter E-GMAT the savior. Disappointed with my performance, I decided to take a week off from my prep and went to home in the first week of September. I was stressed out and clueless. Then I got in touch with folks at e-GMAT. Appeared for the first sigma mock and got a 700. Now, our goal was clear, get a 750 in about 2 months' time.

I started with E-GMAT on the 19th of September. They really helped me out in identifying my weak areas in the Verbal section and filling in the gaps. Most importantly, the mentor (Ms. Abha Mohan) instilled in confidence within me that I can actually hit the 750-740 mark consistently.

The organized content, the proactive support from the mentors' team, the methodical approach to both the Verbal and Quant sections, the Excellent content for both Quant and Verbal, and the Sigma-X Mock Tests helped me a lot! Overall, I witnessed a night and day difference b/w my previous tutor and this tutor.

Finally, I appeared for my first GMAT test and got a 740! It was a decent attempt.

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