Background: I am a married 32-year-old individual working in India’s biggest manufacturing enterprise in the energy sector for 10+ years. I was completely out of touch with exam preparation. I started with a score of 560( Q46 & V21) in the eGMAT SigmaX mock. I would recommend that you try eGMAT for its data-driven analysis.
Preparation:
1. Quant: I started with a score of 46 and always scored above 49 in all the mocks after going through the basics. (except some GMAT club practice tests). Please take my advice in this context.
· Resources: Inline with commandments of Slingfox (https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmatclubbing-administered-770-50q-45v-86239.html) build a very solid foundation in GMAT centric maths. Even if you have a very solid background in Maths, it is worthwhile to refer to Manhattan GMAT Maths books and refresh your basics. These guides are enough to reach a score of 48/49. For more advanced concepts, refer to GMAT MATH BOOK in downloadable PDF format by Bunuel and be grateful. I would refer Manhattan Advanced GMAT Quant for cementing the score of 50/51.

· Practice: I solved all the OG questions using the GMAT club error log (very important to use a timer). If you are looking for Q50/51 score, solve the most difficult questions of any source on GMAT club with error log & timer.

· Practice Test: Build your Math Muscles with GMATClub Tests. DO NOT TRY THIS BEFORE FINISHING THE BASICS. These are one of the hardest questions available on quant. Initially try to solve without a timer and don’t get disheartened if you cannot solve questions even in 10-15 minutes. I found most of the questions much harder than Official prep questions.

· Actual Exam: I found actual GMAT Online quant questions were much lengthier and harder than official questions. It served me very well that I had attempted almost 20 GMAT club quant tests.

2. Verbal: I started with an ability of 16% in Sentence Correction, 16% in RC, and 63% in CR as per eGMAT Sigma X mock. Harshit recommended me the e-GMAT course for verbal and I cannot thank him enough.

· Course: eGMAT Online Verbal course is very structured and comprehensive. I religiously followed the order in which I needed to study the individual sections. I believe that it is the best course for SC. I devoted 2 months totally to the Sentence Correction module. The animated modules of eGMAT improve upon the efficiency of a student and for this reason, the retention ability remains on a higher side. The success of Sentence Correction is your ability to understand the meaning, logic and learn core skills. The 3-step approach to SC is extremely helpful. eGMAT sentence correction course takes the journey from basic concepts to advanced skills very smoothly.

In CR, Structure and pre-thinking steps gives a solid understanding of the argument. In RC, the solution technique for Inference questions was best. In my opinion and as in my case, you will have to practice a lot (I limited my practice to official questions of GMAT only on GMAT club). You can also attempt LSAT questions.

The team at e-GMAT is extremely helpful. Payal always promptly responded and helped me. The eGMAT team is very friendly and really invests in your preparation.

I owe an increase of 15 points in my verbal score (from my mock score to actual score) solely to e-GMAT. The process and structure of the course really helped me improve my skills. The way the concepts are taught, I am sure I will carry this knowledge throughout my MBA as well.

· Practice: Practice on Scholaranium. The quality of the explanations is very high. The level of data insights on your accuracy & ability is pure gold.

3. AWA: Like me if are not good at writing and you are happy with a score of 5 or 5.5, just go to this page 1 or 2 days before the actual exam and write one AWA answer based on these templates (https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-get-6-0-awa-my-guide-64327.html).

4. My Story: I started my preparation in Sep’20. After 3 months of preparation was ready to book the exam in Dec’20/Jan’21, but fate had some other plans for me. I got Covid-19 in December and it took me one and half months to recover and regain my strength.

I started preparing for GMAT again from the last week of Jan’21. In Feb and March, my work schedule went crazy. I could hardly study for 1 hour or less during this time. With a proper study of 4-5 hours in April & May, I booked the GMAT exam on 17th June at Hyderabad Test Centre. One week before the scheduled exam, my scheduled test was canceled by Test Centre without providing any reason (I assumed that it must be owing to Covid-19).

I immediately scheduled the test again on 23rd June and it was canceled again by the Test Centre.

I really wanted to finish off the exam when I was scoring high in official GMAT prep. I was exploring the option of the GMAT Online Exam. I read a lot about the online experience on GMAT club and it helped.

GMAT Online Exam Requirement:
Physical Whiteboard: I ordered one physical whiteboard from amazon but the quality was average and I received a damaged product You must order very good quality fine-tip marker.

Duster: I struggled a lot for getting a good quality duster and could not get a good quality duster. I ordered and checked these dusters. They were useless. I tried other dusters too from a local shop. I stuck a bundle of cotton cloth on three dusters and used them. In quant, I am a step by step solver kind of person, so I write a lot, it was not supposed to be an issue at the test center, but it became an issue in GMAT online exam. As I had limited space of whiteboard to write and I had to erase many times during Quant section, non-availability of good quality duster did cost me at least 2-3 minutes in the quant and 1-2 minutes in verbal section.

Backup wifi connection: Arrange for a good wifi connection as the primary connection. I would suggest that you arrange for a backup connection too. I arranged one backup jiofi device (4G Hotspot device in India). It is better to be prepared with backup wifi or a Hotspot device. I did not need a backup connection during the actual exam. I showed the backup device to the instructor online and he had no issues with it.

GMAT Online Experience: The experience was good but not great. The exam started smoothly. I went for both scheduled breaks after Quant and Verbal.
· Difficulty Level: I felt that Quant was super difficult compared to GMAT official prep questions. However, the GMAT Online exam was forgiving and I scored 50.
Verbal was also very difficult for me. I had improved my RC accuracy to 90% and solved most of the 700+ RC official passages on the GMAT club, but I was stumped by the difficulty level of RC. I got short but very convoluted RC passages and questions were very difficult too. It was very difficult to eliminate even 2/3 answer choices. CR & SC were difficult too.

· System Hanging Issue: This was one teething problem throughout the exam - the system was hanging for a few seconds whenever I clicked the answer or submitted the answer. I was using a Lenovo legion 8 GB Intel i-5 laptop with Windows 10. I lost approximately 2-3 minutes on each section due to this issue. It was very frustrating.

During AWA also, the system was hanging and I lost more than 2-3 minutes. It did not matter that I lost time in AWA but it was frustrating to wait for few seconds for the text to appear on screen after typing.

Overall, the experience of GMAT Online was average. Finally, I completed the exam and a score of 720 appeared. I breathed a sigh of relief!! I was expecting a lower score!!

Final Advice:
1. Value your time and choose the right material/course for yourself: There is a lot of material available for GMAT preparation and research very well before you commit your time. The eGMAT team is very friendly and really invests in your preparation.
Aim high. Track & monitor your performance (Use two types of error logs)
One type of error log to track your ability, accuracy & timing. I used the gmatclub error log
The second type of error log is a simple excel sheet to keep the list of mistakes and learning. This type of error log comes very handy in identifying blind spots and mistake patterns. I cannot recommend this enough.
Persevere – Be ready to hit few bumps along the way. But persevere and Do not lose hope. Book the exam only when you are ready and have already scored at least 20-30 points higher than your target score in the official GMAT prep mock.
Read slingfox Test Day Tips!

Thank you Note: Thank you gmatclub team for managing such a wonderful website and the quality of content is top-notch!

Thank you eGMAT team for one of the best verbal courses! Special thanks to Payal for her prompt response to my queries!

Thank you for reading this long debrief!!

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The toughest decision GMAT aspirants face at the start of their preparation is which course to put their trust in. I too lingered over this decision for a fair amount of time and after a lot of research I decided to go for E-Gmat. I attended many of the free GMAT strategy and verbal seminars conducted by E-Gmat and was really impressed by its structured approach to solving the questions compared to other courses which focus mainly on getting to the answer and not on how to actually get there.
What worked for me?
The verbal course is absolutely fantastic. It leaves no stones unturned when it comes to covering concepts essential for GMAT verbal. It starts with Master Comprehension which tells you how to approach all the verbal subsections in general and lays a solid foundation for things to come. The SC course is a life saver and covers everything related to SC comprehensively. Just knowing grammar isn’t enough to excel on GMAT and that’s where the meaning-based approach emphasized by E-Gmat comes into play and is the best way to solve hard SC questions.

CR is just all about application and hence the method to approach the problem Is of utmost importance. E-Gmat helped me in solidifying that method by introducing me to processes such as Pre-Thinking and negating the statement to find what breaks the conclusion. I was often stuck between two answers until I got the hang of pre-thinking.

RC is more about paying attention, getting immersed into the passage and being patient than anything else. The E-Gmat reading and note-taking strategies help a lot in these regards.

Coming from an engineering background, I didn’t need help as much with learning concepts as with streamlining my process skills. The E-Gmat quant has accurate diagnostic quizzes right at the start of each topic which helped me identify my skill level in that topic and hence enabled me to pay more attention to my weak areas. I was really struggling with DS questions before as I used to jump to conclusions and ignore important information but with the quant course, I was able to identify and work on the gaps causing such issues.

The scholaranium is an amazing platform which not only acts as a question bank but also as a private tutor. The data provided by it is really commendable as it helps to pinpoint the actual gaps in your knowledge and also keeps track of your performance in various sub sections. I can safely say that sigma-X mocks are the best mocks out there as the data insights and performance analysis it provides is unmatched. You can not only pinpoint which section you are weak in but also the particular sub-section where you are facing difficulties. So, if you are looking for mocks that are a very good replica of actual GMAT and which can tell you your areas of improvement as well as provide best possible solutions to all the questions, Sigma-X mock is your answer.

The course is tremendous but what impressed me the most was the kind of support which E-Gmat provides. I was lucky enough to be contacted by Dhananjay, my mentor during the LMP program. I got in contact with him after I finished the course and he has helped me at every step since then whether it be providing me with hyper-specific plans, highlighting my weak areas or motivating me. After my second attempt which was disappointing to say the least, he got in touch with me on his own accord and let me know that he backs me 100% and believes that I can achieve my target , such trust shown by him in his students is really commendable. His continuous support, even now, has been a major boost for my ongoing preparations.
To sum it all up, looking for a course which takes care of everything for you and lets you focus entirely on studying? Look no further than E-Gmat!

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I had prepared for Indian entrance exams but it was very unsuccessful. I was confident in VA but my quant was really dicey. I came across eGMAT through Youtube. I saw many debriefs and I tried their free trial. It looked extensive but great. I took their free mock and it went really bad. Considering I gave it just after an offcial mock where I scored 660, i was skeptical. But I knew, I needed help with SC and Quant. I spoke to a counsellor and went ahead with it. I do not have any regrets. It's a great course and I was able to score a 670 within 1.5 months of 8-10 hours of prep per week.

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E gmat is a very good online platform for sentence correction in GMAT. It gave me great confidence and saved a lot of time for other sections in the test. The meaning based approach was extremely important for me to achieve the 760 I got in the test. Sentence correction was my weakest section-But the structured approach by e-gmat gave me confidence to master SC through application of the approach and through constant practice using GMAT club. I could not find much use of CR and RC from e-gmat mainly because I was not a good reader. So I had to strive a lot on improving my reading skills outside of the course. Nevertheless, the time I could save on SC by completing questions within 75 secs to 90 secs, helped me achieve a better score on RC & CR

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Background:

I am a non-native speaker from India with an Engineering background. I was always confident about my Quant ability but was sceptical about Verbal ability. After taking an Initial Mock, my hunch was confirmed in which I scored a 640 ( Q48 and V26). Even though I scored less in verbal in my Initial mock, the thing which boosted my confidence that I can score well in Verbal was that Verbal in GMAT is more logical play than a theoretical play. Having given GRE before, the one thing I didn't like in GRE prep was the requirement to remember a lot of information which can lead to exhaustion very easily.

Course Shortlist:

Knowing I had to mostly concentrate on my Verbal ability, I was searching for the best Verbal course for non-native speakers ( I was looking from utter basics to advanced level). I came across the E-GMAT course while I was researching for courses. I took the trial to see the user experience of the course to decide if it is fit for my likings and I immediately liked and enrolled on the course.

Preparation:

I started with my Verbal prep carefully going through all the videos, tests and practise questions in the course. After done with Verbal course completion I skimmed through the Quant course to brush up on my Quant knowledge. After I was done with all the concepts, I started with scholarium for practising the concepts. Initially, the score was low in all three sections in Verbal, but with scholarium analytics, I slowly improved on my weak areas.

Mentorship:

E-GMAT mentorship played a crucial point in my journey by giving structure to my preparation. Archit has been super helpful in devising an improvement in each of the three sections in Verbal. I would strongly advise getting mentorship as it will be helpful to have a mentor to guide you in the right direction based on their experience.

Result: Scored 730 on The Day with V38 and Q50. Scored 95% in CR, 90% in SC and 28% in RC. My average RC percentile has been around V40 but scored only V22 on exam day. Clearly, there is scope for improvement in RC, so will be giving the exam again.

Things that helped immensely:

Pre thinking approach for CR was a game-changer. I improved my accuracy from the mid-'60s to above 90's with the approach. I scored above 90% in all the mocks and also in the final exam with the help of the approach.

Sentence Correction takes time and there is nothing to worry about your ability. Your ability will increase with practice and you will notice an increase in accuracy and speed with more practice. Attention to detail in sentences is very important to spot errors. I cannot stress this point more as we usually tend to skim through the sentence. The meaning-based approach also helps in improving speed and accuracy.

Jotting down points and summarising each paragraph helps to remember more information from paragraphs. A comprehensive reading course by E-GMAT helped me realize the need for easily understanding each statement.

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eGMAT verbal course has helped me in improving my grammar a lot. I was able to improve my score by +70. You will understand the contribution of eGMAT in my GMAT prep journey if I give you more context on where I started : when I started the journey I wasn't even aware of Subject - verb agreement rules or correct usage of verbs in a sentence. This course helped me learn the basics and build confidence I need to score my target score. I haven't achieved my target score so I am planning to retake the exam soon. Scholaranium 2.0 is one more product which I will highly recommend. It will help you in identifying your weakness. Unfortunately, I didn't spend enough time on this product. I could see progress I made in CR which reflected in actual exam too. Scholaranium 2.0 helped me in identifying my weakness in some of the SC topics too but I didn't have enough time to improve those. I will recommend you to go through all the concept videos and Scholaranium 2.0 questions to achieve your target score.

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I had pre-conceived thoughts about an online tutoring program and it's efficiency, and was initially skeptical about choosing the e-gmat online course. But, I was proved wrong! The course is curated in a very structured manner. The personalized study plan actually works! It helped me pace myself efficiently. Best part of e-gmat course was the SC component. It helped me secure a 98th percentile on the particular section. The meaning based approach yielded dividends on the exam. CR and RC materials are on point as well. The Scholaranium made a huge difference. Cementing, Custom and Ability quizzes really prepped me up for the exam. Overall, the course was amazing.

I was approached by the e-gmat team for the Last Mile Program and Atreya Roy ( big kudos to him) turned out to be my mentor. The best parts of the LMP are the guidance and review sessions. Atreya spent a good chunk of time curating the right personalized strategies for me to implement. He was always reachable (even for the silliest of the doubts). The plan was easy to grasp and follow. The constant monitoring and the push from the mentor's end definitely helped me ease through the last mile of my preparation. Big thanks to Atreya and his team for guiding me through my prep journey. I would definitely recommend e-gmat course for any gmat aspirant.

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I was already enrolled with another GMAT prep course when I came across the free webinars organised by E-GMAT. I attended a few of those and realised that their strategy and tips were fundamentally better than my previous coaching and so decided to go ahead with the E-GMAT course. It turned out to be really helpful, with all its specifically categorized modules, quizzes and concept skills. I was able to recognise my weak areas through the multiple sets of quizzes and their detailed analysis, and work on them specifically. The course is amazingly insightful when it comes to analysing your mistakes and reviewing them.

The verbal modules - SC, CR, RC, have very detailed concept files which gives you a clear understanding of each. For me the major strategy that helped was Prethinking. The concept and its constant practice made me improve my verbal score evidently. Additionally, the modules on how to go about the different sets of RC questions helped me follow different strategies for each and answer the questions with a logical approach.

The Quant section helped me with the detailed analysis of my weak areas so that I could just improve the specific concept gaps and keep practicing the overall quizzes consistently. The huge number and the large variety of questions kept me on my toes throughout.

My mentor, Atreya, had been really helpful as he devised such specific study plans for my prep. He was consistent with me and extremely supportive throughout. He helped me analyse the various aspects of my performance, which I was unable to focus on initially. The last mile in my prep, the Sigma mocks, were incredible in terms of their level of questions, their appropriateness and of course, the detailed analysis available to review my attempt.

To sum up, I am extremely satisfied with my decision of choosing E-GMAT for my preparation and highly recommend it to anyone starting their preparation as well! All the best!

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I started preparing for my GMAT in early July 2020 and gave my first attempt at October 13th 2020. I had prepared well, I was scoring 710-720 in official mocks and I was hoping to convert the same in my real test, but I got shocked when I ended up with a 660. Now, I have always had a fear of tests, I tend to do well in prep, mocks and solve questions with high accuracy during my practice in a limited time frame, but the D-day is where it all goes wrong. So I decided, I will go with a nothing to lose attitude and attempt gmat once more in a month. In my second attempt, I ended up with a 670. One month and 10 point improvement was not what I was expecting. I thought since I have a good momentum going, I will focus on gmat for one more month completely and try to just beat my current score, whatever it maybe. I subscribed to the egmat course and I ended up with a 680 (Q50, V32). I wasn't completely satisfied but I took it in my stride and started thinking of applications.

I decided to give one last attempt in July 2021 before I start my applications, and that's when I resumed my egmat subscription in May and asked for help from a mentor to guide me through the prep and correct me in case I go wrong. And since the first day itself, Atreya was as involved in my prep as I was. I was given a complete day to day plan with instructions on how to review the errors I was making. Since I had lost touch in the last 5 months, it was not easy to pick up right where I left off. But within 1 month, my mock scores went from 690s to 740s. My verbal improved from V34 to V42 in my mocks and my Quant stayed consistent at Q49. I was given a constant push from Atreya to hit Q50 in every mock I give. And that is when the error log and going through the explanations helped me a lot. Through the data analytics after my each test, I was able to understand that I was making a lot of errors in the Number systems and word problem sections and I went back to the drawing board to do concept cementing quizzes to better my quant performance. And it worked within a week of consistent effort. For verbal, what helped my performance was patience to go back and do the questions using the correct approach. Trust me, meaning based approach to solve SC questions is a miracle. It surpasses the need to find flaws in a sentence and saves a ton of time and effort. Similarly reading skills are really important for CR and RC. Having a proper approach really helps in answering these questions.

I was still super afraid of the tests as a lot of it was banking on the score, but one thing that sigma mocks helped me do is to gauge my performance in a gmat and gain some confidence. The mocks are really close to the gmat exam, especially the verbal section, which will test your test taking temprament very well.

In the final 2 weeks, all my weak focus areas were pointed and Atreya was able to get me help from all the subject matter experts in a very short time frame. He very dilligently helped me everyday with my doubts and questions and kept the motivation up till th every last day of my exam. It helped me a lot to get over my nerves and do better.

I would recommend e-GMAT to anyone who is planning to start their prep. It is always helpful to have a constant guiding light when one is confused about so many things.

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I took the e-GMAT course in June 2021 after I had taken an attempt in early June. I had prepared a fair bit and did well on the mocks however the main exam made me realise some fundamental gaps.

I lacked a process to solve the questions and also lacked section specific guidance to improve on my ability. e-gmat and Dhananjay came in and helped me improve my ability a fair bit. I improved from a 38 to a 40 in verbal within 10 days of starting work with egmat.

What I love about e-gmat:
Fantastic portal that gives you excellent insight. You do not waste time analysing, you only learn, cement and perform

The exercises are built methodically after completing each section I could see an improvement in my ability.

The personalized support that the team offers. They peer through your performance and give you sectionwise analysis on what to focus on. DJ offered me his personal number. I continuously kept in touch and troubled him for doubts. This is super helpful for a scattered person like me.

The sigma X mocks are fantastic

The methodologies that e-gmat have pioneered - pre-thinking, meaning based SC and critical reading skills. (I was able to get 98th and 91st percentile in SC and CR respectively)

I think e-gmat is the best solution out there for retakers. I am now working with the team to get a better score than what i have landed. I am sure I should be able to achieve it with their help and guidance. I keep wishing I had started the prep with e-gmat many months ago!

Above all, e-gmat does not judge or make you feel uncomfortable. They are matter of fact and mission driven towards helping us achieve our goal.

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