Background:-
I am someone who works on an average around 60 - 70 hours in a week.
I had attempted GMAT twice -once in 2019, when I got a score of 680 and -once again in Jan 2021, when my score actually decreased to 650. As with any engineer my strength was quants, but I struggled specifically in SC and CR parts of Verbal.
Major takeaways:-
1.Structured 3 stage Approach - This 3 stage approach - 1st Stage of learning the concept, 2nd of applying the learning and 3rd of mastering the concept - changed the way how I approached GMAT preparation. This seemed so very natural to follow.
2. Sentence Correction Course - This section to me was all about knowing grammar rules, many of which didn't make much sense to me. In GMAT SC is as much about applying logic as any of the other sections and that's the crux of how e-GMAT approaches SC. This helped me improve immensely.
3. Error Logs - The best thing about this entire course. You not only log the errors that you make, but also dissect the errors that you make. You exactly understand which parts of the 3-step approach are you failing to apply. For example, when I first started solving SC questions, even after taking the full course, I realized I wasn't intuitively pausing to understand the sentence, leading to increase in timing in solving the SC questions. I focused on improving that part and both my timing and my accuracy in SC questions improved greatly.
4. Critical Reasoning Course - e-GMAT equips you to pre-think varied scenarios on any question and that helped me to improve my accuracy in solving difficult CR questions greatly.
5. Quants - Although I didn't go through the Quants course due to the paucity of time at the end, I solved quite a few questions and the questions prepared me well for the real game.

I will take this opportunity to applaud the entire e-GMAT team for the wonderful course that they have designed. This course helped me improve my verbal ability greatly and I will surely take the learnings from the course much beyond GMAT.

At the end, I want to specifically thank my Mentor - Dhananjay Lowe, aka DJ. He kept pushing me to be consistent. And even after I was done with my exam, he went beyond to even tell me about various B-schools and how I should approach the next stage of B-school applications.

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I prepped for GMAT while working in an incredibly busy start-up. Here is what I liked about the eGMAT Course.

Critical Reasoning

Throughout the course, eGMAT gives subcategories for each category of questions. For example, a question can be profiled as - CR → Assumption Based → A context-dependent truth being assumed as a generic fact.

This helps you profile a question while you are reading it and make a mental note of what type of reasoning it probably is testing. This was incredibly helpful in CR.

Their Pre-Thinking method is also a great tool for CR Questions.

Reading Comprehension

eGMAT teaches you common structures of RC passages. This makes interpreting and skimming RC passages easier.

Sentence Correction

Meaning based approach - eGMAT stresses on this a lot in their SC course, and it's a good model to have while solving SC questions.

Quant

eGMAT has a great question bank in Quant 2.0 and Scholaranium 2.0 for Number systems and inequalities, which are heavily tested topics on GMAT.

Scholaranium 2.0 also gives you insights on which question types take you a long time to answer (which is worse than getting them wrong in GMAT)


One-on-one Support

Best thing about the eGMAT course is the one-one-one support in the LMT program. This was especially important for me since I was working with extreme time constraints. I worked with Atreya Roy. Atreya created personalised study plans to structure my prep, defined milestones, and gave me some important reality checks.

Expert Team
I would recommend trying to get as much 1-on-1 interactions with the expert team. It can give you pointed advice that will help your score jump by 20 points just like that. I had hit a wall with SC. My conversation with Shraddha from the expert team was crucial for me.


Strengths -

eGMAT is an expert on the GMAT. They know all the nuances and prudent things about the GMAT. This reflects in all their courses (except SC)
eGMAT Course is great for topics that you are really weak at.
1-on-1 interactions are very helpful.
Subcategories of questions created by eGMAT are incredibly helpful.

Weakness -

Course is extremely long and slow. I recommend only doing the parts that you are weak at, or you will waste a lot of prep time.
SC Question Bank doesn’t emulate GMAT accurately. I would recommend doing OG questions for SC preparation (also available in Scholaranium 2.0). There is just a different flavor to OG questions that no one can quite capture. Also eGMAT’s prescribed process helped me get better at SC during practise, but is simply too long and idealistic for the actual test.

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E-gmat was a great help for my 700 gmat score. Things I liked about e-gmat :-
1. Methodological and step by step approach
2. Quick support and response from the mentors.
3. Promoting the creation of error log
4. Well designed course structure. The process they follow is first test, then teach and then practice your skills in any particular area.
5. They also conduct frequent webinar on not only gmat exam but also on business school application.

I can't imagine getting a 700 score without e-gmat's support. Six months back when I had appeared for my first mock and scored a 610; I had no clue as to how I should go about my prepartion. The course content of e-gmat provided me confidence in my prepration.

GMAT is not a month's game. It is more about consistency and patience and time Management and e-gmat truly resonates with this.

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I took the e-GMAT online course a little more than a month before my test. The prep material and practice tests helped me quite a bit in my preparations.
I would recommend anyone looking to take an online course to subscribe to the course early in their preparation.
e-GMAT also offers a mentorship program (not sure if that's the correct name). I worked with Dhananjay in the last 19 days of my prep and his feedback was quite helpful. Again this would have been more helpful if I had approached him earlier in my prep.
I like how the course emphasizes on improving ability and does not promote gimmicks. Their meaning approach for sentence correction takes time to implement as a habit, but it works overall. Though they could definitely improve upon their material in the verbal section. In my humble opinion their material is not up to the mark. Though I could say the same about other programs after trying their free tests.
Their "Scholaranium" question bank is of great value once you have exhausted the OG material and the Quant section is more closely aligned with the actual test than the OG.
Over all I was pleased with their program and also see that they continuously update and improve it.

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E-GMAT is a great online tool to strengthen your foundations with respect to the Quant and Verbal sections of the GMAT. It is self-paced, and the learning modules is adaptive to your personal weaknesses and focus areas.

I signed up for the online course, after taking my first GMAT attempt. While, I had score decently on my previous attempt, I was looking to improve my score by 20-30 points, to target the more competitive US B-schools.

After buying the product, I had emailed the E-GMAT team to help me with a personalized study plan to ensure my efforts were dedicated and focused on my areas for improvement. The E-GMAT team was prompt to assign me a mentor (Aditee) to guide me through this process.

Since the beginning Aditee has been extremely helpful and dedicated to my success. After taking a diagnostic test, we came up with a plan to identify my areas of improvement, and device a learning strategy accordingly.

I went through the Quant and Verbal learning modules, and used the Scholaranium platform extensively to track my progress, and cement my learning skills. Aditee was always there through the process to answer any doubt, and suggest improvement plans as per my progress.

The SIGMAX Mocks platform is really helpful to mimic the actual GMAT test experience. While the Quant section is a bit on the tougher side, the Verbal section accurately reflects the actual GMAT.

Both the Scholaranium and SIGMAX platform provide actionable analytics and data points to identify specific topics and areas of weakness. This really helps to isolate areas of improvement, and make targeted learning plans.

Even after my GMAT attempt, Aditee went over and beyond to support with analyzing my ESR, summarizing our learning journey. Having someone guide you through this test prep journey is super helpful.

Overall, E-GMAT is a really good platform, especially for someone who is starting their GMAT prep. Their mentorship program is really commendable, and I strongly recommend the E-GMAT service to prospective test takers.

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The e-GMAT course is very well structured for both the quant and verbal sections. To start with the way the study plan was catered as per my previous performance and the detailed analysis provided by Mr.Karan was commendable. The way it builds the concepts and makes you practice is really helpful. The practice and application files help with picking up all the required skills just at the right time. Specifically for the CR section, the prethinking approach improved my performance to a great extent. The questions and quizzes in the Scholaranium 2.0 and the strategic review process provided for each question were of great help. Also, the 1-1 mentorship provided by Atreya Roy was highly specific and helped me during the last-minute preparations. The constant feedback makes the course and the experience highly specific and it definitely works well.

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I am from India, and when I started my GMAT journey, I was advised to take help from a personal tutor. I used the service of a very expensive and experienced tutor but could not increase my verbal score. After studying with him for almost 3 months when I scored only a 720 in the GMAT, I realized that it is not the right approach for me.

That is when I decided to trial few online courses, and settled upon E-Gmat. I will go as far to say that e-gmat course's knowledge base and customer support gave me 10 times better quality of service at literally a 10th of the cost of a personal tutor.

When I started my course with e-gmat, I already had a 720, but I was clear that I need to get at least a 750 to be competitive in top B-Schools. I reached out to the e-gmat team and they considering my past scores, ESR reports, and on-going performance in their system, and gave me a personalized study plan to follow. Please note I just took the basic course and did not pay anything extra for study plan guidance provided by them.

I decided to re-do my verbal course with e-gmat, and thoroughly enjoyed the clarity of concepts, user interface, and apt examples which really make sure that verbal studies are fun and not a headache.
For quant, I didn't do the entire course due to paucity of time at my end, but I went through the practice questions - which I would say are unmatchable in terms of quality & quantity.

Lastly, their mock tests are top notch. I took a mock test right 1 day before my exam and scored a 750, which is exactly what I scored the next day in real GMAT.

For anyone who is hesitant to use an 'online' learning platform, I would say that subscribing to e-gmat was the best decision in my GMAT journey from 720 to 750. If you are capable of getting a good score and have the time, you do not need an expensive tutor.

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While I had signed up on Egmat in April, I used it properly after taking my first attempt in which I got a 690, under the guidance of Aditee Biyani, from the Egmat team. Aditee reached out to me and helped me curate a personalized plan. We identified CR as weakness area - and within CR, using the egmat diagnostic tool for error logs, I could clearly identify that I struggled the most with "Answer choice evaluation" and "Pre-thinking". Aditee also reviewed my performance on scholaranium, and directed me to select modules that would be of help. Within 3 weeks, my mock scores improved to 750, and I got a 730 in my exam. My target CR %ile was 80, and I landed at 88%ile, up from a baseline of 40%ile.

Aditee & the egmat team was super patient and gave really personalized inputs, which were what was needed the most, not blind practice.

Thanks a lot Egmat Team!

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Hey there!
I have had a rollercoaster ride while studying for my GMAT. Initially, I did not want to spend on any course. I thought I was "smart enough" to self-study (and I still believe that). In fact, (full disclosure) I even reported e-GMAT's ad on YouTube in order to hide it from my account.
Started with a 690 (Q50 V32), which was a pretty decent starting point. One month of OG and bam, still 690. I consulted my seniors who had aced the GMAT, and from them, I got the notion of error logging and practising hard questions from GMATClub. This really helped me shape my understanding of questions and even improved my verbal score from V32 to V37. I once got a 730 on my GMATPrep and thought that if I simply continue with the error logging, I will break that 750 barrier. However, I stagnated again. Instead, my score dropped to 710 (dropping one point each in Quant and Verbal), meaning that the 730 was a score on a good day. This is after over 3 months of GMAT study. In my head, I was thinking, "This is taking way too much time, and I do not even know what I am doing wrong". I had already gone through GMAT Ninja's videos and solutions (which are GOLD, btw) and diligently worked on logging my errors and practising tougher official questions everyday. But V40 STILL seemed out of reach.
I sent an email to e-GMAT (yes, I had the gut to mail them even after I blocked their ads on YouTube :P) and I got a response within 5 hours, on a Sunday. Not gonna lie, their promptness moved me a bit. I had 2 calls first in order to discuss which e-GMAT program would be suitable for me. Bought the course for a month and started right on, hoping to keep a fresh and open mind.
I realised my SC, which I believed was great, had some particular conceptual gaps because of which I was missing Medium questions on SC. RC was actually great, thanks to a reading of The Economist articles for 2 weeks. CR was conceptually alright, but the timing was super bad (3 mins on average!). I had never timed my practice - I used to do a question, reflected on why I got it wrong, did a thorough review (20 mins/question) of that question, and only then moved on to the next.
e-GMAT courses really helped me structure the process of learning. I was not wasting time on WHAT I should study. Rather, I was spending time refining my process. The SC modules are awesome for someone who prefers video lessons over textbooks. I also got guidance from their mentorship program (A big shout out to Atreya and Arathy for all the help). Atreya guided me on what to do next, and took to my concerns. Yes, there were times when I would not get a response, but he went out of his way to get back to me.
Scholaranium, their practice platform, is where I worked on my CR timing. In fact, I even improved my timing on SC. It is something that I realised while practising on Scholaranium that I could say to myself, "Oh, ok, I should approach the problems this way". The biggest realisation: Read slow. Like a 5th grader. Literally. (Thanks to Gin's RC tips and a free e-GMAT video on RC strategy). I applied the same to CR and SC, and I was amazed at the improvement in my timing.
Of course, these improvements will be specific to your case. What to takeaway from this review is that invest in a course. Sure, you are brilliant and can self-study. But these courses are designed to minimise the time that goes into the prep. By the end of 5 months, I was burned out (even after the e-GMAT courses). I had to re-take the actual GMAT (first score was 700) because of something at the test center that distracted me during my Verbal section. I had to re-take even after I had gotten 760 and 770 in my mocks. Something unprecedented like this can really affect you. I am surprised to get a V40 even after all the wear and tear and a stupid sickness on D-Day.
Another thing is, if you decide to take e-GMAT and are invited to their mentorship program, please be nice to your mentors. They handle a lot of students (which might lead to less attention to some students, frankly). But they work like hell to help you out. You do not want to get a good GMAT score at anyone's expense. Being nice to them actually motivates them to work harder.
All in all, e-GMAT has a great course. Had I not been a miser in my first 3-4 months and bought the course already, I would have been in a mental state to hit 760 or more on the actual test (and I mean it). 2 months of e-GMAT can really get you there, provided you have a good starting point. All the best to anyone who takes up the course! (Sorry for the long post!)

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Content was great for both Verbal and Quant. I was more interested in Quant because I didn't recall any of the concepts, and really needed a good coverage, and eGMAT definitely delivered, brining my Quant from baseline of 39 to 49.
The Verbal course was also really though rough in teaching concepts, and it made me realise that there were quite a few things that I was unaware of - especially in the Sentence Correction bit.
Also, they have a near-endless question bank which provides the required practice (Scholaranium).
I did at times feel lost because eGMAT strategy guidance is given purely through email, and that form of communication feels very impersonal and is problematic for me because I tend to get a lot more information if I'm talking with someone. However, it was not too much of a hassle, I was able to relate to and apply at least 50% of the given strategy advice, which helped me on my journey.

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