I appeared for my first GMAT attempt on 23rd July, 2021 with sufficient enough preparation of about 3 months, but I could score only 620. Having been a bright student for most part of my life, I was not able to comprehend the fact that I scored only V27. I was a bit shocked and depressed because I knew this was not my best and I could do better. I took a break of about 2 months before entering into a full-fledged preparation mode. I researched about available options for online GMAT preparation courses and, after a thorough analysis and reading multiple reviews from different sources, I decided to go with e-GMAT.

Following were my reasons to go with e-GMAT and what makes them unique, especially for a non-native English speaker like me:

It’s a complete package – When I was narrowing down my options, it was a close call between TTP and e-GMAT. Why I preferred e-GMAT over TTP is because after the end of the course, e-GMAT has this amazing feature/tool called Scholaranium. It is a quizzing platform with tons of features. We can customise the quizzes as per our need at a granule level. For example, we can practice RC passages from a specific domain (such as history, economics, biosciences, etc), CR arguments of a particular type (such as bold face, flaw, fill in the blank, etc), SC questions from a particular concept (such as tenses, modifiers, parallelism, idioms, etc), and Quant questions from a particular domain (such as prime numbers, even-odd, absolute inequality, triangle, sets, etc). We can also customise quizzes to simulate the Quant and Verbal sections of GMAT and slowly work on our appetite to get accustomed to the full length GMAT (increasing accuracy while staying within optimum time limits).

Each question (be it from the concept file, application file, practice file or Scholaranium) has an explicitly elaborate explanation in the form of text or a short video. Even if we are not satisfied/convinced by the explanation, each question has its own “Ask an expert” section with an explicit thread of previously answered/unanswered doubts. Most of the queries get addressed by this stage, even if not, we can always post our doubt and can expect it addressed within 24-hours (mostly).

The course is structured in such a way that you can actually feel growing at an intellectual level with each passing module. You go through the concept files, practice some easy level questions, and slowly move on to the 700-750 level questions, and the transition is so seamless that you actually feel more and more confident with each completing section.

Another amazing feature that makes e-GMAT unique is their approach. Entire preparation plan is divided into three stages: first you learn all the concepts, then you practice those concepts under Cementing stage (medium to hard level questions of a particular section in a timed environment) and once you are done with both these stages for all the sections, you move to the third stage in which you practice questions from multiple sections, slowly working towards test readiness.

Also, they offer 5 mocks (including 1 free mock), which are VERY similar to the actual GMAT exam. I used only 3 of those paid ones and my score were 750, 710 and 740. The feedback that you get from xPERT engine on these mocks is unmatchable. It shows timing vs accuracy matrix at not only sectional but also sub-sectional level. You can analyse SOO much from this data to work on your weak areas as per your requirement/need. In addition to that, whenever in doubt, you can of course reach out to the e-GMAT team anytime and they help you with each and every doubt within a couple of hours.

The one-on-one support that you get from the e-GMAT team regarding your doubts, next step, or feedback on your mock is just unparalleled. It's as good as having a private tutor. I owe a major part of my success (can call 730 a “success” :P) to Ms. Rida Shafeek and Mr. Dhananjay Lowe. I was associated with Mr. DJ during the initial phase and he helped me with each and every doubt, not necessarily related to the concepts. During the final few days, Ms. Rida was the one who helped me stay on track and learn from my mistakes. She used to analyse each of my mocks, make custom, structured, to the point and hyper specific data driven Loom videos, help me maintain my error logs, point out the topics that I needed to revisit, and comment on my general test taking strategy (such as timings in each block), my weak areas, and my strengths. She also helped me understand when I should just let go of a particular question in order to save time for the future ones. I would say, she was the saviour for me during those last 10-15 days that are the most crucial ones in anyone’s test prep journey.

I tried to extract as much as I could from the feedbacks that I received from Ms. Rida and finally went ahead and attempted the GMAT on 09th April, 2022. The moment I saw screen flashing 730 (Q50 V38), I knew it was all worth it.

One more thing that I would like to explicitly mention is that my subscription to their portal ended just 2 days before my actual exam and upon request they extended it for 3 days without any extra charge. This act (in addition to the several reasons mentioned above) shows that although they are in this for business (obviously), e-GMAT stands for something much more than just a means to make money.

In conclusion, if you chose to make e-GMAT part of your journey, rest assured that “they will be there for you” till the very Last Mile.

I thank Rajat, Payal, Rida, Dhananjay (DJ) and the entire e-GMAT team for making it all worthwhile.

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e-GMAT is a great affordable course for those who want a top GMAT score. I purchased the 4 month course in November and spent the next 4 months learning the concepts and strategies outlined in the course modules. I found both the verbal and quant course modules to be excellent. The modules clearly explained the concepts in short digestible videos.

Verbal Scholaranium is fantastic with in-depth analysis and good questions. I found Quant questions were not as representative of the OG questions, I instead utilised the GMAT Club tests for Quant.

Overall, excellent verbal course (I improved from V35 to V42) and great analytics that highlight areas to focus on. Thanks e-GMAT team.

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My initial attempt without prep was 610(Q50, V23). I'm pretty sure V23 was a fluke. After receiving a suggestion to signup for the E-GMAT course from a family friend(740), I decided to signup for the E-GMAT course. The initial 3 months of prep were irregular. To be honest, I misused my course. I simply went through video lectures without paying attention. I practiced a lot of questions without following any of the E-GMAT's methodologies and I ended up with 660 (Q49, V31). Note: At this point in time I took just one mock test. Frustrated with my performance I reached out to the E-GMAT team to help me understand what is wrong with my performance. I think this is the best decision of my life.

The E-GMAT team placed me under the LMP program (Where you would be assigned to a mentor to track your performance). My first mentor was Atreya, He immediately figured out that my way of preparation was bad and asked me to redo my course. There were a lot of features which I left unexplored for example. 1) Sigma X mock test (Accuracy of these mocks is beyond my imagination. my score in mocks is ±10 points the score on the official GMAT). 2) Scholarinum (Targeted practice on your weakness). 3) The P.A.C.E (Based on your weakness the course automatically suggests which lectures you should be focussing on. Thereby saving you a lot of time). After spending 2 months (irregularly) I was impatient so I took one more official test now I ended with 690 (Q50, V 32).

After this, my mentor had to change for some reason. I was assigned to Rida Shafeek. She quickly assessed my profile and made me focus on my weak areas (SC and CR). I was asked to take mini mocks and I would an immediate review of the test which I took. Rida made me focus primarily on methodologies to solve problems rather than solving a ton of problems. She prepared a plan for me to take mocks in right away. Not just preparation, Rida constantly strived to help me build the right mindset for my final D-day. And the result is 730 (Q51, V37). It was Rida from the E-GMAT team who made this possible for me.

Summing up everything, E-GMAT has the right course material and the right mentors to help you achieve your target score.

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In my opinion, E-gmat is the best possible tool you need to tackle GMAT and reach your target score. Initially, when I decided to take GMAT, I took a "cold test" in which I got 550. I was worried about how to best tackle the massive amount of information that I needed to look at (in my case: basically everything), while working very long hours (~12 hs a day). It was a colleague of mine that recommended E-GMAT, as the best way to study focused on the areas that you need to improve and also structure your test taking methodology.

My weakest area was Verbal and E-GMAT taught me how to tackle Verbal questions in a structured manner and save time. The course is focused on teaching techniques that, once you incorporate, help you solve questions faster and efficiently. For me, that was mostly "pre-thinking" (trying to guess a few ideas that would answer the question, so that you don't select deceiving choices) and Reading Comprehension reading strategies. Also, what I loved is that most questions have a detailed video explanations which cover why correct choice is correct, but also why incorrect choices are incorrect (including descriptions of "common traps"). The quality of these explanations and level of insights were really helpful. Actually, they helped me identify some patterns that appear on GMAT questions frequently, something that increased my confidence on exam day.

I would also recommend doing the Quant course, even if you come from technical background. The quant course has a feature that assesses your previous knowledge through diagnostic quizes and then adapts the course so that you make best use of your time. For example, you might know some circle and triangles concepts very well, while you may need to work on your 3D solids concepts. Or you may even know all the geometry concepts perfectly, but need to practice GMAT level excercises. The course will be tailored to you to optimize the time invested. Additionally, I personally found Scholaranium excercises even harder than real GMAT, which I found very useful to feel well prepared!

Apart from the course, you get access to Scholaranium tool. Here, you can tailor quizes to your specific needs, in terms of types of questions, difficulty and timing. Personally, I found this tool particularly helpful to train myself to do exercises in shorter time! Also, I used it a lot to go back to "incorrect questions" and make sure I had incorporated all learnings from them.

In Scholaranium, you also get access to 5 Sigma X mocks. These exams replicate GMAT exam conditions, in terms of questions, difficulty, and even breaks between sections. I found the exams to be in a very similar difficulty level than real GMAT exam on Verbal, and even slightly more difficult in Quant. Results are actually very accurate, and after each exam you get a very detailed and insightful summary of your strenghts and weaknesses in terms of accuracy and also time. This is crucial so that you focus your preparation on where you need to improve the most.

If you also add the help from a tutor/coach that guides you and helps you understand root causes of your weaknesses across sections, you have got an unbeatable strategy! In my case, that person was DJ and I couldn't be more grateful for his help. First, he's very approachable and knowledgable about GMAT. He made a tailored study plan based on my mocks, which was key for my success. Secondly, he makes sure to be available for you when you need it the most: he responded some emails on weekends, which is something I didn't expect at all. In fact, I know from friends that instructor availability is a major issue when using other GMAT tools/options. Last but not least, he helped me gain confidence I needed to actually take the exam. When I first contacted him, I had been studying on and off (mostly off) for many months, and in around 3-4 weeks, we did the prep I needed to take the exam and get to my target score. What helped me get the confidence? DJ's personalized plan focused the preparation on my weak areas. DJ: thank you very much for your help! I couldn't have done it without you.

Overall, if you want to make the most out of your time, I would definitely recommend using E-gmat tool from day 1!

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I am a full time working professional. I took the e-GMAT course after my first GMAT attempt in which I scored a 720 (Q51, V35). Though it is a fairly decent score, I felt that I could do better if I worked a little bit more upon my verbal section.
Having exhausted all the resources out there, I wasn't sure how to exactly go about it. I had seen some e-GMAT ads earlier and somehow they always resonated with me, probably because they were focussing on mastering the concepts instead of teaching so called "shortcuts". So I just sent out an email to their support team asking for some suggestions to improve upon my verbal area. They precisely replied with a strategy to identify my weak areas and work upon them. I was really impressed and signed up for the 2 month course!
I already knew that SC and RC were my weak areas. I still took a Sigma-X mock which solidified this understanding. I had a lot of conceptual gaps in SC, which I started understanding after I went through the SC concept files. Earlier, I used to go with my gut feeling when down to two options which led to a lot of mistakes but after going through the concepts, I was able to bridge those gaps in my understanding and answer with much more confidence. After completing the SC concept files, I did some cementing quizzes and I could see the improvement in my accuracy.
Now coming to RC, my weakness was the amount of time I took to completely understand the passage. I could read the passage pretty quickly but to understand it properly took 2-3 iterations. This increased the amount of time it took to attempt RC section. Because of this, I had less time for CR (which was my strength) and other questions towards the end of exam. I had to almost always guess last 4-5 questions because of this lack of time. When I went through the RC concept files, I was able to learn the key reading strategies. The most important one that worked for me was pre-thinking what would come next in the passage. This helped me read actively and stay immersed in the passage. I could see the results in the cementing quizzes I did after completing the concept files.
After completing these two sections, I practiced Verbal custom quizzes on Scholaranium 2.0. I simulated the exact testing environment and attempted same number of questions as the GMAT verbal section in every quiz.
For each question, there is a thorough explanation on the forum. Apart from that there is a Q&A section which allows asking any doubts to SMEs. I personally did not feel the need to ask any doubts because the existing threads (discussions other people had with the experts earlier) were enough to solve them.
Also, the review list that is provided after doing the quizzes helped me a ton! Earlier, I used to review just the incorrect questions. But the AI driven review list provides the set of all questions that need to be reviewed - the incorrect ones, the ones in which you spent a lot of time and the ones in which you spent very little time (got them correct due to luck factor). I really loved this feature because I was able to bridge the conceptual gaps I had even in the questions I got correct.
After I had enough confidence on my improvement, i started taking Sigma-X mocks and was really happy to see the improvement. My mock scores were: 770, 740, 740, 750 with a consistent 40+ verbal score. A great kudos to the e-GMAT team for designing mocks which are a very close simulation of the actual exam in terms of the level of questions, scoring and pretty much every thing! The mocks also have section level analysis which I found very helpful. After taking the mock, apart from the overall score, a section level score is also provided (like separate scores for SC, CR and RC in verbal). It helped me to see the scope of improvement and work upon my weaker areas.
Summing up, I would highly recommend taking up the e-GMAT course to minimise your prep time and achieve your target score! I really wish I had taken it earlier at the time of my first attempt.

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First i'll start with my background, I am a marine engineer. My GMAT journey began in august 2020. The first ever e gmat mock i took was in August 2020. I scored 400 on the mock. I did not know what to make of that score. So i started preparing all by myself.

I Completed the OG guide, verbal review and quant review in a couple of months. I gave all the 6 official mocks, 6 Manhattan mocks, 6 veritas prep mocks. My approach to the exam was entirely incorrect. I tried to improve by giving more and more mocks. Then i gave the actual test and got a 600 first and a 610 the next time. That is what you should expect if you do not follow the right approach or study sub standard material.

I realized my mistake. I took a six month break, went on the ship, did not study there. I came back in August 2021. I decided to do things differently this time around. I signed up for the eGMAT course. At the beginning you are asked to take a diagnostic test to see where you stand. I got a 620, but since i had given the same mock a year ago the score was inflated as i remembered a few questions in the verbal section.

The e-gmat platform allows you to prepare a study plan according to the number of hours you can put in daily. this is something that you must definitely follow or else amend it according to the number of hours you can put in. The platform first teaches you all the concepts and at each step of the way there are quizzes to guide you in the right direction. If you have any questions then you can write to the e gmat team and they get back to you within a day mostly. It's very important to clarify doubts on the platform in order to cement your understanding of each topic. once you complete the leaning bit, you must cement your concepts on the scholaranium platform. The questions that you come across on Scholaranium are far superior to the questions you will come across on any other platform. Once you solve questions on this platform it is highly likely that you'll find questions on the actual exam relatively easy. It is imperative that you solve the verbal and quant questions using the approaches taught in the curriculum as it is what will help you on the test day. When you are done with the cementing process, you start with test readiness. On clearing the test readiness stage you move on and give sigma mocks. the Sigma mocks are the best mocks out there. I got a 700 on my 5th sigma mock and that is the same score that i received on the day of the exam. The e gmat team is very helpful at every step of the way. They always guide you in the right direction and correct you wherever you are going wrong.

Right before the exam DJ, a mentor at e-GMAT helped me identify my weaknesses and shared a focused plan (LMA) with me. It covered all the topics that I must work on to improve weak areas. It was very helpful.
The team members are very supportive, and granted me an extension basis my exam date.
I would also like to give a big shout out to DJ and Atreya who stood by my side at times when even i didn't believe that i had the potential.

I highly recommend that students must not waste time by following an incorrect approach or by solving questions that you'll never see on the GMAT. once you sign up for the eGMAT course, be rest assured that you're on the right path and that you will achieve your target score and get into your target school.

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As I had appeared for my GMAT once already and was stuck with a score of 680, I was looking for some specific help on how to improve my score. That's when through an advertisement I came across e-GMAT. They got in touch with me within a few days and explained their course structure which was exactly what I was looking for.

Specially with their AI based course for Quants which helps you skip parts you are strong at and only focus on the weaker sections, really helped me do focus studies.

The thing that added most value to me where their cementing and custom quizzes which are a carefully curated set of questions from the huge amount of resources available which test our your ability and further guide you on how you can improve.

The granular structure of the course, detailed analysis of time and type of questions, really helped in gaining confidence that I could score at-least a 700.

While I accessed their 2 month course, anyone who is looking to start GMAT from scratch, would be definitely benefitted from using e-GMAT

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I heard about e-GMAT course from a friend of mine and after going through the online reviews of the course,I chose the 4 month course.

My instant impression was that the course was well thought of,streamlined and engrossing. Well thought of as it started from basic and foundational topics which were tested through interactive quizzes;building on the skills acquired through application/GMAT level quizzes;refinement through scholaranium and finally evaluation through sigma tests.

I needed to improve on the verbal section as my quant was fairly strong.I felt the Verbal section of the course to be the best (I solved mock free tests of other course providers as well in the past).There was no ambiguity in the e-GMAT content. Unlike all other content providers e-GMAT course simplified the Verbal section through the strategy and approach towards any subsection be it SC,CR or RC.It wasn't based on some abstract notion which a person doesn't know how to implement.There were clear meaningful methods to improve one's skills.Meaning based approach in SC reduced the otherwise confusion especially between 2 options. Elimination of incorrect options became a breeze. RC approach provided more clarity towards the approach. The best advice was to approach them as an article in a journal or as an editorial rather than as a tool which evaluates a test taker. My weakest section was CR. I always felt this section to be quite random which was at times quite frustrating However,e-GMAT explanations were mostly logical and helped me in formulating subcategories within the section to solve the questions more efficiently.

Scholarnium is the prefect stage to gauge one's understanding of the foundational skills and implementation potential.It not only has GMAT relevant questions and their explanations but also has in depth explanation about the attempts,accuracy,strength,weakness.It also provides quite a a lot of customization options as per the stage of one's preparation.All these inputs helped me increase my score from 640 to 720.

The only aspect which I feel can be added to the course is to have human connection i.e. e-GMAT experts reaching out to the student atleast twice during the course. I feel once during the mid course and then towards the end. A lot of insights are provided by the e-GMAT AI,but I feel e-GMAT expert can help in clear interpretation of the data.

I will definitely recommend the course for its vision,style and particularly the Verbal content!

Neetiraj

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I recently took the GMAT Online test and scored a 710 (V38, Q49), finally crossing the 700 barrier. My score in the first attempt was 650. Overall, E-GMAT has helped me gain a 60 point improvement with their mentorship program.

Coming from an engineering background, I never faced problems with Quant. Verbal however, was my weaker section where I was scoring in the range on V27-28 when I started off. With their specialised mentorship program, I was able to exactly find the pain points of my approach to Verbal questions and fix them.

The E-GMAT pedagogy stresses on maintaining Error Logs. They believe in solving problem with the help of data and this approach clearly, works. Through my error logs, Atreya helped identify where I was going wrong in my approach. And my scores started automatically improving once we started fixing those errors one by one.
The meaning based approach completely changed my SC game and my accuracy improved drastically.

E-GMAT mocks are also very helpful and are quite similar to the actual test. The level of mock analysis provided by them is unbelievable.They break everything down to identify the specific areas where the student went wrong. These tests might feel a bit more difficult than the actual test, but I feel that is always a good thing since it prepares you for the final test day.

For someone who is just starting off their GMAT prep, I would definitely recommend taking help from E-GMAT.

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E-Gmat offers a comprehensive course with several Concept and Practice quizzes to help get a good grasp on concepts of both Verbal and Quant.The level of detail with which each topic is discussed really helped cement the concept , especially the pre-thinking framework in the CR and RC course is very immersive and helps deconstruct the passage to a great extent.Once thorough with the course, one can easily try their hands at the Scholaranium which has close to 1000 practice questions on Verbal and Quant each along with helpul insights on time taken by you vs the median time. Sigma Mock is identical in design to the GMAT official practice test, with added advantage of detailed explanation following each question and analysis of time spent on each question. This helps you identify your weak areas and work on them.

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