I started my GMAT Prep in June 2021, and was keen on joining a coaching institute that would teach in a live and interactive manner. I ended up joining another apparently "well-known" coaching institute and wasted 4 months (Jun-Sep) and 40K for a 3-month seemingly live course, only to realise that neither my doubts were getting cleared, nor was I getting any proper guidance (faculty was rude every time I'd ask a doubt in the live classes). All they taught were short cuts and tricks that never worked for me. In October 2019, when I took my first attempt at GMAT, I scored a mere 630 which wouldn't get me anywhere. (Please note, I got a 730 in GMAT Practice test 4 just one day before the test; I found out that the famous coaching institute had used some of the quant questions and RC passages from official mock questions in classroom teaching and perhaps hence my scores were inflated). After my GMAT, I contacted my previous coaching institute faculty seeking further guidance, only to get ghosted (faculty wouldn't respond even after I tried calling them 3-4 times). Frustrated, I rigorously searched online and came across e-gmat and after reading verified reviews and reading free eGMAT topics, set up a call with Sundeep on October 5 and explained him my situation. I had already missed R1 and desperately wanted to apply in R2. Sundeep guided me, explaining exactly how many hours I needed to put in, over the next 2 months. I immediately bought the 2 month online focussed course and started my prep. I started with SC, which was my weakest section (scored a mere 50th percentile in the first sigmaX mock). After going through most of the topic videos, taking all the cementing quizzes, and 1 ability quiz, my SC score touched 97th percentile in the second sigmaX mock. The meaning based approach was really the key! I knew most of the basic concepts (basically had the key ingredients), but did not know how to apply them without judging the correct intended meaning. Once SC became my strength, CR and RC had to be worked upon. I watched all the CR videos (at this point I hadn't touched RC) and took a few cementing quizzes. I must work more on RC and CR to score more than a V35.
eGMAT course aims to build the ability to solve questions, rather than just providing useless tricks that do not always work. Quant has been my strong area, as I am from an engineering background; however, the courses have helped me fill the gaps and reach a Q50.
I took another GMAT on 30th November and scored a 700 (Q50,V35). After that, I reached out to the team and was immediately responded back by Dhananjay. I'm now looking forward to his guidance to help me improve my scores (hopefully by December end) and I place my full trust on eGMAT and the faculty.
(Another positive point of this course is that your doubts get cleared immediately with the help of respective discussion threads, so you don't have to deal with unresponsive / rude faculty. At the end of the day, one must get the value for their hard earned money and eGMAT is worth every penny!)

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I scored a 640 twice on the GMAT and was completely lost after my second 640 not knowing what to do and how to improve from there and what I can do to get a better score.

Quant: I have always been strong in Quant and got a Q50 in most of my practice tests, but ended up scoring only Q47 and Q48 in the actual test. E-Gmat really helped bridge those gaps in a few concepts that stopped me from scoring a Q50. Each practice test and session was followed by a thorough review and a "going back to the basic concepts" kind of approach which really helped hone my quant skills to secure a Q50.

Verbal: The Verbal course was also really thorough. I almost had to start from scratch and redefine my whole approach in CR and RC and E-Gmat helped do this.

The biggest help in E-Gmat was the question bank and the explanations. Each question had a clear solution with details of how to approach a question. But for the few questions where the explanations weren't understandable or thorough, I could just send an email to the team and they would get back within 24 hours.

Lastly, I cannot finish my review without mentioning the mentoring that Aditee Biyani provided. She was always very encouraging and pushed me in the right direction to get to this score.
I'll always be thankful to E-Gmat.

Final words:
I cannot help but mention the fact that I did feel lonely in this journey many times and lost motivation to study. GMAT is a journey and you can only choose your vehicle but you have to do the driving. Looking back on my journey now, I cannot help but wish I drove harder and pushed above that 740+ score.

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I decided to opt for a course in mid September 2021 because I realised while solving problems that my Verbal abilities needed some significant improvement. Based on GMATClub reviews, I decided to go for e-GMAT.
Their Verbal Section(Sentence Correction modules in particular) are really good. Initially when I started out, SC was my weakest area but eventually, it became one of my strongest sections in Verbal. By following the step-by-step e-GMAT process, I could effortlessly answer some of the hard SC questions.
In CR, the process of pre-thinking and breaking down the argument into fundamentals(premises and conclusions) boosted my thought process clarity and in RC, the notes on summarising paragraphs proved out to be beneficial as well.
In Quant, the hard questions in Scholaranium really test out your concepts and if someone is able to nail those, I feel he can answer just about any GMAT quant question.
The 'Skill data' feature of Scholaranium is pretty amazing as it helped me analyse my strengths and weaknesses by quantifying by abilities across each sub-topic.
I also felt that the Sigma-X mock tests are pretty good estimators of your actual ability. It's a bit on the tougher side but better have a cushion that inflate your actual level.
Finally, I think the game changer for me was the personal guidance in the LMT programme that I received from Dhananjay(DJ). I reached out to him a bit worried, one week before the test. He organised a call with me, where we discussed the areas where I was lacking and created a tailor-made plan specifically for me to follow in the last week. That really helped me a lot as I got to work on my weaknesses and give my prep that final finishing touch.
Overall, e-GMAT turned out to be a great platform for someone like me and I highly recommend it to everyone.

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Before signing up for eGMAT, I tried studying for 2 weeks from a book I borrowed from a buddy. Although the book did give me a preview of the types of questions, I wasn't able to grasp the techniques mentioned and apply them. The lack of interactivity and structured feedback got to me. So, I looked for learning modules as an alternative. eGMAT was recommended to me by a friend of mine who was already an eGMAT user and had high praise for it.

The eGMAT course is very well structured and organised. I used eGMAT primarily to master SC and CR. The theory, explanation and techniques are well put forth in their numerous modules. The visual explanations complement the audio content well and help one retain what they have learned. eGMAT lays emphasis on techniques such as meaning based approach and pre-thinking assumptions which greatly help with solving SC and CR questions, respectively. The modules can be a bit tiresome but it's important to stay focused and punctually work through them to get your fundamentals right. The application files and concept practice files/quizzes embedded within the modules do a great job of summarising and reinforcing the concepts to be mastered. The RC files are useful to identify the types of questions and what the corresponding answer may look like. I did not use eGMAT to prepare for Quant or IR, so I can't comment on those sections.

The Scholaranium platform makes practice ever so convenient. While the customisability, insights and usability are all great, the quality of the content and feedback takes the cake. The questions seemed to cover good ground in terms of the concepts taught. And more importantly, the detailed explanations for the questions are based on the same framework that one would have adopted from the modules. This makes it easy to absorb the feedback. The questions can sometimes be a bit lengthy but practicing solving such questions only helps you with your timing.

The eGMAT subscription also came with 5 Sigma X mock tests. I used some of these tests primarily to assess my verbal ability and to get my timing right. As expected, a detailed analysis and feedback of your performance is available to you if you choose to do a post mortem. The mocks give you a fair (or maybe a slightly conservative) assessment of where you stand with regards to your verbal goal. However, I felt that the quant tested in the Sigma X mocks was a level higher than the quant tested in OG mocks.

Couple of areas where I think eGMAT could improve:
- Sometimes application becomes hard with time pressure. Even with a lot of practice. It would be much more useful to students if the module highlighted how to apply the taught concepts in a time crunch.
- The navigation through the online modules could be improved so students can scroll through and revise more easily.
- Summary slides could be better organised so students can use them as a base for taking notes.

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I became an EGMAT student in May 2021. Before doing so, I had taken the GMAT exam once and to prepare, had enrolled myself in a popular Bangalore-based coaching. While I knew about EGMAT even back then, I just couldn't believe that a completely-online portal can be as impactful as the ones that offer "live and personalized learning". Having used the EGMAT platform for almost 6 months, I can, without a doubt, say that I was wrong - not only about how good EGMAT is but also about it being just another online preparation platform.

Following are some of the differentiators for EGMAT:

1. Course Structure - Entire content is broken down into bite-sized videos. Rather than focusing on shortcuts and smart tricks, the EGMAT course helps in drilling down the concepts. You learn a topic, then practice questions with varying difficulty, and move ahead only once you are comfortable. This cycle worked really well for me as I already understood some concepts but here, I could apply them one at a time and learn step-by-step

2. Equal focus on Quant and Verbal - There are a lot of products out there that are strong in either Verbal or Quant but not both. EGMAT, on the other hand, helped me balance my preparation in both sections. I started with SC and was blown away by all the concepts and questions offered. While there isn't a lot of theory to learn in CR and RC, the pre-thinking approach certainly helped. Within quant, the course is broken down into various sub-sections within Arithment and Algebra-Geometry and the questions are presented in a way that makes it a routine to solve even harder ones within the stipulated time.

3. Scholaranium - Previously, when I used to practice, I did not have very clear insights on what am I weak in. Sure, I could know that, say, am not so strong in Verbal, or even narrow it down to Sentence Correction but the data presented in Scholaranium breaks the weaknesses down to sub-sections. I could clearly know the topic where am taking a lot of time or my accuracy is poor, and rather than focusing on the entire section, could do focused brush-up by creating custom quizzes. An extremely helpful feature is "Ask the Expert". Rather than looking up different websites where I went wrong in my approach to a question, I could ask an EGMAT expert or even better, just look at similar doubts asked by fellow students. The response rate in the former case was great and this helped in keeping the momentum up. The SigmaX mocks are very close to the actual exam and the debriefing of each question is super helpful.

4. Personalized Support - This is where EGMAT transcended from being a good to a great course, for me. I was bucketed into the Last Mile Profile and right from Day 1, my mentor Atreya Roy has been my go-to person for all queries - right from any doubts on what topic to pick up next to any confusion around whether am progressing in the right direction. Atreya was always quick to analyze my tests and mocks and suggest an improvement plan. I have actually just stuck to his suggestions throughout the journey and that has worked wonders for me. I always used to struggle with my pacing but in my actual GMAT, I almost finished Verbal on time and could solve each Quant question.

In summary: If anyone is looking for a comprehensive GMAT course, EGMAT should be your choice. Attend a couple of free webinars or take the trial and you will realize how amazing the platform is. I thank my mentor Atreya and the entire EGMAT team for their support :)

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My journey began with a baseline score of 650 on the official mock test. I analysed my results and began working towards improving the 'weaker' areas like most of us after the baseline. However, after about 2-3 months of self-prep (about 3-4 hours per day during the week and 6-7 hours over the weekend), I did not see any improvement in my scores for the second official mock. I decided to do something about it as (again, like the most of us) I wanted to secure a 700+ score for myself as soon as possible.

Having read positive reviews about e-GMAT and having heard a few personal experiences from acquaintances as well, I scheduled a quick strategy call with an e-GMAT expert to understand the best next steps and went ahead with the focused online course the very next day.
Due to my work commitments, I could only spare about 3-4 hours on a weekday and about 6-7 hours on a weekend, and that was sufficient to cover the complete course in about 15 days. This was also the estimate provided by the course in the initial set up which was pretty accurate. The support team was extremely professional, I checked in with them almost once in two days and received quick responses in terms of feedback and next steps. The master comprehension for verbal in general, meaning-based approach in SC, pre-thinking approach in RC and extremely well guided modules for Quant helped me immensely. The Scholaranium 2.0 dashboard and analytics helped me identify weak areas as I progressed - not just in terms of questions I got wrong but questions where I spent significantly more time than the median population. The explanations and solutions were super helpful and helped me save a lot of prep time as well.

I scored 690 on my first GMAT, but I knew I could've done better so I decided to re-take it in 16 days.
For these 16 days, I was provided support and guidance by Dhananjay Lowe, who customised my ability scores from my previous mock by adjusting the luck factor (since I was sure my e-GMAT mock score of 680 was skewed upwards), provided a 16 day customised plan, checked in with me and provided super honest and useful feedback. He also shared a personalised video feedback on a few critical areas where I faltered in a custom quiz (this was a test readiness quiz one day before my test) which guided me about topics I needed to revise before my test and about mindful of my time-wasting tendencies (which also reduced my takt time overall).

I ended up with a score of 700 on my second test (where my quant score improved from V41 to V48) and I'm extremely grateful for Dhananjay and team's honest feedback to help me keep pushing till the last very last day.

While I know the feedback is very lengthy, I hope it helps fellow students in taking the necessary steps to reduce their prep time and achieve their target score. Good luck! :)

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After just solving 1000+ OG questions for almost a year, I could only reach a 690 (34V,49Q). I was frustrated and thought I needed a structured approach, and my system was not working out. I looked at reviews (I was very sceptical at first) and found that eGMAT seems to be the best bet.

I decided to opt for eGMAT. Below are some of the details from eGMAT that helped me reach a 750 (V41,Q50)

Personalised Study Plan: This is a helpful resource for someone who knows what GMAT is and where they stand. It helped me understand my ESR as well as helped me structure my plan as I only had two months to prepare.

Verbal:
1. Master Comprehension: For people who want to improve in verbal, this is a MUST. This course not only helped me in RC but also CR and somewhat in SC, and this helped me understand and extract the meaning of paragraphs in one reading, which is a must to improve in RC.

2. SC: By far one of the most detailed courses in SC. They have broken SC down into multiple pieces, and although the Error analysis for choice A seems a bit too time consuming, this will help in the long run.

3. CR: This course has helped me reduce my out of scope errors by a considerable margin. There are good examples and application files in this.

4. RC: The Application files helped me use the master comprehension approach and build this approach with the application files.

Quant:

A lot of people say that the Quant is not that great within the eGMAT course. The structured way of solving questions is much simpler to apply using the learning from the quant courses.

Being an Engineer, I was taught to use the fastest approach (be it mental math), but this course helped me bring a structure to solve even the fundamental questions which minimise the errors that may happen.

One thing is that the questions are slightly more challenging than what you may get in the actual GMAT; they sure help build the core so that we don't get overwhelmed during the real GMAT.

I too had doubts before making the purchase, and given that I had only two months to prep, I am glad that I chose eGMAT.

For anyone who has started with eGMAT, I would suggest going through the Study plan, Analyse your ESR (or SigmaX) and creating a Plan. And DO NOT skip master comphrension.

Other aspects of the course can be skipped if you are confident about your abilities, but in order to do so, do understand your capabilities based on either ESR or the SigmaX mock.

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I had been in contact with the EGMAT team for more than 8 months and I have used their course for a total of 3 months. In my 3 GMAT Attempts, this course proved to be very useful.
In experience with the EGMAT Course, I felt it was very smooth and helpful. The content was top-notch and the strategies used were really benefitting me in my GMAT Prep. The meaning based approach used in SC helped me increase to 94th percentile and the Pre-thinking also helped me gain a 80th percentile in CR. The team also shared Error Log templates with me for specific sections. These templates allowed me to myself understand my weak points in CR and SC. Truly, this course is the perfect option for self-study enthusiasts who need guidance and mentorship. Furthermore, they have revamped their Quant course recently. The new version allows a student to customize his or her study experience. This makes studying really efficient as a student can now study only what topics he needs or is weak at. I was a strong scorer in Quants. The Quant 2.0 allowed me to do a lot of diagnostic quizzes and decipher which are the specific points, where I am weak. For example, I was getting 66% accuracy in Geometry in the past 2 GMAT attempts. Through the Quant 2.0 and Skill data option, I was able to find the core topics of Geometry where I was unable to improve. These included Coordinate Geometry and Quadrilaterals for me, but for any other student, this option allows to go very deep and find strong as well as weak points during preparation. This is undoubtedly the best course out there and combined with their world-class support team, there is nothing more you can ask.
The support team is by-far the best in GMAT Preparation. Although I had been impatient quite a lot of times, the team was very polite and understanding. Apart from this, the EGMAT team helped me analyse my ESRs from the 2 attempts, wherein I scored 680, very well. They were able to clearly pinpoint my errors in CR and RC and then suggested a customized plan to become better at these topics as well. It was a very data-oriented approach that was bound to yield positive results. The team also created small-yet powerful plans for specific areas such as revision or score enhancement. For instance, I mailed once for a revision in SC and CR, about 14 days before my actual GMAT. The team sent me a refresher course and a quick-revision plan as well. These 2 plans are truly amazing. I was able to revise all core concepts, practice fundamental questions and revise everything in just 2 days. I cannot really ask for anything more as the team was there at every little step when I needed guidance or just motivation. They were very quick in their replies and they were able to solve all my queries through a simple Email. It was convenient, effective and efficient. EGMAT Team also uses the concept of ‘Test Readiness.’ This is simply a set of quizzes a student needs to give to understand his accuracy levels and decide if he is ready for the actual battle of GMAT or not. I was really happy as the team sent me details of doing these quizzes and also personally guided me by studying the results of these Test Readiness Quizzes. This feature helps a candidate to understand if he is actually ready or more preparation is needed.
I would particularly like to share my experience with DJ, aka Dhananjay. DJ has been with me since my first attempt and he has helped me stay consistent with GMAT. There have been times when I lost hope but DJ always motivated me to study and crack this exam. I owe my 710 to DJ. His strategies and study plans were built on logic and involved a lot of data usage from the EGMAT Portal. Thus, these plans worked with almost 100% accuracy. I would definitely recommend DJ for any student. He is really a gem who can take you to your dream score. DJ was so kind to also help me with Essay analysis and editing process for top MiM Courses such as LBS and INSEAD. He spent many hours helping me craft the perfect essay. He is really one of the best instructors out there who goes beyond the expected to help a student. I am really blessed to have him as my mentor.

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I took a 2 month course of E-GMAT after a disappointing score of 630 in my first GMAT attempt. I was surprised at the level of detailing Egmat has done for SC and the strategies for CR! I didn't even know what I was missing until I completed all the Egmat Verbal Modules. These modules really cleared many of doubts and helped me think better and quicker.
Thanks to Egmat I improved my score by 70 points in 2 months and managed to get a 700 (Q50,V34) from a 630 (Q50, V25). Egmat also has a good collection of Quant questions for practice and if one masters those, the quant questions in actual GMAT test will seem relatively easy.
All in all, a much recommended course!

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I took e-GAMT online course for a period of 2 months starting in June 2021 and gave my GMAT attempt in August/September 2021. I scored a Q49 V34 (700) on my first attempt and Q47 V40 (700) on my second attempt.
e-GMAT's online resources were extremely helpful for the GMAT preparation. The Verbal and Quant courses are detailed and cover all the important topics. And they inculcate the habit of attempting questions within restricted time from the beginning with all the course quizzes.
The question bank (Scholaranium) is quite diverse and has questions of all difficulty levels.
e-GMAT focuses on teaching you the right technique and preparing for the GMAT in a very efficient manner rather than asking you to keep solving questions and spend time on just practicing.
Even the Sigma-x mocks are the closest mocks one will see to the actual GMAT.

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