I have been struggling to break the ceiling of 710 scores for 3 months before I encountered e-GMAT. The methodology-based learning that e-GMAT is built upon is just life-changing. I was able to absorb the methods and concepts very efficiently and hit my goal mark in less than 2 weeks! Methods such as meaning-based approach, pre-thinking in CR, and slow reading strategies in RC are all super helpful in changing my bad test-taking habits and stabilize my performance to reach the top percentiles.

The Scholaranium 2.0 is an amazing invention too. It truly helped me to pinpoint my weak areas across verbal sections and ensured I trained my muscles efficiently and targeted the areas that needed the most focus. Scholaranium 2.0 was the key reason that I was able to improve notably in such a short period of time.

Last but not the least, I was greatly benefited from the personal training program with Atreya Roy. He created a customized study plan for me, helped me improve on the targeted area with dedicated materials, and supported me academically and mentally on the preparations for the test day. I truly him and the support from the e-GMAT team.

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Target Test Prep was everything I needed and more to break the 700 barrier and score a 720! I was stuck in the 600s, constantly making silly errors and missing some harder questions. The guidance and reps provided by TTP made the difference in getting my score where it needed to be. The quant prep is unparalleled, and the new verbal section was very valuable, as well. I was pleasantly suprised by the amount of detail in each lession. The chapter tests kept me on track, and the extensive test bank provided me with an abundance of resources. Absolutely worth the buy!

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I had initially prepared only from the official guide and a few advanced GMAT Club questions, but my GMAT Prep score hadn't budged a lot from the 740 GMAT Prep score that I had got in my first attempt without any preparation. I then realized that I needed something that would point out specific areas of improvement and help me work on them. I then signed up for the eGMAT last mile program course, and here are the several ways the course helped me:

1. A key struggling point for me was SC. I simply did not know the rules because I hadn't studied any sort of theory in depth. The self learning modules of eGMAT solved this by giving crisp rules of SC, and as a result I started achieving 80-90% accuracy in every test thereon. 10/10 would recommend if you are struggling with SC.

2. The second area that I was struggling with was time in Verbal. This was mainly being driven by an average time of around 140 seconds in CR questions, although with decent accuracy. The eGMAT experts helped a lot here by going a step beyond and taking out time to address my issues specifically. It turned out that there was a flaw in my approach towards CR questions, making my method very inefficient. Next, I could cement the correct approach through the practice questions.

Specifically it was Harsha (Verbal Expert), and Aditee (Mentor) who guided me through CR, enabling me to cut down at least
15-20 seconds on my time.

3. The Sigma-X mocks were of a huge help as I could accurately see where I stood in terms of my performance. The level kind of matched the actual GMAT questions. My last score on the third mock was 760, which was very close to my actual score of 770.

4. The explanations of most practice questions (~80%) was on point, but even if it wasn't, you could get your doubts answered. Although, areas of improvement for eGMAT here could be their TAT (which sometime stretched to over 3-4 days) and the quality of replies of a few of their experts.

5. The most important thing by far was the detailed analytics that eGMAT gives out for your performance on all questions. This was of a huge help since I could see where exactly I was struggling, and what was the low hanging fruit for me to improve. This is something that is extremely important for people who want to push their score that extra bit.

TLDR: I was pretty happy overall with the eGMAT Course. Within a month it helped me identify weaknesses and work on them, and gave me that much needed improvement of 30 points.

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Target Test Prep is incredibly detailed and thorough. It takes a lot of time to get through every module and take all of the practice quizzes, but the invested time is well worth it. Overall, the program is probably overkill, but this is important because once you are in the test environment, you need your responses to be second nature, which this course definitely helps you achieve. I would for sure recommend pairing this with the official practice tests, and you are pretty much guaranteed to get a good score if you complete the course and all the practice tests.

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My very first GMAT practice test without any preparation was around a 580. I hadn't done any quant or verbal for 6 years! I then proceeded to study by myself using only the official MBA practice questions and after two months I eventually received a 690 on a practice, but I couldn't break 700. I knew I could do better, but I didn't have any direction. I was just doing mindless practice problems. My studies trailed off and ended after that. A couple months later I decided to try again, but with some help. After reading several reviews, looking through forums, and trying some free trials, I chose Target Test Prep (with the Verbal Beta). TTP is an excellent program to follow, and it's probably the best Quant program available. It will teach you everything you need to know from the ground up. You can easily gauge your understanding with the several chapter quizzes. I recommend getting 90%+ on all Medium difficulty quizzes before proceeding to the Hard quizzes or even the next chapter (If you want a 700+ score). Throughout the way, you can chat with their coaches. Marty, who scored an 800, is a master of the GMAT and an awesome coach. His understanding and in-depth responses helped me far more than any forums. Ultimately, I took the official test three times: 710, which I ended up canceling because I knew I could do better (I was getting 760's on Official GMAT practices), 730, and 740. I know I can do even better (I only did half the Verbal beta lessons, and on my 740 attempt, my Quant score dipped to a 47 because I was so focused on Verbal that I didn't review my Quant on TTP!!). However, I believe I have a high enough score to apply to the mba programs that I want. Overall, I absolutely recommend TTP and Marty. For Verbal I followed a mix of TTP Verbal Beta, which was incomplete at the time, and gmatclub's own GMAT Ninja. For Quant I solely used TTP.

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I took the GMAT official test in June and scored a 430 (Q42 V 10). Post which, I signed up on TTP. TTP really helps you nail down the concepts. I found it incredibly useful for Quants and SC. Quant especially is really detailed and covers nearly everything necessary to get a high score. What I loved about the SC module was that the explanation of wrong answers was really detailed. Going through their set of questions and the explanations will make sure you know the 1000's ways a sentence can go wrong. I retook the GMAT last week and scored a 660 (Q47 V34), and a lot of the success is attributed to TTP. I like the kindle like notes making feature and the error log. The revision was easy peasy thanks to those features.

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After I decided to take up the GMAT, I was looking for a perfect course that would help me achieve my goals. I watched a few webinars of E-Gmat and also took the opinion of some of my friends. Finally, after a lot of research and reading the reviews in GMAT Club I decided to enroll in the e-gmat course. First, I signed up for a free trial just to check it out. I felt very positive about the way the concepts are taught and signed up for the full course. I would like to say about a few things which make e-gmat the best course online.

Verbal:

SC - Hands down, e-gmat is the best in this aspect. The SC concept videos, application files, and practice quizzes are so helpful in learning the concepts. Visually, the style of animation and the pace of teaching will make you get immersed in the content. The detailed explanations in the application files and practice quizzes really help the student in understanding where he/she went wrong. Particularly, the meaning-based approach is so brilliant that it increases the student's accuracy to the next level.

CR - Previously, I had little experience in critical thinking questions while preparing for CAT but I always used to stumble in some questions. I did not know why a particular answer is right and why a particular answer is wrong. The egmat rethinking strategy helped me in this aspect. Again, the explanations for every question are on-point and help us to think in the right direction.

RC- Again, this was my weak area during my CAT preparation. I did not know what to do about this. That's when egmat came to my rescue. RC Key Reading strategies taught in the egmat course helped me cross this hurdle. I always used to try reading the RC fast and then answer the questions but it is not the right approach. Egmat RC strategy explained how we must take enough time to understand the passage, take notice of tricky little details, and map the passage on the whole. This helps in reducing the time taken to complete the passage as a whole along with questions.

Verbal Scholaranium:
I must say this is the best practice arena for a student who wants to master the concepts of verbal in GMAT. The custom quizzes, ability quizzes, and cementing quizzes help us in identifying the gaps in our concepts. I particularly liked that if we don't score above 75% in medium difficulty and above 55% in Hard difficulty questions, then we need to watch the videos again if possible and go through the application files. This particularly helped me for my second attempt. I identified gaps in my concepts and worked on them.

Quant 2.0
The quant course if done right will fetch you a Q51 for sure. I can assure you that. The diagnostic quizzes, the concept files, and the practice files are very well structured that the concepts get cemented in your brain. I will recommend the egmat quant course for anyone weak in quant.

SIGMA-X Mocks:
Sigma-X mocks come very close to the actual mocks. Though they do not follow the same algorithm by the official mock, they are adaptive in nature. They point out the weak areas where you can improve.

Also, the kind of support we get during the entire preparation journey is awesome. Our queries are answered at the earliest. Most of our doubts get solved by the already existing comments under each question.

Last but not least talking about the LMT Program, Atreya helped me in the final leg of my preparation. He identified the key areas where I was lacking and helped me with personalized plans and strategies to get to my goal.

Finally, I would say egmat is the most structured preparation course I have ever enrolled in. Prepare diligently with the help of this course and success is guaranteed.

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I took the GMAT recently and scored a 710. I did mainly SC and some Quant topics from TTP's course as I was already decent at other sections of GMAT verbal. I was impressed by the course's exhaustiveness. It covers everything you need to know. Things I like about TTP:

1. It makes your task easier by providing you different features such as highlights, bookmarks, excellent error log, etc. These features may sound normal, but they are lifesavers when you are reviewing the material and errors.

2. The course covers everything you need. Once you complete this course, you'll not need to do anything else. Just make sure that you don't finish the course in hurry.

3. Strategy lessons are just awesome. GMAT is not just about concepts, but also mind set. I think the strategy lessons help you a lot to create the right mindset.

I honestly think TTP spoon feeds you everything you need for a good GMAT score.

I also did some quant chapters. However, I did them in a hurry and didn't complete the chapters. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I am decent at quant so I skimmed through the concepts and didn't take the chapter tests. I would highly recommend to just take the TTP course and follow the process they mention.

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I started the E-Gmat course after attending a few EGMAT webinars on Youtube. I had enrolled into the GMAT Online version of EGMAT.

The thing that stood for me the most were the CR and SC videos on the website. They are very carefully curated and use the best examples. The tests within the module also are good and have very detailed explanations. The query resolution is very fast (in my case ~7-8 hours).

But the crown jewel is actually the verbal and the quant scholaranium. These are very good practice resources and are a little difficult than the actual GMAT. These problems very well capture the essence of the concept and have very good and detailed explanations (Some have 12-17 min detailed and comprehensive explanations).

The Sigma-X mocks are good practice and have some useful insights too.

All in all, i felt that EGMAT was worth every penny and earns my highest recommendation.

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Four years, from 2018 to 2021, I have literally dreamt about seeing that “7” at the beginning of my GMAT score.

In 2018 I went into the GMAT naïve about the process as well as sacrifice ahead of me needed to hit this score. After 6 months of studying and utilizing various materials I saw my first official GMAT practice score: 450.

I have a long journey ahead of me.

After a few years of studying on and off, utilizing various popular study materials, and even meeting with a couple of known tutors (more on this in a moment), in August 2020, I hit a 560 (Q39/V27), solid improvement but still nowhere near my target goal.

By May 2021, I knew I had to commit, I am over 30 as it is and life’s plans at some point soon is likely going to make pursuing a full-time MBA program incredibly difficult. Being a first-generation college student from a low-income background I am incredibly cost adverse, but as I said, I need to make a change as everything prior just was not going anywhere.

Now, I said I was going to bring up those “known tutors” again. I had reached out to GMAT Ninja as well as a few others back in 2019. GMAT Ninja, admittedly, cost more than the others so I passed. The second was a well-known and regarded GMAT figure and tutor (whom I will keep anonymous) that simply said what I was hoping to achieve would not be possible. This individual was crass and condescending – obviously this was not going to work. The last tutor, who is also a well known GMAT figure and all-around nice guy, is who I went with at a lower cost. I had a couple of tutoring sessions with him but the whole process simply lacked structure and I did not feel like I was gaining traction.

Now let’s return to May 2021. Four years into this process and ready to commit, I reached back out to GMAT Ninja and was subsequently introduced to Harry Duthie for our first session on May 10th. Immediately you became aware that you were working with a professional that respected not only your time, but your investment. It was apparent, there was a reason why they cost more.

For example, many tutors will have no issue with entertaining your tirades or just having a long – and expensive! – chat with you. Harry Duthie, on the other hand, makes you work. Harry will drive any ounce of value that he can out of the two-hour session, which at times, can be one of the most exhausting but valuable components of studying throughout the week. Then guess what? After that session, you have a lot of homework to complete.

Do you need structure? GMAT Ninja and Harry function on providing a structure that evolves and builds on your needs. What did I need exactly? Quant, of course, but specifically an absolute ton of verbal work. Going from V27 to V40 is no joke and I commend Harry and his ability to push my thought process and logical abilities to the point in which I was getting nearly 90%+ correct on both CR and RC. I will say though, there are no tricks here, and trust me – in four years I have tried to learn them all via. Powerscore, Manhattan, etc and they just didn’t work. Harry will push your ability to think critically, and this is a much more powerful and adaptable skillset, and this is what allowed me to improve from a V27 to V40.

Finally, on August 30, 2021, after working with Harry from early May to mid-August, I saw for the first time that “7” I was looking to achieve all these years – 700 (Q47/V40/IR7/AWA6). After a significant amount of personal sacrifice to get to this point, I can attribute making it my goal to Harry Duthie over at GMAT Ninja.

Thank you, Harry.

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