When I initially decided to start studying for the GMAT I bought some prep books and tried to self study but did not feel like I was making much progress. I talked to some friends who had recently taken the GMAT and they recommended TTP so I decided to give it a shot and right away felt much more productive with my time spent studying. The course provides a great structure for working through all the possible Quant topics with detailed lessons, examples, and sample problems followed by quizzes of varying difficulty related to that topic. The questions all come with thorough explanations and links back to where they were originally discussed and you can track the questions you are getting wrong so you can see what areas you are struggling with and then re-visit those questions later to make sure you have it down. There is definitely a great balance between learning new topics and re-visiting old topics periodically throughout your study plan. The thorough and defined structure of the course really helps make the study process straight forward so you can spend your time and effort focusing on learning the topics as opposed to trying to figure out what to study next or what to revisit. And throughout it all are bits of advice about general test taking strategy like when you should start focusing on question timing, how/when to guess, etc.
The TTP team is also very supportive, responsive and friendly; definitely reach out to them if you have questions or concerns and they will be there to help you out. I didnt use the Verbal section of the course very much since I was already pretty solid there so I dont have any input on that, but I was able to get a score I was happy with on my first try so would definitely recommend using TTP for the Quant section if you are looking for a thorough and structured study plan for all topics quant related for the GMAT.

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I followed the e-GMAT intensive study plan. I started with Quant and later continued with SC. After four months, I have really seen enough. What I am gonna say now will definitely upset some people, but I have talked to multiple people with the same opinion about the e-GMAT course.

For quant, the course certainly goes through all the relevant topics on the GMAT. However, there are multiple flaws:
(1) The practice questions are often unrealistic, nothing like the official questions
(2) The explanations to the solutions are often very confusing, and the comments section provides no real background to the reasoning behind a certain approach to a quant question. I feel like it is more about solving a particular question, rather than actually understanding the underlying concept.

For verbal, the course is even worse imo:
(1) The question quality is bad, really bad. Prove for this? One week before my official exam in which I got a 740 (Q48 V44), I took a SC diagnostic test from e-GMAT and had 3 out of 10 questions correct. I received a V44, and I am sure my verbal didn't improve that much within a week. In official questions I normally got at least 9 out of 10 correct, but the unofficial questions from e-GMAT really do not resemble the official questions.

(2) The "pre-thinking" approach for CR almost killed my CR ability. I really had to "unlearn" the approach later! After I used different materials (I will introduce that later), CR was probably my strongest section on the GMAT.

I could say many more things about the e-GMAT course that I didn't like, but I think I really wasted 3 months for this course. After 4 months I took another diagnostic exam and got a 530. Not very impressive after 4 months of almost full-time study. e-GMAT really has some strong marketing and it also got me. They throw around with fancy words like, SigmaX mocks, Scholarinium, AI, data-driven, and all this blabla..really, a test prep company that truly generates impressive results doesn't need such words for their marketing. Additionally, the success stories are impressive, but e-GMAT has hundreds if not thousands of clients. Obviously, with such a large sample there will be some great success stories. But for the majority of students I do NOT recommend the course at all. To improve your score, use TTP. For more details, refer to my debrief on GMAT Club: https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-debrief-from-a-470-q31-v24-to-a-740-q48-v44-369195.html

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GMAT is an exam which is career defining according to me. From scoring a very low score ( below 620 ) to achieving 710 was a long journey. I purchased the E-GMAT course in April, 2021 and took the exam on 2nd of September, 2021. The course materials provided by E-GMAT are very elaborate and covers each and every type of questions one can expect. Quant modules had lots of practice quizzes and excellent video lectures. After completing the quant module, after a long time I started having the confidence to get a good score in it. Even the mock tests started reflecting the improvement in the scores. The verbal section was also detailed. I saw a huge improvement in the critical reasoning section and applying the pre-thinking logic served as the backbone of it. Even the sentence correction modules proved to be of great help. Scholaranium provided by E-GMAT had a great pool of questions. The hard level quants questions seemed to be more tough than one might usually get on the test but that in-turn made me find the difficult official mock questions easier. There are custom and customized quizzes for regular practice and they helped me a lot. Overall, I would highly recommend any GMAT aspirant to take E-GMAT course. I dont think any other material can beat E-GMAT's module. Just trust the process and keep on learning the way its taught and things will start falling into place with time.

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Target Test Prep's comprehensive quant course was incredibly useful in helping me refresh my knowledge of the topics being tested on the GMAT. Although there is a lot of material that takes a significant amount of time to go through, it helps build a solid foundation in all the required concepts, which helped build my confidence going into the exam. It is also very well structured, with a good amount of reading material complemented by practice tests and review tests. The course is well worth the hype, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a comprehensive GMAT quant course.

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When I decided to take the GMAT and purchased the OG, my first thought was that I could do this on my own. So I studied the OG, and took the GMAT, scoring a dismal 570. This was when I figured I needed help. A friend who had previously taken it, recommended Experts Global GMAT Review. I needed all the help I could get. The course breaks down the whole curriculum into small chunks that are easy to digest, followed by exercises right after. All questions have written solutions as well as video explanations, which is something that worked really well for me. They also have tiny concept videos that you can watch in work breaks or commute so that your prep continues even if other things may be keeping you busy. And best of all, the team is very responsive and I could personally speak to someone every time I needed help with strategy or just some reassurance before the exam. It took me about 4 months of prep, finally leading to a score of 700. All in all, I'm super happy with my decision to take the Experts Global GMAT Review.

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So I never take time to review things, ever, but this time I will. Because it was recommended to me, I now recommend it to everyone who asks me about the GMAT, and it is actually worth it.

So before I started any GMAT prep whatsoever, Target Test Prep was recommended to me and I was like “ok amazing, this is my one stop shop”. But it couldn’t truly be that easy, could it? It was. I didn’t buy a single prep book or another resource (besides practice tests from GMAT official) online and it was all I needed. I signed up at the beginning of April and took a practice exam 1 from the GMAT website. That was my benchmark, I was at a 680. Not at all where I wanted to be. And for a month straight I just powered through Target Test Prep, mostly only on their quant. It was amazing, so structured. There take all the stressful planning that comes with studying for large tests away. You know what you need to do, and they even have a recommended time frame to do everything. I cheated the time frames a little because I had just finished college and had a lot of extra time. But definitely follow their modules and exams as closely and rigorously as you can. Don’t skip anything unless you feel near 100% on it. I felt so good about my studying and progress, I just loved their tips and strategy and it was like everything I needed was being spoon fed to me. And they have review tests and diagnostics so you know how you’re improving and what your weaknesses are. About a week before my test date I decided I should probably take another GMAT practice exam. 780. I was entirely blown away and if that’s doesn’t tell you it’s worth it… then I don’t know what will. That improvement from 680 to 780 was after 1 month of ONLY Target test prep. Nothing else. I took a few more practice exams and my score fluctuated around 760 a bit. I realized I wasn’t scoring as well on verbal and it was bringing me down, so literally 2 days before the exam I decided to do their verbal section. It’s newer, but I can already tell you that it is so much of a value add. Just by reading through their sections on verbal and doing some practice sections, my verbal improved dramatically (don’t remember the specifics). On the day of the test, all I wanted was 99% percentile and that’s what I got. I honestly attribute all of it to Target Test Prep. Take the advice, literally just put in the time with them and you WILL get a good score.

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I can thoroughly recommend TTP to everyone interested in studying for the GMAT.

Other quant programs don't come close to competing with TTP - they lack depth, structure, videos, analytics, etc. TTP has all of that and more.

I got a 46V as a non-native speaker and only used TTP + OG to prep. SC was intense but thorough, and CR was useful.

Overall, extremely happy with TTP & the team, if I had to go back and do it all over again I would not choose another course.

The only small caveat is that I recommend you practice active reading for 1h a day to get your RC & idiom knowledge up. This is something that TTP did not cover at the time of me taking my exam, but it was in the pipeline.

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The course is well designed and all the techniques taught are very much help you in improving accuracy and speed. Patience is required the first couple of week you apply the technique.
The support is excellent. I have never had a bad experience with them, really quick turnarounds. Their ability to analyse the ESR and put together an action plan is also amazing.

Also the techniques that were taught on how to Read will stay with me forever and somehow this technique has made me like reading. FYI: I hated it till now. But now i also see the benefits of reading.

All in all you are in good hands. My piece of advice: Don't see other people's timeline saying they started and finished prep in 3 months. You are on your own journey. Personally i would give e-gmat course 6 months of solid effort. The course definitely works.

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When I was thinking of signing up for a GMAT prep course the most important consideration for me was the quality of the mock test being provided. After trying out the free mock tests by more than 7 test providers, the eGMAT Sigma-X mock tests stood out (more on this below).

As it turns out, one cannot just buy the tests standalone and hence I signed up for the entire eGMAT course. However, little did I know that this will be a pivotal decision in my GMAT prep. After taking the first Sigma-X mock test I requested an analysis of the same by one of the eGMAT experts to identify my weak areas. That was the time when I was introduced to this legendary godsend Dhananjay Lowe!

He helped me analyze my test and with his experience and analytical mind he was able to interpret the same data in a way that I could have never done myself. DJ made an action plan for me and asked me to go through the entire course as I has some process gaps and skill gaps. Talking about the course and each subsection:

1) SC: I know some of you may have come across eGMAT's prethinking strategy for CR as their USP. However, for me it was the meaning based approach for SC that was the game changer. I absolutely loved the way they emphasize breaking down the sentences into clauses, understanding the meaning of the sentence (Meaning >>> Grammar), identifying all the errors in the OG sentence, and coming up with an answer before looking at the options. I can't emphasize enough on how wonderful this 3 step strategy is. With the help of the hyperfocused custom quizzes, DJ's guidance, and eGMAT's Scholaranium I was able to make SC my strongest (from the weakest) sub-section in Verbal.

2) CR: The pre-thinking strategy (as some of you may already know) is a proven full proof approach to solving any question of any difficulty level. It does take some time to become second nature, but when it does you stand to reap massive benefits out of it.

3) RC: This used to be one of my weakest sub-section and I tried possibly every trick in the book to improve this myself. However, it was only after I followed DJ's advice and his proprietary "RC pill" that I could see an improvement not only in my score but also in the confidence with which I could approach a RC passage / question. Not to forget the drastic drop in time that I observed while solving RC passages. Lastly, the AI driven Scholaranium data helped me identify my exact weaknesses (eg: passages related to Humanities, Economics, BioScience, etc) and thus I could channelize my time and efforts to focus on just those topics.

Quants: The recently launched Quants 2.0 is probably the most comprehensive quants curriculum out there. The AI driven engine ensures that students are spending the optimum amount of time on the course and suggests the right steps to fill the conceptual gaps. I personally felt that the Scholaranium questions are slightly tougher than the actual GMAT questions. But again its a good thing to practice hard questions so that the exam is a smooth sail.

Sigma-X mock tests: As previously mentioned these tests beat all the other test providers by miles. Not only because of the quality of the questions, but also because of the supremely detailed post test analysis. They drill down into every single aspect of your test whether it be your block wise timing or sub-sub-sub sectional weaknesses.

Scholaranium 2.0: The best just got better!

Dhananjay Lowe (DJ): As previously mentioned I credit my entire success to him. My score may not have been something that both us desired, but it was nothing short of immense pleasure working with him. The best thing about him is that he is so very invested in your journey and success. His ever willing nature to help the students is something that never ceases to amaze me!

Vipul (Quants SME): I was struggling with my Quants a little and DJ proactively looped in Vipul to help me cross the finish line. Vipul crafted yet another hyperfocused study plan and used to provide me feedback on literally each and every incorrect question. He taught me the importance of maintaining an error log and I could see an improvement in my performance and confidence in a short span of 15 days!

Bottom line (in case you made it through this very detailed review): eGMAT and Dhananjay Lowe are a one stop shop for all your GMAT needs. All you require is diligence and having faith in these two, and I'm sure you all can achieve your dream score!

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This review is specifically for the Sentence Correction part of the e-GMAT verbal online course.
I was not going anywhere in terms of improving my skills in the SC section and I was struggling with the approach to be taken for tackling the section when my friend suggested this course.
It is a self-paced course with a great number of interactive elements. All topics start off with a pre-concept quiz to test your knowledge, followed by the course content in the form of short videos and ending with a post concept quiz to check the improvement in understanding.
The best part about this course is its division of concepts into small videos with short exercises at the beginning and at the end. It gets easy to maintain focus in short spurts. And most importantly, the concepts are put to use almost immediately after learning them.

Another highlight of this course is its logical approach towards language skills. All concept and practice questions are approached using a fixed framework that surprisingly fits well in all kinds of questions and aids in improving speed/accuracy.

I would strongly recommend this course, especially to Indian Engineers.

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