E-gmat offers one of the best verbal online courses right now.
Everything from videos to quizzes are very well curated to mimic the actual exam questions.
There question bank, scholaranium, is exceptionally great, as it provides useful insights into our weak and strong areas, helps design further quizzes to work on the critical areas, and offers precise explanations for all questions.
Thier mock exams are slightly tougher than the actual exam.
Best part is that, these guys put in all the efforts to make themselves a companion in your journey of the exam. You wont feel alone and confused midway.

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I started my GMAT prep at a stage when I was not good at Quant at all and I was pretty comfortable with SC, but wanted to improve RC and CR. I really needed help with the basic concepts of quant. I went for e-GMAT online course which includes quant, verbal and IR.
The concept files for quant are very thorough. They explain each topic right from the very basic, this was very helpful as I was able to build a solid foundation. The practice questions after each concept may seem tough in the beginning, but trust me, it really helped me in getting in the habit of solving higher difficulty level questions. So, quant section was a perfect fit for me overall.
Coming on to the Verbal part, the concepts are well structured and the learnings you gather from one section definitely help in doing better at the next section. The pre-thinking exercise in CR was a game changer for me. However, I do feel that idioms concept file can be improved. I found that there are very few idioms and you will often find yourself facing a question with idioms not covered in the lesson.
Scholaranium is again a very good tool to practice the questions for every section and every difficulty level. The tool points out the specific areas/topics you need to work on and that comes really handy and helps to follow a targeted revision approach.
Now, coming back to my journey. After 2.5 months of prep and decent scores of 710 and 760 in the official mocks, I wrote my exam and scored a 670 (Q49, V33). I was disheartened to see this score on the screen. But that's when e-GMAT's 'Last Mile Program' came into help. I was invited by DJ from the e-GMAT team to have a discussion around my preparation and to chalk out the path for score improvement. I explained to him the specific issues I faced during the exam and he prepared a detailed step by step 15 day study plan for me. This included very useful exercises such as reading news articles to improve RC passage reading time and comprehension. He also recommended to try changing the section order on the exam and it worked for me.
After a rigorous revision and practice, I wrote the GMAT again and scored a 720 (Q48, V41). I was elated to see the score. I felt the e-gmat course combined with their last mile program was exactly what I needed in my GMAT endeavor.

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I'll start with my realization of the GMAT. Through my GMAT journey, I realized that being good at Quant in Verbal in general does not necessarily translate into a great GMAT score. What one requires is the correct guidance, tips and tricks to tackle each question type, and the grit and determination to keep going even if things don't go your way.

• Where was I when I started?
My Quant ability was above average, and I consistently scored 49/51 in any mocks I had given up to that point. My Verbal ability was at 32/51, and I often got confused between few answer choices across all three sections (SC, RC, and CR), and ended up choosing the ‘second-best’ (and hence, incorrect) answer choice. I had solved GMAT Official questions at this point, and although I did see some improvement, it was not consistent, and my score hovered around 670.

• How I got to know about e-GMAT?
I was recommended e-GMAT by someone who went through the program themself. Its Verbal course, specifically, came highly recommended. Since I wanted to give the complete mocks as part of my preparation and cover possible concept gaps in Quant, I decided to go for the complete course (Quant+Verbal).

• How I went about it?
I started with Verbal since it was a major hindrance to my score. I finished watching the concept videos on SC and RC completely. I watched 1/4th of the videos in CR. I also covered some topics in Quant which I felt I was weaker on. Then, I decided to give some quizzes and scored fairly on them. I thought I was decently prepared, and so decided to give the GMAT. I scored a 660 (Quant: 48; Verbal: 33) and was naturally disappointed at the score since I was aiming for a 700+.

• What I did after my 1st GMAT attempt?
I reached out to e-GMAT support asking them to chalk out a study plan to go from a 660 to a 700+ score. They were extremely spontaneous with their replies. I was in correspondence with a couple of their team members, but it was ultimately Dhananjay Lowe (DJ) who worked with me. He prepared a complete plan with the study process which included finishing the concept videos, giving their subsequent quizzes, and giving ability quizzes in Scholaranium to understand my strengths and weaknesses. e-GMAT’s ‘Strategic Review’ for each of their Verbal sections included a detailed process to understand the errors I was making, pinpoint the source of those errors, and make myself consciously aware of those possible errors in future questions. This helped me immensely once I realized where I was going wrong. For example, through the strategic review for CR questions, I realized I was going wrong because I wasn’t able to identify the conclusion correctly, and even if I did, I wasn’t able to choose the answer choice that was related or relevant to that conclusion. e-GMAT’s analysis on each section and question type provided extensive insight into my strengths and weaknesses. Through this, I was able to identify that I was weaker on assumption and inference questions, and hence, took subsequent steps to address those.

Although my Quant was consistent at 49/51, to reach a great score, I needed to score at least a 50/51. In Quant, I gave ability quizzes on Scholaranium to fill in the gaps in my weaker concepts.

I attempted questions from both e-GMAT’s Scholaranium and GMAT Official. A lot of times I felt e-GMAT’s questions were excessively difficult, and I scored nearly at the threshold set for each level of difficulty (easy, medium, and hard level questions). However, when I gave the same difficulty level questions on GMAT Official, I scored far better than e-GMAT’s quizzes. Every time I gave an e-GMAT quiz and scored lower than required, I was left frustrated. However, when I scored decently well in the GMAT Official questions, my confidence grew.

In the last week before my 2nd GMAT attempt, I gave Official tests every day at the same time my GMAT test was at, and reviewed questions the same day. This made me extremely comfortable and confident heading into my GMAT exam. I scored a 720 (Quant: 50; Verbal 38) in my 2nd attempt.

• What I did after my 2nd GMAT attempt?
I reached out to DJ for a final study plan that would see me score higher than 720. DJ prepared a plan according to their LMT program which included giving an e-GMAT Sigma X-mock, revision of questions I got incorrect, custom specific quizzes on areas I was weak at, test readiness quizzes in Verbal and Quant, intermediate quizzes, and repeating the cycle. At this point, I knew the type of questions I was getting wrong, where I was going wrong, what I needed to concentrate on, where to spend more time on, and what I could do to make sure I had an airtight analysis for my answer choice. I gave my 3rd and final GMAT and scored a 730 (Quant 50; Verbal 39).

• What helped?
When I began my GMAT journey, I felt my abilities were above average to score decently well. However, I realized that GMAT was not a test of how well you think you know stuff, but how thorough your concepts are.

When I purchased the e-GMAT’s online content and went through it without any guidance, I had two minds about opting for their service. However, it was the right decision ultimately. e-GMAT helped me throughout my study process and DJ was immensely supportive right from the start, all the way to the end. Learning the concepts through extensive and exhaustive videos, the sheer number of quizzes (both Quant and Verbal, but primarily Verbal in my case), reviewing the incorrect questions and the Strategic Review process, all helped me get from a 660 to a 730. Although Scholaranium questions felt tougher and sometimes long and drawn out, they ultimately helped my improve on GMAT Official questions.

I’m sure if I can get from a 660 to a 730, anyone can. Just make sure you have the right support, which in my case was provided by e-GMAT and DJ.

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As far as features that Interact provides, Navigator is an incredibly useful tool to accompany official GMAT questions. Solutions in Navigator fit in with content in the Manhattan Prep course, and help clarify the often complex solutions found in the official books.

The quant section videos do not often delve into difficult topics, but the strategy components are most helpful. The advanced quant eBook, which is included with the course, covers useful material and additional challenging practice. I found the actual GMAT's quant section to be much easier than the quant found in Interact's practice exams.

The verbal content in Interact covers tricky rules well, and quizzes you on them. Blog posts (which can also be accessed for free) cover strategy for timing, which I used when taking my exam.

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Honestly, TTP was incredible. Everything was set up for me from lesson plans, practice problems, etc. It was just a great way to know what to study and when, and there wasn't too much outside of TTP that I needed. One thing that I also appreciated was the "assigned readings" which outlined the test, strategy, and ways to improve. That was equally as important as the actual material in most cases. Additionally, after I took my first GMAT and wanted to take it again, Scott gave me two weeks for free which was incredibly cool of him.

I would recommend TTP to anyone.

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Before stumbling upon TTP, I had spent 7+ months paying for self-paced and instructor-led courses with other test prep companies. No matter how hard I studied, I could never get past a 690 on the GMAT (specifically, I was stuck at V43). I was losing confidence by the day. After only 2 months of self-paced studying with TTP, I improved my quant score to 45/47 range and V44, with an overall score of 720. TTP was tremendously helpful in achieving this score with what felt like minimal effort! I went from studying 15-20 hours a week with no concrete plan or strategy to 10-12 hours a week. TTP material is way more digestible, fun, and easy to apply. Highly recommend!!!!

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I initially requested Jeff to be my tutor after I had attended one of his free online GMAT prep hours and saw that he was strong in Quant. I was convinced that Quant was my weakness since I had a lower percentile score in Quant than Verbal. Right off the bat, he showed me how percentiles lie and recommended that I primarily focus my efforts on Verbal. He taught me how to effectively deconstruct an argument in critical reasoning questions and corrected some grammar misconceptions I had in sentence correction (i.e., adverbial vs. noun modifiers, -ing words are not all present tense). With reading comprehension, I learned to stick very closely to the text, especially for inference questions. Do not assume anything in verbal without evidence from the passage to back your conclusion!

I had considered giving up on the GMAT and MBA applications this year after taking the exam multiple times and not getting the results I wanted. With Jeff’s guidance and expertise, I found the motivation and vigor to keep going. Not only did I get the score I wanted, but I also enjoyed the process of studying for the GMAT. Highly recommend Jeff as a tutor if you are new to the GMAT or stuck in a rut but determined to reach your goal!

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Harry is one of the best teachers I've ever had for GMAT prep. He was always able to understand how I was approaching a specific question and found ways so that I could continue improving myself. Moreover, Harry does push you, but it is for a good cause. In fact, he will try to lead you to the best score you can achieve and even through in some meditation techniques to help out. I am certain that my improvement in the GMAT and the +700 score was thanks to his tutoring. I highly recommend others wanting to improve their scores to work with Harry.

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I came across e-GMAT through an online seminar hosted on YouTube. Initially, I felt that the course was too expensive and went for a cheaper alternative. I appeared for the exam last year and got a score of only 690. I gave another attempt within 2 weeks and got a score of 710. Using that score, I got selected for the Young Leaders Program of the Indian School of Business. I was elated and decided that it would be the end of my preparation.
However, a part of me forced me to improve my score and try for the best universities outside India. Since it was going to be my last attempt, I decided I wanted to use the best available website for preparation and so I enrolled for the e-GMAT Online Course. Let's now break the review into smaller parts.

1) Course Material:
Since I came from an Indian engineering background, I knew that I would not face a problem with Quant and so I focussed all my energy on Verbal. The Verbal course material was divided into the 3 main sections - RC, CR and SC - and each section had multiple videos and practice files. The course material is truly the best because the videos cover all the concepts in thorough detail and avoid giving generic shortcuts which fail during difficult questions. Learning concepts will help you to face any question. The small practice modules in between the videos were indeed useful and helped in reinforcing the concept. Lastly, the practice files helped in testing the concepts learned in that module.

2) Scholaranium
This is by far the best e-learning product I have seen so far. Firstly, there is a large question bank with more questions being added after finishing a mock test. Secondly, the option of creating custom quizzes and completing them in a time-bound manner is really helpful and I would recommend everyone to attempt all questions in Scholaranium in a time-bound manner to simulate the real GMAT experience. The quality of solutions provided for each question is top-notch and clears even the silliest doubt you can have. Moreover, you can view the time spent on each question and modify your strategy accordingly. I spent a large proportion of my time here strengthening my concepts.

3) Sigma-X mocks
These mock tests replicate the actual test algorithms accurately. I scored 730-740 in the mocks and scored a 740 in my final exam. This shows the accuracy of the algorithms used. Again, the quality of solutions is just too good. Moreover, the analysis provided after each mock test is invaluable.

4) Mentorship
Notwithstanding anything mentioned above, I feel the real increase in my scores is because of my e-GMAT mentor, Atreya Roy. He was really calm and analysed all my weak areas and made plans. Initially, he made weekly plans and analysed the results. A few weeks before the exam, he started making daily plans for me and continuously kept analysing the results to find even specific areas within topics that I should improve. He even shared relevant links for me to read and improve my understanding of the concepts. This level of micro-management has made all the difference. I don't think any other company provides such amazing mentors who have such a strong grip on GMAT.

To conclude, you must only use e-GMAT when you prepare for GMAT.

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I had an excellent experience with Dave from GMAT Ninja. By helping to bring much needed structure and rigour to my GMAT prep, Dave helped me to improve my quant score from a 39 to a 48 within three weeks, and improving my overall score by 30 points.

The biggest benefit for me of the process was achieving significantly improved consistency in my results. While I was doing okay in practice exams, Dave's assistance was integral in getting it right on exam day. Dave's approach was warm and engaging, and I have only positive things to say. Importantly, GMAT Ninja's help enabled me to achieve a score I was happy with using for my MBA applications, and to move forward in the process.

I would strongly recommend GMAT Ninja to a friend.

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