For those interested, I wanted to share my experience with Target Test Prep in the hopes it might help others who are considering their program for GMAT preparation. I started my GMAT journey back in late January 2021. I didn't know too much about the exam at the time other than what I learnt through taking a handful of the free practice questions from the mba.com website. I went ahead and took a diagnostic exam to see where I stood and scored a 590 (Q34/V38). After a recommendation from a friend, I paid $1 for TTP's 5 day trial and never looked back. I used TTP pretty much exclusively for Quant prep from March to June, used the OG q-bank for additional practice questions, and ended up scoring a 730 (Q47/V44).

Here's what I found most compelling about the TTP prep course:

1. TTP takes out all of the guessing game when it comes to study material. I feel very confident in saying that TTP covers every single concept the GMAT will test you on. As someone who felt absolutely overwhelmed by the multitude of study materials and sources out there, I found it incredibly comforting knowing that I would never need to piecemeal together different study products or programs in order to get a truly comprehensive approach between Verbal and Quant.

2. TTP is hyper-structured. Given how much I was struggling with Quant, I can't emphasize enough how helpful it was for me to go back to the basics and have a methodical approach in building up my foundational knowledge. TTP's readings are extremely thorough and have everything you need in order to make the transition between elementary, intermediate, and advanced concepts. Whatever your Quant goal is (whether Q45, Q48, Q51, or anything in between), I truly believe TTP can get you there if you follow it as intended and trust the process. One comment on this: whatever your target score is, I would recommend setting your desired Quant Score to "Expert +" otherwise some crucial readings will be excluded from the study plan.

3. Target Test Prep is super cost effective. To be honest I didn't spend too much time comparing prices between different prep providers because TTP's 5-day trial gave me all the confidence I needed to know that it was a great value-proposition. IMO the $299 for 4 months or $399 for 6 months is a no-brainer.

Summary Thoughts:

* Superb Prep material -- long but very thorough
* Highly structured course that outlines exactly what you need to do
* Extensive Q-bank with questions that I personally thought were close to the feel of the real GMAT q's
* Small team that does their best to respond in a timely fashion and provide advice
* Didn't spend too much time with the Verbal readings but found the practice questions helpful in getting reps
* Fantastic value-to-cost, if not the best on the market

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The TTP Quant prep is the most comprehensive yet intuitive material that I have come across. I took my first GMAT attempt in November last year, and my Quant was at Q44. My scores in the official practice exams would vary widely, and I needed to breach the Q47 mark to achieve my target score of 740+. I came across Target Test Prep, I took their 5 day trial, and I was immediately hooked. The relentless interval testing along with the diverse variety of question sets pretty much ensures that you are solving the problems on auto-pilot come test day. I clocked in about 130 hours, finished 70% of the material, and I managed to score a 750 on my retake (Q48, V45). It's a great course, just trust the process.

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I started with the old school way with Official Guides and after 2 months of preparation I got a 390 in my first official mock. I was really frustrated to see such a low score and at a point of time I felt GMAT is not my cup of tea. A friend recommended me Gmatwhiz and I checked the free trial and was really surprised by the unique course structure and the unique interface. The platform asked for some initial questions and after that prepared a proper customised study plan for me.

The study plan helped me stay on track with my studies which was a big challenge for me as working professional. The course was designed in such way that it had the right balance of conceptual understanding as well as unique methodology. I really liked the DS methodology, which was one area I was always afraid of. This went a long way and helped me improve my quant score to Q45 on the actual test.

Also in verbal I felt the explanations to the questions were very good. In fact there was detailed analysis of each passage besides the usual explanation of correct and incorrect choices. This way I could understand where I was lacking and helped me improvise a lot. There were some additional modules that were served to me whenever I was not able to perform in a particular topic.

Within 3 months I was scoring in the range of 650+ in official mock tests consistently. This was a huge relief since I started at 390. Unfortunately on the day of the test I panicked in the verbal section and ended up messing it up, but thanks to my mentor at Gmatwhiz I am looking at a retake soon and targeting a 680+. I would highly recommend this course to anyone struggling with their GMAT preparations.

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After my third attempt in Jan 2021, my confidence was at its lowest and a 700+ score only seemed like a distant dream. This was until I met Dhananjay (DJ) who completely changed my outlook towards the exam.

In our first call, he broke everything down for me from my ESR analysis and identified my gaps - RC was a weak area, there were some process gaps in SC and issues in quant which were collectively affecting my score. In addition to this, he also pointed out how my habit of not letting go of questions was keeping me away from achieving my target score.

Since I had gone through the egmat course for verbal earlier, he did not ask me to go through everything again but rather made small achievable goals for me.

I started with quant, as egmat launched its quant 2.0 course right around the time I started my prep. This was a total game changer. The course is extremely exhaustive and teaches you all the concepts you need to know along with the RIGHT PROCESS you should follow, which is key and something I didn't pay attention to earlier. I immediately began looking at my mistakes in quant in a different way - I could identify what step I made the mistake at - translation, inference, constraint, visualisation, simplification etc.
After finishing each block in quant, I would update DJ and share my error log with him and he would send me an analysis and detailed next steps.

For verbal, egmat taught me way more than just concepts:
- importance of meaning in SC
- visualization and prethinking in CR
- reading slowly by applying learnings from master comprehension in RC and making para summaries

One difference in my prep this time around was the emphasis on error logs - both for quant and for verbal. I learnt that it's okay to make mistakes, but not to make the same mistake twice. In all my previous attempts, I was crazily chasing accuracy and was doing questions after questions. It didn't take me anywhere and I was stuck at 680-690.
Making a concrete error log and focusing on my mistakes is what took me to 710! Another helpful strategy was to really learn the art of letting go of questions, which is where DJ helped.

Key takeaways:
- Follow the egmat plan exactly as prescribed
- If you don't understand a concept, don't rush through and move to the next one. Understand it completely before moving forward.
- Make error logs! They are supremely helpful
- Solving 100s of questions wont help, doing them right would
- Learn to let go of questions if you too are someone who struggles with timing

Lastly, I want to take this opportunity to highlight that this won't have been possible without DJ - the first call he had with me to analyse my ESR and share an action plan and the countless videos and emails he shared with me analysing all my mistakes, timing, scholaranium stats!

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E-gmat helped me in understanding the basics of Verbal and Quant. The course is very informative and the videos help you explain every topic. Scholaranium is the best tool to judge your performance. It helps you in making various types of quiz and identify your weak areas. Overall the experience was satisfactory.
Additionally the Rajat and Payal videos on youtube regarding the gmat guidelines and specific section analysis is really helpful. The material is overall on the tougher side but that helps you enable to deal with good gmat score successfully. Please do use the verbal section of E-gmat, the approach used is very useful in exam scenarios.

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I scored 730 in my first GMAT attempt with a Q50 and V39 split. I managed to get a 7/8 in the IR section. I used the E-GMAT online course to study the Verbal and the IR sections of the GMAT exam.

The SC and CR files were the most helpful resources in the verbal module. They made the answer analysis almost automatic. The CR pre-thinking process and the SC meaning-based approach are hands down the real winners of the E-GMAT Verbal course. The Verbal Scholarium section has very good practice questions and the Sigma-X mocks help you evaluate and improve your GMAT score. Their analytics tool is really amazing at tracking your progress. It identifies weak areas and gives good feedback. The IR section helps with some good practice GMAT styled IR questions. Overall, the E-GMAT online course provides you with the appropriate study material, all in one place, required to crack the GMAT exam and get into the top 5percentile. I would recommend the E-GMAT online course to every serious test taker who aims to get a score higher than 720 in their first attempt. This course helps boost your verbal score which is the deal-breaker for a good GMAT score.

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It's my third go at GMAT and I've finally got a score, which falls in my desired bracket. I've scored a 640(Q48 V30) and 670(Q50 V29) in my previous two attempts. I just couldn't fathom my scores, because I did considerably well on the official GMAT mocks. But after a thorough analysis of my ESRs, I understood that the approach I had is not enough to fetch me high scores. After taking around 4 months of break, I again started planning for my third attempt. That's when I've decided to purchase e-gmat's online course.

Some of the best things I've learned while using the e-gmat course:

1. Meaning based approach for solving Sentence Correction problems - Knowing in our mind that meaning is an important aspect in SC while solving the questions is one thing and having an approach which encapsulates that step and makes it a second nature while solving the questions is another thing. I have missed this trick in both of my previous attempts. e-gmat does an amazing job in this aspect and the questions in scholaranium polish our skills in using this approach.

2. Visualisation and Proper understanding of the conclusion for answering Critical Reasoning Questions - I cannot stress this enough. Even if pre-thinking is not feasible for each and every question, if we can visualise the passage well and have a proper understanding of the conclusion, it will open doors to the correct answer.

3. Analytics provided by Scholaranium - Two aspects standout the most with scholaranium. The detailed analysis provided for all the practise you do and the quality of the questions. If you don't have a proper approach, then the questions you solve in scholaranium will let you know that.

4. Mocks - (Note: Unpopular opinion incoming) I am not a huge fan of the official mocks. In my view, the Sigma-X mocks are more closer to the actual exam than the 6 official mocks. I think the official mocks can only get you around maybe 670/680 in the actual exam. I've scored 730-750 in my official mocks, only to score 640 and 670 in both my attempts. But my sigma-X mock scores are around 720-750, which more or less is same as my actual score. The insights you get after the exam will definitely help you identify the weak areas you have and thus make your preparation efficient.

5. LMP - Having a mentor who can guide you down the right path would definitely help you after those 2 horrific experiences. I gotta thank DJ here. He definitely knows what works for a student, and he is quite fast in responding to the mails😌.

Because I am doing well at quant, I didn't do much of the quant courses and focused my preparation mostly on verbal. But the quant quizzes are definitely challenging. Taking a quant quiz once in three days during the prep would definitely keep up your skill-level.

I would like to thank DJ for his efforts and his consistent support. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn't even have the courage to book my exam, thank you for that😄. All in all, I would recommend this course for someone who just hates grammatical-fancy-jargons.

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Hi Friends,

I had stumbled upon e–GMAT course on GMAT club during my early days of GMAT preparation. There were a lot of good reviews about the course and they looked genuine. Soon I attended a free workshop organised by them wherein they discussed about the GMAT straight strategy on how to score above 700.

Although I was apprehensive about an online course as I had never attended an online course but the Covid -19 situation made it the right choice for me. I had a zoom call with e-Gmat team about the various questions that I had regarding the course and GMAT. Once all my questions were answered satisfactorily , I decided to enroll for the course. Now having achieved a GMAT score of 700 I can say it was indeed the right decision for me to invest my time and money In the E – GMAT preparation course.

Based on my experience, some of the salient features of the e– GMAT are:

1. Strong verbal GMAT course: The e– GMAT is already known for its fabled verbal course. It is highly effective covers everything that one needs to know and follows an easy approach towards learning. The concepts like breaking down of an argument into premises , counter premises , conclusion et cetera and the pre- thinking concepts turn out to be very useful in the CR. The concept of active reading where you are immersed into the argument or the passage helps not just in critical reasoning but also in the reading comprehension section.
2. Greatly improved GMAT quant: The e– GMAT quant course wasn’t as good its verbal course when I had just enrolled but in the last few months the course has improved substantially. It is so comprehensive and elaborative that even a student who is not a pro in mathematics will be able to solve GMAT problems easily once he/she understands the concepts and the tips and tricks taught in the Quant course . it is the best improvement done in the last few months.
3. Freedom and flexibility: the online course comes with the benefits of freedom to learn anywhere and the flexibility to learn as per one’s own convenience. This is specially true for working professionals like me. The fact that the course is module-based makes it easy to start off from the point you last left.
4. Scholaranium : One of my favourite part of this course is scholaranium which has a vast collection of GMAT like questions for that additional practice one needs to master various question types and concepts. It also allows one to customise questions based on topics and difficulty levels.
5. Sigma – X mock tests: these tests are very similar to actual GMAT tests in this course you get are generally a fair representation of your likely GMAT score. I generally scored around 720–730 in my Sigma X mock tests and 700 in GMAT.
6. Prompt response from e-GMAT team: during the entire course the eGmat team was very proactive and quick to reply to any doubts about the course, individual questions or about the strategy to improve my performance. Generally the team replies within 24 hours of receiving the mail from you so it helps because you can keep getting course correction whenever you need and the response is prompt.

Finally, I would like to recommend all the prospective GMAT takers that e–GMAT offers a comprehensive, effective and flexible way to learn and master your GMAT prep. Please attend their free webinar or zoom call before you buy any online prep course. My only suggestion is to be calm and confident while taking the test as it does play an important role in your performance. E – GMAT provides all there is to learn about GMAT and my 30 points dropped from SigmaX score is primarily attributable to the exam centre stress. So please be calm, prepare well and give your best shot.

Good luck to everyone!

Regards
MSR

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I enrolled for the 700+ course provided by Experts Global and got 700+ score in my first attempt. The course helped me understand concepts that were quite new for me and shaped my thought process in the right direction. The video explanations deserve a special mention. It is something that only Experts Global can provide - clear and short videos that really help to grasp the concepts. Watching GMAT Shots videos helped me with my last minute preparations, and they are indeed a life saver!
I was never able to understand Probability, and Permutations & Combinations until I took the Experts Global GMAT study course. This course has topic wise explanation videos and practice exercises that is very helpful in preparing for the exam.

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After a few months of unstructured prep and no improvements or understanding of my strengths and weaknesses, I came across the one of the eGMAT debriefs on youtube. After going through a few debriefs, I realised that the key component of GMAT prep is structure. While I had initially signed up for eGMAT just to add structure to my prep, the course offered so much more. A lot of which I was totally unaware of.
Key Strength:
I want to start with the strongest suite of the eGMAT course. The Sentence Correction module. It is hands down the best out there with no close second. The SC module is curated so beautifully to get you an in-depth understanding of the concepts of sentence correction while keeping you engaged. I remember when I started the SC module, I spent about 22 hours on it in the first week without even realising it. While a lot of GMAT courses get carried away from the grammar aspect of SC, eGMAT, with its meaning based approach, does a very good job of reminding the students that the verbal section on GMAT is called Verbal REASONING and not GRAMMAR.
Without exaggerating even one bit, It is THE BEST course out there and if you are someone who is struggling with sentence correction, take a leap of faith with eGMAT and you will not regret it one bit.

The CR module, eGMAT does a very good job of making the students go through the Master Comprehension module before delving into the details of the CR and RC course. This acquired skill of UNDERSTANDING what you're reading combined with the eGMAT Pre Thinking approach helped with the really tough CR questions.
The RC course, again my biggest weakness on RC was skimming without understanding the meaning of what I read, The eGMAT application files pushed me to maintain the balance between skimming and over reading, thus helping me save time and improve accuracy on RCs.

The Quant course, being an Engineer, Quant was my strength on the test but after a few mocks, I realised that there were certain conceptual gaps in my preparation. The eGMAT course definitely helped with that. The overall level of eGMAT quant is higher than the actual test so it prepares you for the tougher questions.

Moving on to the strongest suite for TEST READINESS out there, Scholaranium 2.0 with its flexibility to create custom quizzes and its data backed insights is a beautiful platform to improve your ability to test yourself. The quality of explanation for each right as well as wrong answer just add to the perks of the platform.

Sigma X Mocks, On a personal note, I feel the sigma X mocks are the right representation of the actual test, I would even go on to say that the official mocks are a bit easier than the actual exam. The quality of questions on the Sigma X mocks along with the adaptive algorithm do a very good job at simulating the test taking experience.
Having said that, in my GMAT journey the key has been the support that I have received from eGMAT, their Last Mile program gets you in touch with brilliant mentors like Dhananjay (can't thank him enough) who help you with hyper specific feedback, personalised improvement plans and support to just help you maximise your potential on test day.
On that note, I would say my experience with eGMAT was nothing short of amazing and I would strongly recommend every test taker out there to go for the course.

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