I decided to take GMAT in December 2019 and took a few mocks to gauge my initial level. I scored about 730-740 in most of these but wasn’t really sure about my strengths and weaknesses. Targeting a 750+, I researched about GMAT prep and signed up for e-GMAT. I didn’t use a lot of their course material so I would keep my review limited to their Exam Prep : Scholaranium and list out some tips to use its complete potential.

During the initial days, I had this strong urge to take a lot of practice quizzes (I hear it’s pretty common). However, Payal’s pre-recorded videos were very helpful in planning my schedule. She has created a set of videos which will cater to test takers at different levels of preparedness. And are quite insightful, if one takes the time to review them.

Now about Scholaranium : It essentially is a cluster of questions and tests meant to seal concepts and give a ‘GMAT-like’ experience. It’s important to use the tool while referring to Payal’s videos otherwise one wouldn’t get much out of the preparation. There are ample amount of questions of all possible difficulty levels and e-GMAT helps you set target score thresholds for each. This helps bring about a smooth progress while you seal your 1) concepts and 2) test taking strategy.

Finally, about my actual GMAT experience. In my first attempt I scored a 730 which was an improvement of 0 points from my first e-gmat mock. I would have settled for the score but figured I needed to up it a few notches. It was then that I met Rajat online and his two cents pushed me to re-take in 2 weeks and I ended up with a 760. Rajat has a good amount of experience in test prep and for once I trusted him and took a blind plunge with just about a week of refining my test taking strategy.

Overall, e-GMAT is a holistic support system for test takers if they follow the model with discipline. They have a responsive support group too that folks should leverage more to their benefit.

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Experts Global is one of the most cost-sensitive courses you can enroll in.
It has three great components:
1. Excellent Video Course: The video course is really good and really lays down the foundations for GMAT. It can be done in 2 months. The videos are crisp and to the point.
2. Excellent set of practice questions: The quality of practice questions is really good - especially for quant. Only GMATCLUB might be better than this. Also, the video explanation is really good.
3. Great Set of GMAT Mocks - 15 of them! the Mocks resemble the GMAT official tests, and my scores usually mirrored Official GMAT scores. The tests are with their own video explanations as well
4. GMAT SHOTS: This is the most unique set of videos. They are small videos of 2-3 minute duration which focus on concepts - Helpful.

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There are mini tests which take only an hour to complete.The solutions are well explained for all questions and it helps a lot to improve the scores .The concept videos are also very good for all the verbal sections .There are videos which will also help you to understand the mba application process by informing you of the requirements of an essay .You can also prepare for your interview using this course .The videos explain the dos and donts for an mba interview very well .This course is very well designed and is a must for all gmat aspirants .

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TTP greatly helped me improve my quant score. I had been stuck at the Q42-Q44 level because I couldn’t get over geo. I got the course specifically to learn geometry and I did. I believe it is directly responsible for 30-40 of the points I gained. Ended up in the q46-q48 range and took my geo up from 20% to 70% on the exam. The approach can be tedious at times but it allows you to understand the concepts , not just the formuals. Overall some of the best $100 I spent on prep. I would recommend this course to anyone struggling with number properties or geometry

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TTP is by far the most comprehensive, most rigorous course there is.

I started using TTP in 2018 after trialing and failing with so many other resources.

No matter where you are in your Prep, I highly encourage you to go with TTP and stick with it.

Don't cut corners. Do the Course. Put in work and see the GMAT returns.

TTP works so well because it is built on the premise of active review techniques - questions and flash cards - and spaced repetition.

TTP's in-built analytics platform also helps you identify, using tags, very specific question types that you need to improve. This really eliminates the need for an error log and completely enhances your accuracy to pinpoint key development areas that you need to fine tune before taking tests.

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After spending sometime learning via books such as Manhattan Prep, my score didn't increase in verbal. I didn't understand why that is the case although I learned all the grammatical rules.

I had doubt about enrolling at first as I didn't want to waste time given that the applications are coming close.

I took the leap and it worked! I learned that meaning is very important that grammatical rules (sentences that are grammatically correct can be wrong as the meaning doesn't make sense).

I didn't have enough time to study reading comprehension and critical reasoning as my exam date was in 1-2 weeks.

Prior to egmat, I was somewhat guessing between the remaining 2-3 choices in a question in sentence correction. By end of the course (and with good effort from my side), I aced the GMAT's SC part (I applied for detailed report from GMAT website to view this).

I wish that egmat can grant longer durations instead of the 6 months (but the duration is good enough if you work (at a company) for less that 55 hours a week. In my case, the project delivery was coming to an end, and I had to find time to study.

I already recommended my best friends for egmat's online courses. It would be great if they have a referral program!

Thank you egmat and the team,
Definitely worth it

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I took the gmat and got a 730 before studying with target test prep. One of my biggest problems in my practice tests was that I was getting inconsistent quant scores and could not figure out why - the material never seemed too difficult. I signed up for target test prep's flexible study plan for a month and did the shortened study plan because I was already scoring well. The tips on the quant section, especially the strategies, when paired with the subsection subject matter testing really improved my confidence on the test in a matter of weeks. I really liked how the questions honed in and even though they weren't the exact type of questions on the GMAT, they improved my abilities substantially in a short amount of time.

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I recently took the GMAT for the 5th time on May 15th of this year and received a 740 (Q50/V40/IR8). I had taken it twice in 2015 and twice in 2016, with the highest of the four GMAT scores being a 730.

Prior to taking the test this year, I had received a Q49 on every GMAT I had taken even though I would score a Q50 on at least 50%+ of the practice tests. Through browsing reddit, I heard TTP was the best quant resource out there and decided to give it a try. I think these claims were true – I had taken a competitor’s course back in 2016, and found that it covered the basics, which was probably good enough for someone wanting to score a Q48/Q49. TTP is unquestionably a great quant resource if you’re looking to score Q50/Q51 – it has tons of difficult practice problems and delves into multiple permutations of each question type, which I found extremely helpful for very hard probability, combination, permutation, and inequality problems.

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Target Test Prep took my quant from a 28 (15th percentile) to a 49 (74th percentile) in practice tests within about a month of dedicated study using the Accelerated learning plan. I have a STEM background which helps but focusing on drilling the chapter tests rapidly improved my score and whenever I encountered something I was unfamiliar with, the relevant section was well explain and easy to understand. In addition, their Verbal Pre-Beta was extremely useful in my verbal preparation and I plan to continue using it to study for the next time I take the GMAT. If you sit down and do the work with TTP, they've made it as easy as they can to ensure that your score will improve. I noticed immediate results and thus I cannot recommend a Quant preparation program more than TTP, it's so highly rated for a reason!

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The 5 week crash course provided by Experts Global for GMAT prep is one of the most comprehensive courses around and I highly recommend it for anyone who has less time on his hands or is giving a second attempt and wants to brush up on the skills. I had a 660 on my first attempt and wanted to take my score above 700 , that is when I came across this particular course . The best thing about the course are the concept videos which are very succinct and clear any questions one has around a concept ( for both quant and verbal ) . Also , the 15 practice tests provided are pretty thorough. Just going through the concept videos and taking all the tests, I was able to get a 730.

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