Hi All,

I'm Chaitanya from India. I already wrote CAT 2017 (Indian MBA entrance exam) and secured 88% but was rejected to get into any of the IIM's as I fall in general category. So then I decided to take GMAT and started researching it. At first, I just saw what's the pattern of the exam. Then I researched a lot about B-schools worldwide and their fee structure. After intense research, I shortlisted a few schools and started preparing for GMAT. Initially, I enrolled in a classroom program (IMS Learning center) in my city. The way they taught and the level of difficulty in their practice questions is more than of GMAT standard. But still, I learned from them and practiced many questions. The first official mock I took is in May 2018 and I scored 550 (I don’t remember the split). I didn’t get any sort of negative emotion on seeing this score. I just felt I must start preparing from this level. From then I started preparing seriously. As I am a working professional I studied for 2 hours on weekdays and 4-6 hours on weekends. After 3 months of study, I took the second official mock and score 580. Now I’m little bit depressed seeing this score after 3 months of study. I still went ahead and booked the exam slot. My first GMAT score was 580 (Q47 and V23). I am not at all satisfied with this score but still, I accepted the score to just keep myself motivated on seeing this score again and again.

I now started to prepare again and kept tight deadlines for my preparation. I gave myself 3 more months of time to retake. In the meanwhile, I was given the Experts’ Global 1-month course as a complimentary from them. At that time, an offer was being run by them to get a full-length course for a month. After getting full access to their course, that is when my preparation way has changed. I can say the course simply changed my way of understanding and expanded my boundaries. The quant section, which I liked the most, is designed in such a way to get Q51 if one completely understands the concepts taught in that section. Also, the course was organized very nicely. It was organized in levels of 1,2 and 3. One must start from level 1 by learning all basics and practicing questions of that level. I started preparing from scratch in both quant, though I’m good at solving math, and verbal. Going in an organized way gave me a lot of confidence. One more best part in their course is the 15 mocks. No other market course gives these many mocks to practice. I took around 7 mocks later which my access expired. Though my access for a month, I asked them to extend it for 15 more days as I have my exam coming soon. They are very kind in that and extended my access. Remember, all of this is for FREE! Finally, the day has come and took my second mock. This time my score was 640 (Q49 V27). Though it is still not that great score, but a 60-point improvement is a good one for me. As I just had one month of preparation from Experts’ Global, I was able to push my score +60 points. Later this attempt I applied for few B-schools with this score and finally confirmed my entry into EDHEC Business School. Fortunately, they gave me a chance to increase my scholarship amount by retaking GMAT and improving my score. Now I am again preparing for GMAT and this time I purchased Experts’ Global complete course and preparing from it. I am confident enough to push my score to 720 at least this time. I haven’t planned any date of examination yet but plan to take it somewhere in July end or August start.

Finally, a big thanks to the whole Experts’ Global team for making such an organized approach to crack GMAT.

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I believe the questions in the full length practice tests were very good and covered a large breadth of concepts if you took all 15 tests. Although the tests are not adaptive, you could review your ability against others who took that question, and I think it covered a good range of medium to hard questions. I think the video explanations gave unique tips that were simple, but sometimes took a few times to rewatch to understand the link. Sometimes, the written explanations were not in enough detail. I found the questions on the actual GMAT to be similar to the ones I saw using the Expert's Global complete GMAT prep. The instructors know what they are doing!

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At first I was hesitant at first to take a live online prep course for the GMAT. After taking a couple "trial" classes , one being with Jamie Nelson, I decided live online was the way to go - it truly is interactive and feels just like an in-person class, but without the travel time.

Jamie's sense of humor, ability to engage the class, and her 'Jamie-isms' (metaphors for understanding concepts) stood out initially, convincing me to sign up for her class. In the long run, her passion for teaching/problem solving, commitment to her students improvement, and knack for finding a balance between addressing questions during class vs. after class ultimately reinforced that signing up for her class was a great decision.

The mix of live classes, homework, practice exams (CATS), and a personalized study plan (comes with the class) a few weeks prior to taking the GMAT was a perfect mix. Jamie made a point to focus on not just technical material (quant/verbal), but also time management, stress management, and understanding of strengths/weaknesses.

All this was critical to me not only reaching, but exceeding my stretch goal. My last practice exam I scored a 650 - which was approximately 2 weeks before my formal GMAT. My goal was a 670 and stretch goal was a 700. I ended up scoring a 740. Jamie provided me with the building blocks, structured and flexible prep work, confidence and belief that I could do it. I strongly recommend anyone looking to achieve or exceed their GMAT goals to sign-up for Jamie's class.

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I started preparing for GMAT somewhere in Apr-17 by my own and given my first GMAT on 09-Sept-17. I had only referred only one book -Princeton GMAT Review apart from the diagnostic test from official guide. I scored a score of 560(Q49, V17) which I cancelled as my target score was 650+. I asked few of my colleagues for my improvement in the score. They suggested to take e-GMAT course. I enrolled on 14-Sept-17 for this course. I judiciously completed complete verbal course and solved all the recommended official questions. I partially solved their verbal scholoranium. I also went through their Quant courses partially. Meanwhile I had scheduled my exam date which was 04-Mar-18. I got a score of 580 (Q49, V19). Again I cancelled my score as it was not meeting my minimum score criteria of 650. I took six month extension of their course to complete the Quant as well as scholaranium. I fully competed the quant course, completed Quant and verbal scholaranium to a great extend and brushed up the verbal portion. I again appeared for the GMAT on 04-Aug-18 and ended up with 550 (Q50, V16).

Whether e-GMAT course was not effective for my preparation?

I started systematic with e-GMAT course as per their recommended schedule. I simply printed their recommended time table and pasted it on the wall. I simply colored the portion i completed. It took me around 4 months to complete the sentence structure and another two month for critical reasoning and reading comprehension. The course material was assisted with the live sessions by their instructors. The recommended official questions numbers were listed which I solved as per the guideline. The sentence correction course is quite dense, CR was moderate and RC was only explained with help of 2-3 examples. Though I brushed up the concept related to GMAT questions through this course and got a quite good understanding about the question types and pattern but I failed to improve my verbal score. In case of quant, though I improved only from Q49 to Q50, I was quite comfortable solving the quant questions in my 3rd attempt.

e-GMAT verbal teach concepts of verbal but it fails to provide the skills to make one fast. Even it makes one quite slow in their approach as there is no time to use the recommended methodological approach. e-GMAT quant approach is also methodological which might make one slow but a person of math background can get one's concept brushed up and can manage to have some improvement in score.

e-GMAT doesn't provide any exclusive instructor as they have various instructors for different topics who conducts live session. Live sessions adds only limited value to the preparation and is not as effective as advertised.

Looking forward for improvement in verbal through further preparations.

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I gave my GMAT more than a year ago, by self-study and that time I got a 710 score (Q50, V34). In the various mocks also I used to get scores around 710. As I was not satisfied with my performance, I decided to searching various coaching for GMAT preparation. I talked to various friends of mine and almost all of them told me about E-gmat and its very good Verbal course, particularly the Sentence Correction Module. E-gmat offers various courses for GMAT preparation and on the basis of advice from my friends; I took the Verbal Live Prep course of the E-gmat. Within a few months, I realised that advise of my friends were correct. The course has been designed so effectively that it helps us to learn & train for the Verbal part of the GMAT very easily and effectively. I was weak in RC and SC and both of my RC and SC have improved a lot after taking this course. The methodology of tackling RC has helped me to correct my previous strategy of taking RC , because of which I was weak in the RC. I will particularly appreciate the SC module which helped me to learn and improve on my Sentence Correction aspect. In this also E-gmat stepwise approach has helped me improve my accuracy, which was low before. The course has been designed in an interactive way and there are regular feedback given, so that we can effectively target which areas to work harder and improve on them. This regular interactive learning and feedback have particularly helped me to enhance the learning experience. There are so many questions of various types to learn about the concepts. The Scholaranium has so many questions of various difficulty levels to effectively select and target questions as per our choice to test ourselves, learn and improve and enhance our ability. My skills in RC and SC have greatly improved as I am regularly getting GMAT mocks score of about 740 or above, which is a great satisfaction and confidence booster for my actual GMAT exam which I am about to give soon.
In my opinion, I feel it’s one of the best courses on offer for GMAT preparation. Learning with E-gmat interactive platform is really awesome.

I rate this course as the best and advise all aspirants to take the E-gmat verbal course for improvement.

Thank you E-gmat & gmatclub.com for the learning !

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Database with more than 400 questions on verbal and 600 on quant. The Magoosh lessons are really useful in solving verbal questions, a part which I have difficulty tackling. The questions do help a lot in reviewing the different strategies that are highlighted in the lessons.

Although I'm not a native speaker, I consider myself very fluent in English. However, to score high in GMAT, you really have to learn from the basics again, because most of us (including native speakers) make a lot of mistakes when we speak. It is hard if you don't understand what GMAT considers right and wrong.

I don't have a problem with quant, didn't really make a very good use of the quant questions that Magoosh offers. But I do find the questions very similar to the ones I see in GMAT. The level of difficulty is just right if you would like to score well on GMAT.

I would advise future test takers who also have a problem in verbal like me to go through all the lessons first, make sure you take note of the strategies they emphasized, and keep practicing daily by answering questions.

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I purchased the course from Experts Global as i wanted to have a different angle to my gmat prep. Sentence Correction was really good and it helped me prepare for all the possible cases tested on gmat. However, i did not find critical reasoning explanations good enough. Reading comprehension was ok but i guess a lot depends upon the individual in case of Reading Comprehension. Having said that, the video explanations to the Sentence Correction questions are really good and worth watching. I will recommend the course to anyone who is looking for a different perspective to gmat prep. Coming to the test series provided by Experts Global, it is very good to get some practice and increase your stamina.

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If you are looking for a structured way to approach your GMAT preparation, you should opt for Experts’ Global’s
Online GMAT Prep program. This study material is not only rich with competent resources but also
comprises extensive practice tests. This prep program
is complete in every aspect as it has rich videos, tons of
practice questions, great explanations, and some wonderful full-length tests that proved to be so helpful in finding my improvement areas and work on them.
.Just Experts’ resources and
official ones were more than sufficient for prep.
For busy professionals looking to score high in GMAT, this is
the best prep program .

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I am still currently going on with my preparation for GMAT with my exam scheduled on 17th June, so I'll only write a
short review about the course I have taken for now and the preparation. I will be writing a full detailed debrief on
how to prepare and how I went about it once I am done with the exam.

For the GMAT preparation I had already used Magoosh online course, Powerprep CR Bible and Manhattan Egmat books. I prepared for about a year,
although it wasn't a very regular preparation. I decided to take a mock before booking for the gmat date but could only score
560. After that I decided that I needed some more practice and a more structured approach. After scrolling through Gmat
Club reviews I decided to go with Egmat as it seemed to be the favorite choice among the students.

I took the Gmat Online course. I studied for 6 months- not very regularly again owing to office work, and completed the
Quants section completely but in the verbal section I could only complete it till sentence correction.I always read and
understand each thing like a scholar, probably that's why it takes me a little more time to understand each section, each
video and then apply it. This time I had already booked the exam. So, before the day arrived I could not complete the
CR and RC sections from the EGMAT course. Few days before the test, I just revised my old Manhattan and Powerprep CR Bible
notes and went on to give the test.

This time around I got a 620 in the test. Qaunts-45 and Verbal- 31, IR-6, AWA-5. I was not really satisfied as I held myself accountable
for not getting a convincing result as my target score was 740.I left the test for a few months and went about improving my
profile by completing a few certifications.As soon as I completed it, formulated a list of all the things which had led to my failure.
I shall be publishing the full list in my detailed debrief. But, the main highlight of the list was- I realised that any
failure is the result of a 'lack of consistency and accountability'. Once I fix these things I'll be well on my way to achieve my target
score. Also, even if I fail again, it does't matter because I would have improved a great deal from my earlier attempt.

You are not defeated when you fall down, you are defeated when you refuse to get up. With that in mind, I extended my egmat online course to 3 months,
with a target of consistency. I knew it's not about the content but my approach towards it.

So, far I found EGMAT to be the best course out on the internet for the simple fact that it is STRUCTURED.
There is a methodical approach in which you go about your scheme of things. The first section is the most important,
where you are told as to how to go about the course. Every section contains Videos in the form of concept files. After
you watch them and also solve some questions along with the instructor, you are introduced to the Application files.
Here, you are taught via video explanations on how to approach the actual gmat questions. Then you are introduced to the
application files where you solve time based questions. For the tougher questions video explanations are given and for others
the written explanations are really good and solidify the concepts clearly.
The course even has OG questions extracted per topic which can be solved online itself, by just referring the options from the
OG book.

After completing one module, you take an advanced timed test for that module. At each step of this process, you can track your progress
via your scores in each test. If you are not understanding a particular concept, you can refer back to that concept file,
else you can fine tune your ability by going to an excellent tool- SCHOLARANIUM. In scholaranium, you can create your own
customised test. You can choose easy, difficult or hard level questions, you can choose the time limit and You can even choose the topics
or subtopics that you would like to include in the set of questions.

After going through the course I can see a lot of improvement in my solving and understanding ability. The ESR report from the last test showed
an ability of 94% on SC which I had studied only from EGMAT. In the rest of CR and RC I got 33% each taking my score to 31.
I still have to write my test on 17th and hope to get to my target score this time around. Ps this is just a rough summary
and after the test I would be writing my complete journey- breaking it down into various phases from 560 to 620 and beyond,
how to go about things, how to ace Gmat for working professionals, the reasons for failures in any project in life,how
to fix things and achieve success and tips on each section of the test.

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Experts’ Global’s sentence correction coverage is extremely useful.

The Experts’ Global sentence correction e-books are truly helpful as they cover all and all GMAT sentence correction concepts in excruciating detail.

The sentence correction concept videos that the program has are an excellent resource for understanding GMAT sentence correction and for building test-taking strategies. I found the solution strategies that they put forward to be very useful in improving both my speed and accuracy.

The exercises are really neat and in great sync with the GMAT’s quality and breadth & width of concepts. The explanations are very detailed and useful. The large set of exercises in phase 3 with only 700+ level questions is particularly helpful as it really tests you and through proper analysis, one can learn a lot through them.

Overall, a great resource for anybody looking for sentence correction prep from the very basics to the most difficult standard on GMAT.

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