Before this course, my GMAT score was stuck at the 650 level. I was always good at math but my quant score wasn't reflecting it. Target Test Prep helped my re-familiarize myself with math topics I haven't studied since high school and really solidify my math skills. I rushed through the course (spent about a month with it) but was able to increase my quant score from a 42 to a 49 during this time frame. I am sure if I spent another few weeks that score could be higher.

The biggest difference I felt going into the exam after using Target Test Prep was that I felt confident that I could answers most questions on the exam.

Full disclosure: I had taken another review course prior to TTP that did a great job teaching me test taking tactics and laid a foundation for my quant and verbal skills. Supplementing those Quant skills with Target Test Prep was a great combination.

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I feel lucky to have chosen this product without much thought. It's not wise to subscribe to GMAT courses without thinking, but somehow it worked out for me.
Let me start with a little bit about me so that you understand why 'Verbal Online' worked for me, and you can analyse whether it would suit you. I'm a typical Indian engineering degree holder who is good with quant but who hasn't paid much attention to verbal.. ever. Obviously, English isn't my native language either.
In my cold GMAT mock test before I started my prep, I scored V27. Towards the end of my prep, I was reliably scoring between V40 and V42. And in my GMAT exam I scored a V40.
Credit where credit is due because I did not use any other prep material except e-GMAT verbal online, OG complete guide, and OG Verbal review. You can't learn much from the OG's because of the way it is built. The book's primary aim is not to teach you concepts. But you can use OG books and OG question to check how good you are. It's a reality check.
So about the e-GMAT course and how I used it:
I did my CR prep first and then did SC. I didn't prep for RC (A gamble I had to take). The learning modules are beautifully separated. You get to learn the basics first and learn them thoroughly.
In CR, from my memory, these are the starting modules: Introduction (Premise and Conclusion), Inference, Assumptions. And then it moves on to Evaluate, Strengthen, Weaken and so on. It is repeatedly mentioned in the video lessons to focus keenly on those starting modules and that advice could not be more right. You cannot progress much if your foundation is weak. In my opinion, their CR material is top notch. I cannot imagine any other way you can learn to tackle CR problems. I loved the simple methods that were taught such as the ABC test and a method to derive the assumption from the falsification scenario. Those methods are fool-proof and just what I needed. After doing the video lessons, I practiced a lot in Scholaranium (a question bank application where you can create your own tests and analyse your performance). I never focussed on timing before. My aim was to extract maximum juice from each question. Once you learn the concepts thoroughly, you can reduce the time you take to answer questions towards the end easily. The perfect CR package for me - Lot of video lessons and a question bank application with high quality questions and detailed solutions.
Coming to SC prep.. I am NOT good with grammar and its jargons. That is not the route I can take and come out successfully had I chosen that. I borrowed some Manhattan Prep book for SC sometime way back in the past from a friend of mine and tried skimming through it. I would doze off in 30 minutes guaranteed and it only made me feel inferior and scared of Verbal. I’m not saying that’s a bad route to take, but I can tell for sure that that route is not for me. In e-GMAT the approach to learning SC was logical and meaning based primarily. Of course you cannot do without knowing the basic rules in grammar. The jargons used were minimal and only when necessary, and the engaging video lessons helped. While learning SC it felt more like solving puzzles than like being tested in grammar. They don’t use the phrase ‘wordy and awkward’ willy-nilly. There are always more concrete reasons to reject answer choices. To be able to feel that something is ‘wordy and awkward’, you need a trained gut instinct. I didn’t have that and there’s nothing you can learn when an option you thought was right, is dismissed in the detailed solution because its ‘wordy and awkward’. You can’t learn anything from that. That is the case in many of the online forums, and fortunately it wasn’t like that in the e-GMAT material. Overall, SC too is modularized well. Scholaranium SC rocks too.
The only negative of this product I can think of is – its organization of forums – The place where you ask doubts if you have any. They are at the bottom of every video/question, but the forum questions are not tagged to the options they are concerned with. I browsed almost all the forum questions while learning (I don’t recommend this to others - to burden yourself with the confusion of others :P. Sometimes the question stated might not be clear and it’ll lead you in many tangents), so this was an inconvenience for me. The turnaround time for the answer was on an average 2-4 days. This might sound high, but frankly I wasn’t bothered by this too much. I would make a note of this question in a book and proceed further. In some cases, I myself would come up with the answer to my question before it was answered, or when I look at the answer posted by one of the e-GMAT tutors 2-4 days later, I’d be looking at it with a fresh perspective and would be able to come out of my confusion more easily.
Overall, try to extract maximum juice from every video, and every question. Read the detailed solution of every question, attempted right or wrong, thoroughly. You must be able to understand and agree with every point stated. And if you do so, I think your verbal score is bound to improve. Whatever material you choose you got to be able to trust it and follow the process suggested by it with confidence. I was able to trust the methods taught in this product and it turned out well. By adjusting my outlook as suggested in the e-GMAT material and improving my basic comprehension by prepping for CR and SC, my RC ability improved on its own and so did my IR ability! No prep done for RC and IR.
The free live webinars on various topics (quant and verbal), verbal workshops, and quant workshops are additional bonuses!
PS: My score improvement is from 560 in a GMATPrep mock test to 740 in the actual GMAT. Not sure whether it was asking for score improvement observed in actual GMAT exams.

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I took the e-gmat course on recommendation from a friend. She took it for her gmat preparation and was highly impressed by it. I had earlier given my gmat exam but didn't do so well in it. I initially prepped using manhattan books and other online practice sources.
I mainly took e-gmat course to improve my verbal score. Earlier I knew about the basic techniques but I failed to apply the nuances of it in the exam. I mainly wanted to work on my sentence correction section.
Now talking about the course, I really liked the fact that the examples were really well explained and are designed to make sure that the student understands the very basics, rather than cramping it all up. I really liked scholaranium. It had ample number of questions with elaborate explanations and this was something which made sure my practice didn't go in vain.
Now, there were some down sides to the course also. There were a lot of reading material, if it were explained through video lectures, that would have been better. It would have made it simpler and easier to understand and apply.

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I took E-GMAT GMAT-ONLINE course.I did not find the course at all useful.Only the SC part was helpful for me.Critical reasoning has been made difficult by EGMAT team.Negation technique as prescribed by EGMAT is unnecessary complicated.RC is not good

Quant section is totally waste.Lot of basics which are not required are there in quants section.

The worst part of Egmat team was that ,if you ask any question which you have doubt and if the same question is not there in their material,they will not help you with the question.Only answer you will get is:we do not support private tutoring.

Only useful section for me was SC.When i went through Manhatten SC guide i found improvement in SC.CR part could have been made much easier.However EGMAT team with their negation technique has made it worse.

E-GMAT is recommended only for SC.

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E-Gmat Online course is an excellent course backed by a huge question bank in Quant Scholarinium. I have an Engineering background, and thus I have good Quant skills but then I realized to cross that Q-50, I needed to revise my basic concepts again and gain much needed speed.

This course helped me in just that, it has a well-structured course with well-explained concepts. Moreover, the approach taught is easy to understand. The course guides you to follow a structured way to solve questions and discourages you to use shortcuts. Each concept has an application quiz that teaches you how to follow that structured process, a practice quiz and OG question quiz. All these give you a good practice on how to apply learned concepts.

The course is one of the best online course and it really helps you to build on your concepts. The scholarinium has a huge question bank, which helps you to practice all those learned concepts.

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I joined e-GMAT verbal and finished 90% of the SC topics. The e-GMAT verbal is very useful for basics building. It sets you up with an approach to start with. There are a lot of non-native speakers out there who have no idea on how to approach the sentence correction questions let alone the part where they try to understand. I should also warn you that If you have all the basics right then e-gmat might not be very efficient tool to get you to the V40. I was in V20(mocks) and moved to V25-26(mocks). So I would not mind spending a few bucks to improve 6 points. But, if you are already there in the 32+ range. I think all you need is practice. I practiced a lot of actual GMAT questions. Though scholaranium does provide a collection of 200-300 questions, I believe that the only questions that represent actual GMAT mentality is the GMAT questions itself. So I would say make use of GMAT Club a lot. The guys at GMAT Club are quite friendly and the people are ready to help you out.

TL DR (Too Long Didn't Read) - Good for non-native speakers and for people who have no approach; If you are already 32+ just look for other coaching institutes.

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e-gmat Quant Online is the solution for people like me who need a structured course to approach the GMAT Quantitative section. I have been fairly ok with maths all my life, but when I started working on the GMAt Quant section, I was rather lost.I did not know where to start from, how much to do on one particular topic before moving on to the next one. I used to bits of Geometry and then some Algebra and then some No. properties. Also, even on known topics I knew, I was always confused on how to go about approaching a question.
e-gmat Quant Online was just what I had been looking for. Clear structure, with topics , sub-topics; a complete package for Quant. Basic concepts are taught first, then basic problems, and then with each practice file the difficulty level keeps rising.
Also, a structured process is taught for solving questions and all questions are solved using the same structured process, so by the end of the course, the process becomes second nature. All in all, e-gmat online is the solution to GMAT Quant Section.

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Background and Context:
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I am a working professional with 18+ years of experience and recently took the GMAT (scored an okay 680 V40 Q44). I took to studies after 15+ years of being in student mode and preparing for a standardized test. Adding to the challenge, I was employed in the US (in a senior, very tough, and travel intensive consulting job) with 2 energetic, attention seeking, young kids and a wife in an equally demanding (and travel heavy) job.



Flashback - Close Encounter of the Alien Kind (2000/2001):
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At the beginning of my career, I took the GMAT and scored somewhere in the mid-500s. My prep at the time was devoid of any professional training courses and sans any major research on GMAT strategies (to be honest, around 2001, the level of available information on the internet must've been less than 1% of its current state). I thus attribute my poor performance to not much strategy but just brute force. While I don't remember my sectional scores, I do remember I scored much worse in Verbal than Quant.



The Proverbial Itch (2017/2018):
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Cut to Q2 2017. I decided to address my educational aspirations (1 year full time executive MBA). While I bought the OG and Princeton Review guides (and tests), I couldn't muster the courage to begin my prep for a good 9-10 months (courtesy my 1st traumatic GMAT experience). Determined to overcome the inertia, in March 2018, I started my prep focused on cramming textbook material (much like the 1st attempt).



Finding GMAT's Kryptonite (April 2018):
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In a month or so, I started stumbling across other helpful tools like GMATClub, BeatTheGMAT, other digital resources, as well as online prep courses. These resources (and real-life examples / experiences) quickly underlined the need for a radical revamp of prep approach. I consequently, started looking for a relevant Verbal prep program which could accommodate my rusted learning approach.

After intensive research and evaluation, I locked in on eGMAT's Online Verbal and Quant Course and signed up on May 1, 2018. Key features of the offering that resonated with me were as follows:

1. Self-paced and flexible format
2. Focused on building a strong foundation instead of relying on shortcuts
3. Rooted in classroom type textbook theory that I was comfortable with
4. Offering ample opportunities to test competence and understanding along the learning process (including a rich topic-wise database (called Scholaranium) of questions to practice in a timed fashion).
5. Analytics and metrics to identify weak and strong areas and adjust study plan accordingly
6. Easy to use platform and appealing user interface
7. Economically priced
8. Last (but definitely not the least), rave reviews and experiences of ex-users of the course



The Grind (May - September 2018):
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During my 4-5 month prep phase (laden with multiple breaks due to travel and other commitments), I made sure to complete the Verbal Section e2e (I completed 30% of the Quant Online Course). Given the breadth of topics, it was often easy to forget what I'd studied (especially considering breaks), so I resorted to taking detailed notes while studying and ensured that I revise them periodically (later I'd do this every time I'd sit down to take a quiz or mock test). Post completion, based on my weaknesses (highlighted by eGMAT analytics), I revisited certain sections of the course in entirety (in addition to attempting respective questions from Scholaranium). This approach showed clear improvement in understanding and competence.

One surprising feature of the course (and clearly one that was a lifesaver) were the regular supply of student experiences (of the course, how it aided their study approach and their final scores) via video links. I can bet my top dollar that irrespective of one's learning style, s/he will find some or the other experience that they can relate to. These experiences were my guiding light in my darkest nights and helped me bulldoze my way through self-doubts regarding my study approach as well as my abilities.



The Moment of Truth (Oct 6, 2018):
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I cruised through the Verbal section on test day. The exciting thing here is that I felt most comfortable with the topics I was the weakest at. Guess that is the beauty of the course where it helps you identify such areas and get comfortable with them (provided you put in the effort). Despite my comfort with the Verbal section, I was pleasantly surprised to get a V40. This feeling was albeit countered by my Quant score. This said, I don't think of it much given that I exceeded my 1st break by 5 minutes and lost time additional time (and composure) to scratch pen issues during the Quant section and still managed a Q44.



The Verdict:
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Without a doubt, I attribute my verbal performance to eGMAT. Guess, selecting them for my prep was one of the landmark decisions I took when it came to cracking the test. To quantify this, I already recommended them to a friend in India (his test is in a few weeks, and hopefully he will have a similar pleasant experience).

Thanks Rajat, Payal and the entire eGMAT team. You guys rock! \m/

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Picking up the e-GMAT verbal online program was definitely a boon, as it gave me the necessary perspective to be able to tackle the Verbal section in the official GMAT. The program gave me valuable insights in tackling the SC, CR and RC sections which were critical to my success. I have listed below how the program helped me in tackling each of the sections within the GMAT and I hope this information proves helpful.

Sentence Correction: The comprehensiveness of the grammar rules covered and the number of practice questions one is expected to participate in definitely played a big part in my success. Additionally simple advice such as understand the meaning, although intuitive, played a big role in helping me crack the GMAT.

Reading Comprehension: I had earlier engaged in other GMAT prep material which were focused on techniques such as skimming through passages, reading only the first line of each paragraph and drawing inferences which although were quick weren't as effective. Again the simple advice of just take your time and comprehend the meaning of the passage really helped tip the scale.

Critical Reasoning: I was confident in this section from the very beginning and my earlier GMAT prep material too was focused towards Assumptions in an argument. Nevertheless the number of practice questions the program offered along with it's explanations was a big help during my prep period.

The strength of the e-GMAT verbal program is that it offers a program with no gimmicks. It is focused on simple straight forward advice which if implemented correctly would reap benefits. I'm glad i picked up this program and i hope this review helps you with your decision as well.

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I subscribed for e-GMAT Verbal Online course after browsing over several course reviews and de-briefs. One thing is for sure - "Verbal for Non-natives" is absolutely pertinent to design philosophy of e-GMAT. Though a person might get overwhelmed with too much audio/visual material, the time dedicated is totally worth it. I had accuracy of ~60% in Sentence Correct and the same has now been improved to ~90%. The "Pre-Concept" and "Post-Concept" quiz of the course helps you to check your understanding of concept before concept files and after concept files respectively.
The Pre-thinking concept taught in CR section is a silver bullet. The strategy is that you brainstorm and come up with potential answer choice before jumping to answer choices and hence, avoid spend time re-reading the stimulus.
I strongly recommend this course to non-natives and natives who are weak in comprehending the printed text.

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