HI guys , gave my gmat once in Nov 2016 ( got a score of 640 q48 v 31 )
Will be giving the exam one more time on OCT 6 2017

I started with a mock score of around 520 with a very bad verbal score of V20 . I thought that maybe this exam is not for me as i was very scared of the CR and RC section

I tried MGMAT books for SC and CR after my mock test , even though they helped me a lot in understanding the concepts , I had a lot of difficulties in applying those concepts . Then I came to know about E-gmat verbal online course from GMAT club and it really helped in SC and CR ( was not able to finish the RC section of the course ) . The SC concepts were explained in detail with good examples in audio video format ( Ive never been a fan of books ).Basics such as how to determine a clause and what modifiers are helped me in understanding SC in a better way.Even the CR files were quite detailed and they explained each qs type ( assumption,strengthen etc ) in a very simple manner
I was able to increase my verbal score from V20 to V31 in about 3 months. ( Also I was not able to use scholaranium feature - which is one of the most talked about feature in egmat )

I hope I'll be able to score much better in my upcoming gmat exam . Would highly recommend the verbal course of egmat for students who have their 1st mock score below 600 .

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I have utilized Target Test Prep, Manhattan GMAT, Veritas Prep, Magoosh and EmpowerGMAT resources over the course of my study for the GMAT. Target Test Prep (TTP) is the single best resource that I used in order to prepare for the Quant section of the GMAT. It is a resource that helped me to crack the 700 barrier that had eluded me for a long time and is responsible for my score of 49 on the Quant section. I selected the flexible study option and in my opinion, this platform provided the highest value-to-price and ease of use of all the resources that I had utilized for my GMAT preparation. I began to see gains in my GMAT score after I used the TTP content and I would like to give it my highest recommendation. I feel very passionate about this recommendation of the TTP material, because preparation for the GMAT can be a very expensive undertaking that disenfranchises many qualified applicants. There are many companies that will try to extract every dollar that they can from committed students. That is not the case with Scott and Jeff (founders of TTP). There were several instances when they helped me to make a decision that was truly in my interest as opposed to their bottom line. They were incredibly responsive throughout the course of my study, and personally answered questions that I had along the way.
I hope this review will 1. Help you to see the benefits of the TTP platform. 2. Encourage you to keep your eye on your goal 3. Avoid some of the pitfalls that I made. Now back to TTP:

1. The content at TTP is comprehensive and is presented in a user friendly format. Even after review of much of the material from other companies, there were many gaps in knowledge that TTP filled for me. TTP helped me to not only understand a formula but also the derivation of that formula. Once I learned the why associated with some high level concepts, I realized that this knowledge was transferable to many different areas that came into play when reasoning through problems and data sufficiency questions.

2. TTP helped me to identify the efficient method of solving a problem as opposed to the elegant method. Early in my test prep, I was focused on the latter and wasted precious time during execution. As I used the TTP material, not only did I know how to answer questions, but I also knew how much time/effort would be associated with a particular solution method. This becomes very important when students venture into the 49-51 territory. The videos embedded in the lessons are golden and really help to reinforce the content that is delivered within each lesson.

3. The design of the TTP platform is very user friendly and helps students to allocate their time (a scarce resource) appropriately during study hours. The study plans provided structure and helped me to maintain consistency when life began to get in the way of my study. The built in analytics helped me tremendously. I was able to easily diagnose my strengths and my weaknesses and leverage the extensive TTP question bank to convert weaknesses into the strengths. I previously did not even have an error log, so I approached my study inefficiently. The design of the platform ushered built-in efficiency gains that I needed in order to boost my score.

4. Simply put, performance on easy, medium and advanced questions matters. Early on in my test prep I was so focused on advanced level questions that I was very prone to make silly mistakes on easy and medium level questions. This was largely because I didn’t spend any time practicing at these levels when I thought that I had mastered concepts. TTP helps you to ensure that you address all of these buckets with an extensive question bank listed by topic. I finally saw breakthroughs in my performance on advanced questions after I had read all of the material and perfected the easy and medium difficulty questions for each topic. Naturally as my quant proficiency improved, I began to see a higher proportion of advanced quant questions in my mock exams. I increased my accuracy at the advanced stage using TTP and felt that I had a chance to answer any and every question thrown my way correctly.

Initially, I believed that TTP would not provide any incremental knowledge to the knowledge base that I had gained from other platforms, so I questioned the value that TTP would provide. I was wrong. It is the single reason that I was able break the 700 barrier. Regardless of where you are in your test prep, Target test prep has content that will benefit you. You can use the material as the backbone of your preparation or as a complement to another resource. Either way, at a minimum you will gain a clear assessment of where you are and path forward to reaching your goals. As you embark upon your next steps - Stay Focused. Be Bold. The score that you want is yours. Claim it.

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As far as GMAT Quant is concerned, Target Test Prep is the way to go. IT IS FOOLPROOF. With only 2 months before my test deadline, I did the flex plan and completed EVERY SINGLE medium and hard test, hitting each accuracy goal as instructed. The lessons were very clear and extra detailed. Before TTP, I tried a few other test preps. TTP is by far better because they focus on teaching you the math to its core- ALL OF IT- as opposed to simply giving you the basics and smart strategy/tricks to answer the most common questions. I tried the latter way before TTP, and in the heat and anxiety of the quant section, you're better off KNOWING THE MATH rather than trying to finesse the GMAT by depending on tricks like testing the answers choices or guessing and checking--especially if you want an advanced score. With TTP, I mastered ALL the concepts and knew each one like the back of my hand, and was able to dive into each question, knowing EXACTLY what to do. In the end, the quant felt easy because I was very familiar with every problem that was thrown at me and trained to do it in 2 min or less. I haven't taken a math class in 8 years and TTP made me more than prepared for the GMAT, it gave me the confidence that I can handle the b-school quant. Note: Give yourself more than 2 months to complete this plan if you can. I did it in 2 months because it was crunch time and I had no choice, but I wish I started with TTP from the beginning of my GMAT journey, 6 months prior.

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The eGmat Verbal online course is great especially on sentence correction. The concepts are explained very well and are easy to understand. The explanations from eGmat gives you confidence in answering questions and confidence helps you answer the questions very well. Before I took the eGmat course I normally found it confusing in answering sentence correction questions, especially because the English grammar required for the Gmat is a bit different from the english language we are used to outside the Gmat. That difference added to the fact that I am a non native English speaker made GMAT verbal very tough for me. before I took the eGmat verbal online course i could barelly score above V32. but After I took the eGmat verbal online course my scores on verbal have been consistently above V38.

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I have taken the Magoosh Premium subscription form Nov 2016.
I have not been disappointed.
The lessons are complete and they try to break down each and every concept so that everyone could understand it.
The practice problems can be tailored to suit your preparations.
They provide some (not many) shortcut approach to solving quant. It is a comprehensive course with excellent synthetic question bank. It has a very comprehensive question bank with 500+ questions in both Verbal and Quant. EVERY question comes with a video explanation, which I think is not mirrored anywhere else. Apart from their online course, Magoosh has an array of mobile apps (Android, dunno about IOS) which can make learning fun while commuting from work. Add to that a robust email based support system, you can hardly go wrong.
NOW, The deficits:
1. The verbal course, SC is not as good for a non native speaker as some other courses are. Critical reasoning is average, not comprehensive.
2. Quant does not focus on what gmat focuses on. No special emphasis on number properties, statistics, etc.
3. The questions are not characterized by the scores they reflect. They are grouped into Easy, Medium, Hard, Very Hard.

All in all its a good course to start your preparation with, but somewhere down the line, you will require a booster.

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Manhattan Prep comes to search when I have a tight - 3 month timeline to prep for GMAT with a full time job. I got a raffle prize for the online session so I went with David. I am good with math but bad with verbal. David was fun, interactive and clear with his sessions. He also answered my questions with emails after class when I needed. Overall I would say he's really good. Quant probs were really easy for me so I used it simply for practice tests and validate my thinking. Verbal was the challenging part. My advice for online session is that it's only a tool to lead into the door. The only way to improve the score when one's already in 700+ club is to study and reflect, know ones weakness and go fix it.

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E-gmat claims to have a huge pool of questions in the scholaranium for SC practice, but I must admit that most of these questions are not upto the mark. Out of some 180 odd questions dedicated to SC, the company claims that around 50-60 are of 700 level. But, these questions are not at all difficult. Once can pass through the entire set by knowing some typical rules like two independent clauses can't be connected by commas. These questions test rules that are rarely tested on the gmat. In my opinion, it is a good place to start if someone needs a good medium level questions to practice on. but in case, you want to up your game, then these would not suffice. Explanations are provided for all the questions, and I must admit that these are very detailed. You would not find such detailed explanations anywhere else. In my opinion, you should opt for the verbal scholoranium if you want to practice on some basic and medium level problems. Overall, I am satisfied with the product, but the product could have been improved considerably. The company could provide some more hard level problems based on concepts that are actually important from a GMAT perspective.

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I have been using the course material for my preparation for the exam, which is in the next 20 days.
The course is very comprehensive and detailed. Each section is divided into sub sections and after the basic overview given , related questions have to be solved. This increases the understanding of the topic.
Also, the OG questions have been divided and provided with each section.
Some of the concepts ,such as absolute value, quadratic equation ,prime numbers etc. have been explained very well.
Scholaranium is very much useful in preparing for the exam. The questions in Scholaranium are of high quality and gives a good insight into the questions that one can face on the exam day.

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Hi,
I appeared twice for GMAT and got 620 (Q50, V25) both times. Seeing no improvement in my verbal score, I lost my confidence. After analysis, I realized that RC was my major problem. Meanwhile, I came to know about e-GMAT. I purchased the e-GMAT Verbal Online Course to improve my Verbal Score. The course provides good strategies to tackle RC, CR, and SC with lot of examples. RC section provides detailed strategies to read and attempt different type of problems. The presentation of course is very engaging and interesting. Finally, I took my GMAT on 19th January 2016, and scored 690(Q50, V31). The SC section provides a lot of examples with strategies to tackle similar problems.

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I was weak in Verbal esp sentence correction. After going through a couple of forums, i decided to take verbal e-gmat course and scholaranium. Egmat's unique approach to solving SC problems simplified the concepts and application process. e-gmat course improved my sentence correction drastically. Similarly, practicing scholaranium helped me improve my CR and RC sections as well. Scholaranium helped me target my weak points and improve it. The level of questions is a touch higher than what is expected in gmat. This helped me to gain my confidence and addressed my timing considerations as well. This is certainly one of the best prep courses available.

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