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Improvement 60 Points
Course Manhattan Prep GMAT Private Tutoring
Instructor Jeff Vollmer
Location Online
My goal from the tutoring session was to improve my score from 700 to high 700s. Jeff was very helpful in designing a study plan for me in the right range of difficulty level. He also accurately identified my weak areas, and we spent majority of our tutoring session on my weak areas (turned out indeed to be the right thing to do). I felt that the 10-hour tutoring session with Jeff & the very targeted homework he assigned me saved me a ton of time.
Jeff has a very solid knowledge base of the GMAT materials and is extremely clear in communication. He is also quick in understanding complex concepts on the spot - I brought many challenging questions to our tutoring sessions, and it often took him very little time to understand, solve and then explain those questions to me.
Jeff's extensive experience is also helpful, demonstrated by the fact that he would sometimes understand exactly what my confusion was before I was able to pinpoint or communicate it in a clear way. Jeff also knows many practical test-taking strategies.
Over our 10 weeks of tutoring sessions, I sent Jeff many emails of questions I didn't understand. He responded to them and went over them with me either via email or in class. This level of customized help was very important for me to understand concepts in an efficient manner and to solidify my knowledge base.
I would not have been able to study as efficiently and effectively without Jeff's help. I appreciated all my tutoring sessions with him and would highly recommend Jeff to anyone seeking a helpful tutor!
e-GMAT has the best foundational modules. The course also taught me reading strategies that helped me to avoid re-reading sentences, critical thinking strategies that helped me understand the author’s reasoning and SC strategies that helped me understand the intended meaning and identify the errors. These strategies helped me solve questions faster and gave me an instant boost to 85th percentile, and with some practice, I was able to break the 90 percentile barrier.
The quizzes and mocks gave a very good analysis of my weak areas and helped me spend my already little preparation time wisely. I work 6 days a week and without the analytics given by the platform, I could not have prepared as effectively as I did.
Lastly, I want to thank Rashmi, who, by analyzing my previous score report, gave me a personalized study plan and tons of support and guidance. Her tips helped me stay calm on the exam day.
e-GMAT is a complete package and I highly recommend the course to anyone looking to score above 90%ile.
I started preparing for GMAT in January 2021. I tried to approach the GMAT by collecting random information from youtube and Gmatclub. I studied dedicatedly for a few months but I was unable to improve my score from 550s. On my first mock, I had scored a mere 440. After suffering for months and losing hope, I finally decided to sign up for the egmat course which proved to be a total game changer and helped me score a 710.
The course structure of egmat is perfectly aligned for the GMAT exam. All modules of verbal and quant are beautifully crafted and as a student, it was very easy for me to navigate through the course and study smoothly.
The verbal course of e-gmat is a game-changer. The best part about their verbal course is that it focuses on building solid concepts and does not forces you to use any kind of tricks or learn any jargons. The meaning based approach along with the grammar rules in the course are more than enough to excel in SC. The prethinking approach in CR not just helps you to score better in the exam but builds a logical mindset to dive deep into an argument and question it. Overall, the verbal course is well structured and helped my reach V38-V40 in a very efficient way.
The quant course of e-gmat is very detailed and involves a lot of quizzes and question types. Initially, as I did not like to study for quant personally, I moved along the course slowly but when I started realising that these concepts are helping me solve questions with good accuracy, I just completely committed to it. The quality and quantity of questions will make sure that you score atleast a Q49. Extra efforts can make you reach Q50 as well.
The thing that helped me most was e-gmat’s mentorship support. I was working with Abha Mohan, she is not just a good mentor in terms of strategy building and exam approach but she also helps you in regards to mindset approach. I was about to quit my GMAT journey, but she was persistent that I should keep continuing as I have the ability to score good and ultimately, I did score good because of her. Under the last mile program, she helped me with hyper-specific plans and that really changed the game for me.
The entire portal- Scholaranium, is well prepared and helps you build so many variations of quizzes that you don’t have to look anywhere else. The verbal and quant question bank allows you to pick questions from different subsections as well and this really helps when you want to improve a specific subsection. Their analytical approach will definitely help you to understand what is specifically lagging behind.
Finally, the Sigma-X mocks by e-gmat are just a bonus on top of the course. These mocks are well prepared and provide proper analysis as well. Sigma-X mocks along with official mocks are more than enough for GMAT prep. I would definitely recommend the course to anyone who wants a structured approach as well as mentorship support for their gmat journey. I was personally stuck in my GMAT journey for a long time and this course helped me sail through.
Best of luck to all the GMAT aspirants!!
Hi Neel7736,
Congratulations on the 710!!
Thank you so much for taking out the time and sharing your experience with our platform.
From the get-go you truly immersed yourself in the processes and approached your preparation with utmost sincerity, completing each of the sub-sections and then mastering your knowledge on GMAT-like questions on the scholaranium.
Here is an image where you can be seen effectively applying the conceptual knowledge and excelling across the Verbal sub-sections with 60%+(80th percentile ability+) accuracy.
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Neel7736-verbal-stats-predict-80th-percentile
We are glad that you found value in our Quant course. Our goal is to make even the most complex quantitative concepts accessible and enjoyable for our students. Starting with a Q36, you left no stone unturned in your Quant preparations and completed each of the sub-sections devoting enough time and efforts which can be seen in the image below.
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Neel7736-NP-accuracy-improved-to-80percent
We are delighted to hear that you found Scholaranium and Sigma-X Mocks helpful in building your skills and understanding your strengths and areas for improvement.
At last, I just want to say it was a pleasure working you and I wish you the very best as you embark on the next chapter of your educational and professional journey.
Regards
Abha Mohan
It was somewhere in November 2022 when I decided to appear for my GMAT. I searched the internet and GMAT club and other such sources. My expectations from the course were that its offerings could help me create a proper foundation on theoretical level ( concepts ) and provide me enough practice material for putting those concepts to practice. An additional concern for me was the cost . eGMAT I felt that was the best fit for me on all these fronts.
After taking the course I started with the verbal part ( SC , CR and RC in that order). The course is so designed that it will guide you step by step in your journey and all you have to do is to follow this guidance with enough sincerity and conviction. I went along the course , gave the practice exams and appeared for the mock tests and eventually I could feel that I was beginning to understand what GMAT expects from me. Yes, I had my falls during the prep but these were more due to my follies than any external factor. For example I exhausted the mocks fairly early when I was not even well prepared with the concepts. So all in all the course has all the elements in it to help one get to his target score. These include robust course material , fantastic practice questions in form of scholaranium , 5 mocks and expert support. IMO anyone who goes through the course with good level of dedication is set up for a good score on the test.
The review would not be complete if I do not reemphasize on how much I benefited from the mentorship support of eGMAT. Rashmi Ma'am has all through guided me in this journey . A simple email such as ' how is your prep going' was a reminder for me to keep on track and not deviate. Further the strategy session with her helped me realize where are stood in terms of prep.
Thank you Rashmi Ma'am , Thank you eGMAT :) A huge part of this 750 is because of the guidance provided by you.
Dear AmiyaDash,
Congratulations on the 750! What an achievement this is! It has been a pleasure working through the Last Mile Push program with you toward this target.
This mail from you captures the joy that you must have felt seeing the score pop-up on the screen:
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Amiya-Joy-of-Scoring-750
What stands out in the entire journey is your determination to make it to the top of the GMAT. I remember from the first discussion onwards how set you were to score a 740+ on the GMAT.
You left no stone unturned! You did the entire verbal section diligently, first laying foundation by learning concepts and applications and then mastering the applications by practicing on medium and hard GMAT-like questions through cementing.
See how this dedicated approach helped you improve your CR accuracy to a 91% while reducing the overall time to 1:48 minutes:
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Amiya-CR-Accuracy-vs-Timing
Amiya, it is this focused and structured approach that helped you improve across all the sub-sections in verbal and get to that V42😊
It is commendable how in quants, you leveraged the PACE feature of the course to help you identify and selectively work through your weaker areas. I am glad that this helped you save 48 hours in quants, and in Algebra alone, you were able to save 13+ hours as seen here:
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Amiya-PACE-Time-Saving-in-Algebra
To falter is human! But what differentiates a winner is the ability to learn from these setbacks and use them as steppingstones to success. To have proved through this journey of yours that no matter what the obstacles or the setbacks, if one has his eye set on the final goal, no achievement is impossible!
Amiya, I am sure you will go on to achieve great things in your future.
I wish you all the best for your forthcoming interviews from all your dream b-schools.
Best Regards,
Rashmi Vaidya
If you're searching for a top-notch course to help you achieve your target score, I highly recommend giving e-GMAT serious consideration. After trying out several online resources, I can confidently say that e-GMAT is truly exceptional. It stands out not only for its extensive content and comprehensive course material for each topic but also for its dedicated team of mentors.
If you're aiming for a 98 percentile or higher, you may encounter a stage where you've completed the course but find yourself stuck at a plateau score of 700. Progressing beyond this point and achieving even a modest improvement of 10 points can be quite challenging. I personally faced a similar situation.
Before I purchased e-GMAT, I was stuck at a score of 700, relying on a strategy of analyzing mock exams and dedicating a week to practice my weak areas before attempting the next one. I would practice a large number of questions without a clear direction in mind. However, despite my sincere efforts, I couldn't break through the 700 barrier.
Realizing that there was an unidentified issue, I decided to invest in e-GMAT's 2-month online course, primarily for their dedicated mentorship. Luckily, I was assigned Rida Shafeek as my mentor. Rida carefully analyzed my mock exams and provided me with a day-by-day plan to address my weaknesses over the course of a month. I followed Rida's advice diligently, treating it as invaluable guidance.
What kept me motivated throughout the journey was Rida's constant encouragement and belief in my abilities. Even on days when my scores weren't satisfactory, she reassured me that I had a solid grasp of the concepts and emphasized the importance of my energy and self-belief in achieving scores ranging from 670 to 760.
During this process, I came to the realization that I had been focusing on identifying conceptual knowledge gaps or specific application techniques to break through the 700-score plateau, when, in fact, the underlying issue was something entirely different. Surpassing that plateau required nothing more than a boost in my self-confidence and belief in my abilities, and Rida played an instrumental role in helping me achieve that.
I must give full credit to Rida for my improved score. Her unwavering positivity and calm demeanor made all the difference in my journey. Without her dedicated efforts, achieving this score would have remained a distant dream. It is solely due to her guidance that I was able to make a significant improvement of 50 points within a month.
I would also like to express my gratitude to Harsha, the e-GMAT expert in Critical Reasoning (CR). A single one-on-one session with Harsha revealed the power of visualization, which transformed CR into a much more manageable aspect for me.
Some fantastic offerings provided in the e-GMAT course that worked for me (apart from the invaluable mentorship) :
1. e-GMAT’s Scholaranium 2.0 is an unbeatable asset. It helped me tremendously to focus and improve my weak areas while paying attention to the timing as well as the accuracy of questions with different levels of difficulty.
2. The LMP program is a boon for people who have limited time to achieve their desirable score. It offers a day-to-day set of activities for each day so that one can fully and efficiently utilize their each day.
Thanks e-GMAT! :)
Regards,
Ridhi
Hey Ridhi,
CONGRATS ON GMAT 750!!
This is Rida, your mentor. What a journey it has been! I am so incredibly happy to see you on the other side of the finish line.
Navigating yourself out of a score plateau can be really tough. It can be a very frustrating and demotivating experience. But one thing was clear – you were in it to win it and were determined to succeed.
You worked constantly to identify weaknesses and worked to convert them into strengths.
For example, in SC, where your ability was already on the stronger side, we identified certain key areas that could cause your score to drop. By working to fix these gaps, you were able to improve your SC ability to 90th+ percentile!
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Ridhi2306-SC-90thpercentile
You also built methodologies that enabled predictable success, such as in the case of Critical Reasoning, where in during our initial discussions, you confessed to not having a good methodology to tackle questions and were instead playing it by ear. But, after putting in the time to perfect the pre-thinking approach (as well as a little bit of help from our CR fairy god mother, Harsha), you were clearly able to improve your stats.
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Ridhi2306-CR-Improvement
Most importantly, you trusted yourself and the data to show that you were ready to take the exam.
Ridhi, you have been far too kind to me in this review. But the fact is, just as I have always emphasised, that my belief in you was backed by numbers and data. From the get-go- you had the drive to excel, and I helped you channel those efforts in the right direction. I gave you the green light for mocks and then, for the exam, because your ability was clearly displayed over hundreds of data points! Though it was hard, you put in the effort needed to cut out the noise and focus on applying what you know. You didn’t let your own self-doubt be the Achilles heel of your prep.
As the stats below show – you were 100% ready to ace the GMAT.
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Ridhi2306-V42-Predictability
I wish you all the very best in all your future endeavours Ridhi. I am sure you will undertake your MBA journey with the same passion and enthusiasm you have displayed throughout your GMAT journey.
Regards,
Rida
Improvement 50 Points
Course GMAT Tutoring in English, Hebrew, Greek, or Arabic
Instructor Dave Goldstein
Location Online
I signed up for tutoring with GMAT Ninja after spending countless months studying on my own with little improvement in my verbal score. During my studies, I'd noticed how thorough and well written the question explanations on GMAT Club were from GMAT Ninja so I reached out to Charles who quickly set me up with Dave Goldstein.
I worked with Dave for roughly 2 months and almost immediately I was able to break past my plateau. We focused the majority of the prep on improving my verbal score with a little quant on the side. Dave offered a comprehensive approach to each verbal question type which allowed me to develop a solid and reliable game plan to tackle any question I came across. Dave's guidance helped me cut out all the fluff and quickly get to the heart of each question. I was thoroughly impressed with how Dave was able to tailor the approach specifically to address my strengths and weaknesses, allowing me to make steady progress at a very fast rate.
Overall, I'm beyond satisfied with Dave and the GMAT Ninja team. I found them to be very professional and pleasant to interact with. Dave was also incredibly flexible and understanding with our tutoring sessions. The workload was very manageable, even with a very demanding day job.
My only regret is that I didn't get started with Dave and the GMAT Ninja team sooner. I can only imagine how much quicker I would've been able to get the GMAT behind me rather than trying to study on my own. There really is a real lack of high quality verbal study materials and I believe the best approach, by far, is to work one-on-one with an experienced tutor. Working with Dave was exactly what I needed to finally achieve the exact target score I was shooting for.
A very thorough product to help you prepare for the GMAT exam. Although I am good in Quant, a Q51 would not have been possible without TTP.
Their product has an amazing UI with a lot of features to help you achieve your target score. They have a built-in error log which helps you identify the most common errors. Their analytics section is a very powerful tool that helps you get insights into your performance in each chapter broken down by the individual topics in the chapter. Also, their chapters focus on teaching fundamentals, and the example problems help you with the application of the concepts. At the end of each chapter, they have chapter tests that help strengthen the concepts you just learned.
The e-GMAT course is by far the best GMAT course that I have tried, and I have tried many. I have started from a very low score many years ago and tried different online courses before ending up with e-GMAT.
What I like about e-GMAT is that the course is incredibly more detailed than similar products, and it helps you developing a consistent approach that you can apply to all questions. Nothing is left to chance.. they really explore all possibilities so that on test day I did not have any surprise.
I really enjoyed the sentence correction modules; these are really a game changer. They are so well structured that after you go through and you attempt a SC question it will almost feel like solving a quant question.
Overall, I was able to improve 50 points from the 660 that I had scored 2 years ago. I spent 2 months / 3h a day on e-GMAT.
I really recommend it.
Dear giovib,
Congratulations on scoring 710 and becoming a part of the 700 Club!
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your wonderful feedback regarding the e-GMAT course.
I am so glad to hear that detailed explanations and step-by-step processes for each question type helped you excel! You worked to build a consistent approach that ensures no surprises on test day. As we can see below, these methods helped you ace GMAT Verbal
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/giovib-Verbal-Excellence
I am particularly pleased to hear that you found our sentence correction modules to be a game-changer. You put a lot of effort into perfecting the concepts and processes taught in these modules to enhance your skills and make solving a sentence correction question feel as easy as pie.
Your recommendation means a lot to us, and we are grateful for your support. All the best for your next steps!
Best regards,
Rida
Well I had opted for a Flexible Plan with Verbal Improvement as the goal. I finished the course in a month. The Verbal Course was a game changer for me. Excellently explained with great practice questions. In fact, Scott's words - "All right Team TTP" kept reverberating in my ears throughout the two months and beyond. To be honest, I exactly did what the Course asked me to do - took notes, revised, gave chapter tests, re-revised in case marks were below the threshold. At the end of the Verbal Course, I could feel the difference. I was much more confident than I was earlier while doing the verbal Practice sets from GMAT Club and Official Sets and fared much better.
While I had enrolled for the course primarily to improve my Verbal, I even did the whole of Quant Course in the 2nd month as a tool for revision. And what a comprehensive course in Quant they have. Revision of Quant was a cakewalk thanks to TTP.
A big shout out to Marty, who was my saviour. He was there whenever I approached him. His words of advice were solid and straightforward. His plan for me coupled with Error Log of TTP Course helped me a lot improve my scores. During the GMAC Official Practice Tests, I moved from V28 to V40 and scored V39 in the final exam. Thank You Marty from the bottom of my heart.
My course subscription ended 3 days before the exam. I got a mail from Scott about my exam and I mentioned that My exam was scheduled 3 days later. And he extended my course subscription for a week so that I had access to the error logs and could attempt custom tests.
In short- Thank You TTP. I couldn't have achieved what i did without your help and support.
The Egmat offers comprehensive course for Quant and Verbal. These courses are structured topic-wise. Quant was always a strength for me , so this course has helped me much more in Verbal.
Starting from Master comprehension, in which i learned how to comprehend a sentence in an easier way , the course helped me in understanding the nuances of SC, CR and RC.
SC Improvement- The Meaning based approach made this section easier for me. In case of hard questions, this approach helped me in eliminating wrong answer choices easily. Shraddha's explanation for many questions also helped a lot.
CR- The pre-thinking approach taught by the course was amazing . I specifically liked Harsha's explanation in breaking and understanding the CR question.
cementing quizzes- At the end of each topic, Cementing quizzes helped a lot in learning the concept . In quant also, cementing quizzes covered the questions of all difficulty level , so it helped a lot.
Verbal and quant scholaranium have their different importance. They have lot of questions of all difficulty levels, which are sufficient for a good prep.
Egmat's sigmaX mocks are also at par with Gmat level. The scores in these tests reflected my true abilities.
Further, the push given by Dhruv during LMP made this journey easier.
Dear Cheenu123,
Congratulations on the 710! It has been a pleasure working with you during this journey to success!
I am glad that the verbal course helped you approach the questions methodically. It is commendable how you followed a structured approach to learning by building rock solid foundation and then mastering application through internalising the meaning-based approach in SC and pre-thinking in CR.
See how this zeal to excel helped you improve to and 87% accuracy in SC while reducing the overall time to 54 seconds:
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Cheenu-SC-Accuracy-Vs-Timing
I am really glad that you found the process of cementing in Scholaranium useful and the SIGma-X mocks at par with actual test. It is great that you leveraged all these features to ace the GMAT!
I am sure that the qualities that you have displayed during the preparation, will help you succeed in all your future endeavours too.
All the best and Best Regards,
Dhruv
Dear Surya499,
Congratulations on a tremendous 80-point improvement to 730! It has been a pleasure working with in this journey to ace the GMAT!
I am glad that the verbal strategies helped you crack the 90th percentile in verbal. A 12-point improvement is truly commendable and would not have been possible without your hard work, determination and a single-minded focus on building ability. See how following a structured approach of building rock-solid foundation and applying the pre-thinking approach in CR, helped you get to a consistent 75% + accuracy for hard questions:
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Surya-Hard-Accuracy-in-CR
I appreciate that you mention the value of a data-driven approach to improvement. Data helps us identify and focus on fixing our areas of weakness at a granular level. This helped us identify Physical Sciences and Bio Sciences passages as the weaker areas in RC. See how working on that helped you improve to an 88% accuracy here and helped bring down the overall time to 1 min 24 seconds:
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Surya-Data-Led-Improvement-in-RC
I am really glad that this data-driven approach helped you manage the prep amid the hectic work schedule. It not easy to balance prep with work, but you have shown that with determination and a structured data-driven plan, it is possible to ace the GMAT.
I on behalf of the entire e-GMAT family want to wish you the best of luck in this new endeavour that you are setting up on.
Wishing you all the very best,
Best regards,
Rashmi Vaidya