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E-GMAT was my savior when I needed help the most. I started my GMAT prep in the month of April '22. I hired one of the tutors (would like the keep it anonymous). I was given a content ramp-up plan of ~4 months and then a month of mock practice and it was expected that I would be able to crack the exam in the south of ~6 months.
Days passed by. I gave in the required time, finished the content, and attempted my first mock (Official practice test 1). I got a 720 - This was the best score I would get among the mocks to come, and, yes, I attempted quite a few of them. The entire month of august, I wrote 1 mock per week with the delusion that I have mastered what is there to master in the content and it was just a matter of time before I get my target score of 750. Reality check, after around 6 mocks, 720 was still my best score. I even got a few scores of sub-700. I tried reaching out to my mentors but received no help whatsoever.
Enter E-GMAT the savior. Disappointed with my performance, I decided to take a week off from my prep and went to home in the first week of September. I was stressed out and clueless. Then I got in touch with folks at e-GMAT. Appeared for the first sigma mock and got a 700. Now, our goal was clear, get a 750 in about 2 months' time.
I started with E-GMAT on the 19th of September. They really helped me out in identifying my weak areas in the Verbal section and filling in the gaps. Most importantly, the mentor (Ms. Abha Mohan) instilled in confidence within me that I can actually hit the 750-740 mark consistently.
The organized content, the proactive support from the mentors' team, the methodical approach to both the Verbal and Quant sections, the Excellent content for both Quant and Verbal, and the Sigma-X Mock Tests helped me a lot! Overall, I witnessed a night and day difference b/w my previous tutor and this tutor.
Finally, I appeared for my first GMAT test and got a 740! It was a decent attempt.
The Flexible Prep Course allows you to study at your pace and offer great material to go with it. I would say the question bank was really close to the actual GMAT question bank. I had loads of questions to practice what I had learned from an equally abundant, and thorough, material. I was weak in Verbal, Probability and Combinatorics. But by the end of my preparation, these were my strongest areas. The course also encourages you to take frequent chapter tests. The frequency of these chapter tests helped me solidify core concepts.
I really recommend this course if you feel a lack of direction in your preparation. This course guides you through your preparation, does not rely on shortcuts and tricks. The course imparts complete knowledge and does not expect you to rely on any shortcuts for test day.
I used e-gmat.com to prepare for the GMAT and was incredibly impressed with the quality of their content and the effectiveness of their approach. The Verbal section specially had a very methodical approach, with clear strategies and techniques for tackling each type of question. This helped me approach the questions with more confidence and ultimately improve my performance. The pedagogy for solving SC questions were extremely effective, meaning based approach to each sentence correction really makes a lot of difference while solving medium to hard questions. The core skills such as identifying grammatical errors, understanding meaning, and answer choices analysis got firmly built due to the course. The CR part was excellent in terms of understanding the different parts of an argument, the different kinds of questions that can be asked and mainly getting to know the traps involved in official GMAT questions. eGMAT gave me an altogether different strategy in for tackling CR: “Pre thinking”, this approach has worked wonders for me. From starting with very low accuracy right to getting all of them right has been an incredible experience. The RC course was good for learning the way to understand any given passage, and increasing retention while reading anything.
I also used EGMAT for Quant, since I have been out of the academics for a long time, I needed to brush up my concepts and do the necessary practice to ensure that I am ready for the exam. The Quant section helped me immensely for enhancing my skillset and clearing my concepts on different topics.
Last but not the least, the best past of Egmat is its Scholaranium. This is an extremely welldesigned platform which provides numerous questions within each section, along with amazing data analytics which helped me improve my abilities.
Overall, I am extremely satisfied with eEgmat it helped to reach my target score at my very 1st attempt. I would definitely recommend the course to the future aspirants.
Dear SM17,
Congratulations on scoring a 700!!
Thank you for such a great review! I am happy that we could contribute to your massive 100-point improvement😊
I must commend you on how, after recognizing that you needed to build your ability from the foundation-up, you set about learning your concepts and internalizing the application skills. With this disciplined approach, you mastered the meaning-based approach in SC that helped you improve to 90th percentile ability in SC as seen in this image: https://success.e-gmat.com/SM17-90-percentile-SC-ability
As you have mentioned, you started with low accuracy in CR. You took this as a challenge and internalised the pre-thinking approach to be able to improve your ability. You used the power of analytics from the Scholaranium platform to further build your ability by identifying and working on your weak areas. See how this helped you not only improve your CR accuracy to 70%+ in hard questions but also helped you bring your overall time in CR down to less than 2 min:
https://success.e-gmat.com/SM17-CR-Ability-vs-Time-Reduction
It is appreciable how in quant, recognising the fact that you have been out of touch for some time, you went through all the files and mastered the application of the process to improve to a Q49.
SM17, you have shown that a structured, methodical approach with a single-minded focus on the end goal will help one achieve what one sets their eyes on!
On behalf of the entire e-GMAT family, I wish you all the best in your future endeavours
Regards,
Rashmi Vaidya
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Hi Reader,
Here is my long journey to a 730 GMAT score. Please bear with me! First off, I am immensely grateful for the support of e-GMAT team throughout this journey.
I started to think about the GMAT back in May 2021, and attempted the first free OG mock. I scored a 670 on the test and thought that I am at a pretty decent score and underestimated how tough it would be to improve the score. Not knowing much about the GMAT Prep space, I took a Magoosh subscription but was not impressed with it in the first few days itself. I felt that the lessons were not comprehensive enough. When I gave the second free OG mock test in the end of June, I scored a 690. I felt this was not a good enough improvement.
So I began to look for other resources on GMAT Prep. I attended a GMAT strategy session and booked a free strategy call with one of the experts. I was convinced that e-GMAT are experts in the GMAT prep space and bought the GMAT Online focused subscription. I started with Verbal and was able to witness gradual improvement across all the subsections.Thanks to e-GMAT’s cementing process, I was able to track my progress in an efficient manner.
From August ’21 to May ’22, I was not able to focus my energies on the GMAT prep due to excessive work responsibilities. Due to the extension policies set by e-GMAT (max. 90 days of account freeze allowed), I had to keep the subscription going for most of this time period. This rigid account suspension timeline is the only drawback that I have observed with e-GMAT’s subscriptions.
Starting June ’22, I was able to refocus on the GMAT prep and started revising the Verbal modules I had previously completed. I was continuously scoring better on the mocks (700, 750, 740, 760) during this period. I gave my first GMAT Online attempt in Aug '22 and scored an underwhelming 680. I was unable to understand the reason because the mock tests had indicated my score to be in the mid 700s. This is when I reached out to e-GMAT seeking help to improve my score and understand where I am lacking. I also requested to be included in e-GMAT’s Last Mile Program (LMP), wherein one of the experts from e-GMAT works 1-1 with you to help you reach your target score.
Rida from e-GMAT’s team helped me get enrolled into the LMP and we got to work immediately. She first helped me analyze what was wrong with my GMAT Online attempt, and then charted an intensive test-readiness plan for me to help my Verbal and Quant abilities. I was able to improve my abilities across the board and this was evident in my quizzes as well. She was very responsive to my queries and our regular connects to track the progress were of immense help to me. I was able to discuss any concerns or plan changes with her.
The mocks during this time period were of immense help as they helped me get into the mindset of continued focus for greater periods of time. However, there were times when I scored 680 on a particular mock, primarily due to a weak Verbal Score. To help overcome these, Rida sent some session recordings and document links that were helpful to overcome my shortcomings. I also attempted the SC ability booster sessions that were moderated by Payal, and they helped me understand my level and refine my SC ability to a great extent.
I gave the second GMAT Online attempt in Sept with a whole lot of confidence, but the result was to my utter shock! I had scored a 660, even lower than my first attempt. I was in complete disbelief as to what had just happened, but was more determined than ever to reach my target score. Rida helped me calm down, be positive and analyze the issues in the attempt. We found that I was feeling some level of performance anxiety during the attempts which was leading to suboptimal performance in the tests. We were confident on my abilities and just needed to build upon these to reach to a better score.
Also, after this attempt, the work responsibilities increased which meant that I had lesser time to dedicate to prep. So Rida helped me with an appropriate test readiness plan that could be completed in the limited time I had. I only had 2 unattempted OG mocks left that I had to use judiciously. I scored 760 on both these tests, which was a huge confidence booster for me.
Apart from the test, I also worked on developing a detached mindset and did not focus much on the score. Discussions with Rida were instrumental in this regard. We decided to have an in-person attempt this time because of the reason that it would be a much better environment to build focus rather than attempting the test at home. And sure enough, it was a good experience at the center. I was able to score a 730 on the test this time, which is much closer to my mock scores.
The last few months have been a period of hard work and persistence. And I can’t thank Rida and the e-GMAT team enough for helping me throughout this process. I am confident that these are the best people in the business for anyone who wants to excel at GMAT.
The Unique Aspects of e-GMAT that helped me:
1. PACE - PACE helped me in charting a streamlined Quant path by guiding me exactly where I need to spend my efforts.
2. Meaning-based approach for SC - Although I was already relying on the meaning before I saw this first-hand in e-GMAT, the SC modules in e-GMAT helped me use this approach along with identifying the correct grammar and this led to immense improvement of SC scores.
3. Pre-thinking approach for RC and CR - The pre-thinking process has been a game changer for me. Earlier, I used to read the question and directly jump to the option choices. However, pre-thinking allows me to understand the question stem and get involved with the universe of the question. This helps me to understand what the option choices really mean. I am happy to state that my CR and RC scores have improved significantly by using this method.
4. Cementing - In my opinion, Cementing is a very unique strength of the e-GMAT program. It helps one truly gauge their ability in a particular subsection of Quant/ Verbal. It has been really helpful whenever I had to track my progress.
5. Expert support - What truly sets e-GMAT apart is that the team is relentlessly devoted to helping the students in the best way possible. These experts readily repspond to any student queries from a question doubt or strategy standpoint. I truly believe when I say that I would have been able to reach to my current level without the support of Rida and other experts at e-GMAT.
6. Compassion towards the students - I was able to share any personal circumstances that were affecting my GMAT prep with Rida, and she was able to help navigate these circumstances. Together with Rida, I was able to identify the mental (test mindset) barriers that were preventing me from obtaining a good score on the first two attempts. The e-GMAT team is truly invested in the success of the students from all angles.
7. Last Mile Program (LMP) - This program is a godsend for students who have limited time to attempt the GMAT and are already at a decent ability. In my case, I was able to move through some of the topics in a swift manner. The test readiness quizzes that were integrated into my plan were really helpful in emulating the actual test questions. Also, Rida used to share some additional Verbal resources and recordings that helped me obtain that last push for the target scores.
8. Sigma-X mock tests - Although I have not attempted any other tests other than Sigma-X mock tests and OG mock tests, I found that the questions and scoring algorithm from Sigma-X mock tests are very similar to those of OG mock tests. These were a good testing resource for me.
Although this seems like a long sponsored endorsement for e-GMAT, that is absolutely not the case :) e-GMAT’s results and stats within the GMAT Prep industry speak for themselves. Infact, my journey is not yet complete, as I am gearing for my next GMAT attempt within the next few days. Wish me Luck!!
[UPDATE]: I went for the 5th attempt and was able to score a 740!! Rida helped me focus on test readiness and exam mindset for achieving this score. The 1-1 session with Verbal SME Harsha was instrumental in improving my Verbal score.
Hey tusharmrigwani,
Hearty congratulations on the 730 score!
As your mentor, working with you these past few months has been a wonderful experience- your attention to detail, focus on approach and drive to get to your target score all indicate that you will excel beyond measure at business school and beyond.
Your ability to bounce back after a bad attempt, reassess the situation and willingness to work on a path to improvement is a testament to your innate strength of character. When you wrote the below after the 660, many in your position might choose to give up -
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Tusharmrigwani-Email-After-660
But you decided that you were far from done and worked hard to build the right framework to ace the test!
I can see how much time and effort you have put into perfecting methodologies and working on timing. You spent time going through files multiple times so that you could perfect the minute aspects of a particular approach.
This approach particularly helped you in SC, especially in modifiers, where you worked to improve both accuracy and timing, by perfecting the meaning-based approach.
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Tusharmrigwani-SC-Improvement
In CR as well, this process of method perfection helped you go beyond the 90th percentile. I can see how you reviewed each and every quiz, and leveraged the feedback given by the system. This allowed you to tackle every new quiz with a more nuanced understanding of the approach and thus attain 80% plus accuracy on hard questions, as shown below.
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Tusharmrigwani-CR-90th-Percentile-Ability
The mindset is truly one of the most important facets of being GMAT ready. You can work through all your weaknesses, and excel in mocks, but if you don’t have the right mix of confidence and detachment when you tackle the actual exam, you can set yourself up for failure. It's amazing how well you learnt from your second attempt in this regard.
I am sure that you are going to absolutely kill it in your next attempt, and I am excited to continue to work with you in this endeavour!
All the best!
Regards,
Rida
I'd highly recommend E-GMAT online course. The verbal content is very thorough. SC modules cover all topics. I also really like the meaning-based approach and pre-thinking for SC and CR respectivaly. Quant content is also very thorough. If you aim to achieve 700+ score, you can't afford to cut corners, and E-GMAT content would be very important.
Additionally, I also liked the scholarnium quiz modules. The analytics provide good insights. The questions are slightly harder than the actual GMAT, but that will help with prep in the actual exam.
Sigma X mocks are also good. They will help yo simulate the real exam like scenario. Overall, I'd certainly recommend the E-GMAT course.
Hi anujshah30,
Congratulations on 740!
190-point improvement is highly commendable, and we are glad that we could be part of your success journey.
You followed a structured approach throughout your preparations and internalized the methods acing the meaning-based approach in SC and pre-thinking in CR which in turn helped you achieve V41(93rd percentile).
Your diligence in imbibing the processes and approach can be seen in how you have excelled in the Hard level questions across Verbal sub-sections.
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/anujshah30-Verbal--stats-predict-V41
It’s interesting that you mentioned how analytics powered your journey to success. I must commend you for leveraging Quant 2.0 in the right way to focus on your weak areas and improve your accuracy and timing. Here is an image where we can see your efforts getting translated to 90% accuracy in WP hard level questions.
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/anujshah30-WP-stats-predict-90-percent-accuracy
Thank you for taking out the time to share your feedback.
I wish you all the best for the next steps!
Regards,
Abha
After going through a lot of gmat courses online, I found e-gmat to be the best. The whole algorithm is excellent. They have a great course on both quant and verbal. With their help, I was able to score 680. The cementing quizzes and e-sigma mocks are very good. The questions on their scholaranium are at par with the real GMAT questions. To add to all of this, their LMP program really helped. My mentor Akash helped me throughout my preparation. He reviewed my mocks and quizzes on a daily basis and gave me proper feedbacks. Overall, I had a great experience and would definitely recommend this course.
Dear Mehar2907,
Congratulations on your score of 680 with a perfect Q51. A 97th percentile score in Quant is a testament to your skills and dedication and everyone here at e-GMAT is so happy to have been a part of your journey.
Hats off to you for the hard work you put in to get that Q51. You maintained your consistency throughout, understood your weaknesses and worked relentlessly on them. The image below shows your phenomenal stats in Quant hard level questions across all subsections –
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Mehar2907-Quant-Scholaranium-Statistics
With your commitment, you improved your Quant ability with each mock, making your success in the GMAT exam certain. The below image shows your journey in Quant from the mocks to the actual exam –
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Mehar2907-Quant-Mock-Scores
I am sure that you will face every challenge thrown at you with the utmost determination and diligence and I wish you all the very best for your next steps!
Regards,
Akash
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The program is dense but focused. The whole thing is divided into 3 stages which is a very helpful way to prepare. Stage 1 has all the concepts, stage 2 is a great way to master concepts and stage 3 provides ample opportunity to master time management. Despite the fact that I was already into my prep for six months, I felt shaky and lacked confidence when I started EG's online program. I found that I was not equipped with solid strategy to attack certain common patterns of problems. The Quant part was very neatly organized around most heavily and frequently tested concepts. I just used it for less than one and half months and I saw a solid score improvement.
Unlike other exams, the GMAT is not a test of how well you can remember formulas or how quickly you can solve a question. Rather it tests the students presence of mind and their ability to correctly interpret the question itself. And this is one quality consistent across all its sections. To be able to perform well in such an exam, it is imperative to understand its nuances and to internalise certain proven strategies that streamline the way a student approaches each question on the test.
The content offered by eGMAT as part of their GMAT prep courses does just that. It solidifies the basic Math and English fundamentals and then builds upon them to convert them into GMAT level Quant and Verbal. The Process Skills taught in the Quant modules, which are essentially techniques required to break down each Quant question to isolate the relevant data, are reiterated to the point where their application becomes second nature. In such a case, even the trickiest of questions lose their complexity. Next, the Cementing Quizzes at the end of each topic help in carrying out an objective assessment of the student’s assimilation of concepts and the corresponding Error Logs brilliantly highlight areas that need additional consideration.
For the Critical Reasoning subsection of Verbal, an elaborate module on Pre-Thinking ensures ample practice to perfect this acquired skill. And the highly interactive and engaging modules on Sentence Correction successfully cover even the most dry grammar topics in a fun and indelible manner. The vast repository of examples covered in each module brings absolute clarity in the application of concepts and provides enough opportunity to the student to bridge any gaps in understanding.
The quality that sets eGMAT apart is that it does not teach its students any shortcuts or tricks to tackle GMAT questions. Instead, it equips its students with the exact tools required to decode the GMAT exam and makes the overall experience of preparation a joyous one; where the student actively seeks hard questions to both apply his learnings and get them right, and to get an opportunity to uncover another trap in case they get it wrong. For the same reason, I would highly recommend eGMAT to any student in their own GMAT journey.
Dear GoAkshat, ,
Congratulations on a wonderful 90-point improvement to 740! With this you are now among the top 3% of the GMAT test takers😊
Thank you for your kind words about the course. As you have rightly said, the GMAT is not a test of retention, but that of application and you used this mantra at every step of your preparation. This is what helped you master application and ace the GMAT.
As you have mentioned, this realisation helped you “understand the nuances and internalise certain proven strategies”. You started from scratch – by learning concepts and applications and then mastering them through cementing. See how the time that you spent on internalizing the Pre-thinking approach helped you get to 90%ile ability in CR and reduce the overall time to 1:42sec
Image Link: https://success.e-gmat.com/-GoAkshat-CR-ability-vs-time
It is great that you mention PACE in quants (we are working towards getting this feature in verbal too). I can see that the PACE feature helped you save over 22 hours in quant. See how in Algebra alone you saved close to 8 hours.
Image Link: https://success.e-gmat.com/GoAkshat-8-hours-time-saving-in-Algebra-
Your structured diligent approach to the course and the use of the error logs helped you improve to a Q49 in quant. See how internalizing the process skills through regular review helped you improve to a 70%+ accuracy across all the blocks in Word Problems.
Image Link: https://success.e-gmat.com/GoAkshat-70-percent-blockwise-accuracy-WP-
I commend you on leveraging the tools that e-GMAT offers and making the best use of them to ace the GMAT.
I am sure you will approach the next phase of your professional journey with the same zest and zeal to excel and wish you all the best in all the wonderful things to come.
Best Regards,
Rashmi Vaidya
Excellent choice - truly worth the money. Covers nearly all types of questions that can show up on the GMAT, with questions as closely accurate as possible as those on the GMAT. If you cover the entire course, you can guarantee getting as close as possible to your target score. Take your time through the program - don't rush, take every quiz, bookmark challenging questions, revisit them and retake them until you get them right. If you want to prepare well, pay for TPP and give yourself 4+ months to maximize the value you receive out of it. Scott and his team do an incredible job making this process as fun and smooth as it can be
Hi yashswij,
Congratulations on reaching the top 3%ile!
Abha this side from e-GMAT. A GMAT 740 is an amazing score, and we are glad that we could be part of your journey.
What I remember most about your journey is the time and effort you put into perfecting processes and methods- you truly left no stone unturned.
Once you mastered the processes, you worked on mastering the application through the right kind of practice on Scholaranium, thus ensuring that you could replicate the success quiz after quiz. Here is an image where you have consistently hit 80% accuracy in NP-Hard questions on the last two quizzes before the exam.
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/yashswij-NP-stats-predict-96th--percentile-ability
Your repeated success gave you the confidence you needed to succeed on the test day. You could predict your success just by having a glance at your last Sigma -X mock score, wherein you scored 740. I hope you did notice the same 😊.
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/yashswij-Sigma-X-Mock--predict740
At last, I just want to say, it was a pleasure working with you and I am so proud of the work you have put into this journey.
I wish you all the best for the next steps.
Regards,
Abha