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I enrolled with e-GMAT the day after I saw 640 (V34 Q44) on my in my first official mock in May 2022 . I hadn't prepared for the mock but I had gone through video lessons from an Indian GMAT prep company called Career Launcher. I was far from target score of 740+ and I didn't think Career Launcher notes would be enough and so I started looking for other GMAT prep companies. I came across e-GMAT through GMAT club and I was impressed by the testimonials. I attend one of their free SC webinars and decided to schedule a free consultation call with them. After talking to the consultant, I signed up with them and gave their Sigma X-mock and scored a 580. I wasn't concerned about the overall score because I had read that the official score is usually 40-50 points higher than Sigma-X mocks. It did give me a very comprehensive snapshot of my weak and strong areas. My verbal was better than my quants. CR was a bigger concern than SC and RC was good. Algebra needed the most work among the quant topics. So I started with quants. Unfortunately, when I came to the cementing stage for the first section, I couldn't pass it no matter how much I tried. Dejected, I decided to study quants from elsewhere as it seemed like I wasn't improving. I think the problem was that their questions were extremely lengthy and I found myself running out of time. Their course is good but I wasn't a fan of their quant questions.
Eventually, I turned to them for verbal and found that that was one of the best decisions for my GMAT prep. This was exactly 2 months before my test date. I am enlisting below the things I liked the most about them (this is only relevant for their verbal content):
1. The course: Brilliant! The video format is crucial for understand nuances of sentence structure, grammar rules, and how to apply the approach they teach in real time. It is simple and very well sorted. It can look daunting but I found that it clarified my concepts so well that I could eliminate incorrect choices in questions with solid reasons easily. I don't think there is anything that their course doesn't teach.
2. Meaning-based approach and pre-thinking: I can safely say that the meaning-based approach is infallible. Not only that, when I could not remember the grammar rule for something, the meaning-based approach always came to my rescue. It worked almost every time. For CR, I had thought I wouldn't use pre-thinking because it seemed like it would take too much of my time and what if I wasn't able to pre-think the CA? I would be further confused when I looked at the options. But boy, was I wrong! Pre-thinking doesn't teach you to think of the CA for the question. Noone could possibly think of the exact CA in all situations. It teaches you to analyse and process the information in the passage such that you can come up with a FRAMEWORK for how the answer should look like or on what logic the answer should be based. That was game-changing! My ESR reveals that I answered correctly 100% of the CR questions I attempted. I had come a long way from CR being my weakest section of verbal.
3. Scholaranium: After my experience with quant questions, I was wary of scholaranium verbal questions. I was wrong. These questions were the key to my consistent success in verbal (V41 is my lowest in all of my official mocks and my real test). They are slightly more nuanced than the official questions but they teach you everything you need to know to answer all kinds of questions on the GMAT. If you have practiced enough of these questions (and analysed them well), rest assured that you will not struggle with verbal! RC questions weren't my favourite but CR and SC questions were everything and more! The explanations given for each option clarified so many of my gaps!
4. Last and most important/helpful: I had very little time left and I was struggling with completing my verbal course with e-GMAT and my quants course with the other prep company (TTP). At this point (about a month before my actual test), I reached out to their support team asking for a mentor. Rashmi, one of the mentors and strategy experts at e-GMAT, responded within 24 hours. In my last one month before the test, Rashmi has been a constant support and a guiding light for me. I reached out to her for all my little and big concerns regarding my prep. She always returned with encouraging words and a very structured plan to make improvements. She respected my decision to not do quants questions on their platform and still gave me guidance on how to go about quants OG practice. I followed her advice and was able to score 760 in the official mocks. Her guidance was instrumental in my success!
One extra thing that I absolutely loved was their application files. I watched Payal solve so many questions in those videos following the step-by-step approach that it was finally ingrained in me. Those were extremely helpful!
It might look like I am simping for about them but this is genuinely how I feel about them, especially their verbal course. If you're studying with them, you're verbal at least is sorted!
I started preparing for GMAT in May of this year. I gave a free GMAT mock before starting just to know what my weak points were and what needed my attention the most. I scored 580 in that mock and started preparing. I started by watching various YouTube videos , solving questions and after 2 months gave another mock, this time an e-GMAT free Sigma-X mock test, and even after studying for 3hrs (avg.) daily I could only score a 620(Q47 V27).
Coming from an engineering background, I was always confident of my quant abilities. But even after reading several different books/watching several videos to prepare for the verbal section, I was not confident of my verbal abilities, especially my CR and RC abilities(RC being the weakest). I attended free webinars on SC, CR and RC sections organized by e-GMAT and was impressed by its approach to the verbal section. Finally, I decided to sign up for the course as I prepared.
Best part about e-GMAT in my opinion was the Personalized Study Plan (PSP) which helped me create and follow a very fruitful study plan. I straight away started with the verbal section and e-GMAT helped a lot in building my foundation for the Verbal section.
When I started preparing for RC with the e-GMAT modules, I was not very optimistic about the outcome because I have not read much books (and believe me if you are an avid reader you would do great in RC section), but based on the way I was taught to approach RC passages, types of questions , I started enjoying solving RC questions, which I used to avoid all the time, and reached at an 80% accuracy level from 55%.
After completing a particular section, it helped me solidify my concepts by giving tests known as cementing quizzes. Which really helped me know where I was lacking even after finishing a part, if I was stuck in any question I used to ask an expert and within 1-2 hours I used to get a reply.
Unfortunately due to some personal reasons, I was not able to give my GMAT within the duration of my subscription, but none the less, even after my subscription ended I got a reach-out mail from e-GMAT and they helped me by clearing my concerns, giving me tips on where I should focus more, and gave me a study plan for the remaining days till my exam.
All in all, thanks to e-GMAT, Payal Tandon Ma'am and Abha Mohan Ma'am I was able to score a 710(Q49 V37) on my first attempt.
First Sigma Mock: 620
Last Sigma Mock: 680
Official Mock 1: 580
Official Mock 2: 660
Official Mock 3: 720
GMAT Attempt 1: 710(Q49 and V37)
Total Preparation Time: 6 months, approx. 3 hours a day
Hi yatharthdubey31,
This is Abha from e-GMAT. Congratulations on your 710 and thanks for sharing such lovely words. I am very happy to see you be a part of the 700 Club.
A 10-point improvement in Verbal from a V27 (44th percentile) to a V37(81st percentile) is no mean feat and I commend you on your diligence and dedication.
You started off the right way by attempting the first Sigma X Mock and creating your Personalised Study Plan and following the suggested pathway.
Image link: https://success.e-gmat.com/PSP-Charted-path-to-710
For a student looking to improve their verbal score, understanding all the concepts well and internalizing the process such that it becomes second nature to you is an imperative part of the learning.
I am glad that the RC strategies gave you confidence and helped you understand the passages which in turn helped improve your accuracy. Here is an image below where you have diligently completed the RC Course and attained 95% plus accuracy in practice quizzes and concept quizzes.
Image link: https://success.e-gmat.com/Excellent-scores-in-RC-using-reading-strategies
Your diligence and resilience helped you build your ability and made your success inevitable. It was just a matter of time, and I am sure these qualities will take you a long way in life.
All the best for all your next steps!
Regards,
Abha Mohan
After months of self study, using different free and paid resources and a failed attempt, I came across GMATWhiz on gmatclub.com
I was looking for strong verbal prep and an in-person assistance for a foolproof study plan and guidance. The feature that stood out to me was the 1-1 mentorship - I could connect with a mentor whenever I needed to, and course correct, without wasting time in trial and error.
After few months of prep with GMAT Whiz and Zartaj as my mentor, I finally gave my second attempt but had a score improvement of mere 10 points, with my verbal falling. I was disheartened. I felt neglected. I realized that the mentorship provided by Zartaj was below average and there was no follow up from anyone post my exam too.
But I had made my mind to give a third attempt, and I really liked the quality of Verbal courses and the approach to certain topics, especially the ones taught by Sunita, which is when I decided to give the platform another chance. I had heard from a couple of peers and from the reviews posted here that Shreyyash as a mentor could prove to be quite effective. I requested for his mentorship. I could see a considerable difference in my Verbal performance with his guidance. I ended with a score improvement from V29 to V34.
All in all it's good for the quality and price point when compared to the other learning portals out there.
Content quality - great; AI based user experience - great; mentorship - some mentors are great, some not at all; GMAT Score prediction algorithm - average; Mocks - could be improved for verbal.
e-GMAT's verbal course and curriculum are unparalleled. It has the most comprehensive and exhaustive set of grammar, CR,RC & SC rules you'll need for a GMAT verbal section. I particularly liked the CR and the SC course, and I could see and measure my improvement in VR Scores after taking the course! Their website has many custom quiz options one can take to gauge their ability, accuracy and test readiness. For Quant, I felt that the platform had questions that were probably a little more difficult and complicated than the OG questions. But one can go through their quant course too to review all the concepts and formulae in one place. Cheers to Abha @ eGMAT for helping me throughout the prep period. I would highly recommend eGMAT esp. for Verbal improvement.
Hi guhahaha,
Congratulations on your wonderful score! 140-point improvement is highly commendable.
This is Abha from e-GMAT. It was a pleasure working with you and being a part of your journey.
We are glad to know you enjoyed using the course. You completed the course in the right spirit and mastered your concepts across SC, CR, and RC by completing the cementing stage of each of the sub-sections.
Here is an image that reflects how you immersed yourself in the process and mastered the meaning-based approach in SC, which in turn helped you attain 90% percentile ability in hard questions.
Image link: https://success.e-gmat.com/SC-predicting-90-percentile-ability
We also appreciate your feedback regarding the Quant part of the course. Having said that you must understand that preparing for GMAT is like preparing for war and you must be prepared to tackle the most difficult questions out there. Bottom line – our job is to minimize surprises for you.
Thank you for taking out the time to share your feedback.
I wish you all the best for the next steps!
Regards,
Abha
I scored 690 (Q-50, V-32) in my first attempt in July 2022. Unhappy with my score, I reattempted in August and scored a 650. Obviously, I cancelled my score. At this point, I realized that I needed to change my preparation strategy. My consultant recommended e-GMAT to me. My focus was completely on the verbal section.
When I started the e-GMAT verbal course, I could clearly see the difference between the verbal content I had studied, and the verbal content e-GMAT taught. e-GMAT’s verbal prep was in-depth and probably covered every aspect that could be tested. The cementing process and the analytics really helped identify my weak areas and work on those.
In October 2022, after completed the e-GMAT course, I scored 710 (Q-49, and V-36). I was still unhappy with my score, and I decided to take a reattempt. As soon as I conveyed this decision to e-GMAT, I was inducted into e-GMAT’s Last Mile Program. I was introduced to a strategy expert, Akash. Akash was like my cheerleader and mentor throughout the preparation. He analyzed my ESRs and e-GMAT analytics to tailor a strategy for me.
Through the Last Mile Program, I realized that my time management strategy was terrible. Akash gave me a time management strategy to follow. He also identified certain weaker areas and guided me through those. Finally, in November 2022, I scored 740 (Q51, V-38)
Here are my biggest takeaways from e-GMAT’s course:
1. Significant improvement in verbal concepts and skills. This improvement was due to the focus on e-GMAT’s meaning based approach, which I believe is necessary for tackling 700+ questions
2. Volume of practice offered – The amount of practice e-GMAT provides really helped me build my confidence. At times, I would get confused between 2 answer choices. The practice built my intuition, which significantly helped me improve.
3. Cementing and analysis – This helped mt identify my weaker areas and manage preparation time efficiently
4. Last Mile Program – My strategy expert, Akash provided effective time management strategies for the test. These strategies ensured that I never struggled with the time on the test, a problem I faced in the first three attempts.
I would like to thank Akash and the entire e-GMAT team to help me through the test.
Dear akshaj101,
Congratulations on your score of 740 with a perfect Q51 and a remarkable V38. With this you have become a part of the top 3 percentile test takers! The fact that you have improved from your last test score of 710 to 740 (90th percentile to 97th percentile) within just 13 days makes this feat even more commendable.
You were always willing to understand where you were going wrong and where you could improve. With your dedication, you let the meaning-based approach in SC become a second nature to you. The below image shows that not only you improved your accuracies in SC hard questions from 64% to 87%, but also you improved your timing in those questions from 1 minute 36 seconds per question to 1 minute 18 seconds per question.
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/akshaj101-SC-Accuracy-and-Timing-Improvement
Even after reaching the 90th percentile, you were looking to identify your weaker areas and were ready to work on them. You understood that it was not just about the concepts, but also about the time management.
You were already around Q50 mark when you joined us. Hats off to you for the hard work you put in to improve from Q50 to Q51 (87th percentile to 97th percentile). 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/akshaj101-Q51-Statistics-in-Scholaranium
Throughout your 4 GMAT tries, you never gave up or felt worn out. With your commitment, you improved your time management abilities with each mock, making your success on the real GMAT exam certain. The below image shows your journey from the mocks to the actual exam –
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/akshaj101-Mock-Scores
I am sure that you will face every challenge thrown at you with the utmost determination and I wish you all the very best for your next steps!
Regards,
Akash
Joined: May 17, 2019
Posts: 19
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Verified GMAT Classic score:
710 Q48 V40 (Online)
TTP was instrumental in boosting my verbal score from V28 to V40. After failing to cross V30 mark for the third time, I finally decided to go with TTP as per suggestion from one of my very close friends (TTP helped her also to significantly improve the GMAT score). I had used certain other courses before starting TTP and was not very optimistic about it. I only focused on the verbal part as I scored decently in quant (Q49) without much preparation in my previous attempt.
I would say TTP surprised me with the depth of content it provides for its users. I started enjoying the course and saw my verbal reasoning skills improve significantly within 2 months. I finished only 20% of the overall course and started feeling confident.
After completing my 2 months of subscription, I enrolled for the 3rd month and decided to take my GMAT just one week after the enrollment. I took the online GMAT at home and scored a 710 (Q48 V40).
If I had one more month, I'm sure that I could have scores 750+ with the type of content TTP provides. But as I'm planning to apply in R2, I'm going ahead with a 710.
I can't thank enough to TTP for creating this amazing verbal course. The must knows are fantastic and the quality of questions is very impressive. A highly recommended course for anyone looking to improve hi//her score.
The E-gmat focused online course was quite heplful in understanding the kind of skills GMAT tests. Their SC course is designed right from basics i.e. - building blocks of sentence. This definitely helps especially for non native speakers. Although there is a notion that E-gmat is known for verbal, I found their quant course quite detailed. I think their quant course is quite underrated. The Scholaranium platform that they have tests you right from basic to advanced levels. The support mail is quite prompt and you can expect reply at the earliest. I was assigned a mentor Rashmi Vaidya. She helped me in identifying my weak areas and guided me throughout the course. I must say she was quite patient and diligent. I am overall satisfied with the course.
Dear kunalmahajan,
Congratulations on your 710! It has been a pleasure working with you as your mentor in your GMAT journey.
Being a non-native speaker, the verbal preparation was not easy. But you went about it in a structured way by investing in building your basics and then refining it further by practicing on Scholaranium questions.
See how this methodical approach helped you improve your SC ability to a 75% accuracy: https://resources.e-gmat.com/75percent-accuracy-in-SC-questions
The results of the determination and diligence that you showed during your preparation can be seen in the great accuracy that you have for hard questions in quant.
Kunal, I am sure that these qualities with help you excel in your MBA journey and help you grow your social enterprise by leaps and bounds.
Wishing you all the best,
Regards,
Rashmi Vaidya
The GMATWhiz course helped me in streamlining my preparation. With the techniques prescribed by the course I was able to improve both on accuracy and timing. For CR, after inculcating their technique of "Prethinking" I was fairly confident in solving CR questions. For RC, their passages do seem tough but nevertheless solving their RC passages prepares you well for the official GMAT exam. The quant course is elaborate and covers wide variety of quesions. Their collection of "Easy", "Medium" and "Hard" practice questions is quite extensive. Also, I found their mocks at par with official GMAT exams. To conclude , their course definitely helped me in improving my GMAT score.
I finally got a 700 on my second attempt.
When I first decided to write the GMAT, I thought solving the official guide was enough to crack the GMAT. However, I was shocked to get a 580 on my first try. I understood that I needed a competent and tactical approach to crack the exam but there are thousands of services and GMAT classes available online. I did my research and planned to go with the e-GMAT services since they have a huge success rate.
And luckily the e-GMAT online portal was a lifesaver. I could design my own personalized study plan and set my target score accordingly.
I also learned how to approach the verbal section in a logical way. Just like Mathematics, there are logical steps to crack the tricky verbal section. I also was heavily dependent on the Sigma-X mocks which replicate the real GMAT exam. The mocks are pretty much accurate and if you get consistent scores in the mocks, you are likely to end up with a similar score on the real GMAT.
Last but not the least, e-GMAT connects you with a mentor for mock analysis and other strategic advice. Akash Aggarwal was my mentor and helped me strategise my study plan, which was of great help.
In the end, I would suggest that It is really important to build a strategic study plan and stick to it. The GMAT is not a difficult exam but instead, a tricky exam and guidance in the right direction will definitely help you crack it.
All the Best!
Dear abhinavk2012,
Congratulations on your score of 700 with a Q47 and a remarkable V39! A 120-point improvement overall with a 15-point improvement in Verbal from V24 to V39 (34th percentile to 88th percentile) is a phenomenal feat to achieve within just 3 months.
It is very interesting to see your views on the Verbal section on how you tackled it mathematically in a logical way. It was just a matter of time before you got the fruits of this approach in your accuracy and timing. The below image shows that not only you improved your accuracies in SC from 65% to 94%, but also you improved your timing from 1 minute 36 seconds per question to 1 minute 24 seconds per question.
Image Links - https://resources.e-gmat.com/abhinavk2012-SC-Improvement-Statistics
You did not stop yourself right there. You gave this effort in all the subsections in Verbal. The below image shows your statistics across the three subsections in Verbal in hard questions. These statistics show your consistency through which you got that 15-point improvement in Verbal from V24 to V39 (34th percentile to 88th percentile).
Image Link - https://resources.e-gmat.com/abhinavk2012-Verbal-Scholaranium-Statistics
I am glad that you understood that just solving official questions would not help you to reach the target score. When you joined us, you understood the requirements from your study plan of what is the overall effort required to get that 700 score. Even during your mocks, you were consistent and kept on improving with each mock by learning from your mistakes in every mock.
You have greater heights to achieve and I am sure that you will face every challenge thrown at you with the utmost determination.
I wish you all the very best for your next steps!
Regards,
Akash
I cannot thank the team at e-gmat enough for their amazing course. The platform has comprehensive videos on pretty much every topic, as well as tests - both practice and diagnostic. The course was particularly helpful for quant; I went from Q33 in my first mock to a Q49 in my test. The course allowed me to build process skills that helped me solve GMAT quant questions logically, instead of simply falling back on formulas. Their section on word problems was particularly helpful- it simplified the entire process, with individual modules for work, speed, interest and sales. The Sentence Correction modules broke down the process into methodical steps and logical rules. This helped me reach 99th percentile in the SC section. One area where I feel the course could improve upon is the CR section. I found that it did not help me as much, and I somewhat struggled with understanding the methodology the course prescribed. Consequently, this was also the section where I scored the least.
Hey ridamagarwal,
Hearty congratulations on the 740 score! A 100-point overall improvement is no mean task and I applaud you for achieving this feat! It has been a wonderful experience working with you for the last month.
You are the perfect example of how a structured diligent approach to GMAT preparation can help you get to the top score😊
You completed each step on the way with utmost sincerity and attention to detail to such an extent that you made following the right approach second nature to you. In SC, you internalized the meaning-based approach that helped to improve to a 90th%ile ability. See how this methodical approach helped you improve to a 70%+ accuracy across all the blocks: https://success.e-gmat.com/70-percent-accuracy-in-SC
Now, coming to CR – it was your weakest sub-section. Despite your initial skepticism, you set about learning CR from scratch – all the concepts, and applications. Then by a focused practice on GMAT-like questions through cementing, you mastered pre-thinking to such an extent that your accuracy for CR questions in the test was 100%.
Here is an image that shows how the time that you spent on internalizing the concepts and applications helped you get to a 90th%ile ability in CR: https://success.e-gmat.com/good-foundation-CR-results-in-90-percent-ability
Thank you for your feedback on the quant questions. We value each feedback that we receive as this just helps us improve as a company and helps us serve the students better. That said, I believe that when one sets out to conquer an exam like the GMAT, one must be exposed to all kinds of questions to truly ace the GMAT.
It is not easy to get a 740 – only 3 in 100 achieve this feat, fewer on their first attempt. But you have shown that when one sets an eye on the goal, even the impossible becomes possible!
Ridam, continue to scale greater heights and inspire people with your achievements. I, on behalf of the entire e-GMAT family, wish you all the best.
Regards,
Rashmi Vaidya