I am very happy with my result and I am thankful to e-GMAT for helping me achieve this result without spending too much time.
When I decided to study for GMAT, I considered different options such as self-study using books and GMAT Club resources, taking different online courses and hiring a private tutor (this option was too expensive for me). There was overwhelmingly large quantity of resources available, and I had limited time for the preparation, as I work full-time. I heard about e-GMAT from a friend of my friend and decided to check it out. I used free trial and decided to purchase the course because of two reasons: 1) the course has structure which I knew would save me time by helping me focus on relevant areas and 2) I liked how the concepts were explained for each section and that each concept was followed by tests.
I started studying for GMAT in January 2022 and had to stop after two weeks because I was busy at work. I continued my preparation from May and studied for about 10 – 12 hours a week using e-GMAT for four months. e-GMAT helped me a lot with both quant and verbal.
For quant, I needed to remember math concepts that I learned at school and I needed to learn relevant terminology, as I had studied math in my native language at school. Watching e-GMAT’s concept videos was very helpful for me to refresh my knowledge and learn some techniques that school has failed to teach me. After concept videos, e-GMAT offers questions to solve, starting with easy and going to very hard. Video or written solutions are offered for each question. This structure helped me master the skills to solve complicated GMAT questions in time. One of the best skills I developed was solving data sufficiency questions without doing full calculations. e-GMAT also offers cementing process, which is very important for developing confidence in one’s abilities and cementing the skills.
As for verbal, I was good at reading comprehension from the start (I read non-fiction literature in English), however I struggled with critical reasoning and sentence correction initially (I got v31 on GMAT Club’s verbal mock before doing e-GMAT’s sentence correction module). I did those sections on e-GMAT and got v45 on exam as a result (I would have gotten higher mark if I had managed time better). e-GMAT teaches both concepts and the process to apply knowledge in such manner that after I completed the course I was able to easily solve most difficult questions.
I highly recommend e-GMAT course, it is very helpful even if you are starting GMAT preparation from scratch and it is quite inexpensive. I recommend that if you take the course, you follow their instructions and not skip concept videos or cementing part.
p.s. I have not indicated score improvement, as I had not taken mock exam before I began studying on e-GMAT

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I started with my GMAT Journey in May of 2022. I started my preparation by purchasing the eGMAT subscription and for my entire prep I had only and only one source: eGMAT. I completed my GMAT journey in August and few data points of my GMAT prep journey are as follows:
1. Score Improvement
(a) First mock (590) used to create PSP to 700 (Q49, V36)
2. Verbal Prep
a) Completed MC, SC, CR, and RC to bridge certain gaps.( SC summarised notes prepared)
b). Solved 852 verbal questions during cementing and test readiness phases
c) Followed the cementing process and only moved to the next stage on meeting the requisite threshold (Medium level questions- 70% and Hard level questions- 55%)

3. Quant Prep
a) Utilized PACE engine to make Quant preparation efficient, learning only what I was required to learn.( Module wise summarised notes prepared)
b). Solved 900 questions in Quant in Cementing and Test Readiness phases

I started off my verbal prep with Sentence Correction and was not able to meet the threshold level in the cementing quizzes and therefore had to do the entire SC module again. After SC, I completed the CR and RC module and was able to complete the cementing stage with requisite thresholds. Finally I went on to Quant and in the eGMAT Quant every sub topic has a diagnostic test at the very beginning to guide students with different level of abilities- if I was strong in Geometry, the AI driven software would guide me in a way that I only had to study limited content. This helped me save time in my preparation and focus only on my weak areas and keep working towards improvement. After completing every QUANT sub module, I would undergo the process of cementing to ensure that I hit my target abilities in each subsection. Taking these quizzes would enable me to deal with GMAT like questions and strengthen my process abilities. Every eGMAT question provides the students with forum posts related to the doubts and issues faced by the other students. This would allow me to resolve my doubts and also strengthen my conceptual understanding. I could also post fresh doubts that would get resolved within 24 hours by the egmat team. The mentors for Verbal- including Harsha, Kanupriya, Stacey and Shraddha would provide excellent support on the forum. On the quant side also we had Bikramjit, Aditi and Shweta who would provide detailed solutions to each problem. These interactions with the subject matter experts were very helpful for me to increase my understanding of dynamics of GMAT test like problems.


Coming to the test readiness stage- I was assigned a mentor to guide me through my preparation – Abha Mohan The test readiness phase is one of the most important stages of preparation and having Abha’s guidance at every step of the way helped me structure my improvement plan and work on my weak areas after doing a detailed analysis of my Scholaranium account my mentor told me to revisit few modules in SC and Number properties and Word problems. Post my test readiness quizzes I was told to take mocks with a gap of 3 to 4 days between two successive mocks and Abha would help me put together an improvement plan after every mock so that I could work before my next mock. I scored a 660 on my first mock and was completely unhappy with my performance but Abha guided me and helped me with a improvement plan and also did a thorough video analysis of my mock. I scored a 700 and 710 in my next two mocks. However, I scored a 670 on my first official test. I became extremely sad because of the drop in my score but Abha guided me and helped me work on a small improvement plan and in the last 2 days of my preparation guided me with the final day test plan. Her support really helped me regain my confidence and I was able to ensure that I remain calm enough to make it to the exam day. To regain my confidence, Abha suggested that I take a few custom quizzes and I was able to regain some level of calm and composure upon seeing my scores in these custom quizzes. Finally, I scored a 700 in my second attempt with a Q49 and V36 split. I would highly recommend the e GMAT subscription to all those who are looking for a structured approach for their GMAT preparation

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Personally, I like managing my own schedule so a private tutor was not an option for me so I was looking for one of the many online course available. I decided to start my GMAT journey with the 6 months plan on TTP after reading many positive reviews here and in other websites.
The TTP course was beyond my expectations in terms of quality and I'm glad I decided to subscribe to it. The course is really comprehensive and has a clear study plan. They somehow managed to explain every topic in an easy and understandable way. I felt pretty confident after finishing the lessons and quiz simulations and managed to land my goal score on my first try at the official so I'm pretty happy and definitely recommend using TTP

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When I decided to take the GMAT, I knew that I needed to put significant effort in verbal, and needed to remove the rustiness in quant. With these requirements clear in my head, I knew that I needed a course which enabled base building, as well as allowed targeted preparation. This is where e-GMAT perfectly fit the bill. It's detailed breakdown of course structure enabled me to personalize my approach where required. Further, its teaching methodology of starting from absolute scratch and steadily increasing the difficulty level is exactly what was needed to build confidence and make sure that the concepts are absorbed properly. Lastly, it's tools and techniques such as pre-thinking, deep analysis of question stem and each answer choice, and the extensiveness of scholaranium (e-GMAT's question bank) were the core advantages of this course. All in all, e-GMAT gave me a study plan, solving my headache of creating a plan of my own, and all I had to do was to execute it diligently.

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I am very much thankful to eGMAT for helping me improve from 590 to 710 (V22 to V36)

The three most important things that helped me succeed are the course content (approach), answers by experts in ‘ask an expert forum’, and assistance by the support team whenever requested for help. In particular, I would also like to thank Harsha, Stacey, and Kanupriya for their support throughout the process

Here, I would like to share a few important lessons I learnt from the course:

Master Comprehension: The Master Comprehension course is MUST do section before starting with SC, CR or RC. This section helped me to develop the skill of comprehending the sentence accurately, skill that is of utmost importance in acing all the three sections

Sentence correction: The MOST important approach I learnt from eGMAT course in this section is to understand the intended meaning rather than focusing on grammar rules. I strongly believe to master this section one must learn the skill of comprehending the sentence and identifying the aspects conveyed in the sentence before checking the grammar rules. This meaning based approach will help eliminate at-least 2-3 options immediately before struggling to identify the grammar errors in each sentence.
NOTE: The lessons learnt in SC will help in CR and RC. Hence, do not start with CR or RC before achieving decent performance in SC

Critical Reasoning: A few important lessons I learnt from eGMAT course in this section are
1. Understanding a) what is the evidence b) what is the conclusion c) MOST IMPORTANT - How did author come to the conclusion based on the evidence provided = Logic used in arriving at the conclusion using the evidence = Understanding the argument is THE most important step in CR
2. Do not be fixated only on what is the conclusion in the CR. You must remember that the CR argument is testing on our ability to understand the logic on how evidence is used to arrive at the conclusion. Pre-thinking technique helped me to significantly improve this skill
3. Understanding why an answer choice is correct and why it is incorrect is also very important in improving in CR. Focus must be on learning concept from each question but not on solving more questions
The course provides all necessary methods in improving and mastering these skills

Reading Comprehension: A few important lessons I learnt from eGMAT course in this section are
1. Always read the passage in identifying the ‘WHY’ aspect and not ‘WHAT’ aspect. Identifying the intent and purpose of each sentence helps in comprehending the passage better
2. Do not answer the questions by matching words, but must understand the logic of the sentence/para/passage. In understanding the passage, do remember to pay focus on key words such as because, due to, caused by, while, since plays a very important role
3. Keep in mind that Inference = What author believes and agrees with but not the ones that is just mentioned by some third person
There are much more nuances taught in the course that eventually helped me to improve my RC abilities and accuracy

eGMAT blogs: The blogs in eGMAT website are brilliantly written and are highly helpful in learning new concepts. I would highly recommend everyone to go through these blogs.

Course features:
The cementing quizzes, custom quizzes, and ability quizzes helped in identifying and improving on my weak areas efficiently. Overall, I strongly believe the course is very well designed to any GMAT aspirant irrespective of his/her current capabilities to achieve high scores. Course is designed in such a way that it makes one to learn the concepts and processes in a happy rather a stressful way.

Exam day: I never felt nervous on the exam day as I had complete faith on the approach I learnt from the course and was confident that I could handle any new question faced in the exam

Important suggestion: ONLY trust the meaning based approach and do not fall prey to ads that persuade you to follow any other approach

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I cannot thank Rida at e-GMAT enough for the personalized study plan leading up to my GMAT. This self-paced platform helped me improve my score by 100 points. Both the verbal quant courses helped me solidify my foundational skills in order to gain confidence in Medium and Hard level questions. Their cementing process and analytical approach to practice exams immensely trained me for the actual test day. It took me about a year to complete the GMAT, but if you are diligent and focused for three months, you will definitely succeed and hit your target score! Overall, I would highly recommend this course for anyone looking to improve their GMAT score.

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Initially, I was quite apprehensive to take any course for GMAT preparation as I was seeing all the questions and materials available on GMATClub. But when I started my preparation, I soon realized my preparation was going directionless and I was not able to track my progress properly. Sharing this problem with one of my friends, I was recommended to take the e-GMAT course.
I checked out the course and I started by giving the first Sigma-x-Mock. I secured a 650 score. Being a non-native speaker and not good at literature subject, I knew I will have a steep learning curve. I was confident that starting it would not be a great challenge. But later when I started the course slowly, I realized my gaps.
The e-GMAT course is very comprehensive and covers a very good depth when it comes to both sections. The approaches suggested are very convenient to apply, but we have to be patient enough to make the approaches intuitive to ourselves and keep trusting the process.
As suggested by e-GMAT, I divided my preparation into 3 stages- Concept, Cementing (working on application), and Mocks. During my first phase of preparation, I was not regular and didn’t revise well, this led to spending more time making my concept clear.
Meanwhile, I was hitting roadblocks during my preparation and was sometimes demotivated. I reached out to the strategy team at e-GMAT. I was assigned with Rashmi for help. She helped me to identify the problems and gave me action items to solve my problems. Sometimes the action items seemed to be too much, but it was very helpful to progress during my preparation. Rashmi also made sure that I give regular updates about my preparation which helped me be accountable to someone during my preparation.
After going through the course at e-GMAT and giving my first attempt, I feel I have more scope for improvement in my scores and now I know where exactly I need to work. Hence, with some support from e-GMAT, I am planning to give it one more shot at GMAT. 😊

Tips for the people who are starting their preparation
I want to keep the crisp.
1. You must be very discipline with your preparation. It is not much to ask for if you want to be in top 3 percentile throughout the world.
2. The basics should be on your fingertips.
3. Revise and reflect.
4. Have patience and trust the process.
Please take some time to let the above pointers to sink in 😊
Hope this helps, especially the one who are starting their GMAT preparation journey.
Thank You.

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After studying 2-3 months of random prep, I decided to go for a prep plan. Whiz was best in terms of cost, I got 10 sessions for 550$. My verbal score was stuck between V18 to V21 in official mocks. So I needed some expert, who can guide me. I talked to a representative about the plan and he assured me that he and his team will provide full support to me.

Lets discuss pros- I liked their meaning based approach, It gave me a new insight to tackle question. My tutor was Sunita Mam. She was always supportive throughout the journey. She told me to do untimed practice and before every class there is a certain task to complete. So its good, you approach every question deeply. My SC skills improved a lot. CR was ok. For, RC, my approach changed. I liked the new approach. Overall, I liked it. But,

Cons- Their management is weak. I felt that I wasn’t getting ample attention. The representative, completely changed after I bought the plan. Even after complaining about this, Instead of improving, he blamed on me for everything. I might be wrong, but I bought their best plan, I was expecting a premium service.

Many of their explanations in their platform are not standard or matches with official explanations. Some of their questions had mistakes, They even accept and correct them, if you can point them. All this leads to doubt the material. You don’t even know whether their tutors have taken the GMAT themselves or not, which is extremely important to me. Their explanations are not up to the mark. I am not doubting about the lead tutor. She is very experienced.

Lastly, when I started getting good accuracy, I couldn’t improve my timing, because I was told to do everything untimed. I build this habit of untimed practice, as a result I couldn’t switch back to timed practice. And for this, you have to improve yourself. I didn’t get right strategy to tackle this. After 6 months of intense prep my Verbal score improved by 10 points. Good but not enough for me at this moment. Need extra 5 points.

Lastly, you have to put your own effort a lot, don’t expect them to reach out to you. You have to reach out to them, even if you buy their best plan. If say you haven’t talked or aren’t active for 2 months, nobody cares. Don’t even expect to get an email saying where are you? How's the prep going? Even if the plan expires. Its the end. So you have to put efforts, be blunt and Keep asking questions. Good luck!

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There are a multitude of online test-prep options for GMAT, but what separates e-GMAT from the rest is not just the pedagogy, course content and the Scholaranium platform, but also the committed set of strategy mentors, who are always there to guide, mentor and motivate you.

Having read so many reviews and after watching so many success stories, I was sure there must be something that e-GMAT has and others don't. Initially, I was thrilled by the amount of granularity that the Scholaranium platform had to offer and I immediately signed up for the course. After signing-up, the first activity I did was to take a diagnostic mock to ascertain my level. I scored a 610 (Q48, V26) and it was a no brainer that Verbal needed a lot of work.
So, I got started with the Master Comprehension course - a module that is extremely important for all the subsections. This module consists of nuances such as strategic pause points, which come in handy when one is reading long sentences. Thereafter, I did the Sentence Correction module and I could see the change in my approach to the SC questions. The meaning-based approach is a game-changer. Of course, the grammar rules taught in the course are as important as the methodical approach to each SC question, but the meaning-based approach will take you from a 70 percentile to a 90+ percentile. And I can say that because it helped me score a 98 percentile on my actual attempt.

Just like the meaning-based approach in SC, the pre-thinking approach is a game-changer in CR, and I didn't notice it until I actually started using it. Of course, it requires a conscious effort initially, but once you get used to it, it starts happening sub-consciously and saves you a lot of time. Add to this approach, the specific step-by-step methodology required to tackle each question type, and this is true even for the RC module. With that being said, the essence of the course is in strengthening your basics and making you become process-oriented. If one can stick to the process and believe in the e-GMAT processes for all types of questions across sub-sections in the Verbal section, success on the GMAT is inevitable. And I was successful, when I took a mock after completing the Verbal score, scoring a V35 - a 9-point improvement in less than 2 months. Gradually I got better and even scored a V41 on one of my mocks later.

Coming to the Quant section, I must say that this is an underrated course. First of all, the PACE enabled course lets you go through only those concepts that you’re required to go through, thereby helping you save time. Then, the sheer clarity with which the concepts are presented, followed by the concept quizzes and practice quizzes strengthen your basics so well that one can easily tackle the sub-600 and 600-700 level questions on the GMAT. And for the 700-level questions, you have the Scholaranium platform. The types of questions on the Scholaranium platform help you get better at taking care of the traps that one usually gets into on the trickier questions on the actual GMAT. Add to that the granular level analysis provided by the Scholaranium data, which helps you identify your improvement areas. I truly believe that if you leverage the Quant course well, a Q50+ is definitely attainable. And I'm saying it because I hardly practiced 40% of the questions, due to time constraints.

Now coming to the most important factor that differentiates e-GMAT from many others and in fact, any other test-prep company is the support it offers to the students through its dedicated mentors. As a part of the mentorship, which is offered along with the course, one always gets a personalized approach and expert guidance throughout the preparation. I got a chance to work with three different mentors throughout my journey, and their contribution to my success is as much as the contribution of the course. When I started working with Harsha, as a part of the Last mile push program, I was faltering in the CR and RC sub-sections. To understand the exact issues with my approach, Harsha was generous enough to get on a 1:1 session with me, first for the CR sub-section and subsequently, for the RC section. And after these sessions, I was able to course correct the behavioral issues, performing well across subsections subsequently. Harsha is undoubtedly the best Verbal subject matter expert I’ve ever come across. Combine that with his ever motivating nature. There were times during my preparation when I felt dejected, but Harsha always made sure I was looking at things positively. His contribution to my score is significant. As is the contribution made by Kunal and Rida. After my previous failed attempt, in which I managed a 660, Kunal shared with me the improvement plans for all the subsections and he kept track of my performance, not just in terms of accuracy, but also in terms of time management. He constantly kept sharing feedback and corrective measure plans for the areas I was faltering in and made sure I was always on the right path. Towards the end, but the most important leg of my preparation, Rida helped me analyze and take lessons from my mock scores and even when I performed terribly on my last mock before the actual test, she motivated me by keeping me in the positive frame of mind and by sharing the last-minute-tips that proved to be extremely helpful.

The contributions by the mentors become especially important when I look back at my journey and realize how their suggestions to make some small tweaks to my behavior and approach made a significant impact on my final score. I still remember Harsha telling me to “enjoy reading the CR arguments / passages” while solving CR questions and that made a lot of difference to my subsequent accuracy in the subsection. Similarly, Kunal told me to not just focus on the accuracy but also the timing aspect. He made me work on the timing aspect and that helped me finish both my sections on the actual test in time. Likewise, Rida’s suggestion to breathe after every question helped me immensely on the test day, especially considering the fact that I’m an anxious test-taker.

To sum it up, I’ve no second thoughts in claiming that if you stick to the e-GMAT process and do everything diligently, there cannot be a better option for your GMAT prep. Thank you, e-GMAT!

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The high popularity of the e-GMAT made me choose their course and I have to say it lived up to my expectations. With years of experience, they have developed these courses that are highly functional and extremely streamlined.

Their verbal course is hands down one of the best. GMAT is an exam that tests your logical ability and I believe a strong fundamental approach to logic is needed to tackle GMAT with ease. e-GMAT's teaching methodology relies on the most fundamental things - Meaning based approach for SC and Pre-thinking for CR. With these fundamental approaches in mind, one will be able to handle the toughest questions on GMAT. Not only do they teach these techniques, but they also provide a framework to work on them until they become second nature to you.

The Quant course is more than adequate. This PACE-enabled course helps you navigate the voluminous Quant curriculum quickly by understanding your strengths and abilities in each sub-topic. e-GMAT's questions in Quant are usually tougher than what we see in GMAT/OG but it never hurts to be over-prepared. If you feel Quant is your weaker area, this course helps you a ton.

Scholarium (e-GMAT's test bank portal) understands you better than you understand yourself. With one quick glance, you can understand what your strengths and weaknesses are and focus accordingly. Trusting Scholarium blindly will make your life easier during your GMAT preparation.

The sigma-X mocks are very close in nature to the actual test. They give you a very good understanding of where you stand and what else is needed.

The Last Mile program (e-GMAT's mentorship program) is icing on the cake. This program helps you during your mocks. Each mock is immediately analyzed and they come up with a customized plan just for you until the next mock.

Rida, my mentor, was very helpful and friendly during this journey. She is experienced and understands the ins and outs of GMAT preparation. She was there whenever I needed her. Having an experienced test taker like Rida as your mentor is a huge plus to your GMAT preparation.

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