I took a lesson with Dave Goldstein after I studied for a month and got a 720 on the official exam. My main issue was verbal and I had a non-native background with very limited proper English grammar education and I never read fiction books (though I picked up the professional usage of English on the job over ~4 years). I initially just used the MGMAT book, but after a month, I can feel that my progress was slowing down, the mere increase of familirty with question types no longer helps. That's where David came in, the most helpful thing in retrospect is that he instilled the correct way of practicing and pace of solving problems upon me. On the CR and RC sections, the sequence of reading articles, noting down key themes and answering questions, as well as practicing using more than a dozen LSAT test really helped me to be more comfortable on the exam. As we monitor the correct rate on the LSAT, the number just goes up over the course of a month. I think practicing is necessary, but to have someone where to pointing out exactly what you are doing wrong is incredibly efficient and allowed me to finish the whole GMAT workstream within two month (including one month with David), and save time for other improvements in my Bschool application. I highly recommend working with Dave if you are ready to follow his procedure and doing a lot of practice questions. In the end, you will gain a very systematic approach to verbal questions and confidence steamed from seeing your improvements week over week.

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I began my GMAT journey back in July 2021. I was flooded with a huge amount of resources online, did whatever felt right to me and scored a disappointing 630. Fast forward to January 2022. I decided to give the GMAT another shot. I knew that I needed a structured approach this time. I already knew about E-GMAT as I had used some of their resources in my last attempt, and I decided to go for it!

This turned out to be the best decision! I was able to find all that I lacked in my previous attempt. I was confident about my Verbal, but my Quant needed a lot of work! So, I went through the course in detail. Thankfully, the Xpert architecture in the Quant course helped me save a lot of time. The meaning-based approach was very useful in Verbal. I could clearly make out a difference in the way I was solving the SC questions before and after the course. In CR, I found the pre-thinking approach especially useful. What helped me the most were the error logs and the cementing quizzes after every module. I found it frustrating at first to note down every mistake and my thinking behind it while filling the error logs, but I feel this was a real gamechanger. The cementing quizzes helped me build a solid foundation and boosted my confidence(Which is exactly what I needed especially in Quant)

Another thing that I found extremely useful was the Q&A forum. Personally, I did not find the need to ask many questions as the discussions were already available in the existing threads. But for all the questions I asked, I got a very quick response.

Coming to the SigmaX mocks, I did not find the need to write any other mocks. The SigmaX mocks were pretty on the spot. I scored a 720, 700 and 750 in the mocks which was pretty much consistent with what I scored on the actual test. I found the detailed analysis of the performance at the end of every mock to be very beneficial. I used this data to find out where I was wasting time and strategize for the D-day.

Finally, I would like to give a huge shoutout to my mentors DJ, Rida and the entire support team at E-GMAT. I couldn't have done this without them! I was taken in as a part of the last mile program and Rida helped every step of the way. She helped me create a specific plan and the insights she provided were very useful. The calls I had with her throughout helped me plan, strategize and most importantly identify my strengths and weaknesses. She also suggested some customized tests to me to overcome my timing and other issues.

This is more or less my journey to a 730! I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking for a structured approach to their preparation and achieving their target score!

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I appeared for my first GMAT attempt on 23rd July, 2021 with sufficient enough preparation of about 3 months, but I could score only 620. Having been a bright student for most part of my life, I was not able to comprehend the fact that I scored only V27. I was a bit shocked and depressed because I knew this was not my best and I could do better. I took a break of about 2 months before entering into a full-fledged preparation mode. I researched about available options for online GMAT preparation courses and, after a thorough analysis and reading multiple reviews from different sources, I decided to go with e-GMAT.

Following were my reasons to go with e-GMAT and what makes them unique, especially for a non-native English speaker like me:

It’s a complete package – When I was narrowing down my options, it was a close call between TTP and e-GMAT. Why I preferred e-GMAT over TTP is because after the end of the course, e-GMAT has this amazing feature/tool called Scholaranium. It is a quizzing platform with tons of features. We can customise the quizzes as per our need at a granule level. For example, we can practice RC passages from a specific domain (such as history, economics, biosciences, etc), CR arguments of a particular type (such as bold face, flaw, fill in the blank, etc), SC questions from a particular concept (such as tenses, modifiers, parallelism, idioms, etc), and Quant questions from a particular domain (such as prime numbers, even-odd, absolute inequality, triangle, sets, etc). We can also customise quizzes to simulate the Quant and Verbal sections of GMAT and slowly work on our appetite to get accustomed to the full length GMAT (increasing accuracy while staying within optimum time limits).

Each question (be it from the concept file, application file, practice file or Scholaranium) has an explicitly elaborate explanation in the form of text or a short video. Even if we are not satisfied/convinced by the explanation, each question has its own “Ask an expert” section with an explicit thread of previously answered/unanswered doubts. Most of the queries get addressed by this stage, even if not, we can always post our doubt and can expect it addressed within 24-hours (mostly).

The course is structured in such a way that you can actually feel growing at an intellectual level with each passing module. You go through the concept files, practice some easy level questions, and slowly move on to the 700-750 level questions, and the transition is so seamless that you actually feel more and more confident with each completing section.

Another amazing feature that makes e-GMAT unique is their approach. Entire preparation plan is divided into three stages: first you learn all the concepts, then you practice those concepts under Cementing stage (medium to hard level questions of a particular section in a timed environment) and once you are done with both these stages for all the sections, you move to the third stage in which you practice questions from multiple sections, slowly working towards test readiness.

Also, they offer 5 mocks (including 1 free mock), which are VERY similar to the actual GMAT exam. I used only 3 of those paid ones and my score were 750, 710 and 740. The feedback that you get from xPERT engine on these mocks is unmatchable. It shows timing vs accuracy matrix at not only sectional but also sub-sectional level. You can analyse SOO much from this data to work on your weak areas as per your requirement/need. In addition to that, whenever in doubt, you can of course reach out to the e-GMAT team anytime and they help you with each and every doubt within a couple of hours.

The one-on-one support that you get from the e-GMAT team regarding your doubts, next step, or feedback on your mock is just unparalleled. It's as good as having a private tutor. I owe a major part of my success (can call 730 a “success” :P) to Ms. Rida Shafeek and Mr. Dhananjay Lowe. I was associated with Mr. DJ during the initial phase and he helped me with each and every doubt, not necessarily related to the concepts. During the final few days, Ms. Rida was the one who helped me stay on track and learn from my mistakes. She used to analyse each of my mocks, make custom, structured, to the point and hyper specific data driven Loom videos, help me maintain my error logs, point out the topics that I needed to revisit, and comment on my general test taking strategy (such as timings in each block), my weak areas, and my strengths. She also helped me understand when I should just let go of a particular question in order to save time for the future ones. I would say, she was the saviour for me during those last 10-15 days that are the most crucial ones in anyone’s test prep journey.

I tried to extract as much as I could from the feedbacks that I received from Ms. Rida and finally went ahead and attempted the GMAT on 09th April, 2022. The moment I saw screen flashing 730 (Q50 V38), I knew it was all worth it.

One more thing that I would like to explicitly mention is that my subscription to their portal ended just 2 days before my actual exam and upon request they extended it for 3 days without any extra charge. This act (in addition to the several reasons mentioned above) shows that although they are in this for business (obviously), e-GMAT stands for something much more than just a means to make money.

In conclusion, if you chose to make e-GMAT part of your journey, rest assured that “they will be there for you” till the very Last Mile.

I thank Rajat, Payal, Rida, Dhananjay (DJ) and the entire e-GMAT team for making it all worthwhile.

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Dana was simply fantastic. Patient, systematic, methodological and tough - all the things that I needed to push my score from a none too exciting 640 to a reasonably respectable 710.

For quant Dana taught me key concepts but equally importantly, how to approach a problem and what was being tested. She also got me to stop randomly solving a problem before I had even thought about what I was going to do. The homework assignments really helped me get the basics down and practice so that the challenging problems became much easier. My quant went for a paltry 36 to a very healthy 48.

For verbal, Dana was instrumental in getting me to slow down again and learn how to properly eliminate answers. The SC section, where I struggled, was a lot easier after I went over the main grammar concepts with Dana. My Verbal score went from an OK-ish 38 to a pretty good 41.

I highly recommend taking lessons with Dana. A score of 710 was nowhere on the cards for me - but with Dana's help, I got there in a few months.

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e-GMAT is a great affordable course for those who want a top GMAT score. I purchased the 4 month course in November and spent the next 4 months learning the concepts and strategies outlined in the course modules. I found both the verbal and quant course modules to be excellent. The modules clearly explained the concepts in short digestible videos.

Verbal Scholaranium is fantastic with in-depth analysis and good questions. I found Quant questions were not as representative of the OG questions, I instead utilised the GMAT Club tests for Quant.

Overall, excellent verbal course (I improved from V35 to V42) and great analytics that highlight areas to focus on. Thanks e-GMAT team.

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I was reluctant to take the course because i was confident that my quant is extremely strong and i will be easily be able to study verbal. But that was not at all the case with me after I got 660 for 2 times. I realized that I needed to build a thorough understanding for verbal and of all the courses available, Egmat is hands down the best one.
In verbal, the master comprehension is very effective and starts from the basics. It feels unnecessary in the beginning but as RC passages become difficult, it becomes more and more relevant. In CR the prethinking is a game changer.
For SC the questions that I practiced were a bit different from those on the main exam. Scholarnium gives insights on which aspects need improvement and Sigma-X provides a platform to test the learnings.
The support team is extremely efficient and very helpful. Their advices were very crucial in achieveing 730.
I wish I had taken the course before my first attempt.

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TTP's quant section did an excellent job of explaining the logic for each question through text and video, and the function for asking questions via chat is helpful to get clarifications. Using the course was much more effective than relying on the GMAT official handbook. I did a few chapters of that but it's hard to bookmark questions and track accuracy.

Highly appreciate the test design. The chapter tests are effective for focused practicing. The review tests are able to help me review concepts across topics and solidify my overall understanding. At first I thought the number of practice tests was a bit excessive, but I observed marked improvement in my quant abilities, so I am grateful for all the practice.

The sentence correction exercises and explanations are helpful too. My reading comprehension was already very good, so I can't comment on the effectiveness of that portion.

Overall, strongly recommend this course!

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Jamie’s online prep course really helped me set a good foundation for my GMAT study journey. You can tell right away that she’s an expert not only on the material, but how to teach it in a way that all students can understand. She’s very patient, but also knows when to ask a student to discuss one-on-one with her after class as to not waste class time for other students. She also very generously stays after every class for at least 15 minutes to help students with any questions. Additionally, she’s very responsive over email.

She taught me a lot of techniques and tips on how to tackle every type of question. Her assurance that letting go of questions was okay and that I didn’t need to nail every question was great advice because it helped me pace myself on practice exams and the actual exam. Her steps for tackling DS questions was also critical because she always emphasized in class that we should pay attention to givens and simply the question / statements before solving. Her tips are pretty creative sometimes. I’ll never forget when she taught us that factors that live upstairs in the house have to have corresponding buddies that live downstairs. Take her course to learn more!

I did my Post Course Assessment with Jamie and as with previous practice exams, she narrowed down my improvement areas into a handful of topics, which made studying post-course much easier and streamlined. I’ve kept in touch with Jamie even after the course because she truly cares about her students and wants to see them succeed not only on the exam, but with their careers.

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TTP is an incredible platform, it did wonders in helping me score a 770. The course does an excellent job of breaking topics into digestible lengths, with subsections for each topic that have practice problems at the end of each subsection to gauge your understanding of the material. The user interface is very friendly and intuitive. The on-target analytics page tells you exactly where to find your weak spots. Most importantly, I found the TTP problems to be the highest quality of all the prep providers. The problems are written in a manner that closely mimics official guide problems. Given the limited number of official guide problems, the TTP problems are a must if you need to work hard to achieve a high score. If I would have signed up for TTP earlier in my journey, it probably would have saved me 50+ hours worth of studying. 10/10 would recommend to anyone shooting for a 700+.

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My initial attempt without prep was 610(Q50, V23). I'm pretty sure V23 was a fluke. After receiving a suggestion to signup for the E-GMAT course from a family friend(740), I decided to signup for the E-GMAT course. The initial 3 months of prep were irregular. To be honest, I misused my course. I simply went through video lectures without paying attention. I practiced a lot of questions without following any of the E-GMAT's methodologies and I ended up with 660 (Q49, V31). Note: At this point in time I took just one mock test. Frustrated with my performance I reached out to the E-GMAT team to help me understand what is wrong with my performance. I think this is the best decision of my life.

The E-GMAT team placed me under the LMP program (Where you would be assigned to a mentor to track your performance). My first mentor was Atreya, He immediately figured out that my way of preparation was bad and asked me to redo my course. There were a lot of features which I left unexplored for example. 1) Sigma X mock test (Accuracy of these mocks is beyond my imagination. my score in mocks is ±10 points the score on the official GMAT). 2) Scholarinum (Targeted practice on your weakness). 3) The P.A.C.E (Based on your weakness the course automatically suggests which lectures you should be focussing on. Thereby saving you a lot of time). After spending 2 months (irregularly) I was impatient so I took one more official test now I ended with 690 (Q50, V 32).

After this, my mentor had to change for some reason. I was assigned to Rida Shafeek. She quickly assessed my profile and made me focus on my weak areas (SC and CR). I was asked to take mini mocks and I would an immediate review of the test which I took. Rida made me focus primarily on methodologies to solve problems rather than solving a ton of problems. She prepared a plan for me to take mocks in right away. Not just preparation, Rida constantly strived to help me build the right mindset for my final D-day. And the result is 730 (Q51, V37). It was Rida from the E-GMAT team who made this possible for me.

Summing up everything, E-GMAT has the right course material and the right mentors to help you achieve your target score.

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