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I used TTP from July to mid-December, studying lightly the first couple of months and heavily the rest. Although my initial verbal score and understanding were pretty strong, I scored extremely low on Quant at the start and knew that I was going to have to put in a lot of work if I wanted a 700+. Quite frankly, I was shocked at how thorough, easy to use, and useful the program was. The chapters are very detailed and extensive, the solutions are laid out in understandable ways, and there are literally thousands of practice problems that look very similar to the questions I encountered on the actual test. TTP does an exceptional job at covering every quant/verbal concept that may appear on the GMAT. For example, for the Properties of Numbers chapter alone, if I remember correctly, there are around 30 practice tests, and if you do all of these, you will most likely be prepared for any kind of question related to this concept on the GMAT. I would definitely recommend using the program for at least 2 months, as it is pretty long and dense and it would be difficult to cover everything in a shorter period of time. A week before my actual GMAT test date, my subscription to the program expired, and so I reached out to the staff and explained my situation. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they gave me a free week of prep, without which I really would not have been able to get the score I did. TTP is an awesome program and I would and will recommend it to anyone and everyone!
I started off with my preparation in April 2021. The biggest challenge for me was to break the inertia of not studying for 6 years during the course of my professional life. I have a 6-day working schedule, so tsking out ample amount of time to study was challening. I started off with Manhattan guide of Quant because I had been from Engineering background and Quant flows easily for me. After some time I realised that it got quiet boring for me to go through the concepts from that book. I consulted one of my friends and he suggested me to take an eGMAT course. I read many reviews of e-GMAT on GMAT Club and found it quiet interesting.
I enrolled in the Q+V course in May-21. I did a mistake of not taking a sigma-X mock at the beginnning, so I am not aware where I stood before I started off with the course. I started off with Sentence correction in Verbal course. The course was very detailed and comprised of everything required for the SC course. The forum of e-GMAT is an excellent feature. All the previous doubts asked are available on the form. So if any doubt arises in the topic, I found them discussed on the forum previously. There is a ready reference of all the doubts other students have regarding the topic/module that is being studied. I made very detailed notes of SC which eventually helped me to revise all the concepts of the module at a go. While going through the course, I realised the English we used in the normal conversation s way too flawed. The main punch line for the SC is the meaning based approach. I firstly learnt to understand the meaning of the sentence by breaking it into small chunks and then check for grammatical errors in the sentence. It took me about a month to complete the course. I practiced SC from scholaranium and used strategic review to analyse the mistakes I was doing. The strategic review is also an amazing process to analyse mistakes. It actually points out where you are faultering. I used it to improve on SC.
I further did CR modules. CR is a logic based analysis in which there are 2-3 elements linked with each other. We need to analyse those linkages and find the must-be-true situations for the conclusion to hold true. Accordingly, for the strengthener and weakener questions we need to hit one of those linkages to make the argument strong and weak respectively. e-GMAT gave a very clear idea of how to attempt a CR question. The main punch line for CR is pre-thinking. Just take around 15-20 seconds after reading the passage to apply negation test. This really helped me to reach the assumption of a given passage. I faced problem when I pre-thinked well and the answer choices didn't have any suitable choice matching my pre-thinked assumption. I used to panic and mark any option randomly in those cases. I used scholaranium a lot to counter this problem in CR. Of course, strategic review is again a saviour. It points out exactly where you falter. So I was good at pre thinking, but bad at analysing and visualising the answer choices. There is much of probability that the answer choice won't match the pre-thinked assumption. So main thing I learnt was to not to panic and try to visualise what answer choice is pointing onto.
I further did RC modules. RC is a very scoring area. e-GMAT mainly outlined how to comprehend the passage at one-go. So, the key to attempt RC is to read the passage with full involvement and again breaking the sentences into smaller chunks to understand the idea presented by each sentence. The key-words play a very important role in deciding such roles. So if you comprehend the passage properly by may be making very short notes, you dont need to come back to the passage while attempting the questions. I faced problem when the passage was out of my interest area like biology or humanities. I found it boring and didn't read the details through it and eventually faultered in the questions.Also, I was taking a lot of time to complete one passage with all the questions. Its just that you need to believe that whatever is aked in the question is right there in the passage. You just need to read and comprehend the passage properly. So once I came out of the comfort zone and read the passage with full compassion and made short notes while reading, I was able to solve the RC questions in minimal time while it took me 5 minutes to read the whole long passage.
Even though I was good at quant from childhood, I decided to revise all the concepts at one go from e-GMAT modules. They were quiet comprehensive and you may personalize the study plan according to your strong and weak areas in Quant. I took quiet a bit of time to complete quant from the e-GMAT modules. I realised few of my weak areas and spent more time on it to improve overall accuracy of quant.
After completing quant and its practice, I gave my first sigma mock ang got a 680 in the mock. There were few areas in both verbal and quant which I neede to fix. I revised all the areas I faultered and again gave a mock and score 650. It was quiet shocking for me. Specially in verbal, I was struggling a lot with the timing. I was able to complete 30 questions and randomly guessed last 6 questions due to time constraints. It was just one week from exam and the results shook me up.
Dhananjay came to my rescue. He told me that I am having process related gaps in SC and CR which need to be fixed. He also advised me to reschedule the GMAT by around 20-30 days. I took a day to think and decided to reschedule the exam. I postponed the exam by a month. DJ
helped me to identify the areas I needed to work on. While solving the SC problem, I wasn't focusing on the sentence structure. I worked on the sentence structure and practiced with OG questions. Initially the timing to complete a SC question increased from 1.5 to 2.5 minutes for me but eventually as I got used to with the process, making the sentence structure and solving the problem became a habit to me. It actually helped me to understand the intended meaning of the sentence and to identify the errors(grammatical and logical) in the sentence very easily.
Accordingly, I made an error log to identify the conceptual and process related gaps and kill the gaps appropriately.
For CR, DJ advised me to follow revision B module. I revised all the application files of the CR course and then solved questions from scholaranium. I further made an error log to identify the gaps. Also, he asked me to make a video of how I solve a CR question. DJ reviewed the same and told me that I am pre-thinking well and visualising the answer choices also. I need to work on negation test. I wasn't negating the statement properly. I worked on negation test of conclusion and answer choices. Eventually, I got better at solving CR.
For RC, I was taking quiet a bit of time to complete the passage. I practiced the comprehending part of the passage for some time and realised that the time to attempt the questions decreased.
I finally gave a mock and scored 720. I was still struggling with time in verbal in the last 2-3 question but I gained confidence that I can improve it further with a strategy. I decided to break the complete set of questions in verbal in equal parts and allocated time to the questions. I practiced it on GMAT club test and found that I improved my time management of verbal section.
For IR section, I just did the OG questions. I found them enough for practicing the real GMAT like IR questions. IR is a mix of verbal and quant.I found spending 1-2 days for IR was enough for me.
For AWA, I read on 7-8 passages on GMAT Club and Manhattan to get an idea of how a passage is written. I practiced 3 passages and found it enough.
Exam day experience: I had exam anxiety and slept barely for 4 hours before my exam. I meditated in the morning. I had headache due to lack of sleep but I was determined that I wont let it interfere during my exam. I just tried to pacify myself of all anxieties by deep breathing.I gave my exam in order - Q-V-IR-AWA. This order worked for me because the exam anxiety in the beginning gets down with my strong area- Quant; mind gets warmed up and I can concentrate better. I admit that if I would have slept for 4 more hours,the score would be at least 20 points more, but I managed to get a 710.(Q49-V38-IR6-AWA5)
Tips:
1. There is a lot of self control needed while doing such a preparation. I meditated intermittently to keep myself calm. One can follow the same.
2. In SC, look on the meaning first. Don't jump blindly for grammatically correct choices. There may be more that one choice which is grammatically correct but doesn't convey the intended meaning.
3. In SC, try to make sentence structure. It shall make your work easier to understand meaning and identify errors.
4. In CR, try to visualise the linkages between different elements and then prethink to reach on the assumption. Finally dont panic if you dont find the pre thinked assumption in the choices. Just visualise the choices keeping in mind the linkages.
5. In CR, try to check for must be true cases. There may be some cases that are necessary but not sufficient or sufficient but not necessary. Try to rule out such cases.
6. In RC, try to comprehend the passage as much as you can. Make very short notes to keep key words in mind. This will save your time in solving question related to the passage.
Thanks giving: e-GMAT has a big role to play in getting to that score. The forums have been amazing. The SMEs reply promptly to all the queries. For me, DJ made final fixing to push me further towards the score. I am very grateful to the complete team of e-GMAT.
I took the GMAT in November of 2021 right before Thanksgiving. I scored a 660. I was super disappointed. I didn't know how to move forward. I saw all the online reviews e-gmat has, and I decided to take a call with on of there strategy experts. I explained to him that I was signing up for a re-take and that I was studying from the OG. He told me not to go down that route. I had very little time before my next exam which was only 2 weeks after my last attempt. I trusted e-gmat with my final preparations. I ended up scoring a 710! I was shocked how quickly things changed.
I wanted to highlight some specifics about the course. I primarily focused on the SC portion of the course because I needed a refresher. I was so impressed with how COMPREHENSIVE the entire course was. After taking 2 other well-known courses on this forum, I can hands down say e-gmat is the best. The meaning base approached really changed how I look at SC. Before I use to think it was all just random explanations and I was frustrated because I wasn't making progress. The meaning based approach made even the most difficult SC problems a breeze.
The support staff on the forums are there to answer your questions and they do so in a timely manner. The forums are also rich with queries from other students who share the same problems as you, so often you can just get your answer from prior posts. You will always see Payal and Stacey on the forums answering your questions. It feels good to know the same experts in the videos are answering your questions below.
Scholaranium 2.0 is such a game changer. I was so impressed with how gmat-like the questions were. There are so many questions in the bank and the explanations have both video and text explanations. Each answer is thoroughly explained.
Similarly, Sigma-X mocks are just so precise. They identify your true weak points down to subsection levels. This allows you to truly figure out your weaknesses and address them. Before I kind of just thought I knew what my weaknesses were, but this brought in the data to tell me exactly what they were. Without this I would not have been as effective in my studies.
The quant course is also unmatched. My biggest fear on quant was always seeing a new type of question on the test hat I had never seen before. This course really touches all of quant and leaves no stone unturned. The way the diagnostics and learning concept files are setup makes it super easy to approach quant with confidence. The video explanations are so through and the forums have rich answers. I was truly impressed with the level of quality and the breadth of problems on the quant course.
If you're at any stage of your gmat preparation, it's crucial that you check out e-gmat. The level of time, effort, and quality put into this platform is unmatched. I know because I was with 2 other platforms prior to e-gmat. I wish I could have gone back and just started with this platform. I would have saved so much time and headache. All around the best platform for gmat prep!!!!!!!!!
Dear Apexrex,
Congratulations on making it to the 700+ Club! A 50-point improvement from a 60 to a 710 in 2 weeks is exceptional. I am extremely happy for you.
Improving your score on such short notice was possible because you focussed on your weak areas and areas of improvement. I was going through your account, and I saw that even during that short amount of time, you did the SC course and parts of the RC Course where you had issues. The Screenshot below shows your attempt in the SC and the RC courses.
Link: https://success.e-gmat.com/course-stats-sc-rc
Good a good attempt in the course, you also did well in your Scholaranium Quizzes: both in Medium and Hard. Your weak areas in Sentence Correction turned strong, and you cleared the cut-offs in the Medium and Hard Questions. Refer to the screenshot below to understand this in more detail.
Link: https://success.e-gmat.com/scholaranium-stats-sc
I also loved the fact that your interactions in Forums were fruitful.
Overall, it was a short journey, but an exceptional one. And your hard work and diligence paid off well.
I wish you all the best for your applications and future endeavors. All the best!
Regards,
DJ
I took up E-Gmat after doing a X-sigma mock test. What intrigued me was detailed the feedback on my verbal and quant ability - very similar to getting an ESR for the actual GMAT. This was unlike the first platform i was using and given the short time i had, I needed something prescriptive in telling me where i was struggling and give me targeted conceptual videos to do that. I love how E-Gmat equips with all the major habits that help you pass 700 - they provide you with error logs for each component, they have a conceptual quiz to test both your conceptual understanding and your GMAT test taking ability for that topic (a distinction that i only realised via e-Gmat), they also test not just your accuracy but your timing on certain questions. It helped me pinpoint my weaknesses so well for verbal especially where I struggled initially with understanding where in my "thinking" i was going wrong. It makes enforcing the discipline of getting concept right, getting test taking ability right and getting both accuracy & speed very straightforward, and makes attaining a good GMAT score more of a methodical process than a monumental task.
Scholaranium is TOUGH and super humbling but is integral to achieving high scores consistently because they have selected the right questions to target even the most nuanced understanding of concepts and test-taking skills. If you use the lectures, scholaranium, keep an error log, hitting 700+ is a straightforward. I find that extremely telling of a superior platform. Even after scoring 710, I am convinced i can do much better so have even extended my access so i can squeeze out the additional 40 points for my GMAT. I am confident e-GMAT will help me get there.
Dear ravk2709,
Congratulations on making it across the 700-barrier, you join the long list of e-GMAT achievers 😊
I am glad you spoke about Sigma-X Mocks because not only do they give you ESR + analysis, but they are also actually quite accurate! I am sure you would agree.
Sigma-X Mock Score right before GMAT: https://success.e-gmat.com/Sigma-X-Accuracy-Proof
I love how you have written about equipping a student with good habits like an error log, revision, and focus on NOT JUST ACCURACY. This is so important to score a 700+ on the GMAT. And based on what I have read, you are a diligent student too.
Thank you so much for leaving such a great review and I wish you success in the LM program!
Regards,
Dhananjay(DJ)
I had given the GMAT Online after studying for a few months using the Official Guide and some free resources. After going through a lot of debriefs on GMAT Club, I realized that I needed to work on my basics to reach my dream score of 750+.
I enrolled for the trial version of Experts Global course and gave their free mock. I scored a 670 which was the closest to my actual GMAT attempt when compared to all other test providers. I really liked the video based solutions to each problem as it was easier for me to go through video based content even when I am not willing to study. The best part about the Online Course is that it provides the maximum mocks with lots of questions and video lessons at the most affordable price in the market.
I would highly recommend the Online Course of Experts Global as it helped me strengthen my basics in Sentence Correction and gave me confidence that I can have a high accuracy in my weakest area - Critical Reasoning. GMAT Shots are another great value addition and they were very helpful during my revisions.
Honestly, you can score well with any course if you put in the efforts but Experts Global was the best deal out there and it helped me get my dream score.
I had taken the GMAT previously and scored a V38. I decided to appear again for GMAT and took Sunita's help in improving my verbal score. Sunita is an excellent teacher. Unlike other teachers, she did not waste my time. She asked me to solve problems on each sub-section in each class session and analyzed common mistakes. She also directed me to the GMATWhiz Verbal course which I wished I had discovered sooner. The SC and CR content covers all topics asked on GMAT and the OG explanations are very detailed too. Even after my sessions were over, Sunita would drop in messages and follow-up on my progress. Will highly recommend GMATWhiz for Verbal (cannot say for quants as I did not use the quant resources).
I was connected to one of the members of eGMAT prior to my purchase of the course. In the meeting I was shown around their website, the portal, Scholaranium 2.0, and the verbal course material.
Post my enrollment in the course, I was invited to an onboarding session in which I was told about the best practices on using the Scholaranium 2.0 and the course videos. I took a diagnostic test and based on the assessment of that, I was assigned a mentor (DJ!!) who gave me feedback on my ability and created an overall plan for my preparation, which revolved around the target score that I had specified.
The overall course is designed in a 3-stage manner and students have an option to skip to Stage II if they are confident about their skill levels in certain sections. Based on personal taste, I decided to go through the entire course since I felt that skipping a few concept files would mean that I am impatient :P
I was constantly in touch with DJ, on a weekly basis. He would share hyper-specific and personalized plans, particularly designed for my weak areas. They ranged from concept files, how to take revision notes, how to effectively revise etc. What helped in these feedback sessions/plans was that DJ was very calm and confident about the process. "Trust the process" really resonated with me during this journey. Along with that, eGMAT, with Scholaranium 2.0, utilizes quiz data to analyze weak areas within each subsection (SC, CR etc) and based on that the support team guide you on corrective actions.
I essentially followed the plan and took the Sigma X mocks when I was asked to go for it. Towards the end of my preparation, DJ had noticed a weakness in SC and gave me a Sentence Correction booster plan, that I followed throughout the last week before my exam date. I think it helped me refresh my ability and ensure that my ability is fresh for the main day.
Overall, the 6 month long journey was a very planned one, with lots of useful feedback and data. I think the mentorship program was a really huge factor in ensuring that everything is planned and executed well. I am glad I made that choice ^_^
Thanks, eGMAT!
Dear Akshat,
Congratulations on scoring a 98th percentile score, you are the first student from my cohort this year who scored a 750. I hope you are lucky for me! 😊
Your entire journey is centered on trusting the 3-stage teaching pedagogy and I admire your patience and resilience to follow through on this commitment. I wanted to show this commitment in 3 images
Stage 1 Diligence (Foundations): https://success.e-gmat.com/Stage-1-Stats
Stage 2 Diligence (Cementing): https://success.e-gmat.com/Stage-2-Stats
Stage 3 Diligence (Test Readiness): https://success.e-gmat.com/Stage-3-Stats
It was a memorable experience engaging with you in the LM program and I wish you all the best for the bright future you have!
Warm Regards,
Dhananjay(DJ)
TTP was the only prep course I used for my GMAT preparation. After attempting a mock and getting a 640, I realized I needed to focus mainly in quant and sentence correction in order to improve my score. TTP was perfect for both, and after completing all content I got a 740 on the exam.
TTP sets up a study according to your current level and score goal. Then, it provides you with chapters for each topic, filled with very easy to follow explanations. After each chapter, you get a sequence of tests grouped by difficulty level, which are amazing for making sure you have understood all the concepts.
I studied for 2/3 hours every morning before work and used the platform for 4 months total. I chose the flexible preparation plan (month by month), but looking back I realize it would have been a better deal to get the longer packages. I'd definitely recommend TTP to any friend.
I joined e-gmat in September and was a part of the Last Mile program. Before joining them I had a 690 on Gmat. The courses on verbal were fantastic and gave a structured process to approach a problem. Under the LMP, Atreya Roy gave the personalized support to identify weak areas, made me take a number of quizzes and helped me fix timing issues. He also analysed my sigma-mocks.
Unfortunately, my variance in mocks was something that we could not fix (710-760). Even though I ended up with a score I am not satisfied with and a low verbal I don't think e-gmat's course and support was in anyway lacking.
Hi Dkp,
First of all, congratulations on scoring a 700. I wish you would have gotten to the 730. You were well on the way, and I hoped you will reach there. Nevertheless, let us understand the key takeaways of your journey till now.
Breaking the 700-barrier needs persistence efforts, diligence, and resilience. You had portrayed all the above and hence you were able to get to a 700. From our journey, I found two major highlights:
1) I loved the fact that you completed the course diligently and that translated to your scores in Scholaranium. The screenshot below entails more information.
Course Stats of Dkp: https://success.e-gmat.com/course-and-schol-stats
2) Perfect Test Readiness Scores: You had great scores in your Test Readiness quizzes that laid the path to a 740.
Test Readiness Stats for Dkp: https://success.e-gmat.com/test-readiness-stats-qv
I wish you all the best for the next steps. In case you retake the GMAT, you know whom to dial 😉
Best Wishes and Regards,
Atreya
TTP's comprehensive course helped me score a 730 (Q49 V42) on the GMAT. I was looking to primarily use the course to prepare for quant as the verbal course was still in its beta phase and was being built out. Surprisingly, the verbal course was as good the amazing quant course.Everything from the personalized lesson plans to the detailed analytics provided in the program was extremely helpful. The custom tests provided on the platform also proved to be useful especially during the last few weeks before the test . On top of all this , TTP also provides a lot of material to help prepare mentally and physically for the test as well
Dear Ridhi,
When I read a review this descriptive and heartfelt, it makes all the work that we put into as a company worth it. Not just LMP, not just Forum support, not just a great course, not just powerful analytics but it becomes a PRODUCT THAT CARES FOR THE STUDENT. For me, it’s rare. Congratulations on the 710, I know how hard you have worked to get to this point 😊
The courage you showed to break those chains of inertia after not studying for almost 6 years is stuff that dreams are made of!
For anyone out there who wants to see her story, please take 15 mins out of your day and watch it here - https://success.e-gmat.com/YT-Success-Story
Leave a comment and like too!
I honestly think that the most undervalued part of our product is our Forums. I know you made good use of them. A serious problem most students face when they begin studying for the GMAT is the lack of good explanations out there, not everyone is born with a V40 spoon in their mouths! :D
e-GMAT Forums: https://success.e-gmat.com/Forum-Support-Ridhi
I still remember the call we had! I told you that scoring a 700+ wasn’t possible in a week and you’d need 20-30 days. I know it took some time for you to consume that information but thank you for trusting my judgment. You gave me the opportunity to bring out the potential in you. This is when the entire teaching pedagogy from the SC, CR & RC came together.
I am so proud of the work you put into this, and I know you will crack the B-school you want soon!
All the best!
Fond Regards,
Dhananjay(DJ)