I took my first GMAT course back in June 2020 and did not achieve my target score. Although I am confident in my verbal skills, my math skills were poor and I needed step-by-step guidance to understand the content. The GMAT is so much more than learning a few formulas. It is about developing analytical skills and responding sensibly in the moment (with about 2 minutes per question). TTP helped me strengthen the foundation of my math skills and also approach questions from an analytical point of view. My confidence in the test increased and I was able to calmly approach problems without freaking out (this actually was a major challenge). TTP is THE best course. It is also great value for money. I re-took the GMAT after 6 months with TTP and score a 720 (V 41 Q 47). Highly recommended for individuals who have the discipline to self-study and need something to guide them through the process. Plus, the TTP module on combinatorics and permutations is AMAZING. Seriously, I didn't think anyone could teach me how to tackle these questions. TTP did. I'm a fan!!

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I've had the e-GMAT course for a few months now and must say that it's a great investment made along my GMAT journey, especially after I enrolled in eGMAT's LMP program. Below I'll summarize a few points about the e-GMAT platform and the LMP program that I found particularly valuable, as well as a few tips on how best to use eGMAT's course. Hopefully this can help you on your preparation journey!

The Platform

1. The Verbal Course. The bulk of my focus on eGMAT's platform was in its SC and CR courses, and I must say that the SC course in particular was a complete game-changer. The combination of 1) long and comprehensive list of grammar topics on the platform and 2) eGMAT's unique meaning-based approach helped me tremendously in my SC preparation, helping me push from SC ~70% to 90%+. The "Mastering Comprehension" modules in the Verbal course was also very useful, since it teaches not factual knowledge but a way of thinking that helps you focus on the core task of identifying meaning and errors in SC questions.

2. The Quant Course. Compared to my usage of the Verbal course, I spent relatively less time on the Quant course. However, I was still able to see that the course covered an extensive list of all the topics that you need to know for the exam. Not only that, but there were also tips and tricks for individual topics that can help you minimize the time you spend on each question, and the explanations for all the topics were very clear and easy to understand.

3. Scholaranium. I have to say that Scholaranium is by far the best Q-bank platform that I have seen in my journey - it allows you to customize your practice according to your individual progress. The Sigma-X mocks were also fantastic and mimic the algorithm used in the real exam. I really liked how each question's topic is indicted in the review screen for the mocks, so you can go back to each specific module if you find that you are still lacking in that particular topic.

The LMP Program

I reached out to the eGMAT team a few weeks before my 4th GMAT attempt in a panic attack at not seeing my score improve after months of preparation. For people who don't know, the LMP program is a mentorship program offered by eGMAT to selected students (so it's not a public purchase option on their website), and the plan is to have a mentor help you during the last few days/weeks of your preparation journey to pinpoint and get rid of your last weaknesses before the real exam. DJ quickly replied to my email, and we met together to go over the ESR for my previous 2 GMAT attempts. In our meeting, DJ analyzed my ESR extensively, and I was really surprised at how quickly he could see where exactly I was going wrong. Based on these weak spots, DJ made a customized 10-day plan for me that included 3 components: Verbal, Quant, and Test-Readiness. Each section was extremely detailed as to what I needed to do EXACTLY for those last few days of my attempt: for example, during our meeting DJ quickly pinpointed that one major weakness/mistake that I was making in Verbal was that I took too much time to solve some of the questions that I still ended up getting wrong, so he told me what exact steps I needed to take to reduce the time I spend on Verbal questions. With his customized plan and the eGMAT platform, I improved from 660 (my first Sigma-X mock score) to 710 (Official GMAT score). After my GMAT, I also discussed my exam and preparation experience with DJ, and I've decided to try the GMAT one more time to aim for a higher score. I have no doubt that, with the help from DJ and the eGMAT platform, I can push my score even higher.

How to Use the Platform

The course at eGMAT teaches you a 3-step approach that helps you first cement your foundational knowledge and then practice and perfect your skills at answering specific question types, and I have to say that these 3 steps held a lot of importance in the final stages of my journey. It is truly not the case in which you can just do all the questions in Scholaranium and hope that magically lifts up your score - it is extremely important to follow the 3-step approach and keep an error log with eGMAT's error log templates to make sure that you know where you are faltering in your question-solving process. The best series of steps that helped me to solidify my knowledge and skills were as follows:

Learn basic knowledge in courses --> Do preliminary practice questions within individual modules --> Review concepts if necessary --> Begin taking small quizzes on different sections in Scholaranium --> Keep updating the error logs --> Find out which areas I was weakest in and go back to those specific modules --> Practice specifically with those question types

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GMAT Ninja is the best value GMAT tutoring service on the Internet. After studying for 4+ months (through OG, Manhattan Prep, Target Test Prep, you name it) and peaking at a 700 multiple times on the real exam, I knew that I had it in me to do better, but was completely burned out and lost as to how to achieve the results I wanted. Extensive research led me to GMAT Ninja. If their plethora of excellent free GMAT resources/videos on GMAT Club doesn't convince you they know what they're talking about, their firm support, tailored approach, and honest feedback will.

I worked with Mike Maietta. Mike was super funny, unflinchingly honest, and absolutely committed to helping me achieve my goal. After a certain point of mastery, the last frontier to acing the GMAT is really about mastering your own psychology. In my two months of tutoring with Mike, he pretty much busted every myth I had internalized in my previous study/Internet-ing/forum browsing. I thought I was "bad at math" and needed to work more on concepts (wrong). I thought I should try not to get more than X questions wrong in order to get a great quant score (wrong). Or that getting the first 10 questions right was critical for a high score (also wrong). With every myth and more, Mike patiently delivered examples from past students to dispel the idea that I needed to "game" the test, but rather focus on consistent execution and approach every time. I also appreciated that the GMAT Ninja folks recognize that tutoring can be an expensive investment, so they are thoughtful about how long they recommend you stay in tutoring once they feel like you’re ready (up to your own discretion).

Anyway, months later, armed with a 740, I ended up with admits to an HSW and multiple T10 schools with full rides. I’m confident my GMAT was a key contributing factor to those results. Thanks, GMAT Ninja, for being part of my journey – I recommend them wholeheartedly.

P.S. Charles, GMAT Ninja’s founder, is awesome and a spicy food fiend with great Thai recs, which was a fun surprise to chat about during my intake process!

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My GMAT experience has been a steep journey with a lot of hurdles. At one point, the GMAT had successfully broken me down and left me feeling unconfident. I had never taken a standardized test growing up, and so when I scored 580 (Q42, V27) on my initial GMAT exam, I was highly disappointed and almost gave up. I had already tried another test prep company, and I wasn’t sure if I had reached my ceiling. I took a break from GMAT for several months. However, during that time, I casually searched online for help, and that’s when I stumbled upon GMAT Ninja. They immediately stood out to me in comparison to other test prep companies. The GMAT Ninja reviews from all the students were inspiring; their one-on-one tutoring structure was well-served for my needs; their Youtube videos had unique teaching methods that made it easy for me to understand each topic. And so, I finally decided to reach out to Charles from GMAT Ninja, and he paired me with Alex Cotton.

Alex was excellent from Day one. Before our first session, he asked me for my enhanced score report to evaluate my profile. In our first two hours weekly session, we aligned on our target score of 720 and created a road map. Alex was super organized. He would cover a quant and verbal topic in each session and then assign me 15 hours of homework covering those topics. He also shared a homework tracker to capture each set's time taken and questions missed. He would review the tracker before our weekly meeting and then spend time at the start of each session to cover key missed questions to address potential learning gaps. Lastly, Alex would always emphasize practicing each set with exam-like intensity and focus, which I found extremely helpful on the actual exam day.

Alex and I both realized that I had a steep hill to climb as my target score was V41 (vs. V27 base score). As such, we allocated ~60% of our time to it. For Reading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning, Alex significantly improved my efficiency and accuracy by teaching me to read with purpose and identify the heart of each passage. For Sentence Correction, he taught me all the major grammar rules tested, how to determine the errors in each sentence, and how to look for meaning.

Regarding Quant, Alex quickly identified which topics I needed to spend more time on and had countless GMAT Ninja study materials and sets for me to go through every week. I loved Alex’s approach as he taught me how to tackle each question efficiently and accurately by planning a path/approach before attempting to solve it. He also knew when to increase the difficulty level of all the sets based on my weekly progression. After working on several sets and reviewing them with him, I was surprised at the improvement in my Quant score on the practice exam. Alex’s teaching method gave me the confidence to score well on Quant.

I wrote my actual GMAT exam after ~4 months of tutoring and ended up with 680 (Q48, V35). I improved my score by 100 points, but that wasn’t enough for Alex and me. We wanted to achieve our goal of 720. Once again, Alex was quick to identify that my skills and content knowledge were already strong. He recommended that I get help from Jen Schumacher on test and performance anxiety in parallel to our tutoring sessions. Jen and I met four times before my final GMAT attempt, and I believe that it was the best decision I made. She taught me mindfulness, breathing techniques, mantras, and visualization to practice during study sessions and on exam day. Not only did I find them practical for GMAT, but they also helped me in my everyday life.

~2 months after my 680 GMAT attempt, I wrote another exam and ended up scoring 720 (Q49, V41).

Overall, the GMAT Ninja team is fantastic. They take the time to understand you as a person and test-taker. They cater to your individual needs, support you throughout the process, and make you feel like family. The team applies a holistic approach by focusing on content knowledge and skills, studying and test-taking habits, and mental performance. Lastly, when things get tough (which they will), and you start to lose confidence, they are there to lift you and make you realize your true potential.

To anyone who feels discouraged and defeated by GMAT, remember, if I can do it, then so can you. Don’t lose hope, and don’t let GMAT define you. Create a plan, stay consistent, and keep fighting until you win. If you choose to get help from GMAT Ninja in your journey, then I am certain that you will get your dream score. Good Luck!!!

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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!

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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.

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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!!!!!!!!!

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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.

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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.

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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).

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