I immensely enjoyed working with the GMAT Ninja team right from the first email message. Even before I became a paying customer, I received a level of attention which I did not encounter with other GMAT tutors. Charles and Dana demonstrated a very high level of professionalism and maintained it for the whole journey. Dana was focused on understanding what prevents me from getting my target score and helping me to bridge the gap. There were many HW assignments and Dana paid attention to my performance of those, giving me actionable recommendations on how to improve each time. More importantly, Dana was very attentive and empathetic to my moods and feelings. The tutoring is a bit pricey, but GMAT Ninja is simply the best and the price is worth it! Even if you can only take 1-2 sessions, the team will be able to help you. Highly recommended!

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With self-preparation, I was stuck at a 700-710 score. With help from the GMATWhiz course, I was able to push my score to 760.

I decided to enroll with GMATWhiz after going through some of their youtube videos. The great thing about the SC module is that the approach it teaches is very logical as opposed to merely learning grammar rules (a trap that many of us fall into). The video lessons and the concept boosters helped me learn and solidify the concepts quickly. In addition to the video lessons, GMATWhiz also has a large question bank for practice. The questions were very similar to the official GMAT questions in terms of difficulty and testing concepts. Moreover, the detailed solution to each and every question is also impressive. Another great thing about the portal is that it has a personalized dashboard that helps you identify concepts that need further improvement across SC, RC, and CR sections. This is especially helpful for anyone who has already invested significant time on preparation before GMATWhiz and needs to improve the score in a relatively short amount of time.

Initially, I did not intend to use the Quant section of the platform, but after practicing Verbal I found the platform very useful especially the personalized dashboard. That was particularly useful to me fine-tune specific topics in Quant to push my score from Q48-49 to Q50.

I would recommend fellow applicants to go for GMATWhiz, you won’t go wrong with this.

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I had been wanting to give the GMAT since a few years and finally started my preparation post pandemic year of 2020. Like every other aspirant, I took the official guides as my source of truth and started to understand more about the exam, the sections and what are the types of questions there are.

With the initial learnings and basic ideas into the paper, I took the leap of faith to give a diagnostic test and scored a 600. This made me sure that I had to dig deeper into the concepts of both the Verbal and Quant sections if I need to have a serious chance of cracking the GMAT. That is when I started to research about various GMAT online programs that I can avail to re-run all the concepts and build expertise around the sections. With detailed research and a free counselling session by E-GMAT folks, I enrolled into E-gmat during April 2021 to now dedicatedly focus on my preparation.

What makes E-GMAT stand out?
The entire syllabus of the GMAT exam is intricately broken down in the E-GMAT platform, with each section having sequential learnings transpiring from initial concept to application and then trickling down to increased ability and expertise. Both sections for Verbal and Quant have detailed video learnings for each topic and sub-topic, along with pre and post assessment quizzes to re-impose the concept.

Enhancing these video learnings into actual problems from each difficulty was imposed perfectly by the Scholaranium 2.0 platform, which gave detailed insights into your quiz attempts as well as provides data points to identify areas of strengths and weakness. Rigorous effort put into SC, CR and Quant section from my end helped me understand my concepts better and build a solid base for my GMAT exam.

Another factor that gave me good exam practice and confidence were the Sigma X mocks, in which I transitioned from the diagnostic score of 600 to a 720 with the improved learnings and concepts learnt over a span of 2 months. The mocks are very close to the actual GMAT exam and provide you the right opportunities to apply your skills and manage time in a simulated exam-type experience. The 5 mocks given in my course helped me identify my strengths and weaknesses and revise and redo concepts accordingly for my main exam.

The Last Mile Program (LMP)
With the score improvement to 720 in my mocks, I got an opportunity to work with E-GMAT Mentor team (Aditee), who looked at all the data that is present in my E-GMAT portal and guided me to have a dedicated approach to reach my target score and help ace the GMAT in the official attempt as well. Aditee introduced me to the concepts of strategically logging my errors in error-logs which massively helped me to revisit my errors and ensure that I try not repeating the same in any of my future questions!
The team also guided me improve my score from a 680 (first attempt with a CR dip) and help bring my verbal score from a V32 to V40 with guided improvements in CR to finally help me get my target score of 720.

I would strongly recommend the E-GMAT course to all students who want to focus on the detailed concepts provided by the amazing online platform and wants to practice GMAT questions across with Scholaranium and Sigma X Mocks for a complete GMAT experience. All the best!

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I gave GMAT last year in December and got a score of 660. I had gone through 4 months of self-study using manhattan books, CR bible, GMAT club Youtube videos, and GMATNinja Youtube Videos and also 1 and a half months of E-GMAT verbal course towards the end of my prep. I was targetting a score of 700+ and 660 really disappointed me and I realized I will have to try again next year and also that I should have taken the E-GMAT verbal course earlier, opposite to what I did last time.

So, I began my preparation for GMAT again in May, after taking some break. This time I contacted the E-GMAT team through the mail in the beginning and told them my whole story and what I was expecting from them and from myself. They were very active to reply to the emails. The 1 and a half month course that I had done last year made me realize how much I can improve if I gave this course sufficient time and practice as the content is really very good in there. It is so interactive and also if I wanted any help, I used to drop a mail to the support team. The mail thread had around 50 mails by the time I gave my GMAT. They helped me plan my study schedule, and the way by which I can cement the concepts as just going through the study materials is never enough. My accuracy and way of thinking or I should say Pre-Thinking significantly improved by going through the E-GMAT verbal course. There are so many questions to practice and the forum discussions for each question are a great help.

After using the course for around 5-6 months I finally got a score of 710, and I am really satisfied with this.
I would like to thank the entire team of E-GMAT for helping me throughout this process.

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I decided to give TTP a try because it was the most commonly recommended prep course by people I knew who have taken the GMAT and improved their score significantly. The Quant section, which is spectacular, is what TTP is known for, but I found the Critical Reasoning section to be the most helpful for me. The lessons for all Quant and Verbal sections are easy to read, well-organized, and interactive. I love that I was able to bookmark and highlight tips I wanted to revisit, and create personalized tests by marking questions on my error log. TTP is a phenomenal resource for anyone looking to improve their Quant, Verbal, or both on their GMAT.

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I wholeheartedly recommend GMATWhiz for both Quant and Verbal. The course is very well structured and comprehensively covers all the topics with diagnostic quizzes, followed by detailed video lessons, concept solidifiers, concept boosters and finally practice quizzes. Moreover, there are lots of questions for all topics across various difficulty levels to supplement your understanding. GMATWhiz also integrates AI within the course to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses based on your performance in the modules and in the AI-powered Whiz quizzes.

I highly recommend the verbal course, especially for non-native speakers. A lot of prep courses recommend pre-thinking for the CR section but don't explain how to do it. That's where GMATWhiz helped me the most. It helped provide a framework for pre-thinking which helped me approach CR questions methodically. Additionally, for questions based on Inferences, the solutions break the stimulus down and explain what the stimulus expects the student to infer from each sentence. All the RC and SC modules are extremely detailed and have everything you need to do well on test day.

All the people at GMATWhiz are extremely helpful. You can schedule meetings with Mr Piyush Beriwala, the founder of GMATWhiz, or with the other mentors to assess your prep strategy and track your progress. Their constant support, guidance and quick responses to queries undoubtedly played a crucial role in helping me improve from 690 to 740 in one month.

Overall, if you’re looking to attain your target score, then look no further than GMATWhiz.

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Hi Everyone,
I started my GMAT prep in Nov’2020. Aiming to achieve 720+, I bought a course from a leading test prep institute and gave my first attempt in May’2021. I scored 630(V28, Q48). I knew I was good in quant, so I was confident of scoring Q50 with little preparation. The bigger problem was verbal, I contributed majority of my time to verbal preparation. I was scoring 700+ in my mocks but in the actual exam I could only score 640(V31, Q49). I was devastated this time. I knew my concepts were clear and that I was lacking in the application of the concepts. I stated looking for an affordable verbal private tutoring course to improve my weak areas and after talking to Piyush, I was convinced that Gmatwhiz is the right platform for me.
1. They emphasize on meaning-based approach in SC. The golden rule framework works wonder in solving the any SC question within time. I was particularly struggling in SC when I took the course, But with the meaning-based approach and by following the right framework, I could solve 700+ questions with high accuracy.
2. In CR, what stood out most for me is that they not only explain the importance of pre-thinking, but they also have laid out a proper framework on how to pre think for different types of arguments in CR that GMAT usually focuses on. This framework helps to come up with at least 2 assumptions before reading the STEM. They have also explained the approach in situations where one couldn’t come up with assumptions during the pre-thinking stage.
3. I found their RC modules difficult compared to the passages in OG. But that really helped me in actual exam as I could solve the RC passages in less than 6 mins. They emphasize on how understanding each line and questioning what the author wants to say give a better understanding of the passage. They also suggest to connect every line to what you have read till now and what role the new piece of information plays in the overall understanding of the passage, this way you have a complete understanding of the passage and can solve each question in less than 45 secs. Initially one might take more time in applying the whole process for solving but trust me with enough practice each passage can be solved in less than 6 mins.
The course is very comprehensive and well structured. The new AI really helps to understand the weak areas and recommends ways to improve the same. They have identified OG questions for each topic and have included these questions for practice at the end of each topic. This really helped me in strengthening my concepts and approach. The personalized quizzes and quizzes recommended by the AI helped me to improve my speed and accuracy. They are also very quick at answering your doubts in the forum. The explanations given are very detailed and one could clearly understand where they went wrong.
I must mention the role my mentor Abhishek played throughout my preparation. He had very good understating of my weak areas and always insisted me on using the right approach. In SC sessions, he would ask me to solve the question and then ask me to explain what I understood, why I chose the answer which I chose and why I didn’t choose the other. This method improved my accuracy and I could confidently choose the right one and confidently eliminate the others. Similarly, in CR and RC our sessions were very interactive with most importance given to the meaning and approach. Whenever I was stuck in any question, he would patiently wait for me to solve the question and then later discuss why I was struggling in the first place. He has been very encouraging throughout my preparation and I feel I couldn’t have asked for a better mentor.
Overall, the GMATWhiz verbal private tutoring helped me in improving my score from V31 to V44. I scored 770(V44, Q51) in my last attempt and I would highly recommend this course.

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Before signing up for eGMAT, I tried studying for 2 weeks from a book I borrowed from a buddy. Although the book did give me a preview of the types of questions, I wasn't able to grasp the techniques mentioned and apply them. The lack of interactivity and structured feedback got to me. So, I looked for learning modules as an alternative. eGMAT was recommended to me by a friend of mine who was already an eGMAT user and had high praise for it.

The eGMAT course is very well structured and organised. I used eGMAT primarily to master SC and CR. The theory, explanation and techniques are well put forth in their numerous modules. The visual explanations complement the audio content well and help one retain what they have learned. eGMAT lays emphasis on techniques such as meaning based approach and pre-thinking assumptions which greatly help with solving SC and CR questions, respectively. The modules can be a bit tiresome but it's important to stay focused and punctually work through them to get your fundamentals right. The application files and concept practice files/quizzes embedded within the modules do a great job of summarising and reinforcing the concepts to be mastered. The RC files are useful to identify the types of questions and what the corresponding answer may look like. I did not use eGMAT to prepare for Quant or IR, so I can't comment on those sections.

The Scholaranium platform makes practice ever so convenient. While the customisability, insights and usability are all great, the quality of the content and feedback takes the cake. The questions seemed to cover good ground in terms of the concepts taught. And more importantly, the detailed explanations for the questions are based on the same framework that one would have adopted from the modules. This makes it easy to absorb the feedback. The questions can sometimes be a bit lengthy but practicing solving such questions only helps you with your timing.

The eGMAT subscription also came with 5 Sigma X mock tests. I used some of these tests primarily to assess my verbal ability and to get my timing right. As expected, a detailed analysis and feedback of your performance is available to you if you choose to do a post mortem. The mocks give you a fair (or maybe a slightly conservative) assessment of where you stand with regards to your verbal goal. However, I felt that the quant tested in the Sigma X mocks was a level higher than the quant tested in OG mocks.

Couple of areas where I think eGMAT could improve:
- Sometimes application becomes hard with time pressure. Even with a lot of practice. It would be much more useful to students if the module highlighted how to apply the taught concepts in a time crunch.
- The navigation through the online modules could be improved so students can scroll through and revise more easily.
- Summary slides could be better organised so students can use them as a base for taking notes.

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Hi,

Firstly, cheers to all the fellow mates who are in process of GMAT preparations and who are about to initiate. I write this review keeping in mind all their anxieties, confusions and dilemmas that anyone can have. Believe me, even I had the same kind of situation when I first appeared for my GMAT. While I was confident about both Quants and VR, the scores turned out otherwise. This was an eyeopener and I realized that I was doing something really wrong. And that is where I actively started looking for guidance. I chose to go with eGMAT course immediately.

Things that happened with me within a week of starting the course:

1. Enlightenment: I realized why did I score that low in VR in my first attempt. I realized where exactly was I making mistakes, be it grammar, reading methods, the process of solving questions or the time management. All these realizations were due to a well designed eGMAT course structure.

2. Dilemma: Just like in every online course that we take, this course initially brought a lot of dilemma to me and I was not sure if I was going on a right track even after all the above realizations. One reason for this was also the lack of personal touch which we are usually accustomed to. In this time, the eGMAT support team helped me stay calm and they made sure I follow the process well.

Over the next 2 months of my preparations, I literally started feeling comfortable with the process and method of learning. Ultimately, I was instilled with confidence when the results started showing up in mocks and scholaranium quizzes. I saved most amount of my time in SC (literally 50%) and RC (about 40%) and that ultimately helped complete my VR section almost on time.

Best to look out for at eGMAT:
1. Meaning based approach: initially when eGMAT suggested slow and meaningful reading, I was puzzled as I was already having time issues in VR section. But trust me guys, this approach is a boon. It helped me save most amount of time. It is a skill which will come for your rescue not only for the exams but for many work years ahead.

2. Quick response to queries: maximum of my queries were answered within hours, be it on mail or on portal itself.

3. Scholaranium: Level of the practice questions, in my opinion, is quite accurate and good. The that analytics and strategic reviews give you exact opinions as to where did you go wrong. NOTE: do your strategic review wisely, it helped me the most in visiting and revisiting my methods, concepts and the time management process.

I hope this review helps well. All the best!!

Regards!

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My GMAT Journey began in April 2020. Like many others, I decided to make the most of the extra time on my hands to start preparing for the GMAT.

During the course of my preparations, I got married, moved to a different state in the US and settled into a new job and all through that process, e-GMAT helped ensure that I kept plugging away at my preparation to help me reach my target score.

Nearly 19 months later after taking the Enhanced GMAT online and scoring 710 (Q: 48 V: 38) I would like to pass on my learnings to future test takers in the hope that this helps streamline their preparations and reach their target scores.

Real-Life learnings from the GMAT:
The GMAT as a test fascinated me. Unlike many of the other standardized tests out there, the GMAT is a test that actually tests skills that you would need to apply in the long run to navigate a future career in business. For Example, Sentence correction is important to understand what effective communication looks like, wherein mistakes in sentence structure could convey a meaning different that what was intended. Critical reasoning is something that one would be expected to apply daily as a business leader to make key decisions, but also in your daily life as you navigate through difficult decisions. Reading Comprehension in my humble opinion is the skill that is the least talked about and probably the most important long term skill that preparing for the GMAT gives a test taker. The ability to process information however complex to understand, in a timed environment, is absolutely key in one’s development.

My Takeaways :
Hyper personalization
I was invited by Archit Bhargava to be part of the e-GMAT LMP (Last Mile Program) program, a program where he would support me as a mentor through my GMAT journey. Archit’s timely feedback and hyper personalized study plan based on my Scholaranium 2.0 quiz scores was invaluable. Whenever I had questions and/or needed to modify my study plan to better fit my schedule, Archit replied back with a plan to make the best use of the time I had available. Over the course of 2 months, Archit either sent me videos whenever I got stuck on certain key concepts or got me to connected to other members of the e-GMAT team for their insight to help me understand specific topics better.
At this time I would also like to give a shout out to Harsha, who provided me a comprehensive analysis of my CR performance that pushed me over a plateau of where I was stuck at the 65%ile all the way upto a consistent 90%ile and Atreya, who the weekend before my official GMAT provided a review of my performance of my last mock to give me target areas to focus my last reviews on, when Archit was unavailable.

The LMP program was exactly what I needed to cross the 700 barrier and I can’t thank the e-GMAT team enough for always being there to support me through my journey.

Approach
e-GMAT provides a structured curriculum, one that focuses on process and content in equal measure with special emphasis on test readiness and simulating section wise tests from Scholaranium 2.0 to ensure that students are ready to tackle the Sigma-X mocks that are also offered on their platform.
Their 3 step process of 1) Building conceptual knowledge ( core content) 2) Cementing test taking process and 3) developing GMAT skills helped me first understand and then apply the concepts in an organized manner.
One of the things e-GMAT does very well is offer structure. You can plan exactly what you need to do every day of your prep and account for how long your preparation could potentially take based on your current score and your target score and this helped me understand the scope of the task in front of me and the daily accountability that the schedule provided helped me stay on track with my preparations.

Platform
The Scholaranium 2.0 is by far the most powerful platform that I’ve seen out there for a few reasons. Firstly, The data gathered from the quizzes I took on the platform was translated into easy-to-understand actionable feedback that helped me identify any process flaws, timing issues and/or knowledge gaps that need to be worked on.
Secondly, the ability to design custom quizzes to ensure that I could simulate a real life test environment, where I would need to keep on their feet at all times, was a game changer for me and I believe strongly that this practice is what helped push me over my plateau.
Finally, The level of questions that I saw on my official GMAT was comparable to if not slightly easier than the ones that e-GMAT offers. Now, I know there is not substitute for OG content since the GMAC spends a lot of money developing each question, but I believe what the questions on e-GMAT taught me was “how to think”. This is an underestimated skill that I have not seen many platforms talk about. The quote that comes to mind that best explains this is : “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”

Sigma X Mocks
The Sigma-X mocks were a real eye-opener. I had always perceived my Quant skills to be at a high enough level since I came from a Quant heavy engineering background. I quickly learned that although my math skills were where they needed to be, on the other hand my Quantitative reasoning was definitely not. This was a very important distinction to make and one I hope others reading this review pay attention to.
My scores on the last 3 Sigma-X mocks were 700 (Q46, V39), 710 (Q47, V40), 710 (Q49, V38) with my last 710 coming 3 days before my official GMAT on which I ended up with a 710 (Q48,V38). As you can see, the scores are highly representative of actual GMAT performances.
Going into my Official GMAT, I was confident that I had seen enough content and variations based on that content that tested in-depth understanding rather than superficial knowledge and having that peace of mind prevented me from stressing about if I knew enough and tackle each question confidently.

My study mentor: Archit Bhargava
My journey would not have been the same without Archit. He was there to answer my questions or direct me to other personnel at e-GMAT as I reached certain plateaus in my preparation. Close to the end he also gave me personal number so that the turnaround times to my questions would be quicker. Without the feedback and assistance he offered, I can confidently say that I do not think I could have broken the 700 barrier. Archit was the gamechanger I needed.

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