As I had consistently been a top scorer in English, both at school and university, I always thought that I had a good command over the language & was very confident. My confidence was clearly shaken when I took the GMAT for the first time and scored way below my expectations. Around the same time I heard about e-GMAT and how they focused only on Verbal for non-natives unlike most test prep companies. I attended a few trial sessions and loved the methodology that they employed to not only ensure that you learn the concepts fast but also to recall & use it when the time comes. I bought the Verbal Live Prep program and was offered access to a few other question pools too.
They are crisp & clear in communication and one can attend many sessions as they wish to, to get the concepts right. The faculty is available offline too and often just an email away. Most importantly they know and address the most common problems that all non-natives face while attacking Verbal.
Due to a hectic work commitment, I had to take a break in my preparation. When I told them about this, they offered to extend my program too.
If you are a non-native and wish to ace the Verbal, this is definitely the place to be in.

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If you are a non-native English speaker looking to get your basics right and ace the test, this is the perfect test-prep company. The guys at e-GMAT know how most of us engineers are good or at least above average when it comes to quant but have a scope to improve when it comes to verbal. Without wasting more time, I'll quickly list down below what worked for me.
Verbal: Definitely benefited from the SC and CR sections to a large extent. The 3 step process and pre-thinking may seem really difficult to implement at first but believe me, practice 25-30 questions in each section consciously using these methods and eventually this will become second nature. The time taken to solve each question also goes down as you get a hang of this and begin to recognize patterns.

Quant: I should have definitely leveraged this section more than what I did. But that said, there are some incredibly useful lessons on solving some seemingly tricky problems such as units digit, tree structure and series. If your goal is to score Q49 and above, definitely try your hands at the advanced topics.

Scholarium: Well, this is one the best features of the program that gives you real-time feedback on your strengths, weaknesses, how much time you are spending on questions and where there is scope for improvement. Try to incorporate learnings from this early on in your study schedule and rest assured, you will definitely benefit from this.

In sum, the online lessons and hand-on coaches at e-GMAT make it easy for us working professionals with erratic schedules to learn core concepts in the shortest possible timespan. I'll definitely recommend this to anyone.

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