Verbal material brings a lot of structure to prep!

Hello all,

I am hoping this review would help some people decide on whether they want to pursue this online course for their GMAT prep.

I have had a long and ardous journey with the GMAT exam. I have had several (failed) attempts at conquering the >700 score but was only able to hit that mark after signing up for the e-GMAT Verbal Live Prep course.

The course helped me for multiple reasons:
1) It added so much structure to my SC preparation. In the past, I have used Manhattan's guide for SC but that really didn't help much. The reason why e-GMAT's material worked for me is because it has quizzes to test your learning after each lesson/skill. Every skill is tested before you can convince yourself to move on to the next. These regular checkpoints are crucial to address knowledge gaps. I felt that I eased through SC questions in the actual test because of this advantage. This approach obviously works for CR too. Not so much for RC, which just requires sheer, intensive practice and sufficient reading.

2) It also gave me a framework to eliminate wrong answers in CR. And that was half the battle won. The remaining half was really about applying consistent logic.

3) The live sessions connected to each lesson are great to add perspective to your learning progress. In these live sessions, if your performance in the questions provided is below the average of the class, then obviously you are doing something wrong that needs to be addressed. The tutors help you course-correct through these sessions. I liked these sessions and the recordings are available after the session for you to re-visit in the future.

4) Scholaranium is amazing. Period. Practice is really what gets you from Point A to Point B (better place to be). I analysed every ability quiz that is included in Scholaranium to figure out my weaknesses and develop a plan. Scholaranium is a great feature to enable this.

5) The Verbal workshop is pretty cool too. It is a tough test that gives you a reality check on your preparation end-to-end (CR, RC, SC). You can even benchmark yourself against your cohort to give you an idea of how good or bad you are. Of course, the GMAT is a test where you are against the GMAT. You aren't competing against the crowd. But however, this benchmarking helped me build some confidence.

Overall, great course. I would highly recommend it.