730 in 3 weeks!

After scoring a 700 on the GMAT for the second time, I was at a loss for words, effort, and time. I knew that R1/R2 applications and deadlines would be fast approaching and that in order to be competitive at top 10-15 schools in the world I would need a 700+ GMAT score.

Having already used every single GMAT resource out there (and I truly mean every single one, Magoosh, TTP, a private course, gmatclub mocks, OG guides/books) I was really running out of options. At that point I started seeing youtube videos of success stories for eGMAT and people achieving 30-50 point increases in the span of a few weeks with a guided plan. A guided plan is what attracted me in the first place. Clearly at this point with a 700 I had all the requisite skills but was lacking some fine-tuning and having troubles figuring out exactly what and where I was going wrong.

I reached out to Egmat support on June 26th with this email:

Hi,

I just wrote the GMAT and got a 700 (Q47, V38) same score as the first time.
I’m struggling to break this barrier.
Is there someone who can provide targeted support, I really want to break the 700 barrier!
Hoping to rewrite the exam again in 2 weeks.

Thank you!


Right away the next day a strategy consultant reached out to me and assured me that getting a higher score is possible. After that I was paired with an instructor (DJ). DJ and I had a 15 min zoom call where in which we went over my ESR. From the get-go it was noticeable that DJ knew what he was doing, he quickly analyzed my ESR and told me that quant and specifically number properties and geometry is where I needed to improve. Within a day he came back to me with a targeted plan. Best thing about DJ was that he was more confident in my abilities than I was. He assured me that I am capable of a higher score and that the current score (700) is not a true reflection of my abilities.

After our meeting he sent me a personalized study plan spanning over 20 days. The study plan was great as it had specific instructions of what I needed to do to improve my Quant score and my weak areas in Verbal.

Egmat is a very well built program and platform. The way the course is structured really suited me. They have a 3 step process to everything 1) Learn the basic concept 2) Master the process skills for questions related to that 3) Master GMAT like questions and difficulty. I did 80% of the quant course completely, and all of the sentence correction module. Essentially I did more of the course then was even recommended by DJ as I really liked how the course was structured and felt as if I was learning something new everyday. Their platform scholaranium is one of the best that I've used, it's very easy to do a certain amount of questions and quickly get a detailed solution to those questions, along with analytics to pin-point your weak areas. Their mocks called "Sigma-X" were also very representative of the actual GMAT, in-fact they were harder than the real thing. I felt the "medium" questions on scholaranium are equivalent to the "hard" questions on the actual GMAT. In my 3 weeks of preparation I did no OG questions and still never felt that I was "under-prepared".

In summary, if you're looking for a program where you'll have ample support, while also having the ability to use a platform that prepares you for the GMAT adequately this is a great program. I wouldn't say it's better or worse then competitors as I feel all programs have their strengths. However, the one-on-one support and personalized study plan really stood out for me and hence it suited me.

Overall after using the platform for 3 weeks and following the study plan, I was able to score a 730 (Q49/V40/AWA 6/IR 8).