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December 05, 2022
Apoorv1999

Joined: Jul 29, 2022

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Verified GMAT Classic score:
720 Q49 V38

A comprehensive guide to get a commendable score

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Course e-GMAT Online 360

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I got to know about e-GMAT from a friend of mine when I had just started to research about GMAT prep. I hadn't looked at any material till then and luckily, didn't need to after as well. e-GMAT was a perfect match for me mainly because of how structured its course structure is.

I found the verbal section of the course the most helpful and I spent considerable time on it (about 2 months).
I started with Sentence Correction (SC) as it was a clear lacking point in the only Mock I had given prior to taking the course. (First SigmaX Mock - 540 Q40 V24). Evidently, I needed to improve drastically in both verbal and quant. The e-GMAT course helped in just that.

The depth to which the SC course was taught was incredible. The core skills such as identifying grammatical errors, understanding meaning, and answer choices analysis got firmly built due to the course. The Critical Reasoning section was equally thorough. I started solving OG questions after going through the entire verbal e-GMAT course and found all the questions pretty doable mainly becuase of the core skills and concepts learned in the course. One can safely assume to tackle even the toughest or the trickiest verbal questions accurately if one goes through the whole verbal course meticulously.

The Quant section helped with that extra nudge required during the last few weeks of my prep. I studied specific sub-topics from the course where I thought my speed was lacking and that helped a lot in the actual exam.

Overall e-GMAT was undoubtedly instrumental in helping me achieve a decent score of 720 (Q49 V38) on my first attempt. The thing that helped me the most was not getting distracted by multiple study sources/strategies. I stuck to one study schedule without distortion and gave it all while executing it.

December 14, 2022
egmat

Hi Apoorv1999,

Thank you for posting your review!

Congratulations on the 720 score! Your improvement of 180 points from 540 is phenomenal and a testament to the hard work and effort that you have put into your preparation!

I can see that you have really given it all during your preparation. In SC, the time and effort you put into mastering the meaning-based approach really paid off. The image below shows that you were clearly able to maintain 90th percentile ability-

Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Apoorv1999-SC-90thPercentile

In CR as well, I can see that you took the time to go into the depths of the approach and then spent the time to master the same. This meticulous attention to detail enabled you to achieve a 14 point Verbal improvement from V24 (34th percentile) to V38 (84th percentile) with ease.

Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/Apoorv1999-CR-Improvement

You used the Quant course to streamline your preparation. By using the modular nature of the course, you were able to focus on your weaknesses and convert them to strengths.

You really hit the nail on the head when you said what helped you get to success was a laser-sharp focus on just one source of study. By streamlining your prep in this way, you were able to put yourself on the best path to success.

All the very best in your next steps Apoorv1999!!

Regards,
Rida

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