Fine-tuning my exam prep using e-gmat scholaranium

I decided to take GMAT in December 2019 and took a few mocks to gauge my initial level. I scored about 730-740 in most of these but wasn’t really sure about my strengths and weaknesses. Targeting a 750+, I researched about GMAT prep and signed up for e-GMAT. I didn’t use a lot of their course material so I would keep my review limited to their Exam Prep : Scholaranium and list out some tips to use its complete potential.

During the initial days, I had this strong urge to take a lot of practice quizzes (I hear it’s pretty common). However, Payal’s pre-recorded videos were very helpful in planning my schedule. She has created a set of videos which will cater to test takers at different levels of preparedness. And are quite insightful, if one takes the time to review them.

Now about Scholaranium : It essentially is a cluster of questions and tests meant to seal concepts and give a ‘GMAT-like’ experience. It’s important to use the tool while referring to Payal’s videos otherwise one wouldn’t get much out of the preparation. There are ample amount of questions of all possible difficulty levels and e-GMAT helps you set target score thresholds for each. This helps bring about a smooth progress while you seal your 1) concepts and 2) test taking strategy.

Finally, about my actual GMAT experience. In my first attempt I scored a 730 which was an improvement of 0 points from my first e-gmat mock. I would have settled for the score but figured I needed to up it a few notches. It was then that I met Rajat online and his two cents pushed me to re-take in 2 weeks and I ended up with a 760. Rajat has a good amount of experience in test prep and for once I trusted him and took a blind plunge with just about a week of refining my test taking strategy.

Overall, e-GMAT is a holistic support system for test takers if they follow the model with discipline. They have a responsive support group too that folks should leverage more to their benefit.