Strengths:

E-GMAT has tremendous amount of resources for every aspect of exam prep. I was at first astonished by the daunting amount of basic concept files that I have to finish before I dive into scholarium quizzes and mocks.
Before I got to know E-GMAT, I didn't have any thorough concept for how to approach every sections and questions.
However, following the entire curriculum for 2 month with patience, I finally made achievements at scholarium quizzes and started to interact with e-GMAT team from then.

Would make the product better:

Concept files, Scholarium quizzes, Cementing process, Sigma-X mocks and other possible materials are all necessary steps to ace GMAT.
Especially, Sigma-X mocks are very accurate indicator/predictor of your actual skills and scores.
And, if you want to improve your score in a short period of time(maybe to 1/3 than preparing for your own), you'd better follow the e-GMAT instructors' guidance as much as possible.

Before I met e-GMAT, my score was stuck in 660 until third attempt. I trusted my English skills, because I have usually achieved the highest scores at TOEIC/TOEFL reading comprehension.
After I started to study with e-GMAT curriculum, I finally realized that I totally misunderstood the GMAT exam and decided to revise my approach as e-GMAT curriculum says.
Also, there was a lot of support from e-GMAT professionals, from thorough plans to follow to timely response to all kind of inquiries.
Though it took longer period than the e-GMAT team suggested because I have a full-time job and have up to 2 hours a day to study, I eventually saw the achievements at mock tests.
Sigma X mocks : 680 -> 730 -> 720
Official mocks : 700 -> 760 -> 750 -> 720.
Though the scores are fluctuating because I could not maintain the rigor of study plan due to work, the e-GMAT team's support and feedback for every mocks I have taken gave me further insights for my faltering points and actions to be done in the near future.
So, even though I got 720 at my actual exam, I am pursuing for another exam with confidence.
For me, visualization for every passage and sentence is the key to all the skills that follow. This is the most important basic mindset when you address various questions.
Regardless of the difficulties of the questions, proper level of visualization and following pre-thinking will put you on the higher position than other test-takers.
e-GMAT will make this happen if you are with them, and the advertisements saying "600 to 750 in xx days.." are not lies. You too, can be the very person who made miracle.

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Strengths:

1. Excellent Verbal course.
2. Difficult quant course ( Sharpens your quant ability to perfection)
3.SIGMA_X mocks are very close to actual GMAT exam

Would make the product better:

More Mock tests would be helpful ( Especially for people who are giving multiple attempts)

I purchased E-Gmat Online Course based on recommendation from my senior (who is currently at ISB) on Dec 22, 2022. As my aim was to get into Indian colleges, My target score was 700 and above.
As mentioned by experts at E-Gmat, It is very helpful to know your starting ability before even going for the learning. My first sigma-x mock yielded a 610. It gave me insights into the where my weak areas were and also gave me a good analysis of my Time Management.
I first went to tackle the Verbal section. I had extreme difficulty in tackling the SC and CR part. My RC was rather good at first. For SC, I went on with the course and tried to study all the grammar rules. But for the first 100 questions that I solved post the learning, I wasn’t doing great. I knew I was missing something from my analysis of SC questions. The Course always screamed at each and every point during the learnings that “ Please understand The meaning of the whole sentence first”. Then went back to the course and analysed (with the help of error log-cant stress the significance of this enough) that I finally was able to understand the root cause of my problem with tackling SC questions. I then focused on inculcating the meaning based approach and it immediately gave a boost to my ability. I was much more confident and was able to tackle questions with fairly high accuracy. It also reduced my overall time spent on SC questions as it made it easier for me to eliminate answer choices more easily.
My CR understanding was really bad at start. I almost dreaded and was happy when I came to know that GMAT throws the least Number of CR questions. But only after giving the mock test was I able to understand its significance. After going through the course, it gave me an idea on how to tackle such questions
1. Always, I mean always keep the conclusion statement in your mind. If for some reason You insert your own analysis, its game over.
2. Pre-thinking of answer choices helps a lot in understanding the direction of thought of the author. Sometimes I was able to do such questions under 30secs just because of pre-thinking.(CR questions are on the higher side of average time taken to solve questions)
3. Process of elimination with eliminating each point by thouroughly understanding the point is another major ability you learn as you go through the course.
RC was fairly a strong point for me so the I just brushed through the course. The thing to keep in mind is give sufficient time to fully process the entire passage (4-5 mins for large passage is good) so that questions can be tackled fairly easily. (I for some reason couldn’t get my timing right in exam which affected my overall score.)
Quant has many topics which requires sufficient time for learning all of them. The PACE AI utilized by E-Gmat is a golden hand for your preparation as it provides a very good analysis of your ability in various sections of quant and skips those which you are very good at, therby saving a lot of precious Time.
The SIGMA-X mock tests are very good at estimating your true ability and its esr like analysis provides deep insights into your strengths and weaknesses.
I also want to sincerely Thank Mr Dhruv from E-Gmat for providing constant guidance during my prep. His analysis helped me in my score improvement from 620 to 700 in just two weeks!!
Overall E-Gmat provides a very good platform for improving your ability in GMAT Exam Prep with its systematic and well designed course.

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Strengths:

The biggest strength of this product is the way it has been structured. While the material is easy to consume and breaks down all topics you need to in great depth, it allows to students to also diagnose their strengths and weaknesses, and tailor their course in accordance.
I found the material to cover all concepts one would need to study to crack the exam, in great depth and detail.
While I had taken the course for a last-mile push, and went through it for a rather brief(couple weeks) period of time, I saw value in cementing areas that I was fairly confident about either way aswell.
Another huge benefit of the program for me was the support one gets from the strategy experts over at E-GMAT. Rida was an absolute gem when it came to guiding me through the process and ensuring I was ably equipped to handle all that the test had to throw at me.

I recommend E-Gmat to anybody who is struggling with the test. In case you're on the edge about making a decision regarding the test-prep firm you want to join forces with, I further recommend visiting the huge library of free e-gmat resources available on the internet, and figuring out if the fundamental approach followed here makes sense to you.
Personally, it is exactly what I needed, and I loved the way the course as well as the product has been designed. Apart from just the teaching aspect of things, which is cementing by the sheer number of outstanding results achieved by egmat, I would like to commend the team for the stellar product and peoples practices followed by everyone I have had the chance to interact with. I'd like to take another moment to thank Rida for being who she is, and being ever-present in my journey. Felt nice having someone feel so deep in my corner all through.
All in all, e-gmat is a great place to be through!

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Strengths:

This course is very structured and assumes that the student has no prior knowledge of the concepts, which helps a lot, especially in verbal where as a non native speaker, I was not familiar with many concepts of the English Language.

Apart from that, this course does not go into technical terms, which is really good as the terms are hard to remember. For eg- The SC course refers to gerunds as verb-ing nouns, simplifying it for non native speakers.

Finally, the prompt support responses and the personal attention give to student make all the difference.

Would make the product better:

1. Faster playback option in the concept files - much needed if I am already familiar with a concept/revising a concept.
2. Revamp IR section - As IR would be a big part of the GMAT focus addition, it needs a revamp of the IR course.

Overall a great course which helped me improve my score by 90 points! The course is very well structured, explains everything in detail and builds step by step on every ability - by starting on easier level questions and moving on to tougher ones. Their strategies like maintaining an error log, had immense impact on my preparation. Initially, I did not follow these, but when I started following these strategies, it helped my verbal score a lot.

Coming to the verbal section, It has everything you could ask for. The meaning based approach in SC, the pre-thinking approach in CR and RC help a lot in solving those hard level questions, which take a lot of time and effort, in a structured manner. The small quizzes in the end of every concept helped me to cement the skills I learnt. After completing a subsection, there is a cementing process which helps in cementing the ability which I gained in the course by practicing on GMAT like questions. The level of questions in these quizzes was similar to those in the real GMAT. Helped in a lot to improve in my weaker areas, especially SC.

About the quant section, as my starting score was Q50, I was familiar with most of the concepts and the study plan recommended me to move straight to the cementing stage. The level of the questions in quant is little bit higher than the actual GMAT, which kept me grounded and not overconfident of my skills. Any concept which I was weak in I could practice and master through the concept files.

Last but not the least, the amount of personal attention and support the team provided me is the most important reason for my score improvement. I purchased the course in January and was not serious, not even completing the verbal course fully till mid April. I mailed the team about my situation and from that day onwards, they have kept no stone unturned in helping me better myself. From daily study plans to detailed mock analysis, they helped in every way possible. Special thanks to Akash from the E-GMAT team who helped me till the last night of my preparation!

Will recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their score, especially in verbal.

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Strengths:

Great course structure: Designed in a way to not overwhelm the student but at the same time that each concept is covered in detail
Amazing Analytics: Analytics help you understand the progress and identify improvement areas
Mentorship: Great team and mentors who are truly invested in students success.

My GMAT journey has been a long one with multiple break either due to family commitments, job responsibilities or my own procrastination. But along this journey one thing which was has been constant was E-Gmat’s consistence support and guidance.

Strength of EGMAT can be analysed in the following three segments:

1. Content/Course structure: e-GMAT has very comprehensive and detailed course structure. You can be sure that you are covering every possible concept tested on Gmat.

Course starts with basics and ends up covering even the most difficult concepts tested. Each module is thorough with ample examples to solidify the understanding. Course is divided into small modules containing concept files, application files and practice quizzes. Concept files cover the theory in detail, application files teach how to approach the questions involving those concepts and finally practice quizzes help you to test your understanding and gather feedback.

Grammatical concepts are as important as the process to solve the question. SC/CR/RC each has its individual process to approach and solve the question which is explained beautifully in the course. How to read strategically, utilizing the sentence structure to get the most meaning out of the sentence. Pre-thinking is definitely a game changer for RC and CR.

2. Process and Analytics: Egmat puts a lot of emphasis on following the process. My accuracy and timing both improved dramatically once I started following the process. Initially the process takes time which often disheartens us and we want to skip the process. But with time, once the process is ingrained then you notice the true power of it. The accuracy and timing both improves, which in-turn boosts your confidence.

Scholaranium (the practice platform) helps you practice questions based upon your weakness and provides insights on improvement area. Having such granular level of insights helps you keep moving and improving. The solutions are also in great detail which helps you understand the mistakes and analyse what you missed and what needs to be improved.


3. Mentorship: I believe this is the best feature of egmat. Mentors are tenured and take immense interest in your success. They keep you motivated and accountable. My mentor worked with me for more than 6 months, helping me improve bit by bit. She helped me create a plan towards success, analysing my performance and progress. She gave invaluable feedbacks at appropriate times and showed great faith in my potential at times when even I was not very sure about my progress.

In short, I would suggest to blindly just follow the egmat plan and path created by the team. I realized this later which did cost me plenty of time. GMAT is not about solving tons of questions but strategically learning from each question and applying the learning in subsequent questions. Honing the skill, following the process and working towards accuracy and efficiency.

I improved my score from 640 to 690 to 720 to 760 and this would not have been possible without egmats support and guidance.

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Strengths:

Master comprehension section is truly a game-changer!

Would make the product better:

If the verbal section of the course could be adaptive, that would be even better.

When I began my GMAT journey, I took the GMAT official practice mock test and scored 560 (Q46, V22), slightly less than the global average score of test-takers. I immediately knew that the Verbal section (SC & RC) is my Achilles' heel and needs significant improvement to reach the target score of 660 to be eligible for an MBA course at my target university, The University of Warwick. After spending two months learning from the GMAT Official Guidebook and GMATClub practice forum, I took another mock test once more and was surprised to improve by only 20 points to 580! At this point, I knew my learning method was not right and needed to up my game as I only had slightly more than one month left before my GMAT exam.

It was from GMATClub as well that I found e-GMAT and other courses. In the end, I decided to choose e-GMAT because of the great reviews on its verbal section. Moreover, a friend of mine, now studying for an MBA in a top UK business school, recommends I try e-GMAT. So I think nothing will go wrong and I needed to decide quickly.

I am glad that e-GMAT taught me not only practice questions but also a great understanding of the verbal section from its Master Comprehension. Before this, I did a wrong approach to verbal questions because I never really focused on the meaning of the passage itself, but rather answered by mere instinct. Another plus point was it also improved my daily writing skill to have better clarity and structure! Unfortunately, I cannot say much about the Quantitative section because I skipped the tutorial videos and dive into practice quizzes directly. But, I think Payal and her team did a great job as the section is adaptive, an improvement I'd love to see in the Verbal section as well.

For the mock tests, I can say the Verbal section is at the same level as the official GMAT, while the Quant section seems to be more complex than the official one. Nonetheless, it is a really good practice after all and boosted my confidence significantly before the real test, in which I scored 700 (Q49, V36, IR 5, AWA 5), a 140 points improvement from my initial score!

Overall, I highly recommend the e-GMAT to the GMAT aspirants and some tips for you to ace your test :
1. Start really, really, and really early on your GMAT preparation. At least 6 months of preparation should be ideal.
2. Begin by taking a mock test and understand where your weakness is. Be specific and honest about it, it helps!
3. Pick a course with abundant great reviews, especially a course that guides you through the process of understanding the learning materials.
4. Don't jump between sections before finishing one.
5. It's a good idea to listen to your body and take a break if you start feeling overwhelmed during practice. Enjoy the whole process - it is a marathon and not a sprint.

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Strengths:

This course is great to help build upon your foundation within Quant and Verbal (especially SC). Each video is interactive and data-based so that you stay focused on the right materials. Each question has a thorough explanation and video attached as well as mentors who will respond to follow-up questions from students in case you are still stuck.

Would make the product better:

I would recommend that the GMAT mentors give more specific feedback on how to pivot your strategy when you reach a plateau. Additionally, I wish there were more practice tests than what was provided.

eGMAT was fundamental in helping me build a strong foundation in both Quant and Verbal. I did a Manhattan Online course right before eGMAT and found that it was lacking data-backed algorithms to help tailor where I needed to spend my time. Each video provided thorough explanations of the concept and there were a plethora of quizzes that ensured you understood the concept before moving on. You could also flag which concepts to return back to in the future. The eGMAT mentor that is assigned to you was also helpful in providing general advice and motivation to get you to your end goal.

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E-GMAT was and still is one of the highest rated courses one can find on the web and that is how I got introduced to it. For me, verbal was the weakest point, and I was looking for guidance in the same. I was very intrigued by the last mile push program which was advertised to me in the start of my preparation.

The master comprehension course was a ray of hope for me, as it became my ground zero. Instead of worrying about what to do and what not to do, I had a starting point, which in just a few hours of preparation made me confident about myself and built up my skills.

I used the platform for 2 months, and saw a score jump of 90 points. I went from V29 to V38, and it was all thanks to E-GMAT. I did not use the platform much for quants as I was comfortable in it, but the PACE AI found out specific topics I was weak at and gave me a chance to work on them.

Cementing was a fun exercise, as it quantified my prep, I knew if I was going on the right track or not. Overall, the number of specifically selected questions helped me save time.

The highlight of my preparation was the mentorship and Last Mile Push program. I tried to diligently follow the E-GMAT process and trusted the process. I saw immediate results and I contacted the support to get to know about my mentor.

My mentor Akash walked with me on the journey from start till finish, he guided me what questions I should do, where should I do them from, and what should I do based on the results of it. It was really helpful.

Concluding, I would say this course is a no brainer for verbal, it will help you a lot, and you just have to trust the process and never look back!

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I have divided my review into the following categories:

1. User Interface
It took me some time (3-4 days) to get used to their interface. Some of their videos, especially Concept Videos of Sentence Correction, don’t have a “Playback Speed” option. This worked out in my favour, since I soon realised that you need to give yourself some time to register SC concepts, and watching the Concept videos (of SC) in the original speed is the best way to do that.

2. Course Structure
They have structured all the sections of their course really well. There are easy quizzes after every concept which test your conceptual understanding at a very basic level. And after every completing every topic (eg. SC), you are advised to take Cementing Quizzes before moving to the next topic. This structure helps you cement each topic, making revision in the later stages very easy. The same structure has been used for both the sections (Quant and Verbal), just that in Quant and RC, there are a lot more quizzes within each topic.
The question pool of EGMAT for all the sections is absolute gold. You can also select the type of ‘Question Pool’ (Correct, Incorrect, Bookmarked, Answered, Unanswered, Answered & Unanswered) for Custom Quizzes. This is really helpful in revision. Also, you can select the mode in which you want to take the quiz (Practice vs. Quiz Mode) – again, very helpful for revision.

3. Content – Verbal
Sentence Correction – The meaning-based approach used by EGMAT was really helpful. Also, the concepts were explained in the best way possible, not going into too much depth while still ensuring that you understand the concept – just what is needed for the exam! Almost all the concepts tested in my actual exam and all the mocks I took (including OG mocks) were covered properly in the course.
CR – They suggest that you use a ‘Pre-Thinking Approach’ to solve CR questions. This approach is really helpful in the earlier stages of your prep since at that point, you have time to train your brain. Once you get used to this approach, even if you don’t pre-think, you will be able to evaluate the answer choices in a better way. I did not use the pre-thinking approach in my mocks and actual exam since you can’t spend more than 2-2.5 mins on a question but the approach definitely trained me to evaluate the answer choices more effectively.
RC – While I watched all the conceptual videos, I did not go into too much depth while preparing for this section. I relied mostly on solving questions for this section so cannot comment on their content for RC. The passages were good though, and the questions prepared me well for the exam.

4. Content – Quant
The Conceptual videos in this section (for all the topics except Word Problems – I did not watch conceptual videos on Word Problems since I was already pretty good in this topic) are very basic. Perhaps, if you are good at Quant, you don’t even need to watch all the videos, you can just download Summary PDFs available at the end of each concept and quickly go through those just to make sure that you’re not missing anything. Also, there are ‘Diagnostic Quizzes’ before every concept. These quizzes evaluate the level of your current understanding and accordingly suggest you to skip some sections, wherever possible. This saves a lot of time.
That being said, Quant quizzes were really helpful. I would say that some questions are slightly difficult than those in the actual exam but this prepares you well for the exam. I took a lot of quizzes for Quant as well and found them to be really useful.

5. Mocks
I think that the Sigma X Mocks are an accurate indicator of your actual performance since my scores in the Sigma-X Mocks, the OG Mocks and the actual exam were pretty similar. The questions in the mocks were good as well.

6. Last Mile Push (LMP) Program
After I scored a 760 in Sigma X Mock 2 (towards the end of April), Abha Mohan from eGMAT reached out to me. She asked me a few questions on my background and Prep. She had also gone through my performance in the eGMAT quizzes and Mock and identified a few areas of improvement. Basis this, she shared a few suggestions.
I was struggling with the timing in my mocks and her suggestions related to that really helped. She was quite proactive in identifying my areas of improvement and very honest while sharing the feedback.
I was offered this Program for free (in the beginning of May), and this program gave me a proper test schedule to follow after I was done with my preparation. The schedule was good but not something you NEED for your preparation. You can make the schedule yourself as well.
In my opinion, LMP is a good program to enrol in but only if you’re offered the program at a reasonable price.

P.S. I bought the GMAT Online Focused Course (2 months) initially but extended it 3 times (1-month extensions).

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Strengths:

1. Well Structured
2. Flexible
3. Mentorship for students

Would make the product better:

1. Hard Level Verbal Questions
2. Engagement with students while teaching basics

I came to E-GMAT with a score of 710 already in hand. I had completed Manhattan Book set 6th edition, OG material and GMAT Ninja Videos but was clueless on how to achieve my target score of a 770. After realizing that I was in desperate need of a mentor who could help me understand the gaps in my preparation, I landed up on the e-GMAT course and was offered a free mentorship program by them. Within the first 7 days of my enrollment, I was allotted Rashmi Vaidya as my mentor.
This turned out to be the best decision of my entire preparation. Rashmi was to me what Ramakant Achrekar was to Sachin. She left no stone unturned in helping me reach my target. From convincing Subject Matter Experts to have one-on-one sessions with me for hours just to fill in preparation gaps, to going out of the way to get me extensions on my course, to counselling me on various occasion to keep me motivated, Rashmi was rock solid dedicated to help me achieve my dream score. I was pretty sure she would have arranged for a Mars Rover had I asked for one during my preparation.
Although the mentorship was the best thing I could ask for, I did feel that the quality of 700+ level questions on e-GMAT especially on verbal could have been more reflective of the actual GMAT content. But I would highly vouch for the course for anyone who is on track to build basics. The entire course was well structured and all modules beautifully crafted. The products that e-GMAT has developed especially the scholaranium are awe-inspiring.
Overall, I would highly recommend the course, especially the mentorship program, to someone stuck in a similar situation.

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