Strengths:

1. Course content:
Verbal: Extensive yet crisp
Quant: Precisely what is required- not more/not less

2. Cementing Process:
If followed correctly, there is no surprise if one excels at ability building

3. Support from Mentors:
If you know what to ask with proper rational, you will get precise guidance for way forward. Quick response from mentors as well as in forum where we can ask doubts pertaining to specific questions

4. Sigma Mock analysis:
Once you finish any mock as guided by mentors, you will get in dept personalized test review. The review is crisp, insightful, and full of self reflection points.

Would make the product better:

If anything, there is one point that can be improved. When I review any quiz in Scholaranium, I can straight away see the correct and/or incorrect answer choices. It is okay if I am reviewing the test just after completing it. However, if I am reviewing during revision or after some time, it would be great if I can only see the answer choices without the correct or incorrect answer choice. Adding a button such as “show answer” to unravel the correct answer choice can provide one an opportunity to recollect the thought process that one may have utilised while attempting the question without getting biased about correct and/or incorrect answer choice. It would have increased my error log quality, I believe.

Instead of writing review, I reckon that writing my journey will make more sense to get the idea about the course. I am a non native English speaker, and my schooling was in vernacular language. So, my verbal section required special attention.

It was my second e-GMAT subscription. My first subscription was purchased in July 2020. To be honest, I completely ruined that subscription by randomly going through the course and by not following strategic cementing process. I assumed that going through the course would be sufficient to get a reasonably good score. I ended up scoring a 590 (Q49 V21) in December 2020.

My learning from the whole experience was that GMAT is not the test of concept but rather it is the test of reasoning and processing. If the concepts are not commissioned with proper process, they are of no use as far as GMAT is concerned.
I enrolled for the second time in June 2022. This time I was clear for at least what not to do. This time I followed the guidelines by the course and the mentors from the beginning to the end before adding my rational to a particular topic/section. Earlier I used to challenge the thought process that is being taught in the course by contending that the “eGMAT process following algorithm” takes longer than my method. Doing so hindered my learning in the previous attempt.

Preparation beginning:
Attempted a sigma X mock. Assessed my ground level. Prepared a PSP - an overall outlook of how long should it take to reach test readiness.
2. I started with Verbal and then moved to Quant. (Reason: I am better at quant than at Verbal. Building ability takes time. It is a good idea to give yourself sufficient time to make the process application your second nature before taking GMAT)

For Verbal:
Master Comprehension >> SC >> CR >> RC
Meaning based approach in SC and Pre-thinking method in CR are game changer. If followed the process in right way, majority of the questions can be solved with relative ease. However, it is not easy to get acquainted to these process if you cut the corners at understanding level.
First, I finished all the course content and made proper notes in such a way that if I want to refer to a particular topic after a few time I can go back quickly and connect with that topic.
Finished cementing stage for each subsection as instructed in “Yes loop algorithm” of Cementing Process. Moved to next step after validating progress from the mentors.
After Cementing, I followed instruction of Abha/Akash (Mentors) for Test readiness stage.
Mentors actively asked me to revise the older learning along with learning new things. The idea is not to lose on what we have earlier gained.
Prepared an extensive error log as instructed by Mentors.

For Quant:

PACE is a beautifully crafted Quant course. The concept and process diagnostics in the beginning of the section gave me a fair idea about how prepared I am and where should I focus particularly. It saved me a lot of time. I finished the quant course in 16 days with full time job.
It teaches how to decode the question statement to understand what exactly is asked. It has helped me in understanding complex problems with relative ease.
It is a myth that e-GMAT quant is tougher than the actual quant that is being tested in GMAT. Sometimes, the question statement length is overwhelming in cementing state. However, the requirement is to score 5-6 question correct out of 10 such question. In sigma X mock, medium and hard questions are perfectly balanced and are of similar spectrum of what GMAT tests.

Overall:
The cementing stage is, I believe, the most important tool to increase our basic abilities. Mentors repeatedly state the same, and now I understand the reason behind it. Once I finished stage 2 cementing stage, I asked all my process related doubts to the mentors in form of long extensive emails, and all my queries were addressed by Abha/Akash/e-GMAT team. In the last 3 weeks of my GMAT test, I informed the mentors about my calendar and my commitments. Abha/Akash/Mentors gave me a proper plan to follow for test readiness and Mock schedule. There were times when I felt low, and these mentor made sure I don’t lose faith in myself.

I scored 680 in my last sigmaX mock and 700 & 720 in my official GMAT mocks. As far as I could understand, Official GMAT mocks did not feel like an adaptive test. On the other hand, Sigma X mocks are actually adaptive. Increased difficulty level question on the later stage of the test is quite challenging under timed environment. I scored a 680 (Q49 V34) in actual GMAT, and I felt quite similar to Sigma X mock experience. I am in the process in deciding whether to re attempt GMAT or not.

Overall, it was a good learning experience. If I compare my current work emails with my earlier emails, I see a vast difference in the way I write and in the way I read anything. It will not be exaggeration if I claim that eGMAT approach has not just increased the test taking ability but also increased the overall reasoning ability.

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Strengths:

eGMAT's main strength lies in their structured approach to both the verbal and quantitative sections.

Verbal and quant are both broken down into topics and the tutors on eGMAT focus on helping the student break down each module and come up with a logical and easy-to-follow way to solve them, while still retaining the basic core idea of each module.

The mentorship process is also very innovative - it allows the student to learn at their own pace while also giving enough time for the mentor to review your query and give a detailed response.

My mentor for the process was Dhruv Joshi and he helped keep me honest - we did disagree on the approach to take for a few sub-sections but Dhruv's brutal honestly helped me identify what I needed to improve on.

Would make the product better:

While the mentors are helpful in responding to the students, sometimes a student may need a personal touch or reassurance when things may not be going so well or it would help the student clarify a doubt by verbal communication.

At present, eGMAT only offers mentor responses over email and a call feature could be one of the things added to improve eGMAT's already impressive methodology of teaching.

Overall, eGMAT has aced the process of helping a student ace the GMAT exam, which in itself can be daunting and more so for working professionals, who may not have studied formally for a few years and need to get into that mindset of studying again.

eGMAT's tiered break-down of sections helps immensely in that regard and their PACE time savings method in the quant helps the student identify their strengths and subsequently reduce their preparation time.

I would recommend eGMAT wholeheartedly for anyone who wants to do well at the GMAT, be it a recent graduate, a working professional or an experienced professional.

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Strengths:

Their verbal learning track is quite well structured.

Especially I like their teaching and practicing strategy, wherein you learn a concept, then immediately do some practice tests and then at some point later while learning other new concepts the old concepts are also tested. This is crucial as you don't forget what you learned over time.

Further I like the customizability that is offered in the questions practice bank with crisp and clear explanation.

Good balance with cost, it isn't prohibitively expensive.

A quick brief of my GMAT journey:
I had been on and off with my Gmat prep since 2018, life, international job opportunity, and many other things got in the way.
However I finally committed to appearing for gmat in 2021, and scored 700. Though this isn't a bad score considering the colleges that I was interested in and my profile it wasn't sufficient. I got rejections most of the T20 MBAs.
So a. year later I appeared again around mid August and scored 680, so I cancelled my score. This probably was my lowest point as most of my mocks were above 700.
Upon reviewing my performances and ESR I realized the issue was with verbal, particularly SC. I did pretty good in CR/RC. I had previously used free resources of e-GMAT (from youtube and gmatclub forum), and based on that experience decided to go for e-GMAT subscription. Another reason to to choose e-gmat was their price point, I did not intend on spending too much on a course that I would use just for a few topics/weeks.

e-GMAT usage:
As the R1 deadlines appeared I only had about 4 weeks to reappear. So I took the e-GMAT course to bridge my verbal knowledge. I have been a fluent english speaker since childhood, however it is mainly conversational fluency. When it came to using rules to distinguish between options I would bank on "does this sound right" and various tricks and techniques. It was clear that I had exhausted the potential of these strategies and I had to bridge the fundamental knowledge.

This is where the e-GMAT's structured course really helped me. Particularly using the diagnostics I could skip the sections over which I had mastery, e.g. comparisons. This enabled me to fast-track my preparation in the short window of opportunity.

The explanations of fundamental concepts were also quite rational and logical. Up until then I considered grammar to be some sort of magic/alchemy, particularly when it came to modifiers. But through their explanations I could see the rule-based nature. This knowledge paired with my "conversational fluency" was a potent combination that enabled me to score so well during my third attempt (750) which got me into T15 MBA's.

I did not use the quant tutorials as I was pretty confidant on these topics. I only used the quant question bank. I liked the customizability and difficulty-adaptability of the question bank.

One more thing to highlight about the question bank, since I had attempted GMAT twice I had exhausted all the questions from official question banks. This was a bigger issue for verbal than quant and CR/RC questions were essentially corrupted. I liked that e-GMAT questions were not a repeat of the official question bank and it gave me new questions to practice on.

In the end I would heavily recommend e-GMAT to anyone who wants to change their Verbal game fundamentally, whatever knowledge level you are at!

Original Score: 700 (V38,Q48)
Final Score (after e-GMAT): 750 (V41, Q50)

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Strengths:

1. Structured
2. Concise
3. Easy to use
4. Customizable

Would make the product better:

Nothing much to improve but something that can be adapted -
It would be great if some discounts can be offered for the financially disadvantaged yet diligent student to help the overall student community!

An online educational platform is deemed a great one if its content, user interface, and adaptability can help students conquer their goals in a structured yet fluidic manner.

This is where e-GMAT surpassed my expectations.

To begin with, I’ll break the GMAT exam into its two major components –
1. Verbal Section
2. Quant Section

The Verbal Section – e-GMAT’s methodology to ace the SC section involves comprehending the meaning of the sentences followed by applying the correct grammatical rules. This technique, made simpler with the plethora of GMAT-styled questions, helped me reach 90%+ accuracy. The entire SC module has been deconstructed into shorter videos, which, when followed in chronological order, help summarize every nuance within this section. The SC module is then followed by the CR modules, in which specialized techniques such as the pre-thinking approach, variance test, ABC tests et. al. help the student view every CR question in a much more systematic manner. Once a student is familiar with these methods, the RC section begins to appear reasonably easier to tackle.
Verbal Scholaranium is e-GMAT’s collection of handpicked verbal questions that are at par or can be considered a notch harder than the current GMAT test questions. If one is able to utilize this adequately, the person will surely excel in the Verbal section of the GMAT exam.

The Quant Section – As I’m relatively comfortable with the quant section, I questioned the learning process during my preparation. Why am I supposed to go through the basics? Will it not waste my time? This is where P.A.C.E kicks in!
P.A.C.E is e-GMAT’s proprietary algorithm, which helps the student chart out their preparation plan based on the diagnostic tests attempted. Hence, a student who is relatively stronger in a certain section within the quants module will be in a position to skip those particular files.
This helped me ‘pace’ my preparation. The quality of questions in the Scholaranium is exceptional (though relatively difficult compared with the actual GMAT questions) and these questions helped my Q48 improve to a Q50!

For someone who is inherently a poor test-taker, multiple customizable quizzes helped me prepare for the actual exam. This, coupled with the 5 Sigma-X Mock Tests helped me prepare my test-taking strategies. The Sigma-X mocks are an accurate representation of the actual exam. One can expect a +/- 10/20 points deviation in their official scores.

Lastly, no platform is complete without the human touch. My mentor, Rida Shafeek, and her colleagues were extremely helpful in guiding and motivating me for my exam. There were days when I would be mentally exhausted and physically drained. However, her constant support in charting out a hyper-specific time-bound preparation plan helped me power my 640 to a whopping 760! I’d highly recommend e-GMAT to every GMAT aspirant out there. A solid 10/10!

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Strengths:

1) Excellent data:
The course provides broad level as well as very granular data on the questions that you solve. This data is critical in the improvement and learning process.

2) Doubt and strategy support:
the E-GMAT team was kind enough to extend an invite for their Last Mile Program to me. As a part of that program a strategy expert was constantly in touch with me and designed a personalised milestone based plan for me during the last 25 days before my exam. This helped me immensely.
I even the doubt support replies to be reasonably quick(

Would make the product better:

The Verbal section video player:
It's a bit outdated. It doesn't allow you to control the speed of the videos which can be quite irritating considering that the default speed of the videos is too slow for most.
A simple speed adjustment feature in the videos would go a long way in saving the student's time.

So this was my first attempt at the GMAT. I knew next to nothing about the exam when I started looking for a preparation course and chose e-GMAT. It was one of the best decisions I took in my prep journey.

Strengths of the product:-

1) Excellent data:
The course provides broad level as well as very granular data on the questions that you solve. This data is critical in the improvement and learning process.

2) Doubt and strategy support:
the E-GMAT team was kind enough to extend an invite for their Last Mile Program to me. As a part of that program a strategy expert was constantly in touch with me and designed a personalised milestone based plan for me during the last 25 days before my exam. This helped me immensely.
I even the doubt support replies to be reasonably quick(

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Strengths:

I really liked how the verbal section is structured. The SC sub-section focuses on a meaning-based approach which really helped me to increase my accuracy to 80+%ile. This approach further helps as the difficulty of the questions increases. The pre-thinking approach in CR was a game-changer for me, wherein the course instils the process skill required to pre-think weakener/strengthener etc and this approach helps to eliminate the incorrect options quickly. The RC subsection focuses on strategies required to ace complex RC passages on the GMAT such as focussed-Reading strategies. The QUANT course although a little too hard, covers each and every topic in detail and provides ample practice on every sub-topic. The Pace AI further helped me to skip topics which I was already comfortable with. The scholaranium is a very good tool created to practice questions to improve and the detailed topic-wise split really helps to analyse the faltering points.

I really liked the mentorship help that I received from e-GMAT. My mentor was Mr. Dhruv Joshi. He was really helpful throughout my GMAT journey. He was always prompt in replying whenever I needed any help. He gave me guided improvement plans to follow. The help I received from my mentor helped me tremendously in achieving the score. After my 2nd attempt. I was deeply demotivated as I was unable to achieve my target score. I had almost given up the thought of getting a chance at my dream B-school. However, Dhruv assured me that the target score was possible with the right strategy and effort. I followed the plans shared by him and I was able to see the improvements.
I would like to thank e-GMAT team for helping me reach my target score.

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Strengths:

Organized content, proactive mentors, methodical approach to both Verbal and Quant sections, Excellent content for both Quant and Verbal, Sigma Mock Tests are very similar to real GMAT tests

Would make the product better:

Overall, I am very happy with the product. Maybe we can have more personalized content and support for the group aiming to score higher 760 or higher.

E-GMAT was my savior when I needed help the most. I started my GMAT prep in the month of April '22. I hired one of the tutors (would like the keep it anonymous). I was given a content ramp-up plan of ~4 months and then a month of mock practice and it was expected that I would be able to crack the exam in the south of ~6 months.

Days passed by. I gave in the required time, finished the content, and attempted my first mock (Official practice test 1). I got a 720 - This was the best score I would get among the mocks to come, and, yes, I attempted quite a few of them. The entire month of august, I wrote 1 mock per week with the delusion that I have mastered what is there to master in the content and it was just a matter of time before I get my target score of 750. Reality check, after around 6 mocks, 720 was still my best score. I even got a few scores of sub-700. I tried reaching out to my mentors but received no help whatsoever.

Enter E-GMAT the savior. Disappointed with my performance, I decided to take a week off from my prep and went to home in the first week of September. I was stressed out and clueless. Then I got in touch with folks at e-GMAT. Appeared for the first sigma mock and got a 700. Now, our goal was clear, get a 750 in about 2 months' time.

I started with E-GMAT on the 19th of September. They really helped me out in identifying my weak areas in the Verbal section and filling in the gaps. Most importantly, the mentor (Ms. Abha Mohan) instilled in confidence within me that I can actually hit the 750-740 mark consistently.

The organized content, the proactive support from the mentors' team, the methodical approach to both the Verbal and Quant sections, the Excellent content for both Quant and Verbal, and the Sigma-X Mock Tests helped me a lot! Overall, I witnessed a night and day difference b/w my previous tutor and this tutor.

Finally, I appeared for my first GMAT test and got a 740! It was a decent attempt.

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Strengths:

1. Pedagogy
2. Structured Approach
3. Vast Question Bank
4. Data Analytics

Would make the product better:

Interaction with SMEs

I used e-gmat.com to prepare for the GMAT and was incredibly impressed with the quality of their content and the effectiveness of their approach. The Verbal section specially had a very methodical approach, with clear strategies and techniques for tackling each type of question. This helped me approach the questions with more confidence and ultimately improve my performance. The pedagogy for solving SC questions were extremely effective, meaning based approach to each sentence correction really makes a lot of difference while solving medium to hard questions. The core skills such as identifying grammatical errors, understanding meaning, and answer choices analysis got firmly built due to the course. The CR part was excellent in terms of understanding the different parts of an argument, the different kinds of questions that can be asked and mainly getting to know the traps involved in official GMAT questions. eGMAT gave me an altogether different strategy in for tackling CR: “Pre thinking”, this approach has worked wonders for me. From starting with very low accuracy right to getting all of them right has been an incredible experience. The RC course was good for learning the way to understand any given passage, and increasing retention while reading anything.

I also used EGMAT for Quant, since I have been out of the academics for a long time, I needed to brush up my concepts and do the necessary practice to ensure that I am ready for the exam. The Quant section helped me immensely for enhancing my skillset and clearing my concepts on different topics.

Last but not the least, the best past of Egmat is its Scholaranium. This is an extremely welldesigned platform which provides numerous questions within each section, along with amazing data analytics which helped me improve my abilities.

Overall, I am extremely satisfied with eEgmat it helped to reach my target score at my very 1st attempt. I would definitely recommend the course to the future aspirants.

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Hi Reader,

Here is my long journey to a 730 GMAT score. Please bear with me! First off, I am immensely grateful for the support of e-GMAT team throughout this journey.

I started to think about the GMAT back in May 2021, and attempted the first free OG mock. I scored a 670 on the test and thought that I am at a pretty decent score and underestimated how tough it would be to improve the score. Not knowing much about the GMAT Prep space, I took a Magoosh subscription but was not impressed with it in the first few days itself. I felt that the lessons were not comprehensive enough. When I gave the second free OG mock test in the end of June, I scored a 690. I felt this was not a good enough improvement.

So I began to look for other resources on GMAT Prep. I attended a GMAT strategy session and booked a free strategy call with one of the experts. I was convinced that e-GMAT are experts in the GMAT prep space and bought the GMAT Online focused subscription. I started with Verbal and was able to witness gradual improvement across all the subsections.Thanks to e-GMAT’s cementing process, I was able to track my progress in an efficient manner.

From August ’21 to May ’22, I was not able to focus my energies on the GMAT prep due to excessive work responsibilities. Due to the extension policies set by e-GMAT (max. 90 days of account freeze allowed), I had to keep the subscription going for most of this time period. This rigid account suspension timeline is the only drawback that I have observed with e-GMAT’s subscriptions.

Starting June ’22, I was able to refocus on the GMAT prep and started revising the Verbal modules I had previously completed. I was continuously scoring better on the mocks (700, 750, 740, 760) during this period. I gave my first GMAT Online attempt in Aug '22 and scored an underwhelming 680. I was unable to understand the reason because the mock tests had indicated my score to be in the mid 700s. This is when I reached out to e-GMAT seeking help to improve my score and understand where I am lacking. I also requested to be included in e-GMAT’s Last Mile Program (LMP), wherein one of the experts from e-GMAT works 1-1 with you to help you reach your target score.

Rida from e-GMAT’s team helped me get enrolled into the LMP and we got to work immediately. She first helped me analyze what was wrong with my GMAT Online attempt, and then charted an intensive test-readiness plan for me to help my Verbal and Quant abilities. I was able to improve my abilities across the board and this was evident in my quizzes as well. She was very responsive to my queries and our regular connects to track the progress were of immense help to me. I was able to discuss any concerns or plan changes with her.

The mocks during this time period were of immense help as they helped me get into the mindset of continued focus for greater periods of time. However, there were times when I scored 680 on a particular mock, primarily due to a weak Verbal Score. To help overcome these, Rida sent some session recordings and document links that were helpful to overcome my shortcomings. I also attempted the SC ability booster sessions that were moderated by Payal, and they helped me understand my level and refine my SC ability to a great extent.

I gave the second GMAT Online attempt in Sept with a whole lot of confidence, but the result was to my utter shock! I had scored a 660, even lower than my first attempt. I was in complete disbelief as to what had just happened, but was more determined than ever to reach my target score. Rida helped me calm down, be positive and analyze the issues in the attempt. We found that I was feeling some level of performance anxiety during the attempts which was leading to suboptimal performance in the tests. We were confident on my abilities and just needed to build upon these to reach to a better score.

Also, after this attempt, the work responsibilities increased which meant that I had lesser time to dedicate to prep. So Rida helped me with an appropriate test readiness plan that could be completed in the limited time I had. I only had 2 unattempted OG mocks left that I had to use judiciously. I scored 760 on both these tests, which was a huge confidence booster for me.

Apart from the test, I also worked on developing a detached mindset and did not focus much on the score. Discussions with Rida were instrumental in this regard. We decided to have an in-person attempt this time because of the reason that it would be a much better environment to build focus rather than attempting the test at home. And sure enough, it was a good experience at the center. I was able to score a 730 on the test this time, which is much closer to my mock scores.

The last few months have been a period of hard work and persistence. And I can’t thank Rida and the e-GMAT team enough for helping me throughout this process. I am confident that these are the best people in the business for anyone who wants to excel at GMAT.

The Unique Aspects of e-GMAT that helped me:
1. PACE - PACE helped me in charting a streamlined Quant path by guiding me exactly where I need to spend my efforts.
2. Meaning-based approach for SC - Although I was already relying on the meaning before I saw this first-hand in e-GMAT, the SC modules in e-GMAT helped me use this approach along with identifying the correct grammar and this led to immense improvement of SC scores.
3. Pre-thinking approach for RC and CR - The pre-thinking process has been a game changer for me. Earlier, I used to read the question and directly jump to the option choices. However, pre-thinking allows me to understand the question stem and get involved with the universe of the question. This helps me to understand what the option choices really mean. I am happy to state that my CR and RC scores have improved significantly by using this method.
4. Cementing - In my opinion, Cementing is a very unique strength of the e-GMAT program. It helps one truly gauge their ability in a particular subsection of Quant/ Verbal. It has been really helpful whenever I had to track my progress.
5. Expert support - What truly sets e-GMAT apart is that the team is relentlessly devoted to helping the students in the best way possible. These experts readily repspond to any student queries from a question doubt or strategy standpoint. I truly believe when I say that I would have been able to reach to my current level without the support of Rida and other experts at e-GMAT.
6. Compassion towards the students - I was able to share any personal circumstances that were affecting my GMAT prep with Rida, and she was able to help navigate these circumstances. Together with Rida, I was able to identify the mental (test mindset) barriers that were preventing me from obtaining a good score on the first two attempts. The e-GMAT team is truly invested in the success of the students from all angles.
7. Last Mile Program (LMP) - This program is a godsend for students who have limited time to attempt the GMAT and are already at a decent ability. In my case, I was able to move through some of the topics in a swift manner. The test readiness quizzes that were integrated into my plan were really helpful in emulating the actual test questions. Also, Rida used to share some additional Verbal resources and recordings that helped me obtain that last push for the target scores.
8. Sigma-X mock tests - Although I have not attempted any other tests other than Sigma-X mock tests and OG mock tests, I found that the questions and scoring algorithm from Sigma-X mock tests are very similar to those of OG mock tests. These were a good testing resource for me.

Although this seems like a long sponsored endorsement for e-GMAT, that is absolutely not the case :) e-GMAT’s results and stats within the GMAT Prep industry speak for themselves. Infact, my journey is not yet complete, as I am gearing for my next GMAT attempt within the next few days. Wish me Luck!!

[UPDATE]: I went for the 5th attempt and was able to score a 740!! Rida helped me focus on test readiness and exam mindset for achieving this score. The 1-1 session with Verbal SME Harsha was instrumental in improving my Verbal score.

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Strengths:

- Analytics
- Cementing quiz - questions were carefully chosen in CQ, so I was able to practice different concepts
- Methodical approach to prep

Would make the product better:

- Tagging of Easy, Med and Hard questions

I'd highly recommend E-GMAT online course. The verbal content is very thorough. SC modules cover all topics. I also really like the meaning-based approach and pre-thinking for SC and CR respectivaly. Quant content is also very thorough. If you aim to achieve 700+ score, you can't afford to cut corners, and E-GMAT content would be very important.

Additionally, I also liked the scholarnium quiz modules. The analytics provide good insights. The questions are slightly harder than the actual GMAT, but that will help with prep in the actual exam.

Sigma X mocks are also good. They will help yo simulate the real exam like scenario. Overall, I'd certainly recommend the E-GMAT course.

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