My GMAT prep started sometime around Nov ‘21. I gave a mock and scored 670 (Q47V35) which I knew was nowhere close to the target score which I had in mind.
So, I immediately got to work and diligently started preparing everyday for a couple of hours in the morning before I began office work. I started with practicing questions from OG and would select 20 questions each from quant and verbal and test myself in a timed environment. My quant accuracy was good and I gradually got better with time. With Verbal my accuracy was poor and more importantly, I had huge conceptual gaps.

So I decided to start learning verbal concepts and since I tend to do better with video based learning, I started looking for an online course to help me with this. I enrolled in eGMAT based on a recommendation from a friend and because I was impressed with a lot of their answers on GMATClub. What I liked about their answers was the fact that they followed a structured approach for solving SC questions wherein, the first emphasis was on meaning followed by litmus testing the sentence against a fixed set of grammar rules. I found this quite effective because I felt this method was easy to replicate on the exam and left very little to chance.

After completing the course, my verbal score improved to V38 but it was still far from my target verbal score of V42. It was quite puzzling for me because I was solving questions every day but my score wasn’t improving. I reached out to eGMAT for help and they responded to me and gave me a customized plan which targeted my conceptual gaps and addressed issues in my approach. In a very short amount of time(2 weeks), my verbal score jumped from V38 to V42. I booked a test and scored 740(Q49V42).

Here is a list of things which I did that helped me immensely in acing the GMAT.
SC and CR: Knowing the grammatical concepts that the GMAT tests on is crucial. You can learn these concepts from a good test prep provider like eGMAT. Once you master these concepts, start practicing questions everyday in a timed environment and make sure you spend a good amount of time on questions which you failed to answer correctly. Be honest with yourself and introspect on why you got it wrong. Identify whether it is a conceptual gap, time issue, or anything else you might have faced. Once you identify your problem, take corrective actions to fix your mistakes. Making mistakes in GMAT is fine but making the same mistake twice is unacceptable. For CR, what really helped me was pre thinking. It is a practice where you read the question stem and try to prethink the answer that could answer the question. This was helpful to me because it eliminates the need to evaluate and introspect every option in depth because once you’ve prethought the answer, all you need to do is mark the answer choice that is closest to your pre thought assumption.

RC: Being a lifelong reader, I thought RC would be a piece of cake to me. I couldn’t be more wrong. Casual readers tend to skim through content a lot but skimming equals death in the GMAT. You have to understand every sentence clearly before moving on to the next sentence. The two things to always keep in mind when you read a sentence are a. What does this sentence mean? b. What value does this sentence add to the passage as a whole? This can be a bit time taking in the beginning, but with practice it will become second nature and your RC accuracy will soar.

General tips:
Error log: I solved nearly 600 questions before reaching out to eGMAT for help. I solved only 150 questions when working under their tutelage. I’ve learned more from solving those 150 questions than I did from the 600 questions I solved earlier. The differentiating factor was an error log. If you make an error log and regularly refer back to your notes, you’ll make a lot more incremental progress than you would if you simply solved questions without introspection. Quality matters more than quantity when practicing.
Read: Spend at least 15 minutes a day reading good quality content on the internet (The Economist, FT, etc.). Imagine that you are going to be questioned on the essays that you’re reading. Doing this improve your reading comprehension and will work wonders in RC and CR
Use analytics to track performance: eGMAT offers Scholaranium which is an excellent tool that contains 100s of good quality questions and amazing analytical tools to track your performance. You can very easily track your performance and check your accuracy and pace w.r.t topic, difficulty and section. I earlier did this in Excel when I was practicing from OG but it can be quite time taking and having the analytical tools in Scholarinium saved me a lot of time.
Mocks: Take mocks periodically to track your performance. While practicing quizzes regularly helps in improving accuracy and conceptual gaps, mocks help you in learning time management, train your brain to stay active for long hours and help you stay in touch with GMAT’s adaptive algorithm. I did 5 mocks in Scholarinium and I felt that the scoring and quality of questions were quite similar to the actual test.
Stay calm: It is good to push yourself to the limits of your capability but don’t let this affect your mental wellbeing. In the end, GMAT is just an exam. If you crack it, good, if not, life goes on. No big deal.

Happy Learning!

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I started my GMAT prep last year and like a lot of engineers quickly realized that although my quant skills were good enough, I needed some serious help in the verbal section. Multiple close contacts recommended eGMAT to learn and strengthen verbal concepts and I can safely say that it was the right decision.
The course takes you through the basics to the advanced level and at every step challenges you with quizzes and applications. The designed method to utilize the course is the one thing I would recommend everyone to follow and also read up on the explanations given for each answer whether you are right or wrong, especially in the Application files.
The pre-thinking process for CR and RC helped me to stay objective about the question and not get swayed by preconceived notions. For SC, cementing quizzes played a critical role in building up my thinking when there is no context provided – you do not know whether the question is from the verbs or modifiers module.
The mocks are a little towards the difficult end which I felt was good as they help you time better for the actual test. The mix of questions in the mocks and quizzes helps one better time their performance which becomes essential in the later stages of the prep.
Overall, I would highly recommend the eGMAT course as it strongly builds your basics quite well, provides ample data so you can understand where you are lacking, and has an ample number of quizzes and mocks to practice in that final stretch

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When I started my GMAT preparation, I thought of doing it without any support through free content on youtube and questions from different sources. But, soon I realized I used up 2 official mocks and I was stuck at 600-610 scores. V22 and Q49.

Then, I was about to drop the GMAT altogether thinking this is not my cup of tea. But, then a friend of mine recommended me the e-GMAT course. And this gave my preparation a good spin.

I absolutely love the preparation pedagogy starting from high school grammar. Earlier, I used to hate the RC section but after the course, and the techniques I was looking forward to the RC section in the exam. Even my ESR says I have received over 90% accuracy in the RC section.

Moreover, the question banks and mocks are very gmat-like. My test scores in e-GMAT mocks and official mocks were very close. And in the last days of the preps, I felt that the mocks are starting to become easy.

One piece of advice to students - please speak with the mentors and prep strategists, they are very helpful.

Overall - highly recommended

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I started my gmat preparation by solving questions from the official guide and from GMAT club . The questions were very useful for practice but the often contrasting views on a topic on the common forum caused confusion in understanding of concepts.To avoid this confusion, I decided to enroll for an online course which would help me be clear with different concepts. After some search on the web and speaking with some friends I decided to enroll for the egmat online course for 2 months.

Over the 2 months I accessed only the verbal section and mainly SC and RC as these two topics were my weak areas. The course on both these topics was highly structured and detailed. The practice questions at the end of each concept helped me gain a better understanding of each concept.

The course on SC helped me understand all the different grammer rules. After completing the course I could see significant improvements in topics such as modifiers, parallelism and comparisons. The course also gave a thorough demonstration of the method to be used to arrive at the correct answer while solving questions. This structured methodology was of great help in answering questions on the actual exam.

The course on RC, as the SC course was also very detailed and structured. The reading strategies provided were very useful in understanding how to gain proper understanding of any passage in minimum time. The insights provided on the way to approach a main point and inference question were very useful in solving questions and helped me increase my accuracy in these questions.

Post completion of the theory I began solving questions on the scholaranium section of the course. During this phase I solved a lot of questions through the cementing quizzes on each of the 3 verbal topics. The scholaranium provided me access to lot of questions where I could apply the concepts learned during the course. In addition to providing questions, the detailed solutions of the questions also helped me improve my question solving ability. After I solved some questions on the cementing quizzes I moved to giving the movk tests. Initially I struggled to solve the questions within the stipulated time as I was taking time to adjust to applying a different process of question solving. However, as I kept practicing questions I became better and was able to solve the questions within the stipulated time with a good accuracy. Consequently, my mock score also increased upto 740. Another good feature of the scholaranium was the fact that question used to get added after completion of a mock test. This ensured that I always had sufficient questions for practice. Also the analytics section in the scholaronium section helped me understand my accuracy in different type of questions and gave me an understanding on the topics on which I was supposed to work.

After i felt confident to give the gmat I booked a slot for the exam. I ended up getting a score of 760 with a 41 in the verbal section. The egmat course on SC and RC played an important role in helping me achieve this score.

Overall I would recommend the egmat verbal course for anyone looking for a structured and detailed way of learning. An important point in getting maximum advantage from the course is consistent practive. Consistent practice is very important if one has to gain expertise in solving questions.

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My GMAT journey started in 2018, at that point of time I tried various platforms, such as Offline Coaching, GMAT Club question sets, Manhattan Test Series, e-GMAT etc., for my preparations. I spent around 6 months on preparations and gave 3 attempts back to back. Needless to mention my performance was dismal and I ended up with:
• 680 on Ist attempt
• 640 on IInd attempt (Score Cancelled)
• 630 on IIIrd attempt (Score Cancelled)
With this score I couldn’t get into any B School of my choice, and finally gave up on my MBA dream. Fast forward 5 yrs, I got married and am doing good in my career but couldn’t really stop thinking about MBA and the momentum it provides to the career.
So, I decided to write GMAT one last final time. Because of my previous experience, e-GMAT was my obvious first choice. I started my preps in Dec’21 and religiously followed the course structure recommended by them. During the course of preparation, I made following mistakes, which I realized later and ultimately had to spend more time, later, to correct them:
• Skipping the Master Comprehension part. Supposing that it is not required, since it is not evaluated on exam.
• Skipping the videos of certain topics that I believed I knew.
• Not viewing the solution video. Cause solution generally tend to be of 10+ minutes, so I either played the video on 2x speed or didn’t view it entirely.
• Being overconfident about Quant – supposing that I knew all the concepts and hence spent only 6-8 hrs in entire quant preparation.
• Not maintaining the error log properly.
• Focusing on attempting more and more no. of questions.
Because of these things I ultimately ended up re-doing the modules and ultimately adding few more months to the timeline.
What I liked about e-GMAT:
• Structured modules – Each section of e-GMAT is structured in such a way that you can actually implement the learnings of one in another. Moreover, the structuring of Practice Quiz & Application files helps to learn and implement the concepts in a much handy way.
• Analytics: Whether it be analytics around time spent in a particular module or around the Scholaranium, it helped in providing extremely helpful insights about the weaker sections. Moreover, the analysis of the time spent in a particular question helped me to drastically reduce the time taken in RC & CR. It also helped me identify the weaker areas in SC and do a targeted practice around the same.
• Error Log: I think it is the most undervalued thing in the whole preparation :D. At first, I was not maintaining it religiously but learnt its importance, the harder way. It is extremely important as in the last phases of your preparation, when you’ve attempted 100+ questions, it is very important to understand and not repeat your mistakes. The key is not to practice more and more questions, but to learn and not repeat the same mistake.
• Support from e-GMAT experts: As a student when you’ve been preparing for 6+ months, one tends to lose patience, overlook the obvious signs of un-preparedness, and schedule an appointment in a hurry. The same happened with me. After 2 sigma mock tests, I was like I should take a date for next week.
Fortunately for me, all through my journey I had been actively writing to the support team and seeking their suggestion. In the end when I was restless and impatient to schedule an appointment, it was Support team who analyzed my performance and helped me identify the areas that needed more practice and improvement. Though the exercise took me 1 more months but it helped me be more confident in Verbal and Quant.

Many of us feel shy to reach out to Support team, thinking that they might not respond or may take long to reply. But believe me, always reach out to people, seek their support, and make them a part of your journey. People do respond. And the same was true for e-GMAT support team also.


Lastly I would like to add that GMAT is a game of patience. Plz keep your mind cool and don’t let the monotony or self-inflicted deadlines make you go in a hurry.

May the force be with you, All the best 

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What e-gmat gives you is an easy-to-follow structure. All you need to do is to follow the step by step plan and stick to the process. You will be constantly practicing the meaning based approach in SC and pre-thinking in CR and somewhat in RC as well.
The PACE system allows you to solve a lot of time in preparing your Quant preparation. The analytics based approach to identify each of the strengths and weaknesses in each of the different sub-sections has truly been of immense help to me.
The constant motivation from the team, the constant support in terms of not only identifying the weaknesses but also providing a methodology to tackle those weaknesses have been the highlight for me and will surely help anyone from any background who's willing to put the time.
Thank you egmat.

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I started considering applying for deferred MBA admissions back in September 2021. The first thing that comes up with regards to any school admissions is - the standardized test requirements. Coming from an over-represented group (Indian Engineers), I would have to ace the GMAT (read - about 20 to 30 points above the general median) in order to not have standardized prep as a weaker part of the application.

I started with taking an official GMAT mock test, and I received a 690 (Q50 V34). While taking the mock test, I quickly realized that I would have to focus my preparation for the verbal section, and in particular, the Sentence Correction section of the test, thanks to the level of discomfort I was having with it. After reviewing the test, it became clear to me that I will need to focus on the foundations of grammar, and develop a knack of checking not just for the meanings (which I was reasonably comfortable with), but also for the grammar.

I started looking for some resources, and I came across e-GMAT. From the introductory videos and reviews, it became very clear to me that their test prep relied a lot on correctness and developing fundamentals, instead of trying to teach some GMAT-specific ‘hacks’/solutions. This approach seemed really charming to me given my target of having a high GMAT Score. Thus, I took up the GMAT Online 360 course from e-GMAT.
I focused particularly on the SC section since I saw the most value in improving my weakest section. I started following the foundational topics, and covered most (if not all of them) with attention to detail so as to develop the grammatical foundations. I would at times try to ‘skip’ the learnings by jumping into cementing exams, but I could see no improvements then, and therefore decided to continue covering all the topics. Once I completed the SC course contents, I made the novice decision of taking the GMAT with no exam temperament (ie. no practice of taking the GMAT mocks). In my first attempt, I scored a V730 (Q50, V39).

In my fist exam, I realized the importance of being able to reduce the time I took for solving the SC questions, especially given that I was receiving very long sentences and I could see that despite my ability to solve these questions, I was taking up too much time to reach the solution, thus leading to an incomplete verbal section attempt. Once again, I focused on improving my SC score by taking the cementing tests (especially the medium and hard categories). After each test, I made sure that I would go through the questions I had a bit of guesswork involved (by flagging such questions), the incorrect answers, and the questions in which I took up a bit too much of time (both obtained via the xPERT engine). I would also make sure to review the concepts that I would deem necessary. In particular, I had focused tremendously on the modifiers section, especially the verb-ing and the verb-ed forms.

After the cementing tests, I took the official GMAT mocks and the Sigma-X mocks. The Sigma-X mocks were tremendously helpful since they were tougher than the actual GMAT Exam, and therefore I was very well prepared for any hick-ups during the actual exam. After a month of preparation, I took the GMAT again, this time with a score of 760 (Q51, V40), just enough to apply to my target B-schools with a sense of comfort.
As far as the course is concerned, I have been able to learn a lot about the fundamentals of grammar, written English, and the importance of unambiguous sentences. The course will not just help in GMAT (the prime focus of the course), but it should also help with written English - right from comprehension to developing a knack of writing unambiguous text.
I would recommend the e-GMAT course for anyone who is looking:

1. To learn from the fundamentals - throughout the journey, I never found any ‘hacks’ to solve a question. I cannot stress enough how important this is for a high GMAT score. Take it from someone who has done reasonably well in multiple standardized exams :)

2. To truly excel in the test- the e-GMAT course goes above and beyond to prepare for the worst-case scenarios during the actual test. While the course may seem daunting at the beginning, the actual test will feel like a breeze.
3. To use data-driven analytics in their prep: The X-PERT engine does really well in finding out the gaps in the preparation through its cementing and mock tests. Any candidate can use the analytics to fill in the gaps by revisiting these topics.

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Hi guys,

I started with egmat from absolute zero. I was out of the habit of studying and had done Maths about 5 years back. My English too was all over the place. So, egmat helped me with getting that rust off my verbal and quantitative skills.

I loved their Verbal course the most. I remember a session that Payal had hosted on SC. The title said something like, "How to solve an SC question in under 60 secs". I said to myself, "Another gimmicky company". But when I sat for my actual test, I was actually solving almost all SC questions in under 60 secs. The jump in my ability happened because I just mimicked the way Payal used to solve SC questions in their SC module.

Step 1: Break the stimulus/ argument into smaller pieces. Pause while reading at strategic moments. Then absorb the meaning of the sentence.
Step 2: Look for S-V pairs, pronoun errors, modifiers, comparisons, idioms, redundancy, etc.

This systematic approach, if followed diligently, cuts down the time "significantly". And that's why I got a V42 in the actual exam.

I believe that one of the most underrated stuff that egmat helps you with is- "Reading skills". To learn "effectively" is a very underrated skill. If you don't have that down, you will suffer tremendously in the exam. More so because, during exams, "nerves" come into play. And if you have not developed a systematic "Reading skill" then you will speed-read stuff in some panicky situations and start getting easy questions wrong. That's where GMAT punishes the test-takers the most.

So, just try to imitate Payal when reading a stimulus or breaking down an argument. After some time, it would become your natural habit.

The last but important aspect of egmat is their support. Dhananjay (DJ) and Shradhha are absolute GEMS. DJ would give you reality checks whereas Shradhha would answer all your "Verb-ing" modifier queries with utmost patience. I remember I used to trouble her a lot with questions on "Verb-ing modifier". So for that, "Shradhha, I am sorry". And to DJ, "I did it man!".

A word of caution: I did their Quant course the wrong way. They have a structure in place, but I didn't follow it. If you happen to take the course, try to follow the structure they have in place. I can't write it all about it here, but in short, "Trust them with your time and money", and "contact their support" when in doubt.

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E-Gmat provides the most exhaustive test prep material in the whole industry and I have seen the prep material of Magoosh and Gmat Whiz as well. The quality of course material whether it be of verbal or of quant is excellent and the Scholaranium is a real gold mine. The only thing missing is personalisation. I might not have gotten a great score out of it but I would really recommend it to everyone out there if they really want to gain fundamentals on how to ace GMAT. Their strategy and lectures on algebra are extremely helpful and thus you can absolutely trust on e-gmat for your GMAT prep journey.

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In my first year of undergrad, it was as I was searching for information about what the gmat as an exam entailed, that I stumbled upon a comprehensive explanation of the same on the first website that I clicked.
The egmat website.
The blog post there offered an extremely thorough, easy to understand overview of the exam and its sections, what a percentile score really meant, and why the gmat as an exam might be right for you.
The clarity provided through this post was what I would say, solidified my desire to attempt the exam and piqued my interest in learning more about what egmat as a platform had to offer regarding the same.

The very next day, as I went through the free modules offered, I marveled at how easily a concept such as ' +ing- modifiers' that i had struggled to retain post my elementary school days, was one that I was able to understand through the concept file illustrations and then apply almost immediately after being taught the concept, in an interactive application file quiz.

That very evening, I booked a free strategy consultation with one of their experts and was introduced to Vaibhav, who helped me chart out my gmat goals, taking into consideration my time commitments and strengths and urged me to avail their free sigma x mock test to have a better understanding of where it is that I stood, not just in terms of my cumulative quant and verbal ability, but also in terms of my sectional ability in each of the subsections under verbal and quant.

The fact that egmat offers a sigma x mock test that uses analytics to provide the following information to *everyone* for free is almost akin to a godsend, and I can tell you with complete certainty, that attempting that mock test regardless of where it is that you are at your gmat prep journey or how it is that you are prepping , will be a game changer for you.

What set egmat apart for me was the transparency with which every step of the process was detailed.
The meticulous 3 step approach that is explained to you, the personalised study plan that is offered, that takes into consideration your strengths, commitments and goals, the access to a student forum that allows you to see other queries posted on a topic, ask your own, with the guarantee of receiving a response within 24 hours, and the active involvement of a team of strategy experts that are there for you at every step of the way, were all attributes that I was made aware of on that very first day itself, and is what motivated me to purchase the course.

On my very first mock test, i scored a 520 ( 26th percentile; Q31 , V31) and the analytics for the same was what was used by the egmat testprep company to help chart out an action plan that was tailored specifically for me.

By the end of my gmat journey, what i had achieved was a 220 point improvement from my intial score , with my final score of 740 ( 97th percentile ; Q47, V45).


Below, i shall enumerate some of the reasons why EGMAT 'works' :

1. They do not promise you instant miracles. Instead, you are guaranteed 'improvement' over a period of time, provided you follow the plan charted out for you.
I was given reasonable targets at different stages of my gmat journey - to grow from 520 to 570 , 570 to 620, 620 to 650, 650 to 680, 680 to 710, and then 710 to 740+.

2. Stage 1 of each module entails a diagnostic quiz for you to figure out where it is you stand, and on the basis of your performance on that, through the PACE feature of the course, you are told which module files you must work on and what you can skip, effectively saving you time during your prep.

3. Each concept file within a module is followed by a timed test that replicates an online mini exam. So, even for 5 questions, you are given a test that is timed for say 15 minutes, I.e, the amount of time they find you should ideally take to solve those questions.
In addition to this, there are also untimed process and application learning files, where you can take your time solving one question, before being shown a video solution of the same that maps out the process skills to be used and breaks down the steps to solving that question.
Since several of the questions on learning files of this kind are usually gmat style questions of medium-hard difficulty , the approach followed to teach you how to solve these questions is very effective in cementing the method in your mind.

4. SUPPORT + VALIDATION. The gmat journey can often be a lonely one. The impact of the lows felt may sometimes erode one's confidence , and the lack of check-ins at regular intervals may just adversely affect the 'accountability' you may take in your learning process.
Egmat recognises this, and thus, makes it a point to validate not just the final score, but also the effort you put along the way at every level in your journey.
Emails that celebrate your performance on the final application/ practice quizzes of each module are sent when you score greater than 85 percent on them and they serve to affirm to you that you're on the right track in your journey.
In addition to this , the support team of strategy experts are just an email away, there for you to reach out to when things 'Do Not Go According To Plan'. They are quick in their responses, efficient in their communication, and possess the right balance of empathy and firmness as they chart out improvement plans for you.
My strategy expert Harsha was someone i sent extremely lengthy emails too, detailing not just my progress on good days but also the sheer panic i felt when things didn't go according to plan. At one point in time, i think i even sent him my timetable for the day, asking him how i could rework it better! Strategy experts like Harsha, I found, went above and beyond in the role they played - doubling as progress trackers, motivators, problem solvers, and even life coaches!
In addition to this, my subscription, which was set to expire on the 26th of June, was extended free of charge until the 1st of july (the date of my gmat) so I could access the resources and produce optimized results on my final exam.
All of this is indeed something that I will always be indebted to egmat for.

5. Cementing
The cementing approach to strengthen your understanding of not just the concepts learned in stage 1 but also their application in all possible types of gmat style questions, is by far the most life changing aspect of this programme.
You are taught to identify several process skills like I.simplification, ii. Translation, iii. Consider constraints, iv. All cases and so on while learning a concept in stage 1. In stage 2, it is as you are giving your medium and hard level tests on their cementing platform called Scholaranium, that you are taught how to make an error log to efficiently identify your errors, record your learnings and create an effective review system that saves you time down the line in your final revision process.
The error log approach compels you to go beyond the traditional reasoning of a 'silly mistake' or ' took too much time' (in fact, egmat maintains fervently that there is no such thing as a silly mistake) for incorrect questions and delve deeper into which process skill you might have overlooked and pin point exactly which part of the application stage you may have faltered in.
The goal here is to change how you respond to errors - and to encourage you direct your focus from " what went wrong" to identifying " why it went wrong".
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call this the most 'crucial' takeaway for your gmat prep.
I can assure you that this cementing process, when done properly, is what takes your learning to the next level - gets you that 85th percentile and above accuracy and instills in you, unwavering belief in your ability to take on any question posed to yoy on the final day.


6. Other features like a focused approach to work on your TAKT time on questions where you exceed the time it should take to solve a particular question or topic, curated review lists for each test that highlight the questions you may have exceeded time for or rushed through in, with a threshold time offered as information to evaluate your performance against, the ability to bookmark questions so you can review them later by simply clicking on your user profile, and even a forum that allows you to review other student queries posted on a topic and ask your own, are also what sets egmat apart as the perfect learning platform for anyone looking to improve.

Looking back at my gmat journey, for all the learning curves that i did end up experiencing, for the bumps and stumbles, and even the things that I wished i'd done differently along the way, i know that the one decision that i can say with certainty that I will be eternally grateful for making, is choosing egmat.

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