Content : The content for Verbal is extremely thorough. The concept files are probably the best you have ever seen from 2 aspects, first of course is the actual material, second aspect is the progression it follows.

Practice: the platform that E-Gmat uses to help you in practicing questions provides more than enough data for you individually analyze your weak sections and subsections.

Quant: The new quant 2.0 prep material is extremely targeted. The idea is that you can focus on areas that you need particular help with (if that's the approach you need to take due to time constraints)

Mocks: The mocks are slightly tougher than the actual test (quant is tougher, verbal is very representative). But the best part is you can get an ESR like analysis after each mock test you give you more than enough metrics to actually strategize to improve on your next mock.

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My journey began with a baseline score of 650 on the official mock test. I analysed my results and began working towards improving the 'weaker' areas like most of us after the baseline. However, after about 2-3 months of self-prep (about 3-4 hours per day during the week and 6-7 hours over the weekend), I did not see any improvement in my scores for the second official mock. I decided to do something about it as (again, like the most of us) I wanted to secure a 700+ score for myself as soon as possible.

Having read positive reviews about e-GMAT and having heard a few personal experiences from acquaintances as well, I scheduled a quick strategy call with an e-GMAT expert to understand the best next steps and went ahead with the focused online course the very next day.
Due to my work commitments, I could only spare about 3-4 hours on a weekday and about 6-7 hours on a weekend, and that was sufficient to cover the complete course in about 15 days. This was also the estimate provided by the course in the initial set up which was pretty accurate. The support team was extremely professional, I checked in with them almost once in two days and received quick responses in terms of feedback and next steps. The master comprehension for verbal in general, meaning-based approach in SC, pre-thinking approach in RC and extremely well guided modules for Quant helped me immensely. The Scholaranium 2.0 dashboard and analytics helped me identify weak areas as I progressed - not just in terms of questions I got wrong but questions where I spent significantly more time than the median population. The explanations and solutions were super helpful and helped me save a lot of prep time as well.

I scored 690 on my first GMAT, but I knew I could've done better so I decided to re-take it in 16 days.
For these 16 days, I was provided support and guidance by Dhananjay Lowe, who customised my ability scores from my previous mock by adjusting the luck factor (since I was sure my e-GMAT mock score of 680 was skewed upwards), provided a 16 day customised plan, checked in with me and provided super honest and useful feedback. He also shared a personalised video feedback on a few critical areas where I faltered in a custom quiz (this was a test readiness quiz one day before my test) which guided me about topics I needed to revise before my test and about mindful of my time-wasting tendencies (which also reduced my takt time overall).

I ended up with a score of 700 on my second test (where my quant score improved from V41 to V48) and I'm extremely grateful for Dhananjay and team's honest feedback to help me keep pushing till the last very last day.

While I know the feedback is very lengthy, I hope it helps fellow students in taking the necessary steps to reduce their prep time and achieve their target score. Good luck! :)

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My GMAT journey started back in February. I had a goal in my mind to give the exam latest by July to apply in R1 for the MIM program in Europe.
I started with clearing my basics from Manhattan. Since I have always had a comfort level with Quant, it hardly took me 3-4 weeks to get a stronghold on GMAT quant. And later, I began with Verbal – starting with SC, followed by CR, and finally RC. Together with Verbal, I made sure to practice Quant daily so that I don't lose the grip on the concepts.
Though I struggled with Verbal in the initial days, I started doing better as weeks passed by, and ultimately, I started giving the official mocks. My score on the official mocks ranged from 740 to 780 and henceforth, I booked my exam for the second week of September. I was pretty confident on the day of the exam – Considering my score on the official mocks!
I started with Quant (my comfort zone) and bombed it pretty bad. I had to guess the last 10 questions and my confidence went down pretty bad, which impacted my Verbal as well. I couldn’t perform to my best and I was certain that I wouldn’t get anywhere near 700. But when I clicked on END EXAM – I got the shock of my life. The screen showed 600 (Q41 and V32)!!! I wasn’t expecting a score this low.
I was highly disappointed with my quant score specifically since I always scored a Q50 or a Q51. And the Quant on the real exam is way tougher than the one provided on mocks

While I was exiting from the Exam center, I was certain that I would go with E-Gmat for my second attempt, give it a month and apply in R2. I decided to go for E-Gmat since I have seen amazing reviews of the platform on GMATCLUB and YouTube and people getting a 100+ score improvement in a few weeks.
I took a break for 10-15 days and bought the e-GMAT plan for a month. I started with giving the first mock and analyzed my weaker areas in both Quant and Verbal. The personalized study plan further helped me in following a structured approach in my preparation. I booked the exam for the second week of November and studied diligently.


E-GMAT, to be precise, has helped me in several ways. Not only did it help me in improving my Vimprove my Verbal, but it with good methodologies in Quant. Which ultimately
E-GMAT helped me in the following ways


1. I was able to equip myself with better and structured methodologies in Word Problems and Number Properties – the areas in which my accuracy was relatively low and I used to take more time while solving these questions (even below 600 level).

2. I learned the Meaning Driven approach in SC and my accuracy became way better just in 5-6 days. The Practice Files and GMAT skills file helped a lot in grasping the techniques and methodologies. The best and the most unconventional thing I found was "Breaking the myth on ‘being’.

3. Coming to CR – MY WORST FEAR! The falsification conclusion and Pre-thinking techniques in E-GMAT helped in solving CR questions in a timely and efficient manner. MY accuracy in CR was as low as 35% and it sky-rocketed to 85% in just a couple of days- thanks to E-GMAT!

Now Coming to the best part about E-Gmat – The Last Mile Program.
I was invited by Archit Bhargava to be a part of this program, 15-16 days before my exam. He analyzed the SIGMA-X Mock my ESR report of the previous attempt and designed personalized improvement plans for the sections in which I lacked the most. He gave me 2-3 days' targets accordingly and would see if my accuracy has improved or not in the respective section. He helped me understand where I had conceptual gaps, where I had to focus on process skills, and where I was good at but still needed to work on the timing. His plans were precise and realistic to follow. He helped me overcome my fear of CR. Even if I was doing good in CR before coming in touch with him, he asked me to visit the process and GMAT skills file again and re-learn the methodologies, and to be honest that was the most beneficial advice for me in this whole journey. He made sure that I attempt all the hard level questions of CR- I was running away from them but he made me face my fears and conquer them.

Archit even recorded a personalized video of my mock attempts and made sure that I learn from my mistakes. The video revolved around the timing strategies, the concepts, and how to go about the real exam. He made me understand that things can go South if you spend more than 4 minutes on a question and still get that wrong – certainly because of which I flunked my first attempt. The best thing about Archit was that he responded to me even during the weekends and Diwali, he understood that my exam was approaching and never backed off from responding to my queries.

I inculcated his insights and advice in my second attempt and was able to come closer to my target score. I got a 700 (Q50, V35). When the score flashed in front of me- all I could think about was that it wouldn't have been possible without e-GMAT and the endless support of Archit.

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After just solving 1000+ OG questions for almost a year, I could only reach a 690 (34V,49Q). I was frustrated and thought I needed a structured approach, and my system was not working out. I looked at reviews (I was very sceptical at first) and found that eGMAT seems to be the best bet.

I decided to opt for eGMAT. Below are some of the details from eGMAT that helped me reach a 750 (V41,Q50)

Personalised Study Plan: This is a helpful resource for someone who knows what GMAT is and where they stand. It helped me understand my ESR as well as helped me structure my plan as I only had two months to prepare.

Verbal:
1. Master Comprehension: For people who want to improve in verbal, this is a MUST. This course not only helped me in RC but also CR and somewhat in SC, and this helped me understand and extract the meaning of paragraphs in one reading, which is a must to improve in RC.

2. SC: By far one of the most detailed courses in SC. They have broken SC down into multiple pieces, and although the Error analysis for choice A seems a bit too time consuming, this will help in the long run.

3. CR: This course has helped me reduce my out of scope errors by a considerable margin. There are good examples and application files in this.

4. RC: The Application files helped me use the master comprehension approach and build this approach with the application files.

Quant:

A lot of people say that the Quant is not that great within the eGMAT course. The structured way of solving questions is much simpler to apply using the learning from the quant courses.

Being an Engineer, I was taught to use the fastest approach (be it mental math), but this course helped me bring a structure to solve even the fundamental questions which minimise the errors that may happen.

One thing is that the questions are slightly more challenging than what you may get in the actual GMAT; they sure help build the core so that we don't get overwhelmed during the real GMAT.

I too had doubts before making the purchase, and given that I had only two months to prep, I am glad that I chose eGMAT.

For anyone who has started with eGMAT, I would suggest going through the Study plan, Analyse your ESR (or SigmaX) and creating a Plan. And DO NOT skip master comphrension.

Other aspects of the course can be skipped if you are confident about your abilities, but in order to do so, do understand your capabilities based on either ESR or the SigmaX mock.

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I started my preparation for GMAT rather late. As per my schedule I had only 45 days to prepare. My friend who successfully got into a top business school suggested me to take e-GMAT. I followed his advice blindly and don't regret it even a slight bit, though I regret many other advices he has given me over the years!!

After diligently doing 2 hours of e-GMAT's course each day, I gave my GMAT after 45 days and got a 710 score. I can say it without any hesitation that without e-GMAT it wouldn't have been possible to get a 700 plus score. In the official mock just before I started my preparation I got 620 with a poor Verbal score of 27.

e-GMAT equips you with the right set of tools and techniques to systematically understand the concepts and confidently apply them in actual test scenario. Through Custom Quizzes on Scholaranium I was able to test my concepts and through Sigma-X mocks I was able to test my time management. The quality of questions is very much in line with the official GMAT, particularly in case of Verbal section.

e-GMAT has clearly been the X-factor in my preparation!

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E-gmat course helped me improve from 640 in the initial sigma X mock to 710 ( Q50 V37) in a span of four months even though I was working in shifts during this period. Coming from a Hindi Medium background, I was skeptical about verbal section, but the e-gmat course made it so systematic and easy that I was able to score V37. I will recommend E-GMAT to everyone who wants to score high on verbal section.

What I liked the most?
Hyper personalization
I was invited by Archit Bhargava to be part of LMP (Last Mile Program), a program where he would support me as a mentor. I cannot thank Archit enough for his support during my GMAT prep. He analyzed every single part of the Six Sigma X Mocks I took, beginning with my initial diagnosis one, and designed personalized improvement plans for each of the sections of the exam. He helped me understand where I had conceptual gaps, where I had to focus on process skills, and what areas I had already “conquered”. Archit also supported me until my exam day, helping me overcome any fall, to arrive at the GMAT with full confidence.

Approach
e-GMAT has a very structured approach to achieve test readiness. Each of the subtopics of both Quant and Verbal is structured around a three-step learning process: (1) concept, (2) process, (3) GMAT skills. This method allows one to be certain of the readiness to move to the following step, and to calibrate the time dedicated to each subtopic in a very personalized way.

Platform
The Scholaranium 2.0 is a very powerful platform. It provides as many KPIs and metrics as one can imagine to identify the process flaws and knowledge gaps at a very detailed level to know exactly what to do to improve. It keeps track of the results for the different levels of questions. With Scholaranium 2.0, one can design custom quizzes and can even choose the subtopic! For example, one can design a quiz only on hard-level questions on modifiers within the SC section. The explanation of how questions should be resolved is very detailed and allows one to identify what went wrong or to confirm a correct.

Sigma X Mocks
The Sigma X Mocks very well represent the real exam. The adaptative software makes the experience very similar to that of the GMAT. From my own personal experience, I can say these mock exams even have more difficult questions than the GMAT, which allows one to be confident that when preparing for this hard questions, one is for sure covering the difficulty that will be find in the exam.

My study mentor: Archit
My journey would not have been the same without Archit. He was there to take my phone call at whatever hour each time I felt I would not make it in time, to adapt my study plan around my crazy work schedule, to help me define concrete next steps. Archit was the game changer in my GMAT journey.

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I had been in contact with the EGMAT team for more than 8 months and I have used their course for a total of 3 months. In my 3 GMAT Attempts, this course proved to be very useful.
In experience with the EGMAT Course, I felt it was very smooth and helpful. The content was top-notch and the strategies used were really benefitting me in my GMAT Prep. The meaning based approach used in SC helped me increase to 94th percentile and the Pre-thinking also helped me gain a 80th percentile in CR. The team also shared Error Log templates with me for specific sections. These templates allowed me to myself understand my weak points in CR and SC. Truly, this course is the perfect option for self-study enthusiasts who need guidance and mentorship. Furthermore, they have revamped their Quant course recently. The new version allows a student to customize his or her study experience. This makes studying really efficient as a student can now study only what topics he needs or is weak at. I was a strong scorer in Quants. The Quant 2.0 allowed me to do a lot of diagnostic quizzes and decipher which are the specific points, where I am weak. For example, I was getting 66% accuracy in Geometry in the past 2 GMAT attempts. Through the Quant 2.0 and Skill data option, I was able to find the core topics of Geometry where I was unable to improve. These included Coordinate Geometry and Quadrilaterals for me, but for any other student, this option allows to go very deep and find strong as well as weak points during preparation. This is undoubtedly the best course out there and combined with their world-class support team, there is nothing more you can ask.
The support team is by-far the best in GMAT Preparation. Although I had been impatient quite a lot of times, the team was very polite and understanding. Apart from this, the EGMAT team helped me analyse my ESRs from the 2 attempts, wherein I scored 680, very well. They were able to clearly pinpoint my errors in CR and RC and then suggested a customized plan to become better at these topics as well. It was a very data-oriented approach that was bound to yield positive results. The team also created small-yet powerful plans for specific areas such as revision or score enhancement. For instance, I mailed once for a revision in SC and CR, about 14 days before my actual GMAT. The team sent me a refresher course and a quick-revision plan as well. These 2 plans are truly amazing. I was able to revise all core concepts, practice fundamental questions and revise everything in just 2 days. I cannot really ask for anything more as the team was there at every little step when I needed guidance or just motivation. They were very quick in their replies and they were able to solve all my queries through a simple Email. It was convenient, effective and efficient. EGMAT Team also uses the concept of ‘Test Readiness.’ This is simply a set of quizzes a student needs to give to understand his accuracy levels and decide if he is ready for the actual battle of GMAT or not. I was really happy as the team sent me details of doing these quizzes and also personally guided me by studying the results of these Test Readiness Quizzes. This feature helps a candidate to understand if he is actually ready or more preparation is needed.
I would particularly like to share my experience with DJ, aka Dhananjay. DJ has been with me since my first attempt and he has helped me stay consistent with GMAT. There have been times when I lost hope but DJ always motivated me to study and crack this exam. I owe my 710 to DJ. His strategies and study plans were built on logic and involved a lot of data usage from the EGMAT Portal. Thus, these plans worked with almost 100% accuracy. I would definitely recommend DJ for any student. He is really a gem who can take you to your dream score. DJ was so kind to also help me with Essay analysis and editing process for top MiM Courses such as LBS and INSEAD. He spent many hours helping me craft the perfect essay. He is really one of the best instructors out there who goes beyond the expected to help a student. I am really blessed to have him as my mentor.

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You may get courses or study material from anywhere on the internet these days, but what leads to a good score is a structured approach and a definite plan of success which I believe is e-GMAT's forte.

I had appeared for my first attempt in 2020 where I had scored a 620; I took my second attempt this year and got a 90-point improvement to 710 in my score with e-GMAT’s Online course. (Great improvement in verbal, from V26 to V40)

The major difference between my first and second attempt was the approach that I took while preparing for the test. During my first attempt, I did not follow any plan and was aimlessly studying the courses, not understanding the correct way to improve my GMAT score. While in my second attempt, I diligently followed the personalized study plan suggested by the e-GMAT support team. When you follow the plan, you will see how your ability increases step-by-step which in turn, increases your confidence and belief in getting a good score in your final GMAT test.

The Verbal and Quant courses at e-GMAT are systematic and well thought out, emphasizing on the process/strategy required to apply while answering any question type. Few highlights of the course which helped me improve my score were the meaning-based approach for SC, pre-thinking and pro-active approach for CR and RC and importance of clear visualization for Quant.

On the other hand, Scholaranium played a very important role in understanding my areas of improvement. Skill-based data given by the AI helps you work on very specific topics that you can build on to boost your GMAT score.

Special Kudos to the e-GMAT support team, their promptness and patience in dealing with any questions or concerns was amazing. They always got back to me within one business day. I would like to thank Aditee(my e-GMAT mentor) for always taking out time to help me understand my weak areas and explaining how target practice would help me more than a blanket practice. It was a great relief to always have an expert support to rely on during stressful times.

All in all, I would highly recommend e-GMAT to anyone who is looking to start their GMAT prep and achieve their target score. 😊

All the best! Cheers!

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For someone who was coming from a 690 (Q46 V39 IR 5) and had been constantly stuck in the 670 - 710 range in all his mocks, eGMAT was a blessing!

It is easier to train someone who is completely fresh and new to GMAT vs someone who has certain fixed ways of approaching problems. The latter involves an additional step of unlearning a few things and then learning using new techniques. I believe this is where eGMAT aced it for me!

I got a personal strategy trainer as I was looking for a targeted 40 point improvement. I wanted a 730 and didn't have much time.

We started with a detailed analysis of the ESR from my 690 attempt. While my verbal scores were okay-ish, needed to work a bit on CR to improve it to an 80th percentile, it was ALG-GEO in Quant that needed a lot of attention.

Quant 2.0 really helped in this. I went through the concepts files and sectional diagnostic quizzes to understand my weak areas. There were some refreshingly new ways to solve problems quickly, like the Wavy Line method which drastically cut down the time taken per question.

The role of my strategy coach, DJ, was immense. He closely monitored my performance and kept pushing me to finish the modules in time. He then suggested Cementing quizzes. This, for me, is that did the trick. The targeted approach of 2 Medium + 2 Hard + 1 Mixed Bag quiz after each Quant section really hammered in the concepts. The fact that all the quizzes were timed really helped me since my biggest battle was to finish the Quant section within time limits and with the desired accuracy levels.

In CR, the pre-thinking approach I learned really helped me up my game.

The culmination of the preparation was doing Test Readiness Quizzes within Scholarinium. The flexibility of the tool helps you attack exactly what your weak areas are and helps you improve drastically.

A huge shout out to eGMAT's mentorship program and specially my mentor, Dhananjay. He is prompt with his replies, detailed in his analysis, relentless in his motivation and targeted in his strategic approach. He would give me day by day plan with detailed threshold limits and anaylsed my performance to pin point my exact weak areas.

The result?

690 (Q46 V39 IR5) -> 740 (Q49 V41 IR8)

I improved in all the sections! If I can do it, anyone can.

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Before signing up for the e-gmat course, I did extensive research on all available sources for core concepts and even attended trial sessions and webinars offered by different companies. However, I realized I needed something which would help me understand concepts from scratch and make my base strong. Since e-gmat's methods aligned with this need (as I learned in the free trial and during the webinars), I quickly clarified all my doubts with the team over a video call and jumped right in.

Fortunately, the course was way more detailed and concept-oriented than I had imagined and this became the core of my entire prep.

QUANT - An area I always thought I was weak in, was instinctively where I started from. Before jumping into key topics, I extracted everything I could from the Quant basics course which is great for anyone who wants to brush up their skills and gain more confidence in their quant foundation. The entire course is structured beautifully to take you through a detailed yet very simply explained journey via every single concept. The query section was almost always helpful in clarifying any confusion regarding the concept or a particular question. It was only once or twice that I had to reach out to the team to ask a doubt - which was also answered well within a day or so. Hence, I left the quant course with a huge shift in my confidence, as compared to where I had started from.

Payal does a wonderful job at patiently explaining each concept and helping one build a strong foundation. Not just the methodology but the core process skills of e-gmat are reiterated multiple times throughout the course, so they become muscle memory by the end of it. My improvement from a Q38 to Q50 can be majorly credited to mastering core concepts, making process skills second nature, and deeply understanding each question (rather than just focusing on the sheer volume of questions) - and the detailed solution videos provided after every question really helped with that.

VERBAL - Starting at a V33, I just thought I needed more practice with verbal until I actually went through concept files and adopted a different strategy.

Particularly for RC and CR, the approach taught in the files is a complete game-changer. For CR, the pre-thinking approach made a huge difference not just in the takt time but also in eliminating that confusion between 2 similar-looking answer choices. In RC, reading and making the passage summaries and overall summary, again was never the approach I followed, as I assumed it would waste time. Instead, it saved me a lot of time in the quizzes and in the actual exam and improved my efficiency significantly.

Further, one KEY FEATURE which the e-gmat platform provides is clear, drilled down, micro-level data - for timing-based, difficulty-based, subsectional, and topic-wise weaknesses. Scholaranium 2.0 is a brilliant tool to evaluate your performance. The dashboards will show you clearly where you are lacking and what topics/ types of questions need more work. As guided in the videos, it is crucial to do the quizzes as per the instructions provided to extract the maximum benefit out of them. Doing detailed reviews of a quiz and then analyzing the metrics from the dashboards before moving on to the next quiz was key to my learning process and gave me a visible 10-20% improvement in my accuracy level with each quiz.

Last but not the least, it is worth mentioning that the e-gmat has been truly commendable - with the prompt responses and constant support throughout the journey. It did not feel like this was just an online platform as I always could sense the team behind the screen not just providing video lessons but constantly accessing my performance, making me feel accountable, and providing appropriate feedback when needed.

Towards the end of the course, I wanted to revise a few things and reluctantly asked the team if a one-week extension was possible. I was grateful to receive a free extension without having to worry about payments or formalities, especially in the last few days before the exam. That's what makes e-gmat so unique. It provides a supportive environment and top-quality experts and materials and yet is affordable, relatable, and super easy to use!

I would like to thank Aftab, Juhi, Atreya, DJ, Archit, and Manas for helping me throughout the journey. And of course kudos to Payal and Rajat for building this and bringing so many people one step closer to their dreams.

Would 10/10 recommend E-GMAT to anyone starting their GMAT journey! :)

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