Background:-
I am someone who works on an average around 60 - 70 hours in a week.
I had attempted GMAT twice -once in 2019, when I got a score of 680 and -once again in Jan 2021, when my score actually decreased to 650. As with any engineer my strength was quants, but I struggled specifically in SC and CR parts of Verbal.
Major takeaways:-
1.Structured 3 stage Approach - This 3 stage approach - 1st Stage of learning the concept, 2nd of applying the learning and 3rd of mastering the concept - changed the way how I approached GMAT preparation. This seemed so very natural to follow.
2. Sentence Correction Course - This section to me was all about knowing grammar rules, many of which didn't make much sense to me. In GMAT SC is as much about applying logic as any of the other sections and that's the crux of how e-GMAT approaches SC. This helped me improve immensely.
3. Error Logs - The best thing about this entire course. You not only log the errors that you make, but also dissect the errors that you make. You exactly understand which parts of the 3-step approach are you failing to apply. For example, when I first started solving SC questions, even after taking the full course, I realized I wasn't intuitively pausing to understand the sentence, leading to increase in timing in solving the SC questions. I focused on improving that part and both my timing and my accuracy in SC questions improved greatly.
4. Critical Reasoning Course - e-GMAT equips you to pre-think varied scenarios on any question and that helped me to improve my accuracy in solving difficult CR questions greatly.
5. Quants - Although I didn't go through the Quants course due to the paucity of time at the end, I solved quite a few questions and the questions prepared me well for the real game.

I will take this opportunity to applaud the entire e-GMAT team for the wonderful course that they have designed. This course helped me improve my verbal ability greatly and I will surely take the learnings from the course much beyond GMAT.

At the end, I want to specifically thank my Mentor - Dhananjay Lowe, aka DJ. He kept pushing me to be consistent. And even after I was done with my exam, he went beyond to even tell me about various B-schools and how I should approach the next stage of B-school applications.

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Egmat is great for Verbal. I improved from 31 to 41 in Verbal using the SC meaning based approach and the CR pre-thinking approach. The approach for Sentence Correction is the BEST I have seen in the market.
The course is a bit intensive, but once you have your basics clear, Scholarium and Sigma X mocks are a blessing. So, I would recommend this course if you have the patience to go through the material and basics and revisit those as needed.
GMAT Club + EGMAT is enough for preparation as sometimes the Egmat explanations are too complex, I would look at alternative ways in GMAT Club.

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I enrolled for the eGMAT course after a lot of research on GMAT club. The course lived up to my expectations. I mainly struggled with verbal and eGMAT was the perfect course for me. Their modules are crafted according to the testing capabilities of the GMAT. The meaning-based approach and pre-thinking were game-changers for SC and CR, respectively. Scholaranium 2.0 is probably the best question bank out there. I gave my first e-SIGMA mock and got a 710. Checking my progress and my score, Dhananjay offered me a place in his mentorship program. The moment I got into the 1v1 mentorship program with DJ, I knew it would be a game-changer for me. A 15-minute call with him was an eye-opener for me. He analysed my mock in a way I could have never imagined. His eye for detail and the xPERT AI system of eGMAT helped me examine my weaknesses. He created a hyper-specific plan to help me improve my score. His custom quizzes allowed me to solve more challenging questions in less time compared to the official exam. I was particularly weak in RC, and he designed a specific plan to address my weakness. CR and SC error log helped me strengthen my concepts. His methodology helped me achieve outstanding scores in my official mock exams. Although my actual score does not indicate the effort we had put in, I believe Dhananjay prepared me well enough to get in the top 2 percentile.

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E-GMAT was a excellent resource in my journey to 750 GMAT score. Few things that I specifically liked:
1. Methodological and step by step approach
2. Well designed course structure. Process of test, learn and practice was particularly helpful
3. Great content; learning videos might be tad bit long but getting a good verbal score do need that prep and e-gmat has done excellent job in getting the content solidified.

I'll recommend e-GMAT to anyone who has a plan to ace the GMAT, as it has the necessary resources irrespective of the level of the candidate appearing for the exam. It can help you fill conceptual gaps, have enough practice and gain test readiness all in one package.

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I prepped for GMAT while working in an incredibly busy start-up. Here is what I liked about the eGMAT Course.

Critical Reasoning

Throughout the course, eGMAT gives subcategories for each category of questions. For example, a question can be profiled as - CR → Assumption Based → A context-dependent truth being assumed as a generic fact.

This helps you profile a question while you are reading it and make a mental note of what type of reasoning it probably is testing. This was incredibly helpful in CR.

Their Pre-Thinking method is also a great tool for CR Questions.

Reading Comprehension

eGMAT teaches you common structures of RC passages. This makes interpreting and skimming RC passages easier.

Sentence Correction

Meaning based approach - eGMAT stresses on this a lot in their SC course, and it's a good model to have while solving SC questions.

Quant

eGMAT has a great question bank in Quant 2.0 and Scholaranium 2.0 for Number systems and inequalities, which are heavily tested topics on GMAT.

Scholaranium 2.0 also gives you insights on which question types take you a long time to answer (which is worse than getting them wrong in GMAT)


One-on-one Support

Best thing about the eGMAT course is the one-one-one support in the LMT program. This was especially important for me since I was working with extreme time constraints. I worked with Atreya Roy. Atreya created personalised study plans to structure my prep, defined milestones, and gave me some important reality checks.

Expert Team
I would recommend trying to get as much 1-on-1 interactions with the expert team. It can give you pointed advice that will help your score jump by 20 points just like that. I had hit a wall with SC. My conversation with Shraddha from the expert team was crucial for me.


Strengths -

eGMAT is an expert on the GMAT. They know all the nuances and prudent things about the GMAT. This reflects in all their courses (except SC)
eGMAT Course is great for topics that you are really weak at.
1-on-1 interactions are very helpful.
Subcategories of questions created by eGMAT are incredibly helpful.

Weakness -

Course is extremely long and slow. I recommend only doing the parts that you are weak at, or you will waste a lot of prep time.
SC Question Bank doesn’t emulate GMAT accurately. I would recommend doing OG questions for SC preparation (also available in Scholaranium 2.0). There is just a different flavor to OG questions that no one can quite capture. Also eGMAT’s prescribed process helped me get better at SC during practise, but is simply too long and idealistic for the actual test.

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TLDR: Used their quant program to improve my score to above a 700! Would recommend! I first decided to self study for the GMAT with the purchased official guide book and free materials online. I got a 700 and was happy with my score, but had 3 more weeks in between jobs to try to improve my score. With only about 7 days on e-GMAT, I learned enough quant skills to get from a 700 to 720. If I would have spent 14 days, my score could have been even higher. The lessons are so thorough and you learn SO MUCH about approaches to tackling quant. I didn't focus on verbal because I did well on verbal and my score was very much lacking in quant. If you are trying to get this done in a time crunch, reach out to the team at e-GMAT. Dedicate as much time as you can. They don't cram the information, they ensure you are internalizing concepts and approaches, so you cannot cram it all in a few hours. Would definitely recommend- thank you e-GMAT!

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I began my GMAT preparation in April 2021. At first, I did not plan to purchase any GMAT course but after around a month of preparation I felt a shortage of good questions and thus I began my research for a good GMAT course. I looked through all the options and took up as many free trials as I could. In the end, I found the E-GMAT course most appealing of all the courses as it was cost-efficient and provided a dedicated tool to practice the concepts(Scholaranium). Also, as I had already used the E-Gmat free trial, I was convinced that the E-GMAT course material is good enough.

I only enrolled for the verbal section as verbal was my biggest weakness and I believed that I do not require any assistance with quant.

The E-GMAT Verbal course description:
The course is extremely detailed and covers all the aspects of GMAT Verbal. The course consists of Master Comprehension, SC, CR, and RC modules, and each of the modules is divided into three stages. E-GMAT according to your performance in Sigma-X mocks provides a personalized study plan. The course offers a ton of questions in the form of concept quizzes and application files as well so that you can practice the concept you just learned. These application files allow you to solve each question on your own and then provide a detailed explanation for the same. Additionally, E-GMAT teaches a simple yet efficient way to tackle each of SC, CR, and RC and this novel way definitely worked for me.

What I liked the Most:
The E-GMAT support team is the best feature of E-GMAT. Whenever I had a doubt on any question in Scholaranium, I posted on their forum and I got an answer in less than 18 hours. Apart from this, the support team helps with almost every query you may have regarding the GMAT. This personalized my preparation to an extent that I can't begin to describe. The support team deserves a huge shoutout for the work they do. All of them including Atreya, Shweta, Dhananjay aka DJ, and many more helped me tremendously in my preparation.

For instance, I fared badly in my first GMAT attempt, scoring just 700 and I immediately contacted E-GMAT as I was confused about whether to give another attempt or not. In response, I received a complete questionnaire in order to find out what went wrong from Atreya, and soon after I was contacted by DJ. He consulted me regarding my score and provided insights as to whether my current score can get me an admit to my dream schools. This meeting was very helpful as it helped me decide to have another go at the GMAT. For my second attempt DJ provided a revision plan as well as various invaluable tips to improve my score.

Overall the GMAT verbal course is great because of some key features such as Scholaranium, the support team, and the data insights that Scholaranium provides. Although there is just one drawback that you cannot access the Sigma-x mocks if you have enrolled for just E-GMAT verbal or E-GMAT Quant. Sigma-x mocks are accessible only to those who have enrolled in the E-GMAT Quant + Verbal course.

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I started preparing for the GMAT with a diagnostic test and knew it straightaway that the verbal section will be a decider for me. I took the e-GMAT coursework to help myself with the verbal section and i could see changes in my thought process to eliminate two or three close choices. The meaning based approach for SC questions did in fact come a long way in tackling difficult questions in which grammar played little or no role. For CR questions pre-thinking approach helps one create a situation in which one has an edge with the structure of the argument, even when one is not able to exactly figure out the assumption or pre-think the exact answer choice. For RC, I practiced a lot to overcome the fear of non-familiarity with the topic.

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E-gmat was a great help for my 700 gmat score. Things I liked about e-gmat :-
1. Methodological and step by step approach
2. Quick support and response from the mentors.
3. Promoting the creation of error log
4. Well designed course structure. The process they follow is first test, then teach and then practice your skills in any particular area.
5. They also conduct frequent webinar on not only gmat exam but also on business school application.

I can't imagine getting a 700 score without e-gmat's support. Six months back when I had appeared for my first mock and scored a 610; I had no clue as to how I should go about my prepartion. The course content of e-gmat provided me confidence in my prepration.

GMAT is not a month's game. It is more about consistency and patience and time Management and e-gmat truly resonates with this.

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I took the GMAT online test in July and ended up scoring a devastating 590! I was shattered. I did not know what went wrong. I immediately wrote to e-gmat team. They sent me a set of questions to analyse what really went wrong during the test. They also looked into my schoranium data to figure out what were my weak areas. And I figured out that the test anxiety really got over me. My schoranium scores showed that I had the ability, but I got very very nervous during the test which ruined the entire test!!
I took a day off and started over again. I looked into where I lacked. I followed the instructions given to me by Aditee (from e-gmat). Her detailed feedback really helped me to work on my weak areas. For example - I was not doing great in boldface questions in CR. In SC, I was always going wrong in comparison questions. I identified and worked on the questions from specific topics I lacked. And Scholaranium data helped my identify my weak areas!!
How E-GMAT course really helped me --
Starting with the Master Comprehension Course , I learned how to pause at specific points , read slowly and comprehend the meaning while reading. This technique really helps while comprehending long sentences!! Sentence Correction module is just mind-blowing. It is my favourite part of the E-GMAT course :) It teaches the meaning based approach, which actually helps to solve the 700 level questions. With just the grammar rules, one can solve the lower level questions, but for solving the higher level questions, one really needs to focus on the meaning of the sentence. Pre-thinking approach taught in critical reasoning module works wonders. It is difficult in the beginning to pre-think, but once you are able to pre-think, you can solve a question very easily.
The Scholaranium is a great tool to know your strengths and weaknesses and work on them. Please look at what the data is telling you!! If you are taking more time in solving a modifier SC questions, it means you need to go back to the modifier module and fill in your concept gaps. This is how I used the scholaranium to identify and work on my weaknesses.
I took the GMAT online test again in September. This time I kept two things in mind. 1) TRUST YOUR PREPARATION 2) IT'S JUST ANOTHER TEST, NOT THE END OF MY LIFE :) And I scored a 710 :)

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