Strengths:

Very detailed course andfocus on processing skills, not just conceptual understangin which is key to achieve elite scores

Excellent support from GMAT mentors, Rida Shafeek was excellent! They see hundreds of students and thus guide you through the process and tell you what to focus on

Would make the product better:

Sigma mocks are harder than the GMAT. I scored 630 the weekend before my 740 score. They are excellent practice but they may not be as good to predict scores

Achieved 30 point increase in only one month! From 710 to 740!

Totally recommend E-GMAT, it is a fantastic top-tier program that has embedded mentorship without additional cost.

EXTRAORDINARY VERBAL AND QUANT

Very detailed course and focus on processing skills, not just conceptual understangin which is key to achieve elite scores

Excellent support from GMAT mentors, Rida Shafeek was excellent! They see hundreds of students and thus guide you through the process and tell you what to focus on

Sigma mocks are harder than the GMAT. I scored 630 the weekend before my 740 score. They are excellent practice but they may not be as good to predict scores

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Strengths:

Structured approach to the curriculum

Would make the product better:

None

Even though I did not use the course for long, I found it to be a well structured course with a good personalized approach. Rashmi was my mentor and she gave me a plan that took into consideration my strengths and weaknesses. I used the verbal section for SC and the 3 step approach prescribed in the course is a great way to tackle the SC questions. I did not use the other sections but the Master Comprehension course was also helpful. However, I found the UI/UX to be very generic and I could not spend too many hours at a stretch on the platform.

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The e-gmat course is the best gmat material I have come across. The study material, scholaranium, and sigma x mocks are excellent and the best resources to ace the test. The question forum and mentor support is incredible and has been pivotal in giving me personalised advice to address my strengths and overcome my weekenesses. I could not have made it this far without my mentor Dhruv Joshi’s genuine support and help.

1. From the foundational concepts to the most advanced strategies, the content was exceptionally well-structured and thoroughly covered all sections of the GMAT exam including IR. Whether it was Quantitative, Verbal, or Integrated Reasoning, the materials were top-notch and tailored to suit all learning styles.
2. One of the course's standout features in Quant section was its adaptive learning platform. Adaptive learning analyzed my performance and tailored subsequent lessons based on my strengths and weaknesses. This personalized approach ensured that I focused on areas where I needed improvement the most, making my study sessions efficient and productive.
3. The vast array of practice questions, mock tests, and timed quizzes helped me build my confidence and test-taking stamina, ultimately refining my approach to each section of the GMAT exam.

In conclusion, I can confidently say that E-GMAT was the turning point in my GMAT preparation. The remarkable increase in my score from 610 to 710 speaks volumes about the effectiveness of the course. I am now well on my way to fulfilling my dream of attending a top-notch business school, and I owe a significant portion of my success to this exceptional online course.
If you're serious about excelling in the GMAT exam and unlocking your true potential, I wholeheartedly recommend E-GMAT. The investment will undoubtedly pay off, and you'll find yourself closer to your academic and career goals than you ever imagined.

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Strengths:

Excellent Verbal course content.
Advanced analytics platform

After my first GMAT attempt, I was looking for an excellent platform to practice and learn concepts, a mistake I made on my first attempt. During my first attempt, I decided to study verbal on my own and used GMAT Club extensively to find practice problems. After going through multiple reviews and trying out a few other platforms, I decided to join eGMAT online 360 program. I’m happy that I made the right decision.
As I already had 680 on my first attempt, I was eligible for the Last Mile Push Program (LMP). I cannot express how impactful this was for me. I was assigned a mentor, Akash, right from the beginning. Akash helped me with analyzing the ESR, identifying the knowledge gaps, and creating a custom action plan for approaching the course content. This plan was extremely helpful as it helped me focus on the topics I was actually struggling with. Also, he consistently monitored my performance and pushed me to get better scores in every practice and cementing quizzes.
The course content is structured and very well explained, especially the SC (Sentence Correction) course. As SC was one of the topics I was struggling with, I started with SC, as per the plan. The approach eGMAT suggests and the simple explanation of topics helped me to improve my SC score substantially. The approach eGMAT suggests to solve CR questions helped in reducing the time I took to solve CR questions and scholaranium provided enough quality questions to practice these approaches. The inbuilt analytics platform helped me monitor my performance and identify the topics I should work on.
As I was scoring well in the quant section, I did not go through the quant course. However, after attempting scholaranium quizzes, I could see that some topics needed more attention. After going through the specific topics as per the modified plan that Akash suggested, I could see improvement in my scores.
Thanks to Akash and eGMAT team for the support they’ve given throughout the journey. I highly recommend this program for anyone looking for a course that covers everything from absolute basics to advanced topics.

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Strengths:

The Verbal module is their absolute strength.
Starting with Master Comprehension course which enabled me to dissect sentences better, pause at the right places, and infer the right meaning, the course provided all the foundations I needed.

The 'Meaning-based' approach to SC was easy to grasp and effective in nature. The course did not shove technical grammar details at all, and the nuanced approach to understanding the underlying meaning of the sentence helped me improve my accuracy in SC to a large extent.

CR was my weakest part. Again, the 'Pre-thinking' part and understanding the 'Falsification scenario' of each question helped me to understand the passage tremendously. The CR module is a must for someone looking to get into the 90th percentile.

Another strength is their Question bank - Scholaranium portal and the massively important data analytics which helped me pinpoint my weak areas

Would make the product better:

The Quant portion is too vast and for someone who's looking to increase from a Q47-48 to Q49-50, there can be a separate module for them to address their weak areas while keeping the momentum of the strong areas with regular practise.

I started using E-GMAT after getting V28 in my GMAT attempt.
I realised that my Verbal needs a re-approach from the absolute basics and hence, enrolled for E-GMAT after everyone recommended their course.
The course provided the perfect push, with excellent question banks to sharpen my skills.
The cementing quizzes helped me strengthen my skills and the periodic reviews helped me to understand why I was failing in certain areas.

As part of the Last Mile Push programme, my mentor Rashmi ma'am jotted down a perfect strategy plan for 3 weeks before my test date. It helped me to keep my focus and be consistent in my prep, which was mighty important. Other than that, she motivated me on my bad days and reinvigorated my sense of self-belief and confidence. I owe my performance to Rashmi ma'am and to the entire E-GMAT team.

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Strengths:

1. Verbal strategy in all the three sections - SC, CR, RC
2. Scholaranium questions
3. Great User Interface

With consistency, dedication, hard work, and structured learning, anyone can achieve a score of 700+.

After three attempts and sub-700 scores, in March 2023, after a year's break, I decided to embark on the journey again. I sought guidance from e-GMAT's support and purchased their online 360 course. I attempted the first Sigma X mock and scored a 720. Encouraged by the fact that I still had the ability, I joined e-GMAT's "Last Mile" program, where I received personalized guidance from Akash, their strategy expert.

Fixing the strategy:
Akash pointed out the flaws in my approach, stressing the importance of maintaining error logs, adopting the meaning-based approach in SC, using prethinking in CR and setting daily targets. I wholeheartedly embraced the process this time and shifted my focus from merely completing a high number of questions to improving the quality of my problem-solving skills using scholaranium, which offers the best set of questions available. As a result, I could see my accuracy in verbal’s 700 level questions improving significantly within 2-3 weeks.

For quants, I practiced from GMAT club tests and e-GMAT’s scholaranium.

Keeping an error log turned out to be a game-changer, as it helped me identify and rectify my mistakes. As my preparation neared its conclusion, my practice test scores consistently ranged from 720 to 750.

Filled with determination and with three months of dedicated preparation under my belt, I attempted the GMAT once more. This time, my efforts paid off, and the score that appeared on the screen was 720 (Q50, V38)!

My GMAT journey was riddled with challenges, but thanks to the invaluable guidance from the e-GMAT team, I finally achieved my desired score. I owe an increase of 16 points in my verbal score (from my first attempt to final attempt) solely to e-GMAT.

Final advice:
For anyone preparing for the exam and facing challenges, believe in yourself, follow structured learning, and trust the process. Don't be disheartened by the success stories of those achieving elite scores in a short time, as everyone has their unique set of strengths and weaknesses. Stay committed to your journey, and with dedication, you can achieve your desired score.

GMAT attempts -

1st attempt - 560 (Q46, V22)
2nd attempt - 650 (Q48, V30)
3rd attempt - 690 (Q49, V35)
Final attempt - 720 (Q50, V38)

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Strengths:

Master Comprehension and meaning based approach in SC
Prethinking in CR
Process skills based approach in Quant

IF I CAN, YOU CAN TOO…

If you have never taken a standardized test before and are worried about how you will fare in the GMAT, read on..
If you are dealing with issues such as nervousness and anxiety in your prep for GMAT, read on..
If you think you are out of touch with your studies and too old now to get a decent score in the GMAT, read on..

The Beginning
It all started with the decision to switch careers after 20 years. An MBA from a prestigious institution appeared to be the most appropriate bridge from government service to corporate. Hence taking the GMAT seemed to be the most logical step. After searching the internet for resources I subscribed to a particular test prep company to start with. I took their online classes for 3 months, in which they taught me the basics of quant and verbal. Having never taken a standardized test or anything that tested my quantitative and verbal abilities, I found this to be a good start. It was only during these three months that I came across gmatclub.com.
As per the suggestion of the test prep company, after completion of their course, I revised the syllabus and took the first official mock test as a Diagnostic test. I was hoping to be somewhere between 650 and 680 at that stage. And with another 2 months of preparation, I hoped to reach my target of 700 +. However, I was in for a rude shock as I scored only a 540. Nevertheless, I prepared for another two months all the while using resources of the test prep company and GMAT club. After another two and half months, i.e. sometime in September, I took another mock test (free) from another test prep company and scored a 600. Needless to say, I was depressed by this. My abilities in verbal never gave me confidence that I could score above a v33. I kept preparing all through October on my own and took another mock test (free) this time on the egmat portal. I again scored a 600.
I was undecided for some time whether I should continue preparing on my own using gmatclub resources or seek some other professional help. I decided to reach out to egmat this time. They give me a specific plan after having analysed my performance in their free SigmaX mock test. They told me my weaknesses and strengths and accordingly suggested me a study plan. This is what I was looking for. Somebody to tell me exactly what to do, since I had no clue how to proceed, and did not want to waste time in figuring that out.

New Beginning
I subscribed to egmat and my journey with them started in the first week of November 2022. I was assigned a mentor (Abha) who told me exactly where to start. To my surprise she told me that as per my performance in the mock test, I am already at an 89 percentile in SC, and so I could skip the SC module. However, I was suggested to go through the Master Comprehension module before taking the cementing quizzes in Sentence Correction. The master comprehension module of egmat was a game changer for me. Never ever had I been taught to read, the way Master Comprehension taught me. I realised reading and understanding are two different things. And in verbal on the GMAT, if you read a single word without understanding it in the overall context, you are doomed. Using the process that I learned in the Master Comprehension module and applying the ‘meaning-based approach’, I completed the cementing phase in Sentence Correction in good time and went on to CR. In CR, the ‘pre-thinking’ approach really helped me. I did use it earlier, but now I was doing it better, even in Inference questions – something, I earlier thought, did not need pre-thinking. I did take some time to clear the cementing phases in CR and likewise in RC.

Quant, in Egmat, is ‘PACE’ enabled, I was told, and that would save me time by skipping modules in which I am comfortable. I started going through the sub sections, however, I could not clear all the cementing phases in one go. During such difficulties, Abha kept guiding me at every step. As I was going through cementing in various subsections, Abha told me to keep taking the ability quizzes to remain in touch with the subsections I had already covered. The most important part in quant is the process skills that egmat teaches you and their relentless pursuit and insistence on the same. To be honest it took me some time to realise that these process skills will make a big difference in the end. I always used to wonder how can someone decide what approach to take while dealing with high-difficulty problems and even solve them correctly within 2 minutes. I thought I could never be able to do so. But by following the process skills egmat taught me, I developed the confidence to do so. I was doing well in Number properties and Inequalities / Absolute Values – topics that appeared very difficult to me earlier. Every time I had difficulty in crossing the cementing stage, Abha would analyse my performance and if need be she would refer my case to a subject matter expert, who would then suggest improvements in the process I follow.

Overcoming Difficulties

Having completed both Verbal and Quant modules, Abha then guided me towards the test readiness phase. I had some difficulty during this phase too, as I could not deal with my nervousness and anxiety during the tests. I was making silly mistakes too often and also falling short of time. I realised the importance of meditation sometime in February and practiced it daily. I believe it definitely helped me. In Feb 2023, my job required me to go out of station for two and a half months, affecting my preparation. But I made an effort not to lose touch as I had read experts’ views on gmatclub that big time gaps in preparation can put you back by several notches. (Regular studies for however small study-hours are better than long study hours interspersed with big gaps). This difficulty and the delay in cementing phases and thereafter in the test readiness phase were taking a toll on me as I was stretching the limits of my deadline for taking the final test. I returned to my base on 20 April and again started my preparation in full swing. It is during this time I realized that I am stressing myself way too much. I thought lack of sleep or rather lack of good quality sleep was a major contributor to my silly mistakes and nervousness and anxiety. Also as a result of sleep deprivation, I was not having quality in my study. I was just clocking hours without improving my abilities. At this point in time, I decided to start getting at least 7 hours of sleep at night and in fact, started sleeping without an alarm. Having completed the last module of Quant (Permutations, Combinations & Probability) sometime in the 1st week of May, I took two weeks to thoroughly revise all subsections from the start. Thereafter, I revised all subsections for the second time taking around one week. During these revision cycles, I was solving Quizzes on egmat’s portal for validation and trying to cross their specified levels, sometimes failing to do so, sometimes succeeding. All through I was also taking validation quizzes for Verbal. One painful exercise all throughout was maintaining an error log. But I did maintain one, in excel initially as per egmat’s format and in my own format during the revision phases. What was important was to revise these error logs periodically.
I decided to take the test on the 24th of June 2023 and accordingly took a mock test on egmat portal on the 18th June 23. (Too late to start taking Mocks but circumstances were such). I scored a 650 and was obviously dismayed. Having analysed the incorrect questions I realized a lot of them were silly mistakes. Abha suggested that I delay my test by at least two weeks while she works on my test-taking abilities. I did so and kept going through the actions that Abha suggested. In the meanwhile, I had to take leave and move to my hometown to tend to some unavoidable personal commitments. (That was the reason I planned to finish taking the test by 24th of June in the first place, but then one needs to adapt to changing situations). I took my second mock test on egmat portal on the 3rd of July and yet again scored a 660. After this, my anxiety was at its peak. I started doubting myself and was thinking that the last 7 months were a waste of time. Abha kept telling me that the problem is not in my quant or verbal abilities but in my ability to focus and concentrate and that is what I should work on. I believed her. I knew my abilities in quant and verbal had developed significantly. The only thing that could stop me from reaching my target score was my anxiety and nervousness. I needed to manage those feelings. An important point to note here is that I could never reach beyond the 27th question in Quant and 30th or 31st question in Verbal. So I had to guess the remaining questions. I needed to work on my time plan. I did read a few articles on timing strategies. But Abha was point blank. She gave me exact times when to bail out in Quant questions, SC CR and RC. To be able to follow those timings was the issue.
At this point I spoke to my family and realised that I need to change my approach. I changed the way I meditated. But I still had doubts about whether I should delay the test by another two weeks. Eventually, I booked a test for 11 July considering that there will always be another chance that I could take. I took my last mock test on the Egmat portal on the 8th of July and again scored a dismal 670. After having analysed my mistakes in the test Abha again flagged the main issue which was my focus. 90% of the mistakes that I was making were related to my lack of focus. There was no problem that I could not do within 2 minutes when I used to solve it later on. Yet I was making mistakes on the test. I could feel the nervous energy building up in me prior to the test, clouding my ability to follow all the process skills. And that was making all the difference. While I could follow all the process skills when I was not taking a test in the test environment, I was unable to do so in test environment.
Since I had already booked my test for the 11th of July I went ahead with the plan. Instead of fighting my anxiety and nervousness, I decided to take the test with those feelings. Accepting that these feelings will be there and I need to coexist with them on the test. In the last couple of days I did not take any timed quizzes or tests. I went through my notes, certain questions that I was repeatedly getting wrong, and some formulae that needed to be remembered. An important aspect that struck me during this time when I was reviewing a particularly difficult question (I got it wrong four times, in spite of reviewing it every time!) was the relevance of patterns. (Bit late in the day, but then as they say, “it's never too late to learn something”). Since the GMAT is a standardized test, it follows a definite pattern. The difference between the brilliant and the otherwise is that the former are good at recognizing patterns quickly and using that knowledge to their advantage. For example; a question that has only one linear equation with two variables is generally not enough data to get values of both variables. But if there is any constraint imposed by the question, such as both variables being integers or any other such limitation, the data might be enough. Explore that possibility before marking ‘E’. Having understood this concept, one should be able to apply it to other situations also. For eg; when there are 3 variables x, y, and z, and the number of equations is only two, and there are no other constraints then one cannot find the values of x, y, and z. However, if the question asks the ratio of x and the sum of x, y, and z, or just the sum of three variables then the data is likely to be sufficient! In such problems, it is critical to recognize what the question is testing and proceed accordingly. These are just a couple of examples. If one can recognize this and other such patterns and apply the relevant process skills, any GMAT problem can be solved in 2 minutes.

As the test day approached, I told myself that a 680 seems doable and it may be enough to get admission to a decent Business school given my work experience. That was just my way of trying to lower my own expectations. After all, all the anxiety and nervousness were an interplay between my expectations and reality. The wider the gap between these, the greater the anxiety, nervousness and depression. On the test day, as I had read on gmatclub, I tried to keep every part of my daily schedule the same. Had a slightly early dinner hoping to sleep earlier. But I couldn’t. I had imagined this would happen and did not let it affect me. I tried to sleep, meditate, sleep, meditate, and so on till I finally fell asleep. My exam slot was at 0945hrs so I woke up at 0600 hrs. Had a light breakfast. Abha had advised me to carry a banana or an energy bar to recharge during the break. I got the essence of the advice and carried a protein shake instead. The BCAAs have helped me maintain energy levels in the Gym in pretty quick time and I hoped they would do the same here. I reached the exam hall at 0900 hrs. As the exam hall procedures began I started chatting with another aspirant, a young chap just 2 years out of college. I asked him about his mocks and he said he was scoring consistently between 700 and 740. Wished him luck and chatted some more. The Procter then guided us to the cubicles and I commenced with the much-awaited exam process. I had not decided which colleges I would select to send my scores to. I kept searching for ISB and it just wouldn’t appear in the menu. Selected the ones that appeared after searching for them - LBS, MIT Sloan and Michigan Ross. Then I tried searching for IIMs. They appeared. I then scrolled down to find ISB and selected it. This process took me quite a long time and the candidates in the next cubicles had already commenced their exam. I bring this up because such a delay could affect your state of mind negatively. But I had conditioned my mind adequately to not get bothered by such things. I was expecting hiccups and deviations from normalcy. I started the exam with the sequence I had planned for, Quant - Verbal - IR/AWA. I had developed a habit to look at the timer only after every 7 to 8 questions and had the block timings in mind. I was doing well on the timing part till the 2nd block (16th question with little over half the time remaining). As I approached the last 3 questions I had a good 6 minutes remaining - perfect. The 30th question was a typical geometry question (Area of a rectangle given with two variables in length and breadth) that I had solved many times. So I realized it's going to end up in a quadratic equation. As has happened many times during practice quizzes, I could not get the break up of the quadratic equation in a decent time. I did not waste time and took an educated guess and moved on with 2 minutes for the last question. The verbal part also went in a similar fashion as far as the timings were concerned. The last RC passage was short but savage – couldn’t make head or tail out of it. Took educated guesses and moved on – had a good 2 minutes for the last CR question. All in all, both the Quant and Verbal sections had gone in an unprecedented manner for me – completing them in perfect time. IR and AWA were my sore points as I had not practiced them at all. One should practice for IR at least a little bit. I missed out on attempting the last question in IR, but could complete AWA. Having completed that part, something came up on the screen. I realized this might be the score sheet. It was quite bland – I was expecting a colorful graphical display as one has often seen in the ESRs. Nevertheless, in all the typed matter in a small font, a particular number caught my attention. It said 730. Before I could grasp it, the Procter had sneaked in behind me and asked me if I wanted to accept my score. Yes! Click ‘Accept’, pick up the passport and walk out slowly he said. While I was thinking about what had just happened, the Procter printed out a page and gave it to me. It was true – a 730 (Q49, V41). A certain numbness and disbelief that I felt continues to affect me in varying degrees till date….

Key Takeaways.
Choose the right resources for your preparation. The money spent in preparation will be only a small fraction of your MBA journey.
Abilities such as analytical reasoning, and critical reasoning come naturally to some, but others can develop these abilities through practice and following due process. If I can, you can too. I cannot overemphasize the importance of following process skills taught by Egmat. Payal’s (Payal Tandon) voice asking me to do so every now and then reverberates in my head even now.
Error logs are important. Find a way that suits you to maintain one. Revise it periodically.
Make notes of important and frequently appearing concepts and revise them regularly. Revision is the keyword here.
It makes sense to follow your mentor even when you do not understand how a particular action is going to help you. A mentor like Abha, and others in Egmat team would have coached many students like you. They know what they are doing, and where they are taking you.
Patterns – try to recognize patterns. You may not succeed immediately, but keep trying and you will. It will surely help you in more than one ways, it certainly did help me in Q No 30 of Quant section (at least) in my final exam.
Official Guide questions are precious, especially in Verbal. Do not use them to learn concepts. Use them only to validate your skill level after you’ve learned the concept. LSAT questions in CR and RC are good for learning concepts – there is no dearth of them on Gmatclub.
Meditation helps – it works slowly but surely. Start practicing it now! Anxiety, panic and nervousness are feelings you can’t wish away. Try managing and co-existing with them rather than fighting them. You may not realise when they have stopped bothering you.
Build test readiness and test taking abilities by taking 10 questions quizzes initially, then progressing to 15, 25, and 31, and so on. Egmat gets this done nicely.
Official Mock tests can give a better assessment of your preparation level. I couldn’t take any Official mock test in the run up to my final exam due shortage of time imposed by unforeseen circumstances. I could’ve delayed my test further but I wasn’t sure if things would necessarily turn favourable later on. Nevertheless, since I was guessing all of the last 4 to 5 questions in Quant and a couple more than that in Verbal of the egmat mock tests, I guess the mock scores couldn’t have been better.

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I started with a strong Quant score and a mediocre Verbal score. I took GMAT 4 times and I have not opted for any other resource other than e-GMAT. After going through the course for the first time and reading a few solutions for Verbal Questions on GMAT Club, I found differences in overall process and most importantly the logic used by e-GMAT and by other resources. This problem solving approach is the reason I never used any other resource except e-GMAT.

My requirements were very simple. I wanted someone to teach me the basics of Verbal. I found the e-GMAT verbal course extremely useful. One of the most important skills needed for GMAT is comprehension, comprehension of various kinds and various volumes of content. In my view, Master Comprehension (MC) is the most important module of the whole e-GMAT course modules. MC actually helped me increase my score in Quant.

Previously, I consistently scored Q50. The most notable thing here is why I marked questions incorrectly. There were only two issues. I either missed noticing a keyword or I did not break the problem in an efficient way. Since there were hardly any conceptual gaps, I assumed I would overcome these challenges by myself. Hence, I did not use the e-GMAT Quant course previously. However, I could not solve these in the previous attempts. But this time around I took advantage of the Quant course as a part of Last Mile Push Program and I successfully scored Q51. I overcame the first challenge with my learnings from the MC course. Not rushing, pausing, summarising at various stages were few aspects which helped me here. This solution was crucial in getting comfortable with Word Problems, which was a problem area for me. Secondly, I knew where I was unable to use efficient methods immediately after I started the program. Such is the design of the program. Solutions by the subject matter experts are so clear that I understood the problem solving structures within no time. Additionally, PACE and analytics helped me focus in the right places.

Understanding the meaning of a sentence is the right first step to correcting any grammatical error in a sentence. I strongly believe that we must not correct anything that anyone says/writes unless we fully understand what they say. Hence, for me, a Meaning based approach for SC is the right approach. This stood out for me. Pre-thinking approach for CR helped me sharpen my critical thinking skill. Once I got hold of this process, I found my accuracy and ability go up within no time. RC module is to the point. It taught me how to immerse myself in a rather boring passage.

I also believe I got very comfortable at IR and AWA due to this rigour in Quant & Verbal. Building a question bank like Scholaranium is not an easy task and I appreciate the e-GMAT team for this.

In achieving anything, we need the right processes and a right direction. While the right processes were given by e-GMAT course modules, the right direction was only possible because of Dhruv, my mentor. He was not transactional at any stage, an attribute which is very important for me personally. He was extremely empathetic and compassionate. I went through highly uncertain times during the prep which actually impacted my overall success. He was kind to me during that stage too. He gave me a chance to express my thoughts and my analysis. He helped me even if I did not ask for, only by looking at the results, since he felt he could be of help to me. He played a pivotal role in my improvement and I am extremely grateful for what he did.

I scored Q51 V34 IR7 AWA5 and a total of 710. I can vouch for the e-GMAT Online 360 course as I experienced my transformation across the sections. The e-GMAT online 360 course is well built for any test-taker. The concepts are well explained for a novice to understand. The quizzes are gradually ramped up. The processes and methodologies are aptly built for success. I highly recommend the e-GMAT course for aspiring test-takers who are seeking to work on their fundamentals and want to approach GMAT with a fool-proof process.

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Hello everyone there!

After a long journey, I’d like to share with you a debrief of my journey in the preparation in the GMAT. This have been a tough process with a lot of ups and downs

I started preparing on December 2021, so it’s been almost 1 year and a half until I got my final score. This probably doesn’t fit with everyone else’s timeframe in the forum, but probably there are some non-native speakers (Latinos like me) who will find this insightful for their preparation

Let me tell you a little bit about me: I’m from Peru, majored in Industrial Engineering and nowadays working as a Product Owner in Retail Banking for SME (my career is really versatile here and it’s not weird finding industrial engineers in every working field such as consulting, finance, consumer products, technology, manufacturing and nonprofit/government)

I have a special interest with Entrepreneurship and it was in the last years of my career where I decided to dive deeper on this. That’s when I started to look at role models in that specialty. I found that USA was a good place to find what I was looking for and that’s how I met some Peruvians in Silicon Valley. I asked them what they did in order to get closer to that entrepreneurial environment and every response had something in common: a prestigious MBA and the importance of the GMAT in this goal. By then, my outlook had become clear.

It was on December 2021 when I decided to finally put hands on and started to look for options to prepare. That’s when I realized that there were not many options in Peru: 2 academies dominate the market share and neither of them offer a choice I feel comfortable with (they are mostly focused on shortcuts and hacks to ace GMAT). After some days of research, my co-worker who got 690 told me that he had good results in Verbal in an online course called E-GMAT. I was skeptical that an online course could help me towards my goal, but I decided to give it a chance.

I was in awe after taking the Master Comprehension course. It was a total different approach in every section of Verbal. They were focused on – indeed- comprehend and understand what the question was asking for. I knew at that moment that GMAT was not going to be an easy exam, but rather a marathon. So, I took my first Sigma-X Mock to have a baseline and ended up with a 470

Overview of the course:
Completing the course took me longer than expected principally because my English foundations were not good. Happily, the course included every aspect for a non-native speaker. It is incredible how detailed the topics are and the quantity of exercises you can find there. Let me highlight how useful the feedbacks of the E-GMAT forum are too! (thanks Harsha, Stacey an Shraddha). I left TONS of question in their forum and every one of them got answered with a depth of detail. Taking an online course instead of a “live” one was never a problem.

In the math side, even though I had more foundations in numbers, I felt that GMAT Quant questions needed a total different strategy. Apart from that, it was my first time solving problems in English. Never had I focused before on solving math problems focusing on the details of the statement and trying to no get “caught” on those classic GMAT traps (for example: not evaluating all the scenarios). E-GMAT made my life easier by setting an approach for every type of question. This was really helpful for me in order to not “review” the problems in ALL the different angles possible but maintaining a fixed strategy and perfectioning it. Finally, it was amazing getting to know stats of my performance in a really precise way in each area. This made evident where I needed to invest more hours!

To sum it up, I’m really happy that this course had everything I needed in order to ace the GMAT. It covers every aspect of the topics in a holistic manner. Not only do the E-GMAT team focus on the quality of the questions, but also they have created a process in order to gain proficiency (cementing, ability quizzes, test readiness and their owns mocks are part of this). Having this depth of content was awesome for someone with my profile who needed to learn every topic.

About Scholaranium:
You can’t imagine the amount of effort I invested to succeed taking the cementing quizzes. These questions are TOUGH and really INSIGHTFUL in your preparation. But be sure about this: if you handle these cementing quizzes, you CAN surely move forward to the next topic.

I loved Scholaranium from E-GMAT (even though it gave me sleepless nights hahaha). The quality of the questions from the experts is amazing. That’s not something you are going to see on other platforms where they mostly “adequate” OG questions.

Last Mile Push:
On March 2023, I decided to finally schedule my GMAT. After taking 4 consecutive mocks in Kaplan and scoring 680 consistently I felt frustrated for not being able 700. That’s when I decided to wrote to Rajat Sadana from E-GMAT. He answered really fast and assigned Rida Shafeek to guide me in this road.

Rida is amazing. She landed a first plan for including these points:

• Refining Math Topics (GEO, Probabilities, Combination, Permutations)
• Ensuring Test Readiness in every topic with a plan of exercises for every week (this helped in getting used to solve mixed questions in a timed environment)
• Specific tips in every sub-section where my performance was not good in the Sigma X-Mocks

This plan encouraged me to practice in a more structured way to gain more test readiness and build stamina. That approach helped me to gain that muscle to solve mixed topic questions and to practice time management. She suggested increasing the number of questions solved every day (and practicing verbal and quant in the same day). This helped simulating the GMAT experience a lot. Once the day of the exam arrived, it felt really natural for me to solve 60+ questions in 2 hours.

Sadly, my first official exam was not good. I ended up with 630 (Q49 V26). I was totally discouraged here. All the time invested felt useless and I started doubting about my abilities (“probably I was not good enough for this exam?” – the kind of questions that arrived in my head). I noticed Rida with this score and she did help me a lot trying to identify the flaws of my exam. We were both at shock since my last 2 Sigma X-Mocks gave me in average a score of 680. I found that I need more guidance in CR as well as improving strategy in the day of my exam regarding time management.

There were 3 principal areas to focus for my next attempt:

1. Critical Reasoning
2. Time Management
3. Aggression in the first section (without compromising accuracy)

Time management was the key in my last month of preparation. Rida identified some bad practices in my mocks and she suggested me to change my strategy by using a time matrix. It worked!

Rida and the E-GMAT team also helped me scheduling a session with one of their verbal experts: Harshavardhan (Harsha) because - even after practicing CR – I was struggling with the questions. We had call of more than 1 hour where he deep dived on my approach towards CR. This session was mind-blowing. It’s amazing having the opportunity to talk with an expert on a topic like him. He made it evident where I need to focus the majority of time with a really detailed diagnosis. Until that session, I didn't know my mental process doing CR exercise could be split in 7 parts (for example: visualizing, understanding, details, falsification question, pre-think scenarios, analyzing options). Only after noticing that my biggest flaw was at analyzing options, then I could focus on a more intentional way on that side. He recommended to practice this in untimed manner and, only after feeling more comfortable with process, then I could go back with a timed environment. It worked!

From a personal and mental perspective, it was awesome having that mentorship support during the last stage of my preparation. GMAT has been a tough exam for me (a total rollercoaster) and Rida helped me in not giving up in these last moments when I started to feel frustrated, stuck and discouraged. Mental attitude and confidence play a big role in the day of your exam.

Let me share with you the results of my mocks and official exams in a chronological way:

470, Q30 V26 - Dec 7th 2021 (Sigma X-Mock)
620, Q41 V34 - Apr 7th 2023 (Sigma X-Mock)
710, Q48 V39 - Apr 9th 2023 (Sigma X-Mock)
660, Q46 V34 - Apr 15th 2023 (Sigma X-Mock)

630, Q49 V26 - Apr 16th 2023 (GMAT Official Exam)

660, Q48 V32 - Jun 11th 2023 (Sigma X-Mock)
680, Q49 V32 - Jun 18th 2023 (mba.com Mock)
690, Q48 V37 - Jun 25th 2023 (mba.com Mock)

700, Q49 V36 - Jun 26th 2023 (GMAT Official Exam)


Ok, this went longer than I expected. If you are still here, I hope this debrief could help on your journey. Thanks to the E-GMAT team for creating such a wonderful product in the market. I hope to contact you soon with more news about my MBA Journey.

Sincerely,
Kevin

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Strengths:

For me, the Strength of this product is SC for sure.
I really like the way that there's no shortcut is introduced, rather a very detailed meaning based approach is introduced to students.
Further, I really liked the Support of Mentors on each step.
They are always just an email away to help you with the doubts and what not.

I would highly recommend E-GMAT to non-native speakers especially for SC course.
With E-GMAT, I have improved my scores by 90 points.
Prior to E-Gmat course, for me the approach before was to read the question and mark the answers based on either intuition or "sounds good" rule.
With the help of E-Gmat I was able to make the meaning-based approach as the second nature to solve really complex SC questions.
I really appreciate the detailed videos and exam type questions for practice in order to prepare you for the exam day.
Last but not least, I would like to thank Harsha and Abha for their constant support and Help.
Harsha’s explanation and approach to solve the question really changed my perspective towards the Verbal and Abha’s consistent push helped me to Score 680.
Further, though there’s an improvement, I am looking forward to retaking the GMAT to aim higher score.

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