Having gone through several posts and reviews, I decided to go with e-GMAT for my GMAT preparation needs after hours of deliberation. I am happy to write that the course offerings provided me with all the expertise and skills to perform well in the exam.

Study Plan - As my review subject reads, "Well Begun is Half Done". Having a good study plan took a lot of pressure away. I was provided with a study plan (by e-GMAT Mentor) at the start of the course. The plan helped me focus completely on the execution part and stay organized.

Sentence Correction -
The course module is very well structured and provides you with all the necessary rules/skills to ace the sentence correction section. I was able to eliminate answer choices on deterministic grounds after going through the module. The meaning based approach (with understanding of the sentence structure) is a powerful tool to have, especially when you encounter certain idiomatic usage you're not familiar with.

Critical Reasoning -
A process driven approach with pre-thinking as a step in the process helped me answer critical reasoning questions with more confidence. While it may not be feasible to pre-think all the scenarios, pre-thinking helped me understand the argument better and identify the conclusion.

Reading Comprehension -
I did not finish all the modules in the RC section, but I was provided with quite a few helpful tips on how I could improve my performance in the RC section. The Master Comprehension module helps a lot with the RC section as well.

Quant 2.0 -
The Quant modules are quite extensive and cover all the concepts you need to master the Quant section. Each topic has a diagnostic test to test your current level of expertise, making it easier to personalize the course. I personally ended up spending quite a bit of time on the Quant course and would recommend doing all the modules. Every section has something to offer.

e-GMAT Mentor - Dhananjay
I worked with Dhananjay (DJ) throughout my preparation. You can find a lot of other reviews on the forum praising him for his support. While I won't be adding anything new here, but I do want to add a few words. It was really wonderful to have an expert along side during the last stretch of the preparation. DJ provided me with short study plans to address address areas of concerns and test readiness towards my last leg of preparation. The last mile push is definitely something that helps with the exam day performance. He responded to my queries and concerns in no time. e-GMAT mentor support is an invaluable and a standout feature.

e-GMAT Support
I also interacted with the Support team for concerns related to my subscription. The support team always got back to me in less than a business day.

e-GMAT mentor support is invaluable and a standout feature.

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A friend of mine referred e-GMAT to me and before booking a consultation session with them, I read their reviews here on GMAT Club. No doubt, everything said the reviews was true! From the first call itself, I began feeling more organised in my approach. The first thing they asked me to do was make a personalised study plan according to my work schedule. That is probably the best thing about e-GMAT, they have put in A LOT of efforts to make the whole platform extremely personalised, almost eliminating the need of a personal tutor! All you need is determination and dedication.
The verbal course is absolutely the best. After you complete each module, you will be required to give application and cementing quizzes, which do exactly that - cement the concepts you just learned. The question bank is pretty close to the actual GMAT level and relevant in terms of the tricks, pitfalls and concepts tested.
My Quant is rather weak, so I felt the quant section has a lot of high level questions. Sometimes I felt they were too calculation intensive - somewhat not relevant to actual GMAT. But in terms of prep material, e-GMAT has done a great job in the quant section as well. They start from the basics and cover every type of question you may encounter on the test day.
The prep material is great, but Scholaranium is the real game-changer. The amount of data points and improvement pathways provided are just mind blowing! I highly doubt any other platform offers such a granular level of information. You can figure out the exact topic, exact type of question and the exact difficulty level of the questions you are flattering on.
Overall, I would highly recommend it to anyone who is aiming 700+ and is ready to do 3-4 months of intensive (and well planned) study.

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I have experience with two courses:
1. a local online course which included 24 hours of verbal and 24 hours of quant lessons with GMAT coaches (just analyzed the questions from 8 paper tests and got some basic guidance)
2. e-gmat online 360 (1-month full intensive preparation with a dedicated strategy expert)
I am here to review to e-gmat online 360.

As I started practicing for GMAT I joined GMAT club and saw the wide variety of online courses – platforms. I looked for the best reviewed courses and after a while I decided to opt for the local courses because of the option of the coach. At the end of my preparation, I attended some webinars and was amazed by the different approach the e-gmat experts had. I took my first exam, kinda failed, and decided to enroll to e-gmat online course, which was on sale, and try my chances.

I reached out the e-gmat team who offered a consultation call and I realized that I was following a completely different strategy when encountering SC and RC questions. The first step was to study Master Comprehension. This changed my perspective. I had to engage with what I was reading and do strategic pauses in order to comprehend and pre-think.
Taking cementing quizzes was the second step as I had score 690 in my first attempt and wanted to fill the gaps. After the analysis of my progress with the cementing quizzes, DJ reached me in order to create the Personalized Study Plan and smash the GMAT.

Verbal: I completed the whole verbal course and it was an absolute perfection. I implemented what I have learned from the verbal course and my scores skyrocketed.

SC: The meaning approach is above anything else. Solving SC questions with no hesitance and on time, was a key element of success, as I had more time to focus on the other two sections. The approach is being taught extensively through the course and can be mastered quickly.

CR: My level here was good, but I had trouble with the timing. By mastering the Pre-thinking method as presented throughout the course I was able to increase my accuracy from 81% to 93% and dramatically decrease the time taken for every question, especially the hard ones. Every kind type of questions is analyzed thoroughly and all there is a plethora of tricky answer choices. Overall, I think that in CR you get prepared for the worst-case scenario by solving really hard questions, so when you take the real exam CR questions can only benefit you.

RC: This was a game-changer for me. I was struggling in RC and I had to completely change my strategy till then. Skimming the passage and not taking notes was the worst advice I had followed. Instead of utilizing that method, I learned to read, pause strategically, comprehend everything, and then pre-think before going further. That changed everything and my accuracy from 67% climbed at 89%, making me a V40 candidate. Writing down para-summaries and the main idea was my go-to method. During the last week of the preparation, I had so much confidence, that I ended up not taking notes while practicing; I had a great picture of the passage by perfecting the e-gmat RC advices.
I had daily interaction with DJ, who was analyzing my attempts at Scholaranium and my error log, so every day I knew where I had to focus and how!

Quant: Such an analytical and methodical course. I ended up completing the subsections of the quant course that DJ proposed in order to increase my accuracy levels. Every section is really analytical. There is an initial skills assessment and then you master every concept you may encounter in the exam. The best part is that you master every concept in the most methodic and practical way, solving hard questions consistently and correctly within 2 minutes. I do not even mention medium-level questions, because the accuracy there reaches 100% in about 1,5 minutes average time.
The analytics for the Quant course are really important and you get the right amount of info in order to improve. Obviously, the Quant course takes much longer to complete, but it is the perfect pathway for Q49+.

Scholaranium: The Scholaranium platform enables the user to modify his preparation and set the standards of his practice (type of questions, difficulty, time). I found the questions a bit on the hard side (the hard quant questions were really hard!), but since this level of difficulty is not usually encountered in the real exam, you get prepared for the worst-case scenario.

Sigma-X mock tests: I found the test realistic and accurate in terms of scoring. The most valuable aspect is the analysis provided by the platform and the proposed areas of improvement that come with it. The questions were in par with the rest of the course and a bit harder than the real exam.

Overall, it was an absolutely perfect experience for me. I found the course exceptionally structured. The UI was easy to handle and with the interactive guides I felt that I had a live coach on the screen of my computer.

For me, the best part was the interaction with the team. Every question or request were being answered immediately. I have to congratulate everyone who is part of such a valuable tool for GMAT takers, but above all I want to congratulate the dedicated strategy expert I worked with, DJ.

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I went through all the videos for Verbal section at-least twice.
Sentence Correction:
I feel that most of the videos teach super basic stuff. After studying such basics, I attempted my GMAT and was very surprised to see most of what i learnt from eGMAT was very convoluted, hard to apply with timing. My verbal scores after preparation were very very bad and are lesser than my scores on first diagnostic test.
If you are a non-native speaker like me, I would suggest you go through Manhattan books and solve as many official practise test questions as possible

Critical Reasoning:
CR was pretty good. The pre-thinking process taught in the course helped me answer questions much faster.

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Hello everyone
Sharing my review for e-GMAT's course. I worked with Dhananjay (DJ) for e-GMAT for the last stretch of my preparation and it was an awesome experience throughout. I am very thankful to e-GMAT for their guidance and support.

Before joining e-GMAT, I studied by myself for around 3 months but scored only a 660. I joined e-GMAT 2 months later after another botched attempt, realizing importance of structured preparation and guidance. After I wrote the initial sigma X mock, I got advice from DJ on where exactly I was lacking- CR timing and accuracy in Quant were key issues.

E-GMAT teaching pedagogy - DJ suggested me to go through the SC and CR modules for practicing the Meaning Based Approach in SC and Pre-thinking in CR and document my errors in the 'new error logs' formats that drill down on patterns of mistakes. The verbal questions in both the modules and scholaranium are of high quality. They helped me a lot in improving my timing strategy for verbal. The custom verbal quizzes that I took were a very close representation of the actual GMAT questions. My practice of solving awfully long and complicated RC passages from scholaranium helped me tremendously on the actual GMAT.
I used Quant 2.0 with Xpert AI (Scholaranium 2.0) for practicing quant and took the cementing as well as custom quizzes as directed by DJ. The interface and quality of questions was exceptional. Although I felt at times that e-GMAT quant questions are far more difficult than those on the GMAT, they really broadened my ability to approach and solve tough questions within 2-3 minutes.

LMP Support - I was in the last mile program and DJ was my assigned mentor. He was a perfect mentor throughout my time with e-GMAT. He was available when I required his inputs and offered precise advice continuously. 2 days before my first scheduled attempt, I scored a 640 on the sigma X mock and my confidence was absolutely destroyed (I had never scored below 720 in any official mocks). I remember DJ was driving when I contacted him; he immediately recorded an advice video for me right then and there from his car and suggested I reschedule the exam by 2 weeks to polish my algebra, geometry, and CR. His prompt reply and precise advice probably saved me a precious GMAT attempt. I followed his advice to a T and my next scheduled attempt was much smoother. The test taking strategies suggested by DJ worked wonderfully as well.

Outside the actual studies, I found eGMAT team to be extremely supportive and helpful. DJ and team helped me keep myself motivated. I never had to wait long for response on my questions. This was very important to me as my job is very demanding and studies have to be concentrated in a small window during the day.

Overall, I think e-GMAT is the best available course for GMAT. Especially if you're looking for score improvement, I can say this with certainty that you can blindly choose the course.

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With e-gmat, You will always get a feeling that there is someone who is with you along this beautiful journey of GMAT prep and who will go above and beyond to help you in achieving your target score.

Around the end of 2020, I gave my first diagnostic test and got a score that was nowhere close to my target score. As a result, I started my research for a good online course for the GMAT. I went through the course reviews here on GMAT club and decided to go with a full GMAT course of e-gmat. Now when I look back, It was one of the best decisions I took for my GMAT prep.

I will structure my review into 2 broad buckets:

Course Structure :

The course is beautifully structured. I started my verbal preparation with Sentence Correction and gradually moved to critical reasoning and reading comprehension. Post completing the verbal section, I utilized the quant course to brush up on my concepts and practice hard questions.

Post completing a subsection, I would start practicing questions in the Scholaranium platform. One of the key learning during my prep is that quality matters over quantity. This brings me to the second point :

Mentorship and help from the Customer Success team:

The support which I received from e-gmat team, especially the customer success team, was instrumental in breaking the 700 barrier. My interaction with Aditee was helpful in figuring out the areas where I was faltering. She helped me realize the importance of maintaining an error log and how to do a strategic review of not only the questions which I got incorrect but also the questions which I marked correctly.

Overall a big thumbs up to the entire team of e-gmat for creating this brilliant course. I would highly recommend the course to anyone who wants to improve their verbal score and ace the GMAT.

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Its a common misconception that solving the official guides alone will help us reach our target score. I realized it after giving a diagnostic GMAT by e-GMAT.
To reach my target score I ended up taking the e-GMAT course. Honestly, it is the best decision I had taken. The videos provided by e-GMAT really helped me build my foundation and the sectional quizzes helped me cement it.

e-GMAT Scholaranium is where I could put my learning to test and narrow down on my weak spots and work on them. The solution provided by e-GMAT for each question is amazingly helpful.

Overall what I learnt was that to prep properly solving questions correctly was not enough, we must also know why we got the question wrong and that is what e-GMAT helped me with. I highly recommend everyone to go through the e-GMAT course to reach their target score.

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I would highly rate e-GMAT's Online 360 product.

I subscribed to e-GMAT's Verbal course in September 2020. I did so because the material I was using for Verbal prior to this purchase was not helping me much. After researching on the available products for Verbal, I narrowed down to e-GMAT's product. It was around this time that I also wanted to give my first GMAT exam. I only practised the SC course on the e-GMAT platform prior to my first attempt because of paucity of time. I scored a 650 (Q47, V33) on my first attempt with the following percentiles in Verbal: SC - 81st %ile, RC - 66th %ile and CR - 33rd %ile.

At this moment I realised the need to focus on Verbal. Before doing so I wrote to the strategy team at e-GMAT, explaining to them my situation and detailing the need for inputs for my preparation. I was pleasantly surprised to receive a swift response from the team. They put me in touch with one of their strategy experts - Dhananjay Lowe (DJ).

While I was skeptical about how my conversation with DJ would transpire, he put me at ease from the get go. Side note: If you are a lover of puns, there is no better person worth the company. After our initial conversation by mail, DJ provided me with a 6-minute analysis of my ESR. I was pleasantly surprised by this gesture for I assumed that I would get a generic response. After going through the video, DJ suggested a 5-day plan to get me back into my study routine. Since I was comparatively good with SC, the first task was to consolidate my performance in SC by taking a few Cementing quizzes on e-GMAT's Scholaranium platform. These quizzes helped me apply the correct process of understanding the meaning of the sentence to solve SC questions. This aspect is important because while it is possible to solve SC questions without understanding the sentence's meaning on easy/ medium-level questions, it becomes impossible to solve those hard-level questions without understanding what the author intends to communicate.

This brings me to the USP of e-GMAT: One of the key areas that e-GMAT focuses on is "Approaches" to solve Verbal problems. For instance, in SC, e-GMAT uses the 'Meaning-based' approach and in CR, it uses the 'Pre-thinking' approach. These approaches remain the same irrespective of the difficulty-level of problems. This is where the charm of these approaches kicks in because irrespective of how hard a question is, the process to answering the question remains the same.

Accordingly, I completed the CR course and its associated modules. Each of these modules has a pre-assessment quiz and a post-assessment quiz to gauge one's ability. These quizzes helped me because they threw light on aspects that I was consistently faltering at. Moreover, each of the attempted questions has a detailed analysis of how to 'approach' the question, and in turn, answer it. This guided interface was invaluable to my preparation. After completion, I took the cementing quizzes to gauge my ability-level for CR before moving on to RC and following a similar process. It is worthwhile to mention that while all of this was happening, DJ and I would send check-in mails to each other. By the end of it, we had exchanged more than 200 email conversations - mind you, this is without being enrolled in any additional program for which I had to pay additional charges.

While preparing for SC and CR, DJ also suggested that I maintain an Error Log. Until then, I hadn't prepared one for Verbal. This suggestion was pivotal to my preparation because it became handy for me to keep revisiting my Error Log. It helped me refresh my concepts and pointed me to common pitfalls that I must consciously avoid. This was possible because of the two-types of Revision that e-GMAT suggests for incorrect questions in the Cementing phase - Revision A and B. e-GMAT suggests how to strategically review each of the questions that one has attempted to ensure that one gathers maximum learning from the questions. This approach works two-fold: First, it avoids the need to constantly solve questions (just to boost one's ego); and second, it helps one to reflect, consolidate learning and then move on.

Once I completed my Verbal preparation after 3 months into this process, I took the Sigma-X mock. To my dismay, I scored a 510 (Unsure of the split, perhaps Q31 and V31). As you can imagine, I was deflated. At the same time, I knew this score was an outlier because I hadn't touched Quant in those 3 months. My bigger concern was my Verbal score which was reduced by two points (from my first Official GMAT exam). I then wrote a panic email to DJ. He replied saying, "Quant is not something we should bother about because we've only been focussing on Verbal. But, yes. Verbal score is a concern. I would've expected you to be in the higher 30s range." Nevertheless, he suggested that I follow the process and revise my Error Log for Verbal. In the meantime he enquired if I wanted to purchase the Quant package. I accepted because I trusted DJ with his inputs and the assistance he was offering.

Thus started my Quant preparation. It was an arduous task completing all the modules. But, in hindsight, going through the grind is what brought solidity to my Quant preparation. The most important aspect to tackling Quant is having a 'structure' to the preparation and e-GMAT provided me with that 'structure'. The modules in e-GMAT platform ensured that even the smallest of chinks in my Quant armour was identified and strengthened.

If you're still reading this review, now is a good time to steer away a bit and help you exercise your brain: Let's say I ask you the formula for calculating Simple Interest, if you answer I = (PRT/100), where P = Principal, R = Annual rate of interest, and T = Time in years, then good on you. What if I asked you the formula for Compound Interest? If you jump up the seat and say, = P(1+(R/n*100))^nT, where n = Compounding period, then well, you are incorrect because the expression, P(1+(R/n*100))^nT gives you the Total Amount (A). Hence, the interest I = A - P. These were the nuances that I previously did not understand that e-GMAT helped me comprehend with much clarity. Each of the e-GMAT modules is well designed to give this conceptual clarity for all topics. In addition, the Quant course also ensures that we apply 'Process skills' to solve problems. These skills are important because, at times, it's not our inability to apply concepts, but our incapability to retain certain question imposed constraints, such as not considering all cases, not correctly translating the question prompt, etc. that prevent us from getting to the correct answer. Each question on the portal and its associated explanation illustrates the usage of concepts and process skills. When these two aspects - Concepts and Process skills - became second-nature to me, I gained the confidence to tackle Quant without much difficulty.

Around this time DJ helped me upgrade from Scholaranium 1.0 platform to a Scholaranium 2.0 (Schol. 2.0) platform. On having used Scholaranium. 1.0 platform previously, I was privy to both these platforms and their differences. For one, the Schol 2.0 platform is AI driven. It shows you a detailed analysis of your performance in each quiz, mapping how well you performed in each question as compared to your peers, the time taken by you compared to the median time taken by others, presence of any luck-factor while you solved questions/ questions in which you paced fast without giving enough time, etc. These features helped me readily analyse my performance and start off with the next steps.

Once I completed both Quant and Verbal courses on the e-GMAT platform, DJ suggested that I give the Test Readiness (TR) quizzes. He laid out a comprehensive plan for me on the number of topic-wise questions that I should attempt in each quiz, and the accuracy that I must target. He also told me to write to him after each quiz to ensure that I'm track to doing the right set of things - revising concepts, reviewing Error Logs, etc. These TR quizzes helped me gradually transition from answering quizzes that contained 10 questions to answering full length quizzes (31 questions for Quant and 35 questions for Verbal). Performing well in each of the quizzes became important and DJ ensured that I didn't lose steam in the process. Through these quizzes, he helped me fix glaring 'timing issues' and identified areas that required extra attention.

Once I satisfactorily completed the TR quizzes for both Quant and Verbal, I took my second Sigma X mock after 5 months (since my first Sigma X mock) and scored a 690 (Q49, V38). DJ then enrolled me into his Mentoring program for more nuanced inputs. We then had a conversation about my performance on my mock. For instance, in Verbal, DJ helped me identify that I was faltering in RC, while in Quant, he helped me identify that I was faltering in Algebra and Geometry. He then suggested the next steps to fix these issues to ensure improvement my performance on my next mock. After implementing these suggestions, a week later, in my GMATPrep Official Mock, I scored a 730 (Q50, V38). Two days later I gave my Official GMAT and scored a 730 (Q49, V41).

The past year or so has been challenging. However, in hindsight, it has been worth it. A major reason for my performance has to do with e-GMAT Test prep products and the tireless back-end team that always responds to queries. Special thanks to DJ - the mentor who helped me all the way through, Stacey and Shraddha - the SC experts who answer all queries with crisp and concise explanations on the e-GMAT forum and not to forget Harshvardhan - the CR and RC expert who tirelessly gives exhaustive responses on the e-GMAT forum. A big fan of these folks! While these are the people that I have named, there are countless experts that have played an instrumental role in my preparation behind the scenes! Heartfelt gratitude. :)

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Since my applicant pool (Male, Engineer, Indian) is a very competitive one, I knew a score of 630 wouldn't get me anywhere. I read a lot of reviews about different courses, but after watching several debriefs on Youtube, I decided to go ahead with e-gmat. I had a long call with Dhruv, their customer representative and he highlighted the fallacies in my approach to questions and the lack of a strategy/concrete study plan which is absolutely essential to ensure a good score. Post the diagnostic mock, I was quickly connected with an SME who analysed my performance and formulated a study plan for me -
Big Wins -
1. The Master comprehension course sets you up with the correct reading strategies and pause points. It may seem slightly boring at first, but this course sets the foundation for newer techniques introduced in further modules/
2. The Sentence Correction course - The meaning based approach triumphs all grammar rules - and this is emphasized by the course at every nook and corner. The answer explanations are extremely lucid and you can always contest these explanations in the "Ask an Expert" section.
3. The Last Mile Program - This was extremely beneficial for me. Post my mock performances (and overall performance in the quizzes), I was offered to be a part of this program. The program helps you in working on bulleted weaknesses such as "SC questions with modifiers". Your mentor creates a hyper-specific plan to cater to your weaknesses. This was a huge part of my preparation since I had fallen from scoring a 680 in my first attempt (GMAT at the test center) to a 610. Despite such a huge drop in my scores, I was not abandoned by my mentor and we continued to identify and iron out my weaknesses till the very end.
4. Team's support - e-gmat's team are very prompt in replying to your queries. So if you ever get stuck anywhere during your preparation (low scores on cementing quizzes, custom quizzes or mock tests) do not continue attempting more questions. Write to the team about where you are facing a problem and they will get back to you with a good solution. There will be times when you feel hopeless or lost. You can write to them during such times as well. Just make sure to be proactive and keep in touch with the team.
5. Advanced Topics and Word Problems modules in Quant - I started with a Q47 and I had consistently scored Q49/50/51 in the mocks leading to my last attempt. Despite that, I loved the Advanced topics module (esp the Arrangements with constraints) and the Word problems (the variety of profit, loss and Simple/Compound Interest questions)
6. Strategic Review of error logs - Learning from your mistakes supported by data. You will be expected to delve into the reasons why you made such mistakes. Maintaining an error log along with Strategic review does way more than attempting two extra quizzes. I learnt a lot more and gained conceptual clarity by revising and re-revising my error logs.

E-gmat is the way to go if you're unsure of what you need to do to get to your dream score. Just follow their steps, and be proactive!

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For a person who is willing to put in the extra effort, E-Gmat is the perfect match. Was Fully satisfied with the quality of course, especially the Verbal Course. Recieved hyper specific plan for myself and was completely satisfied with the personal attention given by Harsha and Archit.

Especially grateful to Stacey for the in depth analysis and the kind of correction in directional approach she followed.
E-Gmat was really helpful throughout the way and the Sigma MockX Tests, Scholaranium 2.0 and Personalised study plan were the final bits which completed my GMAT journey.
When I started with E-Gmat I had heard that such platforms offering pre-recorded videos fail to capture the personalisation aspect in students, however, E-Gmat proved these misconceptions wrong. The level of statistical personalisation I got was fantastic. The team could pin point each and every nook and corner of possibilities in concept confusion. They use data to plan your entire journey and they do it well!
The team at E-Gmat was especially very helpful throughout the journey. There was a hyper specific SC Improvement plan which was made for me with special focus on areas within SC such as Modifiers and Parallelism. The plan was instrumental in improving my SC Accuracy from 55% to 95% in less than 2 weeks!
The team took special efforts to help me out when I reached out to them. They made a roadmap specifically for me, gave me analysis of every aspect of the Test including time expense analysis and exam taking strategies.
The SIGMA-X mocks offered by the team are extremely accurate and on the spot in terms of helping out with pinpointing fault lines in preparation and direction. Further, the team pinpointed their takeaways of the mock performance in Custom Videos.
I even received special help and attention from Harsha, Stacey and Archit.
Super satisfied. A must recommend for anyone doing GMAT.

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