Hey there!
I have had a rollercoaster ride while studying for my GMAT. Initially, I did not want to spend on any course. I thought I was "smart enough" to self-study (and I still believe that). In fact, (full disclosure) I even reported e-GMAT's ad on YouTube in order to hide it from my account.
Started with a 690 (Q50 V32), which was a pretty decent starting point. One month of OG and bam, still 690. I consulted my seniors who had aced the GMAT, and from them, I got the notion of error logging and practising hard questions from GMATClub. This really helped me shape my understanding of questions and even improved my verbal score from V32 to V37. I once got a 730 on my GMATPrep and thought that if I simply continue with the error logging, I will break that 750 barrier. However, I stagnated again. Instead, my score dropped to 710 (dropping one point each in Quant and Verbal), meaning that the 730 was a score on a good day. This is after over 3 months of GMAT study. In my head, I was thinking, "This is taking way too much time, and I do not even know what I am doing wrong". I had already gone through GMAT Ninja's videos and solutions (which are GOLD, btw) and diligently worked on logging my errors and practising tougher official questions everyday. But V40 STILL seemed out of reach.
I sent an email to e-GMAT (yes, I had the gut to mail them even after I blocked their ads on YouTube :P) and I got a response within 5 hours, on a Sunday. Not gonna lie, their promptness moved me a bit. I had 2 calls first in order to discuss which e-GMAT program would be suitable for me. Bought the course for a month and started right on, hoping to keep a fresh and open mind.
I realised my SC, which I believed was great, had some particular conceptual gaps because of which I was missing Medium questions on SC. RC was actually great, thanks to a reading of The Economist articles for 2 weeks. CR was conceptually alright, but the timing was super bad (3 mins on average!). I had never timed my practice - I used to do a question, reflected on why I got it wrong, did a thorough review (20 mins/question) of that question, and only then moved on to the next.
e-GMAT courses really helped me structure the process of learning. I was not wasting time on WHAT I should study. Rather, I was spending time refining my process. The SC modules are awesome for someone who prefers video lessons over textbooks. I also got guidance from their mentorship program (A big shout out to Atreya and Arathy for all the help). Atreya guided me on what to do next, and took to my concerns. Yes, there were times when I would not get a response, but he went out of his way to get back to me.
Scholaranium, their practice platform, is where I worked on my CR timing. In fact, I even improved my timing on SC. It is something that I realised while practising on Scholaranium that I could say to myself, "Oh, ok, I should approach the problems this way". The biggest realisation: Read slow. Like a 5th grader. Literally. (Thanks to Gin's RC tips and a free e-GMAT video on RC strategy). I applied the same to CR and SC, and I was amazed at the improvement in my timing.
Of course, these improvements will be specific to your case. What to takeaway from this review is that invest in a course. Sure, you are brilliant and can self-study. But these courses are designed to minimise the time that goes into the prep. By the end of 5 months, I was burned out (even after the e-GMAT courses). I had to re-take the actual GMAT (first score was 700) because of something at the test center that distracted me during my Verbal section. I had to re-take even after I had gotten 760 and 770 in my mocks. Something unprecedented like this can really affect you. I am surprised to get a V40 even after all the wear and tear and a stupid sickness on D-Day.
Another thing is, if you decide to take e-GMAT and are invited to their mentorship program, please be nice to your mentors. They handle a lot of students (which might lead to less attention to some students, frankly). But they work like hell to help you out. You do not want to get a good GMAT score at anyone's expense. Being nice to them actually motivates them to work harder.
All in all, e-GMAT has a great course. Had I not been a miser in my first 3-4 months and bought the course already, I would have been in a mental state to hit 760 or more on the actual test (and I mean it). 2 months of e-GMAT can really get you there, provided you have a good starting point. All the best to anyone who takes up the course! (Sorry for the long post!)

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Content was great for both Verbal and Quant. I was more interested in Quant because I didn't recall any of the concepts, and really needed a good coverage, and eGMAT definitely delivered, brining my Quant from baseline of 39 to 49.
The Verbal course was also really though rough in teaching concepts, and it made me realise that there were quite a few things that I was unaware of - especially in the Sentence Correction bit.
Also, they have a near-endless question bank which provides the required practice (Scholaranium).
I did at times feel lost because eGMAT strategy guidance is given purely through email, and that form of communication feels very impersonal and is problematic for me because I tend to get a lot more information if I'm talking with someone. However, it was not too much of a hassle, I was able to relate to and apply at least 50% of the given strategy advice, which helped me on my journey.

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e-GMAT has been instrumental in my journey to 740 in my very first attempt. The course is very well structured and takes you through all the concepts necessary to score the 90th percentile in GMAT. Working diligently on the e-GMAT practice files and application files will ensure that you pick up all the required skills to ace GMAT, right at the time of learning the concepts. The cementing stages and strategic review further helps to fill any gaps left during your study. The course structure has been further aided by the use of analytics such as xPERT to give you targeted inputs to improve upon. Such targeted feedback has been extremely beneficial towards the end of my preparation to fill the gap between my score and the target score.

The Quant section of e-GMAT may be slightly on the harder side but nevertheless provides you the confidence and skills to solve even very hard questions on your actual GMAT.

e-GMAT also helped me through one on one mentorship by creating hyper-specific improvement plans, once I was test-ready. This helped me maximize my potential in the run-up to the GMAT and I'm extremely thankful to DJ for working with me on this. He gave me strategies and weekly targets that helped me immensely in the final leg of my preparation. Overall, I'm quite happy to have made the decision of choosing e-GMAT.

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Before I signed up for e-GMAT program, I had heard about it from few of my friends. So, once I made up my mind to appear for the exam, I browsed through their website and got in touch with the team. As per their advice, I appeared for a SIGMA-X trial mock and got 700+. Basis this score, I was enrolled for a mentorship programme, which allowed me to have a 1-1 guidance from one of the mentors. Following is my experience with the content and the team:

1. Sentence Correction - It truly lived up to its reputation (as I had heard from my friends basis their personal experience). I found it quite detailed and engaging. This content helped me to attempt SC questions in an objective and critical manner, thus improving my accuracy, time and confidence.

2. CR & RC - While these may not have course content as detailed as SC, they offer a very decent overview of question types and help to cement concepts with step-by-step detailed application modules.

3. Scholaranium - I found this an excellent platform to build one's ability and cement conceptual understanding, before moving forward to next concepts. This platform offers a nice overview of current performance and helps to work on one's weak areas as required.

4. Quant Course - The Quant content is quite comprehensive. A new update to this content, called Quant 2.0, has added a lot of practice files, a key requirement in Quant section, thus helping student to cement concepts in the respective sections itself.

5. Mentorship & Support team - I can't emphasize enough the great team e-GMAT has (including the general support team). With great content available, this team brings in their expert guidance and analytics (unique to every student basis his/her profile - current performance, target score, timelines). My mentor was Ashutosh, who was quite approachable and friendly. He used to propose a day-wise plan for me and basis my progress and performance, he used to adapt the same.

As I reflect on my entire preparation journey, I would highly recommend e-GMAT to new students looking for right content and guidance. You can be assured that this platform and the team can offer you a one-stop solution. :)

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GMAT is an exam which is career defining according to me. From scoring a very low score ( below 620 ) to achieving 710 was a long journey. I purchased the E-GMAT course in April, 2021 and took the exam on 2nd of September, 2021. The course materials provided by E-GMAT are very elaborate and covers each and every type of questions one can expect. Quant modules had lots of practice quizzes and excellent video lectures. After completing the quant module, after a long time I started having the confidence to get a good score in it. Even the mock tests started reflecting the improvement in the scores. The verbal section was also detailed. I saw a huge improvement in the critical reasoning section and applying the pre-thinking logic served as the backbone of it. Even the sentence correction modules proved to be of great help. Scholaranium provided by E-GMAT had a great pool of questions. The hard level quants questions seemed to be more tough than one might usually get on the test but that in-turn made me find the difficult official mock questions easier. There are custom and customized quizzes for regular practice and they helped me a lot. Overall, I would highly recommend any GMAT aspirant to take E-GMAT course. I dont think any other material can beat E-GMAT's module. Just trust the process and keep on learning the way its taught and things will start falling into place with time.

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The course is well designed and all the techniques taught are very much help you in improving accuracy and speed. Patience is required the first couple of week you apply the technique.
The support is excellent. I have never had a bad experience with them, really quick turnarounds. Their ability to analyse the ESR and put together an action plan is also amazing.

Also the techniques that were taught on how to Read will stay with me forever and somehow this technique has made me like reading. FYI: I hated it till now. But now i also see the benefits of reading.

All in all you are in good hands. My piece of advice: Don't see other people's timeline saying they started and finished prep in 3 months. You are on your own journey. Personally i would give e-gmat course 6 months of solid effort. The course definitely works.

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When I was thinking of signing up for a GMAT prep course the most important consideration for me was the quality of the mock test being provided. After trying out the free mock tests by more than 7 test providers, the eGMAT Sigma-X mock tests stood out (more on this below).

As it turns out, one cannot just buy the tests standalone and hence I signed up for the entire eGMAT course. However, little did I know that this will be a pivotal decision in my GMAT prep. After taking the first Sigma-X mock test I requested an analysis of the same by one of the eGMAT experts to identify my weak areas. That was the time when I was introduced to this legendary godsend Dhananjay Lowe!

He helped me analyze my test and with his experience and analytical mind he was able to interpret the same data in a way that I could have never done myself. DJ made an action plan for me and asked me to go through the entire course as I has some process gaps and skill gaps. Talking about the course and each subsection:

1) SC: I know some of you may have come across eGMAT's prethinking strategy for CR as their USP. However, for me it was the meaning based approach for SC that was the game changer. I absolutely loved the way they emphasize breaking down the sentences into clauses, understanding the meaning of the sentence (Meaning >>> Grammar), identifying all the errors in the OG sentence, and coming up with an answer before looking at the options. I can't emphasize enough on how wonderful this 3 step strategy is. With the help of the hyperfocused custom quizzes, DJ's guidance, and eGMAT's Scholaranium I was able to make SC my strongest (from the weakest) sub-section in Verbal.

2) CR: The pre-thinking strategy (as some of you may already know) is a proven full proof approach to solving any question of any difficulty level. It does take some time to become second nature, but when it does you stand to reap massive benefits out of it.

3) RC: This used to be one of my weakest sub-section and I tried possibly every trick in the book to improve this myself. However, it was only after I followed DJ's advice and his proprietary "RC pill" that I could see an improvement not only in my score but also in the confidence with which I could approach a RC passage / question. Not to forget the drastic drop in time that I observed while solving RC passages. Lastly, the AI driven Scholaranium data helped me identify my exact weaknesses (eg: passages related to Humanities, Economics, BioScience, etc) and thus I could channelize my time and efforts to focus on just those topics.

Quants: The recently launched Quants 2.0 is probably the most comprehensive quants curriculum out there. The AI driven engine ensures that students are spending the optimum amount of time on the course and suggests the right steps to fill the conceptual gaps. I personally felt that the Scholaranium questions are slightly tougher than the actual GMAT questions. But again its a good thing to practice hard questions so that the exam is a smooth sail.

Sigma-X mock tests: As previously mentioned these tests beat all the other test providers by miles. Not only because of the quality of the questions, but also because of the supremely detailed post test analysis. They drill down into every single aspect of your test whether it be your block wise timing or sub-sub-sub sectional weaknesses.

Scholaranium 2.0: The best just got better!

Dhananjay Lowe (DJ): As previously mentioned I credit my entire success to him. My score may not have been something that both us desired, but it was nothing short of immense pleasure working with him. The best thing about him is that he is so very invested in your journey and success. His ever willing nature to help the students is something that never ceases to amaze me!

Vipul (Quants SME): I was struggling with my Quants a little and DJ proactively looped in Vipul to help me cross the finish line. Vipul crafted yet another hyperfocused study plan and used to provide me feedback on literally each and every incorrect question. He taught me the importance of maintaining an error log and I could see an improvement in my performance and confidence in a short span of 15 days!

Bottom line (in case you made it through this very detailed review): eGMAT and Dhananjay Lowe are a one stop shop for all your GMAT needs. All you require is diligence and having faith in these two, and I'm sure you all can achieve your dream score!

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I have been struggling to break the ceiling of 710 scores for 3 months before I encountered e-GMAT. The methodology-based learning that e-GMAT is built upon is just life-changing. I was able to absorb the methods and concepts very efficiently and hit my goal mark in less than 2 weeks! Methods such as meaning-based approach, pre-thinking in CR, and slow reading strategies in RC are all super helpful in changing my bad test-taking habits and stabilize my performance to reach the top percentiles.

The Scholaranium 2.0 is an amazing invention too. It truly helped me to pinpoint my weak areas across verbal sections and ensured I trained my muscles efficiently and targeted the areas that needed the most focus. Scholaranium 2.0 was the key reason that I was able to improve notably in such a short period of time.

Last but not the least, I was greatly benefited from the personal training program with Atreya Roy. He created a customized study plan for me, helped me improve on the targeted area with dedicated materials, and supported me academically and mentally on the preparations for the test day. I truly him and the support from the e-GMAT team.

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After I decided to take up the GMAT, I was looking for a perfect course that would help me achieve my goals. I watched a few webinars of E-Gmat and also took the opinion of some of my friends. Finally, after a lot of research and reading the reviews in GMAT Club I decided to enroll in the e-gmat course. First, I signed up for a free trial just to check it out. I felt very positive about the way the concepts are taught and signed up for the full course. I would like to say about a few things which make e-gmat the best course online.

Verbal:

SC - Hands down, e-gmat is the best in this aspect. The SC concept videos, application files, and practice quizzes are so helpful in learning the concepts. Visually, the style of animation and the pace of teaching will make you get immersed in the content. The detailed explanations in the application files and practice quizzes really help the student in understanding where he/she went wrong. Particularly, the meaning-based approach is so brilliant that it increases the student's accuracy to the next level.

CR - Previously, I had little experience in critical thinking questions while preparing for CAT but I always used to stumble in some questions. I did not know why a particular answer is right and why a particular answer is wrong. The egmat rethinking strategy helped me in this aspect. Again, the explanations for every question are on-point and help us to think in the right direction.

RC- Again, this was my weak area during my CAT preparation. I did not know what to do about this. That's when egmat came to my rescue. RC Key Reading strategies taught in the egmat course helped me cross this hurdle. I always used to try reading the RC fast and then answer the questions but it is not the right approach. Egmat RC strategy explained how we must take enough time to understand the passage, take notice of tricky little details, and map the passage on the whole. This helps in reducing the time taken to complete the passage as a whole along with questions.

Verbal Scholaranium:
I must say this is the best practice arena for a student who wants to master the concepts of verbal in GMAT. The custom quizzes, ability quizzes, and cementing quizzes help us in identifying the gaps in our concepts. I particularly liked that if we don't score above 75% in medium difficulty and above 55% in Hard difficulty questions, then we need to watch the videos again if possible and go through the application files. This particularly helped me for my second attempt. I identified gaps in my concepts and worked on them.

Quant 2.0
The quant course if done right will fetch you a Q51 for sure. I can assure you that. The diagnostic quizzes, the concept files, and the practice files are very well structured that the concepts get cemented in your brain. I will recommend the egmat quant course for anyone weak in quant.

SIGMA-X Mocks:
Sigma-X mocks come very close to the actual mocks. Though they do not follow the same algorithm by the official mock, they are adaptive in nature. They point out the weak areas where you can improve.

Also, the kind of support we get during the entire preparation journey is awesome. Our queries are answered at the earliest. Most of our doubts get solved by the already existing comments under each question.

Last but not least talking about the LMT Program, Atreya helped me in the final leg of my preparation. He identified the key areas where I was lacking and helped me with personalized plans and strategies to get to my goal.

Finally, I would say egmat is the most structured preparation course I have ever enrolled in. Prepare diligently with the help of this course and success is guaranteed.

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Shweta helped me a lot to understand what my week points were and how should I go about improving the same. Shweta was always super supportive on both academic and emotional quotient

Her verbal diagnosis was on point and really helped me narrow down on what was important for me. The course content was relevant and gave great mental models to solve with. The content was up to date and the type of questions covered were exhaustive.

Some pointers on the course overall:

SC is very detailed and special at egmat; Concepts were precise and you are just required to apply them to the real GMAT questions (nothing more nothing less)
I had previously used other resources and coaching notes but the difference with egmat was that they only focus on what is actually asked in the exam and not random concepts. This helped reduce a lot of stress for me and kept my game plan simple; High focus on a meaning-based approach was unique and honestly the most important skill in solving hard questions

RC course is also pretty exhaustive and structured, practise questions are brilliantly designed and actually super engaging; The nuanced paragraph reading techniques are novel but very effective.

CR is also very well designed for everyone, the pre-thinking approach was a game-changer for me; The hard level questions on the platform were very close to what I saw in the exam - this was super helpful for my test readiness.

Loved the quant curriculum as well; The hard questions are really stimulating and thought-provoking. The solutions provided were detailed and really helpful for my conceptual growth
The 24/7 forum support was beautiful and actually saved me a lot of time; The overall question bank is the closest you can get to real GMAT experience

The sigma mocks were great and scholaranium was an amazing tool to track and monitor progress. I would recommend this course to everyone and special thanks to Shweta for his support.

I highly highly recommend egmat and specially Shweta for anyone looking to score 700+ on GMAT

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