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Whether you start from a 500 or 300, GO 360 will provide the right kind of learning, practice, and analytics you need to reach your target score. GO360 helps you master concepts using proven methods, offers 500 points of personalized feedback to ensure that you excel, and tracks your progress with the help of a milestone-driven plan that understands your strengths and weaknesses. Finally, GO360 also gives you access to experts who will help push you to a 740+ if and when you find yourself stuck below a 700.
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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.
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. :)
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
I started with the GMAT Preparation way back in 2016, when I enrolled myself for an in-class GMAT preparation course. The course was for about 2 months, and I spent another 4 months trying to figure my way to at least a 700 in the official mba.com mocks. After about 6 months of preparation, I was confident about Quant (I anyway have an engineering background, so Quant wasn’t an issue) and SC. With absolutely no approach, I faltered majorly on CR; I wasn’t clear on the reason to eliminate the incorrect answer choices, and even after looking through the solution, I got really confused between the answer choices. I anyway booked a test date because I thought my Quant, SC and to some extent the RC section will get me at least a 700. On the test, I took really long to answer the SC question, so I had to leave 1 RC passage completely, and as expected faltered on the CR section; hence, scoring a 660 (Q49, V35).
Fast forward to May 2020, when I decided to retake the GMAT. I took the e-GMAT course, and spent considerable amount of time to understand the concepts and learn the strategies that could be applied to each question in Verbal or Quant. I was surprised and relieved to know that there is a platform that has decoded the strategies for how to approach each question in the Verbal section, especially the CR questions. e-GMAT gave me the concepts and strategies that built in me the confidence to get the approached questions right.
e-GMAT strategies
- The SC course is extremely well structured and details out all the grammatical concepts that one would require to get a GMAT SC question right. The meaning based approach emphasised by e-GMAT makes it easier to solve the harder level questions.
- e-GMAT helped me tackle the section that I absolutely hated –CR. The concept files gave me a well- structured approach to solve any CR question that comes my way. This approach helped me score a 98th percentile on my GMAT exam. The course provided me with a process to break down the argument into premise and conclusion, to create a falsification scenario, to pre-think, and to correctly analyse answer choices. I was better able to comprehend the information and analyse how each particular answer choice affected the argument.
- The reading strategies taught as part of the RC and MC concept files helped a lot to improve my ability to comprehend the passage and arrive at the correct answer choice
- Quant course gives all the concepts required for the test. E-GMAT’s quant questions are a little harder that the official GMAT questions, preparing you for the 700+ level questions on the exam. The solutions are very detailed and easy to follow. Because of the hard level questions that I practiced on the e-GMAT, I was extremely confident when I approached the quant section in my exam and was able to manage time well, with 5 minutes to spare at the end of the section
Mentorship by DJ
After I restarted my GMAT prep, I needed someone to guide me through the process and suggest me how best to plan my study schedule given a hectic job. I had already read a lot of positive reviews about how he helped students get to their targeted GMAT score, and so I was elated when I got to know that DJ was assigned to me as a mentor. He was a constant support and motivated me throughout the process. He analysed my Sigma-X mock test and highlighted how I could improve on my weak areas in both the Verbal and the Quant section. DJ provided me with a structured approach and weekly plans that included reviewing certain concept files, giving cementing quizzes, and creating custom quizzes to be solved within a time less than the standard time (This helped incredibly with managing my time on the test). He also shared the section wise error log, which is worth all the efforts it takes to fill it. The error logs give you an indication of the repeated errors one makes and suggests a corresponding corrective action, ensuring that you do not repeat your mistakes.
Skill Data on the e-GMAT Platform – The best way for you to analyse your performance
I first bought the e-GMAT course in May 2020, and again in March 2021, and I was surprised by the updates to the platform. Scholaranium 2.0 provided all the possible data points that one would need to analyse the areas of improvements. The skill data provided distribution by difficulty levels, time, concepts, median time, etc and this was incredibly helpful because then I could focus specifically on topics that needed improvement.
Takeaways:
- It all comes down to applying what you have learnt. I have seen myself getting a fairly easy question wrong because I failed to apply the strategies suggested by e-GMAT in its course. On the other hand, I could easily solve extremely complex and hard to understand arguments, by using the step-by-step strategies.
- I started with the GMAT prep again in May 2020, completed the course by August 2020, but then my GMAT Prep was on-and-off for about 6 months because I switched jobs and wanted to concentrate my efforts entirely on the new projects. This was a HUGE mistake. In January 2021, when I decided to get back with the Preparation, I had to start all over again. Hence, taking breaks between your preparations is a very bad idea and you will just end up exhausting yourself. It will double the overall time and effort required for you to reach your targeted score, so one should be consistent with his/her preparation.
e-GMAT is the best source for your GMAT Preparation and I would highly recommend it. I have already recommended e-GMAT to everyone who has spoken to me personally about the GMAT exam, and I hope this review helps you make a decision about the GMAT program that will get you to your targeted score.
Hey iamkulk,
Congratulations on scoring a 710 on the GMAT. However, since I worked with you post this attempt – I know you improved your Verbal score to a V42 too! I only wish your Quant score did not dip to a Q46. (Perhaps you got a little unlucky there)
Thank you Email Screen: https://success.e-gmat.com/Student-Appreciation-R
But let’s go back to how you improved from a Q39 on your first Mock in July to a Q49 on the test – now that’s a 10-point quant improvement in just 2 months! What is phenomenal is how accurately you could predict your own success by looking at your Scholaranium dashboard, when you compare this to your accuracy on the GMAT – it’s almost identical!
Accuracy Prediction: https://success.e-gmat.com/ESR-Comparison-with-Schol-Stats-R
Not just this but the diligence with which you did the entire Quant 2.0 course was visible in your perfect scores on one of NP’s hardest topics – Divisibility & Remainders.
NP Course Stats: https://success.e-gmat.com/Quant-NP--D-And-R-Scores
I hope your experience before the Last Mile Program and after it was fruitful. I wish you all the best for your applications.
Regards,
Dhananjay(DJ)