I am writing this review in the middle of my GMAT preparation.
I had some personal problems because of which I was unable to write my GMAT but am going to give within 60 days.
My only intention is to help out students( read strugglers) who are not able to decide which course to take.
A little bit about myself first : I am an engineering graduate from India and have been working for the past 7 years. Getting an MBA has been a long time goal for me ever since I passed out of college.
I started my GMAT preparation some 3 years ago. I was very confused which course to take or which books to study. I consulted a few of my friends and relatives who had appeared for GMAT in the past and everyone gave a different advice.
Like most of the people I trusted them and ended up purchasing a different MBA prep book everytime. Despite studying hard it was very difficult for me to choose the right answer. I always ended up in the 'best two' options and 'unluckily' or whatever someone may call it selected the wrong one atlast.
After having spent a lot of time in preparing, I decided to go for the real GMAT and got a very poor score(650).
I knew it was not at all sufficient to get me into a good b school.
One fine day I was going through a review in a local MBA blog about e-gmat and their course material specially designed for non natives. At first I thought it would be another gmat prep. trying to make money and hence using a different marketing strategy.
Later on I saw lots of reviews some of which were very similar to my own preparation methods.
I attended one of their free webinars during a weekend and liked their way of teaching.
I finally decided to write them an email asking in detail about their course and fee structure and everything.
They gave me an option of full refund if I donot like the course material within 10 days of purchasing.
As I started going through their material, I found them quite easy to understand and very interactive. It was very similar to an offline tutor.
I have read every available GMAT prep. book and not a single book was able to make the grammar concept so clear as e gmat did.
Also, the way the course is designed, it maintains a very medium pace, making sure the student understands every bit of it.
It has not only taught me all the good things to do in the real GMAT but also the bad things to avoid.
Today having spend a brief amount of time with their course I can say it with full confidence that this is no doubt the best online material for verbal preparation.
I gave a mock test last week and saw a 50 point increase in my overall GMAT score !
Now I am very confident that I will surely score better than what I did last time.
However I still want to improve further and thats why giving myself some more time.
My very honest recommendation to all non native English speakers is to take up this course and your verbal scores will increase for sure.
The tutors are very promt in clearing all your doubts.
My special thanks to Rajat, Payal and Shraddha.
If someone has any doubts then feel free to reach out to me.

regards
Hitesh

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Just a few days before my first GMAT appointment, I came across the e-GMAT course. The free videos that they offered were really good and I had only wished that I knew about them earlier. After scoring a 710 on my first attempt (Q49, V38), I decided to buy the Verbal live prep course, which came with a score guarantee.

The course was well structured, content (videos + articles) followed by practice questions from OG and the e-GMAT pool of questions. As I was retaking, I was looking for a fresh set of questions and the e-GMAT course had really good questions that thoroughly tested verbal concepts.

The SC material is especially worth a mention, think SC is most rule based and it is about detecting patterns - which the e-GMAT course prepares you well to spot.

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I gave my first GMAT exam in May,2015 and got a dismal 630(Q48 and V 28).I was pretty dejected .I made a study timetable and decided to give one more shot at the exam in September,2015. Ended up with a 670 ( Q48 and V34).I decided not to give up and apply to B schools with the score I had. I applied to only 3 colleges, since I wasn't confident with my score and in the end did not even receive an interview call from any of them. In February,2016 I got a wake up call when my friends from college and work ended up with admits. I decided to give GMAT one last shot. My senior from office recommended this course.He told me this course works like magic and it had helped him score a 700 last September.I registered for the course(Verbal Live Prep). I was inspired by Rajat Sirs video and decided to approach the course in a disciplined manner.I followed their schedules and gave my exam in June,2016.I ended up with a 660( Q47, V34). I had too much pressure on me.I had told all my friends and relatives that I was giving the exam in June.I came back pretty devastated. I knew I could have scored higher but the pressure had reduced my output. I decided to give the exam till I succeed and keep this decision candid. I Went through all the videos again. Practiced problems based on the e-GMAT approach and gave the exam again in July,2016 .This time I wasn't stressed since there was no pressure on me so could perform well.I ended up getting a 720(Q48, V41).An improvement from V34 to a V41. I would like to thank all the e-GMAT tutors for their effort in creating a magic formula for success in GMAT verbal. The main mantra of the course is "Unlearn first your current strategy and then learn the e-GMAT style of problem solving". Although this sounds pretty simple, it will easily consume a months time to imbibe the method and make it part of your DNA. Rajat Sadana is a magician who likes to help his students get a good score.

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For a guy with Indian nationality and trying to ace gmat, Quant section of this test seemed easy peasy... However, verbal section is the place where real test began. Having struggled with this particular section, I gone through multiple courses available in market and E-gmat's verbal live prep felt like a ray of hope.

E-gmat is one of the best courses in the market for non-native students who really want to improve their verbal score in GMAT!

E-gmat's course structure, online classes (for verbal live prep course) and Scholarium (Question repository) are effectively what you really need to achieve a good GMAT score! The course curriculum covers all the minute details and effective ways to approach a verbal question, be it Sentence correction, critical reasoning or reading comprehension. The faculty/instructors at E-gmat have extensive knowledge on the same and I would recommend this course to every non-native or even natives, who are looking for a good score improvement.

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This proved to be an excellent course buy for me. I was already at Q48 level when i registered for this course. After the course started i realized how misguided my quant prep had been. The course structure was excellent.
1) A Pre-concept quiz to check your level on every single sub-topic which was really helpful.
2) Concept files to learn/fine tune your skills.
3) Practice files from E-Gmat and OG.

After all these steps you feel much more confident about the skills but topping this online content with Live sessions seals the deal. Japinder, took the live sessions and it was just brilliant. The structure of rapid tests followed by higher level difficulty questions was really good for people looking to score 50-51 on Quant. The live sessions focus on good high level GMAT questions which help in getting that extra confidence and skills to tackle GMAT quant.

All in all , a very useful course and i would highly recommend this course.

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eGMAT Verbal Live is an awesome course for any non-native english student. It starts from the basic and help you advance in the concepts. It has so well structured that it helps students like me who can't give more than 2 hrs of time everyday. I would highly recommend eGMAT Verbal Live. The SC video courses helped me to brush up my english grammer rules and also enabled me to find out new ways to solve the problems. The CR modules are very clear to understand and easy to comprehend. Also I must thank the eGMAT team for providing their support throughout the entire study period.

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All I can say is that this is one of the best courses in the market for non-native students who really want to improve their verbal score in GMAT!

E-gmat's course structure, online classes (for verbal live prep course) and Scholarium (Question repository) are effectively what you really need to achieve a good GMAT score! The course curriculum covers all the minute details and effective ways to approach a verbal question, be it Sentence correction, critical reasoning or reading comprehension. The faculty/instructors at E-gmat have extensive knowledge on the same and I would recommend this course to every non-native or even natives, who are looking for a good score improvement.

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As soon as I started my Gmat prep I realised that my quant skills were strong but I was completely lost in verbal. In verbal i was scoring well in CR but my accuracy was below 50% in SC. This brought my entire score down. I tried a few prep books but all in vain. Then I came across e-gmat verbal live prep, which was exactly the course I needed.I came to know about eGmat through one of my friend, an ex-student of eGmat, who scored 700+ on “D day”. Convinced with his feedback about the course, I decided to enrol into the program and, trust me, I never regretted my decision.
Strong determination and learnings from the course has helped me and i am confident that i can score atleast V38 this time.

To keep it short, I will share a few key notes:

1.The course does a great job of laying out what you should expect for the test, which is great for those with little to no idea what's on the GMAT. It takes you through each of the various question types for each topic, breaking down various strategies to approach each one. This is ideal as not everyone learns the same, so you can find the method best suited to you and your strengths. Even if you are familiar with the GMAT or are scoring pretty high, the various tips and strategies will provide you with opportunities to bump up your score. Beyond just tips and strategies, it also provides the foundation of knowledge you will need to do well.


2. Well-structured and researched course that helps you to understand key concepts via short videos. Provides quizzes at the end of each chapter to test your understanding of the concept . You can further enrich your learnings though diagnostic test in a timed environment. (I have recently tried verbal scholaranium and really liked quality of the questions. It’s close to patterns followed in past Official questions. Planning to complete it by month end.)

2. This course goes into the basics of sentence building and effectively explains the common errors which gmat tests. This course also simplifies CR concepts and teaches you a knack to effectively read RC passages. In my earlier mock tests my verbal scores ranged from 27 to 35 but now I am consistently hitting 38-40.
Regards.

3. Webinar are to the point and eye openers. Every time you will discover something new. Mentors guide you to put your learnings from the course into practice and solve official questions by using eGmat approach.

4. Excellent platform to interact and learn from the mentors, who have already championed the game and know the rules. It would be tough to mention all the names but few names that I would like to mention are “Neeti”, “Payal” and “Chiranjeev”. I thank all of them for their patience and guidance during the initials days of enrolment and helping me to get my basics right.

5. Reading Strategies and Width of Practice passages on RC- Another weak area is RC passages from social sciences. While my accuracy was 80-90% on technology and life science essays, it was less than 50% on passages from social sciences. On certain difficult passages, I could get only 1 out of 4 correct, this too without timing myself. Reading Strategies learnt helped me a lot in two aspects. First, I could read and understand passages from different areas without the need of any background, even to understand the meaning of an alien term. Second, not to get stuck on details and focus on the bigger picture (the main point).

6.Scholaranium- This is an amazing platform that focusses on testing ability rather than accuracy. It tracks you performance and has multiple useful features such as sections quizzes and you could also customize a quiz to your needs. This allows you to work on you weak areas and test your improvement.


In short, if you are a non-native speaker then eGmat is the place for you to ace verbal section. You can never go wrong with it.

Will share further experience after I take GMAT.

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I subscribed to eGMAT’s Verbal Live Prep course to begin with, since I knew I needed help in Verbal area to cross the 700 mark. I wasn’t initially attracted to their Quant course since I was fairly good at Quant myself– consistently scoring at 48 in my mocks as well as real GMAT.

I decided to add it to my GMAT prep after taking a free session on a Sunday morning on Number properties. Similar to eGMAT’s verbal course, their Quant course is well organized, divided into segments starting with concepts in each topic and slowly allowing you to practice ad build skills. It is a good course to summarize and brush up on GMAT Math, particularly, if Math is already your strong area and you’d rather focus energies on improving verbal while not compromising on score and prep for GMAT Quant.

I recommend attending the sessions that come with the Live Prep course since they help you firm up the concepts and problem solving approach that is the bed rock to solving the problem correctly, consistently and within the allowed time. It may be the jolt you need to reach 49-51 range in real GMAT.

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I was comfortable about taking GMAT with my own preparation since I had always scored better on standardized tests in the past. My previous scores on GRE (90+ percentile on Verbal), and higher scores on TOEFL and IELTS had made me complicit that I would score well on GMAT Verbal too.

However, I was in for an unpleasant shock. After doing what I considered enough preparation for Verbal, I managed to score paltry 640 (Q46, V33) in my first GMAT.

Although dismayed at the outcome, I convinced myself that I was rusty after being out of school for more than a decade. So I decided to give it another shot with lot more preparation than before. Again, I was adamant not to enroll in any external prep course, although I decided to add more practice and mock tests in my preparation- this time especially for Verbal section. I had noticed I struggled with Combitronics and CR in my prep as well as in real test. Hence I also purchased Manhatten Advanced Quant Book and Critical Reasoning Bible (David Killoran) after reading few great reviews.

After taking enough time (6 more months at self paced studying), I took GMAT a second time. This time I fared only marginally better (Q48,V35) totaling to 670. There was no doubt in my mind now - if I wanted to break into 700s, I needed a drastic change in the manner in which I was approaching questions. My Verbal section score essentially remained flat despite special efforts on my part. I had seen promos of eGMAT and therefore decided to give it a try – as a last resort of sorts.

Few things struck me immediately about eGMAT Verbal Live Prep:-

(1) The presentation format (audio+video) accounted for a much immersed and enjoyable learning experience. The organization of the course is also excellent – starting with basic building blocks in each of the 3 Verbal sections – SC, CR and RC, and then providing enough practice to master the approach and building finer skills.

(2) The 6 Live sessions on weekends are a great way to cement the approach to solve problems and identify mistakes in your approach as you dissect a problem from every possible angle – working along with the instructor and rest of the class. Many times I thought I had the assumptions identified correctly in CR problem, only to find out 2 minutes later that I was not probing with the right questions to begin with. I would give credit to eGMAT instructors Shraddha (for SC) and Payal (for CR) as they make the topics appear easy and interesting.

(3) Lastly, I want to give kudos to eGMAT for their 2 Strategy sessions. I ordered an Enhanced Score report of my last GMAT after hearing about it in the session and it allowed me to identify and scrutinize problem areas in far more granular detail than before. The other information shared in those sessions (on computer adaptive questions and scoring algorithm) are good too. Scholaranium platform is of particular help since it allows you to practice timing and analyze patterns in your practice.

My mock test scores have been V38+ after going thru the course – at times crossing V40. Encouraged by this fact, I am daring to attempt GMAT again in a month’s time. I know eGMAT guarantees 4 point improvement, however, based on the quality of course material and the very reasonable cost, I think it is a wise investment in any case – especially if you have tried improving on your own and are struck at a particular score.

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