I became an EGMAT student in May 2021. Before doing so, I had taken the GMAT exam once and to prepare, had enrolled myself in a popular Bangalore-based coaching. While I knew about EGMAT even back then, I just couldn't believe that a completely-online portal can be as impactful as the ones that offer "live and personalized learning". Having used the EGMAT platform for almost 6 months, I can, without a doubt, say that I was wrong - not only about how good EGMAT is but also about it being just another online preparation platform.

Following are some of the differentiators for EGMAT:

1. Course Structure - Entire content is broken down into bite-sized videos. Rather than focusing on shortcuts and smart tricks, the EGMAT course helps in drilling down the concepts. You learn a topic, then practice questions with varying difficulty, and move ahead only once you are comfortable. This cycle worked really well for me as I already understood some concepts but here, I could apply them one at a time and learn step-by-step

2. Equal focus on Quant and Verbal - There are a lot of products out there that are strong in either Verbal or Quant but not both. EGMAT, on the other hand, helped me balance my preparation in both sections. I started with SC and was blown away by all the concepts and questions offered. While there isn't a lot of theory to learn in CR and RC, the pre-thinking approach certainly helped. Within quant, the course is broken down into various sub-sections within Arithment and Algebra-Geometry and the questions are presented in a way that makes it a routine to solve even harder ones within the stipulated time.

3. Scholaranium - Previously, when I used to practice, I did not have very clear insights on what am I weak in. Sure, I could know that, say, am not so strong in Verbal, or even narrow it down to Sentence Correction but the data presented in Scholaranium breaks the weaknesses down to sub-sections. I could clearly know the topic where am taking a lot of time or my accuracy is poor, and rather than focusing on the entire section, could do focused brush-up by creating custom quizzes. An extremely helpful feature is "Ask the Expert". Rather than looking up different websites where I went wrong in my approach to a question, I could ask an EGMAT expert or even better, just look at similar doubts asked by fellow students. The response rate in the former case was great and this helped in keeping the momentum up. The SigmaX mocks are very close to the actual exam and the debriefing of each question is super helpful.

4. Personalized Support - This is where EGMAT transcended from being a good to a great course, for me. I was bucketed into the Last Mile Profile and right from Day 1, my mentor Atreya Roy has been my go-to person for all queries - right from any doubts on what topic to pick up next to any confusion around whether am progressing in the right direction. Atreya was always quick to analyze my tests and mocks and suggest an improvement plan. I have actually just stuck to his suggestions throughout the journey and that has worked wonders for me. I always used to struggle with my pacing but in my actual GMAT, I almost finished Verbal on time and could solve each Quant question.

In summary: If anyone is looking for a comprehensive GMAT course, EGMAT should be your choice. Attend a couple of free webinars or take the trial and you will realize how amazing the platform is. I thank my mentor Atreya and the entire EGMAT team for their support :)

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My journey began with a baseline score of 650 on the official mock test. I analysed my results and began working towards improving the 'weaker' areas like most of us after the baseline. However, after about 2-3 months of self-prep (about 3-4 hours per day during the week and 6-7 hours over the weekend), I did not see any improvement in my scores for the second official mock. I decided to do something about it as (again, like the most of us) I wanted to secure a 700+ score for myself as soon as possible.

Having read positive reviews about e-GMAT and having heard a few personal experiences from acquaintances as well, I scheduled a quick strategy call with an e-GMAT expert to understand the best next steps and went ahead with the focused online course the very next day.
Due to my work commitments, I could only spare about 3-4 hours on a weekday and about 6-7 hours on a weekend, and that was sufficient to cover the complete course in about 15 days. This was also the estimate provided by the course in the initial set up which was pretty accurate. The support team was extremely professional, I checked in with them almost once in two days and received quick responses in terms of feedback and next steps. The master comprehension for verbal in general, meaning-based approach in SC, pre-thinking approach in RC and extremely well guided modules for Quant helped me immensely. The Scholaranium 2.0 dashboard and analytics helped me identify weak areas as I progressed - not just in terms of questions I got wrong but questions where I spent significantly more time than the median population. The explanations and solutions were super helpful and helped me save a lot of prep time as well.

I scored 690 on my first GMAT, but I knew I could've done better so I decided to re-take it in 16 days.
For these 16 days, I was provided support and guidance by Dhananjay Lowe, who customised my ability scores from my previous mock by adjusting the luck factor (since I was sure my e-GMAT mock score of 680 was skewed upwards), provided a 16 day customised plan, checked in with me and provided super honest and useful feedback. He also shared a personalised video feedback on a few critical areas where I faltered in a custom quiz (this was a test readiness quiz one day before my test) which guided me about topics I needed to revise before my test and about mindful of my time-wasting tendencies (which also reduced my takt time overall).

I ended up with a score of 700 on my second test (where my quant score improved from V41 to V48) and I'm extremely grateful for Dhananjay and team's honest feedback to help me keep pushing till the last very last day.

While I know the feedback is very lengthy, I hope it helps fellow students in taking the necessary steps to reduce their prep time and achieve their target score. Good luck! :)

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After just solving 1000+ OG questions for almost a year, I could only reach a 690 (34V,49Q). I was frustrated and thought I needed a structured approach, and my system was not working out. I looked at reviews (I was very sceptical at first) and found that eGMAT seems to be the best bet.

I decided to opt for eGMAT. Below are some of the details from eGMAT that helped me reach a 750 (V41,Q50)

Personalised Study Plan: This is a helpful resource for someone who knows what GMAT is and where they stand. It helped me understand my ESR as well as helped me structure my plan as I only had two months to prepare.

Verbal:
1. Master Comprehension: For people who want to improve in verbal, this is a MUST. This course not only helped me in RC but also CR and somewhat in SC, and this helped me understand and extract the meaning of paragraphs in one reading, which is a must to improve in RC.

2. SC: By far one of the most detailed courses in SC. They have broken SC down into multiple pieces, and although the Error analysis for choice A seems a bit too time consuming, this will help in the long run.

3. CR: This course has helped me reduce my out of scope errors by a considerable margin. There are good examples and application files in this.

4. RC: The Application files helped me use the master comprehension approach and build this approach with the application files.

Quant:

A lot of people say that the Quant is not that great within the eGMAT course. The structured way of solving questions is much simpler to apply using the learning from the quant courses.

Being an Engineer, I was taught to use the fastest approach (be it mental math), but this course helped me bring a structure to solve even the fundamental questions which minimise the errors that may happen.

One thing is that the questions are slightly more challenging than what you may get in the actual GMAT; they sure help build the core so that we don't get overwhelmed during the real GMAT.

I too had doubts before making the purchase, and given that I had only two months to prep, I am glad that I chose eGMAT.

For anyone who has started with eGMAT, I would suggest going through the Study plan, Analyse your ESR (or SigmaX) and creating a Plan. And DO NOT skip master comphrension.

Other aspects of the course can be skipped if you are confident about your abilities, but in order to do so, do understand your capabilities based on either ESR or the SigmaX mock.

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I had been in contact with the EGMAT team for more than 8 months and I have used their course for a total of 3 months. In my 3 GMAT Attempts, this course proved to be very useful.
In experience with the EGMAT Course, I felt it was very smooth and helpful. The content was top-notch and the strategies used were really benefitting me in my GMAT Prep. The meaning based approach used in SC helped me increase to 94th percentile and the Pre-thinking also helped me gain a 80th percentile in CR. The team also shared Error Log templates with me for specific sections. These templates allowed me to myself understand my weak points in CR and SC. Truly, this course is the perfect option for self-study enthusiasts who need guidance and mentorship. Furthermore, they have revamped their Quant course recently. The new version allows a student to customize his or her study experience. This makes studying really efficient as a student can now study only what topics he needs or is weak at. I was a strong scorer in Quants. The Quant 2.0 allowed me to do a lot of diagnostic quizzes and decipher which are the specific points, where I am weak. For example, I was getting 66% accuracy in Geometry in the past 2 GMAT attempts. Through the Quant 2.0 and Skill data option, I was able to find the core topics of Geometry where I was unable to improve. These included Coordinate Geometry and Quadrilaterals for me, but for any other student, this option allows to go very deep and find strong as well as weak points during preparation. This is undoubtedly the best course out there and combined with their world-class support team, there is nothing more you can ask.
The support team is by-far the best in GMAT Preparation. Although I had been impatient quite a lot of times, the team was very polite and understanding. Apart from this, the EGMAT team helped me analyse my ESRs from the 2 attempts, wherein I scored 680, very well. They were able to clearly pinpoint my errors in CR and RC and then suggested a customized plan to become better at these topics as well. It was a very data-oriented approach that was bound to yield positive results. The team also created small-yet powerful plans for specific areas such as revision or score enhancement. For instance, I mailed once for a revision in SC and CR, about 14 days before my actual GMAT. The team sent me a refresher course and a quick-revision plan as well. These 2 plans are truly amazing. I was able to revise all core concepts, practice fundamental questions and revise everything in just 2 days. I cannot really ask for anything more as the team was there at every little step when I needed guidance or just motivation. They were very quick in their replies and they were able to solve all my queries through a simple Email. It was convenient, effective and efficient. EGMAT Team also uses the concept of ‘Test Readiness.’ This is simply a set of quizzes a student needs to give to understand his accuracy levels and decide if he is ready for the actual battle of GMAT or not. I was really happy as the team sent me details of doing these quizzes and also personally guided me by studying the results of these Test Readiness Quizzes. This feature helps a candidate to understand if he is actually ready or more preparation is needed.
I would particularly like to share my experience with DJ, aka Dhananjay. DJ has been with me since my first attempt and he has helped me stay consistent with GMAT. There have been times when I lost hope but DJ always motivated me to study and crack this exam. I owe my 710 to DJ. His strategies and study plans were built on logic and involved a lot of data usage from the EGMAT Portal. Thus, these plans worked with almost 100% accuracy. I would definitely recommend DJ for any student. He is really a gem who can take you to your dream score. DJ was so kind to also help me with Essay analysis and editing process for top MiM Courses such as LBS and INSEAD. He spent many hours helping me craft the perfect essay. He is really one of the best instructors out there who goes beyond the expected to help a student. I am really blessed to have him as my mentor.

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I took a 2 month course of E-GMAT after a disappointing score of 630 in my first GMAT attempt. I was surprised at the level of detailing Egmat has done for SC and the strategies for CR! I didn't even know what I was missing until I completed all the Egmat Verbal Modules. These modules really cleared many of doubts and helped me think better and quicker.
Thanks to Egmat I improved my score by 70 points in 2 months and managed to get a 700 (Q50,V34) from a 630 (Q50, V25). Egmat also has a good collection of Quant questions for practice and if one masters those, the quant questions in actual GMAT test will seem relatively easy.
All in all, a much recommended course!

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I took e-GAMT online course for a period of 2 months starting in June 2021 and gave my GMAT attempt in August/September 2021. I scored a Q49 V34 (700) on my first attempt and Q47 V40 (700) on my second attempt.
e-GMAT's online resources were extremely helpful for the GMAT preparation. The Verbal and Quant courses are detailed and cover all the important topics. And they inculcate the habit of attempting questions within restricted time from the beginning with all the course quizzes.
The question bank (Scholaranium) is quite diverse and has questions of all difficulty levels.
e-GMAT focuses on teaching you the right technique and preparing for the GMAT in a very efficient manner rather than asking you to keep solving questions and spend time on just practicing.
Even the Sigma-x mocks are the closest mocks one will see to the actual GMAT.

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TLDR: Used their quant program to improve my score to above a 700! Would recommend! I first decided to self study for the GMAT with the purchased official guide book and free materials online. I got a 700 and was happy with my score, but had 3 more weeks in between jobs to try to improve my score. With only about 7 days on e-GMAT, I learned enough quant skills to get from a 700 to 720. If I would have spent 14 days, my score could have been even higher. The lessons are so thorough and you learn SO MUCH about approaches to tackling quant. I didn't focus on verbal because I did well on verbal and my score was very much lacking in quant. If you are trying to get this done in a time crunch, reach out to the team at e-GMAT. Dedicate as much time as you can. They don't cram the information, they ensure you are internalizing concepts and approaches, so you cannot cram it all in a few hours. Would definitely recommend- thank you e-GMAT!

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I began my GMAT preparation in April 2021. At first, I did not plan to purchase any GMAT course but after around a month of preparation I felt a shortage of good questions and thus I began my research for a good GMAT course. I looked through all the options and took up as many free trials as I could. In the end, I found the E-GMAT course most appealing of all the courses as it was cost-efficient and provided a dedicated tool to practice the concepts(Scholaranium). Also, as I had already used the E-Gmat free trial, I was convinced that the E-GMAT course material is good enough.

I only enrolled for the verbal section as verbal was my biggest weakness and I believed that I do not require any assistance with quant.

The E-GMAT Verbal course description:
The course is extremely detailed and covers all the aspects of GMAT Verbal. The course consists of Master Comprehension, SC, CR, and RC modules, and each of the modules is divided into three stages. E-GMAT according to your performance in Sigma-X mocks provides a personalized study plan. The course offers a ton of questions in the form of concept quizzes and application files as well so that you can practice the concept you just learned. These application files allow you to solve each question on your own and then provide a detailed explanation for the same. Additionally, E-GMAT teaches a simple yet efficient way to tackle each of SC, CR, and RC and this novel way definitely worked for me.

What I liked the Most:
The E-GMAT support team is the best feature of E-GMAT. Whenever I had a doubt on any question in Scholaranium, I posted on their forum and I got an answer in less than 18 hours. Apart from this, the support team helps with almost every query you may have regarding the GMAT. This personalized my preparation to an extent that I can't begin to describe. The support team deserves a huge shoutout for the work they do. All of them including Atreya, Shweta, Dhananjay aka DJ, and many more helped me tremendously in my preparation.

For instance, I fared badly in my first GMAT attempt, scoring just 700 and I immediately contacted E-GMAT as I was confused about whether to give another attempt or not. In response, I received a complete questionnaire in order to find out what went wrong from Atreya, and soon after I was contacted by DJ. He consulted me regarding my score and provided insights as to whether my current score can get me an admit to my dream schools. This meeting was very helpful as it helped me decide to have another go at the GMAT. For my second attempt DJ provided a revision plan as well as various invaluable tips to improve my score.

Overall the GMAT verbal course is great because of some key features such as Scholaranium, the support team, and the data insights that Scholaranium provides. Although there is just one drawback that you cannot access the Sigma-x mocks if you have enrolled for just E-GMAT verbal or E-GMAT Quant. Sigma-x mocks are accessible only to those who have enrolled in the E-GMAT Quant + Verbal course.

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I started preparing for GMAT from Mid May21' and most of my preparation in the beginning centered around Official Guides. I used to solve a fixed number of questions everyday. This part of my preparation helped me by familiarizing with the different type of questions that are asked in GMAT. However, solving questions did not help me in creating a framework that I could replicate in solving questions. During this phase I gave a number of mocks and I realized that SC was my weakness and my current method of preparation was not helping me in improving accuracy in SC section.

It was then that I researched extensively on GMAT CLUB platform and I came across the meaning based approach. I attended the E-GMAT's SC webinar and the meaning based approach appealed to me. This is when I decided to enroll for the E-GMAT verbal course. I made extensive use of the SC modules and they proved to be extremely helpful in improving the way I approached an SC question.

After going through the SC modules I started implementing the strategies on questions that were available on the Scholaranium platform. There I found detailed solutions to all the questions along with analytics that helped in benchmarking my performance with that of other course takers. Scholaranium helped me immensely as I was able to internalize the framework that I had developed using the modules and was able to work on specific topics.

Also, the constant mentoring that is provided during the course is worth mentioning. I was struggling with the time management in the verbal section and that is when I came in contact with Dhananjay. We got over a call and discussed in detail various issues that I was facing and planned out a strategy to work on those weaknesses. I followed his advice and was able to complete my Verbal Section before time in the actual exam.

Overall, I believe that the e-GMAT team has done a great job in creating a very well structured and easy to follow program and I would strongly recommend it as a one-stop shop for complete GMAT prep.

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I had started my GMAT prep back in Aug, 2020. Took the usual route of going through the OG Bundle, Advanced guide and Manahattan prep books without any guidance. My study was quite inconsistent until in Feb 2021, I realised that I needed to book a date for GMAT.

So, I took my first GMAT in June, 2021 and ended up with a 720. Although the score was decent, I knew I could do better. I really want to aim at those top b-schools and did not want my GMAT to hold me back. However, I really needed a direction to proceed in and areas to improve upon.

That is when I came across e-GMAT while browsing for suitable prep courses. I was naturally weaker in Verbal (got a V39 on the 720 attempt) compared to Quant (Q49).

I got in touch with e-GMAT and Karan from the team went through my ESR. He was very helpful in providing insights into where I could improve, examples of previous success stories as well as how e-GMAT could help me achieve my target score of 750+. I immediately signed up for the course as I knew I could reach my target with e-GMAT's guidance.

Hence, I took up the GMAT Online course for a 2 month duration. I am really grateful to e-GMAT for assigning me a mentor - Aditee through its LMP program. She was a constant support and a source of motivation throughout my journey. Her deep insights into my performance really helped me to understand where I was going wrong and her advise of maintaining an error log was truly outstanding.

She started off by analyzing my ESR and we understood that I needed work in Geometry and WP (Quant) and Critical Reasoning (Verbal). Also, a few topics in SC and RC.

It would not be a stretch to say that in my 720 attempt, I did not even know how to approach CR questions. In fact, I did not even know how I ended up with a 84 percentile, considering how I would get confused in each CR question and end up choosing a random choice. Pretty sure, it was by chance.

I started off by taking ability quizzes in the above sections and they truly demonstrated that I was in fact weak in those areas. Aditee, then helped to create a detailed study plan for me, explaining each step to follow. I followed each step diligently.

This brings me to my next point - e-GMAT's GMAT Online course (Quant + Verbal). The structured approach to each section, the level of data insights and nature of the questions are truly phenomenal.

I started off with CR - was literally mind-blown by the Pre-thinking approach. By the end of the CR module, I could make sense of every CR question. Although it takes some time to master this approach, it is truly rewarding once you get the hang of it. In fact, CR slowly became my strongest areas.
In my 750 attempt, I am pretty sure I nailed CR since I was able to tackle every question using the Pre-thinking approach and the correct answer stood there crystal clear.

I also took this opportunity to go through some of the RC, Master comprehension and SC modules as per Aditee's analysis of my sectional test and mock test scores.
These other sections were equally at par with CR.
In fact the low RC score in my first attempt was because I used to rush through the passage in order to reach the questions earlier. e-GMAT's RC and Master Comprehension modules taught me how to slow down, understand each word and tie it back to what you have read so far to assimilate the gist of the passage. SC's meaning based approach taught me to how to crack those 700+ level questions where grammar can only help you so much.
The data analytics engine in the course was very insightful and helped to identify my lagging areas quickly.

Quant was equally great. In fact, I would say the medium and hard Quant questions were at the GMAT club test level. I am pretty sure if you do the Quant questions diligently, you can be sure of a Q50+. The way each solution is broken down is commendable and very well written. Each of them take you through the Process Skills approach and nail those concepts in your mind.
I would also like to thank the quant experts and verbal experts who constantly provide valuable comments to students' queries on the forums and through the video solutions. I learned new tips and tricks by diligently following these posts from the experts. Special shoutout to Harsha and Shraddha for their simplified verbal explanations, which really ingrained the concepts in my mind.

Coming to Scholaranium 2.0, the question bank therein and the analysis provided is stupendous. It is a question bank pool one can truly rely on to practice on GMAT-like questions. They are really close to the type of questions you can see in the exam. Moreover, the difficulty of each question is also accurately set. The quality of explanations is also fantastic. New questions are constantly added and you can be sure to never runout of quality GMAT-like questions.

Next, the Sigma-X Mocks are one of the most accurate mocks out there which come with their own detailed ESR. The mock I took right before my exam accurately predicated my score as I got a 750 there also. The predicted quant and verbal scores were also similar. Hence, apart from official gmat prep mocks, you could blindly rely on the 5 Sigma-X mocks to see you through your GMAT journey. The level of insights there is also phenomenal and accurately pinpoint the areas you need to work upon.

This post cannot be concluded without thanking the entire e-GMAT team for creating such a fantastic course and a huge shoutout to my mentor Aditee. I cannot thank her enough.

So, what are you waiting for? Go join e-GMAT and see for yourself how that dream score turns into a reality.
Good luck :)

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