Strengths:

- I really liked their focused approach: in the DI and Quant courses, instead of going through each and every detailed section, the PACE architecture allowed me to skip course material I was good at, while focusing on improving my weaknesses
- their approach of first doing the courses in which you need the most improvement (for me this was Quant and DI), and then engage into cementing, is the most efficient approach to actually learn from your mistakes and ensure you understand how to come to a solution as quickly as possible
- the video solutions on the Scholaranium platform are clear and to the point: in a few minutes they explain how to solve an exercise, every time with their stepwise approach (think about constraints, visualize, make inferences etc.)

Would make the product better:

- each webinar re-explains what their platform consists of and how it works, which is very useful in the beginning, but after a while it may be a bit repetitive for students who have already purchased an e-GMAT course and therefore know the process
- it could be an idea to design different webinars for the students who already subscribed (as opposed to those who just want a try-out webinar)

I recently had the pleasure of undertaking the e-GMAT course package to prepare for the GMAT, and the experience was nothing short of transformative. Initially, I purchased the course without a clear study plan, feeling overwhelmed and unsure of where to start. I just made exercises and looked at the solutions, without any perspective of where I was going or how I could improve. However, my journey took a positive turn when Payal, an e-GMAT instructor, reached out to me. Her guidance played a pivotal role in my success.

One of the standout features of e-GMAT is the personalized study plan, tailored to my specific needs and timeframe. With only 12 days until my GMAT exam, Payal meticulously outlined a daily plan that focused on my weaknesses and targeted areas for improvement. This level of personalized attention set the tone for my entire preparation. The study plan was well-balanced, and Payal well understood that I was willing to work very hard in the short time I had, but still also considered it important to rest and process everything I had learned.

The e-GMAT course encompasses a variety of specialized features, each contributing to a comprehensive and effective study experience. The PACE architecture in the quant course allowed me to efficiently navigate through the material, focusing on key areas that led to a significant improvement in my quant score from Q73 to Q83. The structured approach helped me avoid unnecessary content and concentrate on what was essential for achieving my goal.

As for the RC section, Payal encouraged me to analyze data and identify root causes of each passage, and spend more time reading a passage, as compared to my previous practice approach. This change in attitude proved instrumental in enhancing my performance in RC, showcasing the effectiveness of e-GMAT's methodical approach.

The course's emphasis on Data Interpretation through Scholaranium significantly boosted my confidence in this challenging section.

Test readiness was a crucial aspect of the last steps of my e-GMAT journey. After having followed the courses of Quant and DI with the PACE architecture, I had acquired the mindset needed to approach the GMAT confidently. The only thing that remained was build up my stamina and prepare for the actual exam. e-GMAT's error log was also really helpful in this, as it helped me recognize where I could improve my timing, as well as how to avoid stupid mistakes and identify questions that I was confident in and which not (and self-knowledge is very important during the GMAT prep).

In summary, my experience with e-GMAT was exceptional, and the results spoke for themselves—an impressive 60-point improvement in just 12 days. The personalized study plan, specialized features, and focused approach to weaknesses in quant, RC, and DI all contributed to my success. I highly recommend e-GMAT to anyone seeking a structured, personalized, and effective GMAT preparation course.

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Strengths:

Great content for verbal preparation, almost 100% on video, which helps more than the written material. My favorite part about e-gmat was the possibility of asking for personalized advice via email. The team always sent me detailed plans of which content to study and tests to take considering my progress.

Would make the product better:

The quantitative content could have more videos instead of text. Some teacher from the verbal, specially an american teacher provided confusing answers, then one other teacher needed to correct the answers.

I recommend the e-gmat for everyone who is preparing for the GMAT, specially because they offer the personalized help via email, with a tailored study plan. This tailored study plan was essential for me because I had little time to study and needed to focus on what would yield the greatest results. Additionally, the quantitative questions were tough, and this helped me to be prepared for the questions on the actual test, it made it seem easier. I had purchased TTP before and was not able to use it, because it was too much content and not so much guidance, as I had no time to lose, the E-GMAT became the best solution. One other feature I loved was being able to ask questions and receiving the answer within 1 business day.

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In October 2022, my GMAT preparation journey began with three months of intensive self-study. But my first attempt brought me an underwhelming score of 680. That's when I realized that I needed more than just subject knowledge; I needed a different strategy. This realization led me to E-GMAT, discovered through a free SC masterclass that introduced me to a meaning-based approach. The masterclass along with a free mock test (along with its impressively detailed ESR report) and many positive reviews convinced me to give it a shot.

Coming from an engineering background, I always had decent score in quants. Verbal, however, was a struggle for me, especially Sentence Correction (God Bless GMAT Focus for getting rid of it!) which constituted 80% of my preparation time. E-GMAT's methodological approach provided clarity and structure to my thoughts when tackling such questions. This structured methodology became a reliable tool in decision-making, especially in those 700-800 level problems with trick answer choices. These approaches can broadly be divided as:
1. SC: Meaning based approach.
2. CR: Pre-thinking
3. RC: Active reading
The flow of course is structured in such a way that each approach is further reinforced in subsequent sections. (e.g. Meaning based approach learned in SC helps decipher subtle changes in language's meaning in hard CR question. Similarly, Pre-thinking skill learnt in CR helps greatly while actively engaging with RC passages.

After concept files, each section (i.e. SC, CR and RC) has a cementing module and for me it was this section that made my investment in this program worth it. Learning and mastering approach is one thing, However, to be able to use it in actual test environment is an entirely different game. Cementing stage, as the name suggests, is aimed at cementing these approaches so that the same can be retained and applied in timed manner during actual test.

After completing EMGAT Verbal module, In July 2023, I gave my second attempt. In this attempt I scored 720 (Q50 V38). Knowing I could do better, I decided to go for another attempt. However, due to various personal reasons I had to take a 5 month long break from my preparation. I resumed preparation for my final attempt in January 2024, just three weeks away from exam date. But because of cementing done earlier and detailed error log prepared during my previous attempt, I was able to complete all the the necessary preparation to get my desired score within time.

In summary, E-GMAT's structured approach, personalized mentorship and the transformative impact of Cementing were instrumental in achieving my target score. The program not only improved my understanding of various concepts, but also refined my application skills. And as per my experience, this “application of skills” part is where EGMAT stands unparalleled.

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Strengths:

Focus on building core concepts and methodology which helped in improving accuracy of the answers.
The cementing sections helped to further enhance and solidify the concepts.
The mentoring support is wonderful, which was provided to me voluntarily looking at my weak cementing scores. The additional recorded sections to watch are curated individually looking at the weakness of the student

Would make the product better:

Sometimes in the mentoring feedback, they ask to go through the complete concept files which are time taking and sometimes un-necessary, as the level of questions in the cementing and concepts is very different and will not address the weakness in difficult questions.

The number of mock test available are very few.

Hi All,
I had subscribed to the E-Gmat course after taking trying out their trial which I felt was very interactive and focused on building the focus on improving core-skills rather than just practice a number of questions. I’m happy with the support provided by E-Gmat which helped me improve my score by about 100 points in 2 months.
I believe if I had time for preparation for 1 more month, with the assistance of E-Gmat, I could have scored much higher, as I couldn’t try to optimise my test taking strategy and cementing for Quant and DI section.
I had started the E-GMAT subscription after observing no much improvement in score trying one month of self-preparation with the OG material. I had realised that Verbal is the weakest section that I had to work on, and decided to spend maximum time for it.
The E-Gmat for approach Verbal section was very different from what I used to follow and had largely improved my accuracy. What I loved about the course is, they not only explain the process, but make us try to inculcate them as our behaviour through their practice and application files. If we can apply them, be assured that your accuracy will improve. Inculcating this new behaviour had initially affected my speed, but eventually practice was able to pick up.
Their cementing sessions are quite challenging, but also help us asses with our speed. What I liked about E-GMAT was, I had tried 2 cementing steps but failed. I didn’t know what to do, and had requested for strategic support to E-GMAT. They had assigned me with a mentor, who had guided me and provided me with additional plans and material to ensure that I was able to apply the suggested method to solve in given time. Frankly, it took a lot more time than what I expected, which made me restless, but now that I see, I feel they were worth investing time in.
The Quant section consisted of concept and process building sections. The PACE features gives us diagnostic test to check our and suggests to skip the concept files which we are strong. This helps us save lot of time, and I suggest that they have to extend this service to the DI as well.
Though I couldn’t complete the cementing phase in EGMAT, the constant traps laid out in the process file helped me be very alert in the GMAT Exam.
The skills which I developed in Verbal and Quant(like approximation) helped me develop the required skill for DI. However, I suggest those taking the package to go through the DI module as well.
In general, I feel the E-GMAT course is for those who believes that they need to build the core skills and are ready to invest 3 months of time.
It’ll be difficult for someone whos targeting high score within one month as skill developing takes time. If someone has good conceptual understanding and looking for only cementing and test taking strategy, I believe, they can complete within one month.
And don’t shy away to ask for mentorship, they have good mentors who can monitor your progress and help you improve your score. One more suggestion I would like to give the EGMAT team is that to increase the number of Sigma Mock tests for the GMAT Focus edition. As of now, only 3 are available, of which most of them consume the first one before the subscription of the program

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Strengths:

Approach towards Verbal Questions
Scholaranium
Sigma X mock tests

Would make the product better:

Include an option to watch lessons at 1.25X or 1.5X so that students can speed-up the preparation process

Hi Everyone!
In my 2nd attempt of GMAT, I scored 690, a 90 point improvement from my 1st attempt which was based mainly on self-preparation. After my 1st attempt, I realised the need for a more structured way of preparation which is when I came across the e-GMAT free trial. I really loved the way their course was designed and immediately signed up for the Online focused prep. A detailed review of each section -

Quant - Since I was familiar with the basic concepts of quant, the PACE time saving method was really effective in helping me identify the basic modules that I could skip. The concept + test based method of preparation actually instilled confidence after every topic. The questions from e-GMAT might seem more difficult than those from the official guide, however, one should solve these questions as it thoroughly clears your basic concepts and improves your speed drastically. However, "Word Problems" was the only section where I felt that the solutions were extremely lengthy and this approach could not be practically used in the exam.

Verbal - The meaning based approach for SC and pre-thinking approach for CR were a game changer. I initially took some time to get comfortable with these methods, which late on fared me well. Plus, the cementing quiz after each section gave a fair picture of my time bound performance and the extra-efforts that I needed to put to ace the topics. Also, the last mile program with a dedicated mentor helped me understand my weaknesses at a granular level and build strategies around them.

Lastly, I found the Scholaranium and the Sigma-X mock tests to be particularly impressive. The Sigma-X mocks were very much in line with the kind of/level of questions one might encounter in the exam. The mocks actually helped me hone my time management skills, and fine-tune my strategies around each question type.

All the best to everyone!

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Overall, the use of scholaranium was the most useful for me. That being said, OG questions should be focussed on way more than questions from any test centre. That is something I wish I had realised earlier.
While Egamt drills the basics of all concepts, I felt that relying only on the questions from there could end up hurting you in the long run.
The lectures were all very helpful especially the format of the Quant sections.
I scored 605 on gmat focus on my first attempt, and I will be attempting it again towards the end of this month. Hopefully, I will cross the 645 barrier.
Thank you Egmat for all the help.

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Strengths:

Verbal question-solving techniques and enough DI questions to practice.

Would make the product better:

Module files (non-video) could have a tempo option ie 1.5x and 2x to speed up the lessons.

I gave my GMAT FE on the 12th of December 2023, scoring 665 with Q90, V81 & DI 78. I used e-GMAT's course for the exam preparation. I took 2 months to prep for the exam. Some notes on the overall experience:

1. Quant:
I am an engineering undergrad working in finance, so I was confident in my quant skills. However, Hard quant questions can lead to time-drain if you do not know some essential tricks to solve the question faster or eliminate wrong answer choices. So, if you are starting at a higher ability in quant, revising these tricks can increase confidence by improving time management. I referred to e-GMAT's course materials / videos for these and practised some Medium and Hard questions from the OG. Overall in the actual exam, I solved all questions with 7mins to spare. I reviewed all answer choices but was confident in most. Thankfully, I got all the questions correct.

2. Verbal:
I dedicated 50-60% of my prep time to this section. e-GMAT's materials were helpful and their Question Bank (Scholaranium) is quite advanced. I learned techniques like Pre-thinking and honed my skills through their Cementing and Ability quizzes. However, I could not attempt all the questions in the Scholaranium or the OG due to the short 2-month prep time. I made a few consecutive mistakes in the exam which led to an 81/90.

3. Data Insights:
What a tricky section! Not sure if I was a bit exhausted since I came to this section after Q and V or if the section itself was tricky. Anyway, for DI, I had some familiarity with the different question types (TPA, MSR, DS, etc) in the section but struggled a lot with time management. I think I guessed the last 2 questions in the exam. Due to the no-partial-credit nature of the questions, time-drain is common for questions which you know you can get right. e-GMAT has a lot of DI questions in their Scholaranium and the course materials. I took this section up at the end of my prep and kind of hurried through it since I thought Q and V skills were transferrable to this section [not an excuse for the score ;) ].

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Strengths:

The master comprehension course is very important to make realize that I need to have a different approach to effectively read and not have to reread several times and thus not waste valuable time. And the meaning approach for SC changed my whole perspective and improved my accuracy a lot. For CR, the process skills of Pre-Thinking are truly a game changer. I know you have read this several times BUT I TELL YOU once more: You need to learn how to Pre-Think in order to not fall into traps that the answer choices intend for you all the time. I also think that the process that eGmat advocates is hugely effective. You learn concepts thoroughly, you get tested on these topics and after you get done with the modules, you need to Cement your knowledge, which tests your process skills of all topics under a timed environment. This showed me which concepts I did not understand completely and processes that I need to master.

Would make the product better:

I really like the mocks, and I am so amazed that I even got the same section scores and result in my real GMAT so they are very accurate. But I think I would like to have a better website design/layout to assimilate the real GMAT so that I can prepare mentally for the big day.

I am really happy to say that I got reached a 690 (V37 Q48) in GMAT. I almost lost hope since I started preparing more than a year ago on my own to only get a 640 and nothing above of that in my two previous tries.
On my first try I got a 640 in my GMAT Online (V28 Q48). Since my main problem was clearly Verbal, I thought that I just needed to make sure I study more concepts and practice more SC questions and try to memorize more idioms. After a while I just got even more stressed in my preparation because I sometimes got stuck and waste too much time in some SC and CR questions. Specially for CR questions, once I checked the official explanation, it made sense, but it did not help me to get the next (new) CR argument right. In my next try of GMAT Online I got really nervous and that affected me to a degree that I got an even lower score. I believe that I got nervous because I was also aware that I had no solid process for CR questions. I realized that I could not improve further unless I learn and apply strategies to get more Verbal questions correct. I had read many reviews of different courses and I found that eGMAT was recognized for being one of the best in Verbal and I like the fact that it offered an online platform with modules since I can access the course and keep studying for as many hours as I can.
I got a 590 in my diagnostic mock of eGMAT and I realized that I was rusty and I had a lot of work to do. I even thought for a moment that it was impossible to get close to 700 in 2 months. But I did! I reached almost a 700 in just 2.5 months.

I think that the biggest tip I got from e-GMAT is that hard consistent work get results. You have to be motivated and resilient if you truly want a 700+. I have read that other people had the same section scores and got a 700, and even though it may sound frustrating, I am sure that I am very close to the 700 and that with a bit more hard work I can make it and get 700+ in a couple of weeks.

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Strengths:

The diagnostic test is a game-changer in terms of knowing your exact strengths and weaknesses.

For Quant, The PACE Engine allows you to drill deep into your weaker areas and quickly skim through topics you are already strong in.

For Verbal, the way pre-thinking is taught and applied in all the CR questions takes your verbal ability to the next level.

For DI, Visualisation is key to solve questions efficiently within time constraints, something that is extensively taught and applied.

Thanks to the E-GMAT Team, I was able to improve my scores from a starting ability of 650 to a 715 on the GMAT Focus. I would recommend every aspiring candidate to try out the EGMAT course as they have a step-by-step guide to sure shot success on the GMAT, irrespective of your starting ability.

The Sigma X mocks allow you to deep dive and understand not just your sectional abilities, but your sub-sectional abilities as well. Overall, the course gave me much more structured approach towards my prep and provided me with a lot more clarity. Lastly, the level of personalised support I received from my EGMAT mentor, Dhruv is something that will stay on with me for the rest of my life. He consistently backed my abilities, gave me a personalised study plan during the last few weeks, and was always a call away in the stressful moments leading up to the test. In short, thank you Team E-GMAT!! This victory is as much yours as it is mine :)

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Strengths:

Great offering in the overall GMAT online course landscape (especially given its price-point).
E-GMAT does a good job of covering the fundamentals and building good habits from early on (which in my opinion can be the difference maker)

Would make the product better:

Nothing drastic - Maybe, covering more depth in RC for Verbal.

I would highly recommend using E GMAT in addition to the standard open source resources such as GMAT Official Guide and the GMAT club platform. E GMAT made a huge difference in my SC prep. After a certain point, GMAT tests you by asking if you can bend certain rules and evaluate trade-offs between ambiguity and grammar. E GMAT does a good job of showing the user these type of questions so they understand the importance of not eliminating certain options immediately because of basic grammar rules. (ambiguity in meaning is the ultimate test in the SC section of Verbal)

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