Working in management consulting, I have received many different recommendations from my colleagues on how to best prepare for my GMAT exam. However, there was one of these recommended paths that most resonated to me: the e-gmat course. After taking the enhanced GMAT online and scoring 780 (Q: 50 V: 48 IR: 8 AWA: 6) I feel that I have to pass these recommendations to all my fellow gmatclubbers.

What I liked the most?
Hyper personalization
I was invited by Archit Bhargava to be part of LMP (Last Mile Program), a program where he would support me as a mentor. I cannot thank Archit enough for his support during my GMAT prep. He analyzed every single part of the Six Sigma X Mocks I took, beginning with my initial diagnosis one, and designed personalized improvement plans for each of the sections of the exam. He helped me understand where I had conceptual gaps, where I had to focus on process skills, and what areas I had already “conquered”. Archit also supported me until my exam day, helping me overcome any fall, to arrive at the GMAT with full confidence. Also, my GMAT study plan was designed so that it worked around my tight schedule of working 11+ hs a day.
Archit designed daily milestones for me to complete, taking into account the time that I had available for studying in the different days of the week.

Approach
e-GMAT has a very structured approach to achieve test readiness. Each of the subtopics of both Quant and Verbal is structured around a three-step learning process: (1) concept, (2) process, (3) GMAT skills. This method allows one to be certain of the readiness to move to the following step, and to calibrate the time dedicated to each subtopic in a very personalized way.

Platform
The Scholaranium 2.0 is a very powerful platform. It provides as many KPIs and metrics as one can imagine to identify the process flaws and knowledge gaps at a very detailed level to know exactly what to do to improve. It keeps track of the results for the different levels of questions. With Scholaranium 2.0, one can design custom quizzes and can even choose the subtopic! For example, one can design a quiz only on hard-level questions on modifiers within the SC section. The explanation of how questions should be resolved is very detailed and allows one to identify what went wrong or to confirm a correct.

Sigma X Mocks
The Sigma X Mocks very well represent the real exam. The adaptative software makes the experience very similar to that of the GMAT. From my own personal experience, I can say these mock exams even have more difficult questions than the GMAT, which allows one to be confident that when preparing for this hard questions, one is for sure covering the difficulty that will be find in the exam. In my best Sigma X Mock I scored a 750 (Q50 V42) which translated into a 780 (Q50 V48) in the real exam.

My study mentor: Archit
My journey would not have been the same without Archit. He was there to take my phone call at whatever hour each time I felt I would not make it in time, to adapt my study plan around my crazy work schedule, to help me define concrete next steps. Archit was the game changer in my GMAT journey.

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After thinking for long and researching, I took up E-Gmat because I knew I had to work on my verbal as I was consistently scoring high in quant but fluctuated in verbal.
E-gmat has been a game changer for me. Its meaning based approach for SC and pre thinking approach for CR just puts verbal in your favour. Moreover, the master comprehension module just helps getting the base right.
The course is great for anyone starting their prep and wants to get into verbal. It is a very thorough course and along with the OG guides, it's the only prep material I used.
Scholaranium is the best tool available to any GMAT aspirant to judge your performance and find areas of improvement. It has amazing data analytics pointing to your need and area of improvement. If there is one course you should definitely take it is E-gmat.

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I took a diagnostic test from the official GMAT back in August 2020 and scored a 570. I knew I needed a course that will help me with all the aspects of the GMAT. I came across e-gmat and liked the trial version so went ahead and purchased the full course.

The course is great for anyone starting at a similar level. It is a very thorough course and along with the OG guides, it's the only prep material I used.

I think the verbal course is slightly better than the quant only because sometimes my approach to tackle quant was very different from e-gmat's. So I skipped some of the explanations and stuck to what I knew. Perhaps that would explain my Q49 score? Maybe I could have got a 50 or 51 by following the e-gmat approach?

The verbal course, however, is the main reason for me scoring a V44 (from a V27 in my diagnostic). I highly recommend following the approach detailed in the e-gmat videos.

I took my first attempt in May 2021 and scored a 690 (Q46 V39). I reached out to e-gmat for help. The 2 things I didn't do before my first attempt which were game changing was: 1) use the e-gmat scholaranium platform properly. I found the questions to be slightly harder than the official ones so i skipped it. In hindsight this was a bad decision. I think by practicing harder questions, you can really hone your approach to solving different types of questions. Also if you are targeting a high score, it makes sense to tackle the hard questions.

The second thing I didn't do was keep an error log. I was encouraged by my e-gmat tutor to keep one. I initially found it time consuming and didn't see the benefit. However after repeatedly scoring 66% accuracy in CR, I decided to start an error log. I instantly saw my score improve. Obviously, you need to carry out a strategic review of your errors (not just keep one), e-gmat have lots of helpful videos for the error-log which are particularly helpful for the verbal section. I highly recommend.

The 3 weeks between my 2 attempts, I exclusively used e-gmat's resources (scholaranium, error logs, strategic reviews) and this was what helped me increase my score to a 750.

Another thing worth mentioning is e-gmats mentorship program. After my first attempt I was assigned a mentor who guided me with my prep. Aditee (e-gmat mentor) was very patient and helpful with my prep. Sometimes it helps when someone else can view your weaknesses objectively and direct you in the right way.

I highly recommend e-gmat to anyone looking for a good overall prep course.

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E-gmat is definitely the best course for GMAT Prep. After going through lot of courses including Manhattan, I found no increase in my score and ability while giving mocks, Finally I enrolled for the E-gmat online course and started watching all the concept videos diligently .

It helped me in understanding the basics of Verbal and Quant. The course is very informative and the videos help you explain every topic.

Scholaranium is the best tool available to any GMAT aspirant to judge your performance and find areas of improvement.

The questions are very relevant and the concepts tested are very similar to what appeared in my GMAT Exam.

The difficulty level of the material is very good and it helps you tackle higher difficulty level questions with ease..

Please do use both the verbal as well as quant section of E-gmat, the approach used in the videos is very innovative and would be highly beneficial.

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E-gmat helped me in understanding the basics of Verbal and Quant. The course is very informative and the videos help you explain every topic. Scholaranium is the best tool to judge your performance. It helps you in making various types of quiz and identify your weak areas. Overall the experience was satisfactory.
Additionally the Rajat and Payal videos on youtube regarding the gmat guidelines and specific section analysis is really helpful. The material is overall on the tougher side but that helps you enable to deal with good gmat score successfully. Please do use the verbal section of E-gmat, the approach used is very useful in exam scenarios.

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I scored 730 in my first GMAT attempt with a Q50 and V39 split. I managed to get a 7/8 in the IR section. I used the E-GMAT online course to study the Verbal and the IR sections of the GMAT exam.

The SC and CR files were the most helpful resources in the verbal module. They made the answer analysis almost automatic. The CR pre-thinking process and the SC meaning-based approach are hands down the real winners of the E-GMAT Verbal course. The Verbal Scholarium section has very good practice questions and the Sigma-X mocks help you evaluate and improve your GMAT score. Their analytics tool is really amazing at tracking your progress. It identifies weak areas and gives good feedback. The IR section helps with some good practice GMAT styled IR questions. Overall, the E-GMAT online course provides you with the appropriate study material, all in one place, required to crack the GMAT exam and get into the top 5percentile. I would recommend the E-GMAT online course to every serious test taker who aims to get a score higher than 720 in their first attempt. This course helps boost your verbal score which is the deal-breaker for a good GMAT score.

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It's my third go at GMAT and I've finally got a score, which falls in my desired bracket. I've scored a 640(Q48 V30) and 670(Q50 V29) in my previous two attempts. I just couldn't fathom my scores, because I did considerably well on the official GMAT mocks. But after a thorough analysis of my ESRs, I understood that the approach I had is not enough to fetch me high scores. After taking around 4 months of break, I again started planning for my third attempt. That's when I've decided to purchase e-gmat's online course.

Some of the best things I've learned while using the e-gmat course:

1. Meaning based approach for solving Sentence Correction problems - Knowing in our mind that meaning is an important aspect in SC while solving the questions is one thing and having an approach which encapsulates that step and makes it a second nature while solving the questions is another thing. I have missed this trick in both of my previous attempts. e-gmat does an amazing job in this aspect and the questions in scholaranium polish our skills in using this approach.

2. Visualisation and Proper understanding of the conclusion for answering Critical Reasoning Questions - I cannot stress this enough. Even if pre-thinking is not feasible for each and every question, if we can visualise the passage well and have a proper understanding of the conclusion, it will open doors to the correct answer.

3. Analytics provided by Scholaranium - Two aspects standout the most with scholaranium. The detailed analysis provided for all the practise you do and the quality of the questions. If you don't have a proper approach, then the questions you solve in scholaranium will let you know that.

4. Mocks - (Note: Unpopular opinion incoming) I am not a huge fan of the official mocks. In my view, the Sigma-X mocks are more closer to the actual exam than the 6 official mocks. I think the official mocks can only get you around maybe 670/680 in the actual exam. I've scored 730-750 in my official mocks, only to score 640 and 670 in both my attempts. But my sigma-X mock scores are around 720-750, which more or less is same as my actual score. The insights you get after the exam will definitely help you identify the weak areas you have and thus make your preparation efficient.

5. LMP - Having a mentor who can guide you down the right path would definitely help you after those 2 horrific experiences. I gotta thank DJ here. He definitely knows what works for a student, and he is quite fast in responding to the mails😌.

Because I am doing well at quant, I didn't do much of the quant courses and focused my preparation mostly on verbal. But the quant quizzes are definitely challenging. Taking a quant quiz once in three days during the prep would definitely keep up your skill-level.

I would like to thank DJ for his efforts and his consistent support. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn't even have the courage to book my exam, thank you for that😄. All in all, I would recommend this course for someone who just hates grammatical-fancy-jargons.

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Hi Friends,

I had stumbled upon e–GMAT course on GMAT club during my early days of GMAT preparation. There were a lot of good reviews about the course and they looked genuine. Soon I attended a free workshop organised by them wherein they discussed about the GMAT straight strategy on how to score above 700.

Although I was apprehensive about an online course as I had never attended an online course but the Covid -19 situation made it the right choice for me. I had a zoom call with e-Gmat team about the various questions that I had regarding the course and GMAT. Once all my questions were answered satisfactorily , I decided to enroll for the course. Now having achieved a GMAT score of 700 I can say it was indeed the right decision for me to invest my time and money In the E – GMAT preparation course.

Based on my experience, some of the salient features of the e– GMAT are:

1. Strong verbal GMAT course: The e– GMAT is already known for its fabled verbal course. It is highly effective covers everything that one needs to know and follows an easy approach towards learning. The concepts like breaking down of an argument into premises , counter premises , conclusion et cetera and the pre- thinking concepts turn out to be very useful in the CR. The concept of active reading where you are immersed into the argument or the passage helps not just in critical reasoning but also in the reading comprehension section.
2. Greatly improved GMAT quant: The e– GMAT quant course wasn’t as good its verbal course when I had just enrolled but in the last few months the course has improved substantially. It is so comprehensive and elaborative that even a student who is not a pro in mathematics will be able to solve GMAT problems easily once he/she understands the concepts and the tips and tricks taught in the Quant course . it is the best improvement done in the last few months.
3. Freedom and flexibility: the online course comes with the benefits of freedom to learn anywhere and the flexibility to learn as per one’s own convenience. This is specially true for working professionals like me. The fact that the course is module-based makes it easy to start off from the point you last left.
4. Scholaranium : One of my favourite part of this course is scholaranium which has a vast collection of GMAT like questions for that additional practice one needs to master various question types and concepts. It also allows one to customise questions based on topics and difficulty levels.
5. Sigma – X mock tests: these tests are very similar to actual GMAT tests in this course you get are generally a fair representation of your likely GMAT score. I generally scored around 720–730 in my Sigma X mock tests and 700 in GMAT.
6. Prompt response from e-GMAT team: during the entire course the eGmat team was very proactive and quick to reply to any doubts about the course, individual questions or about the strategy to improve my performance. Generally the team replies within 24 hours of receiving the mail from you so it helps because you can keep getting course correction whenever you need and the response is prompt.

Finally, I would like to recommend all the prospective GMAT takers that e–GMAT offers a comprehensive, effective and flexible way to learn and master your GMAT prep. Please attend their free webinar or zoom call before you buy any online prep course. My only suggestion is to be calm and confident while taking the test as it does play an important role in your performance. E – GMAT provides all there is to learn about GMAT and my 30 points dropped from SigmaX score is primarily attributable to the exam centre stress. So please be calm, prepare well and give your best shot.

Good luck to everyone!

Regards
MSR

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After a few months of unstructured prep and no improvements or understanding of my strengths and weaknesses, I came across the one of the eGMAT debriefs on youtube. After going through a few debriefs, I realised that the key component of GMAT prep is structure. While I had initially signed up for eGMAT just to add structure to my prep, the course offered so much more. A lot of which I was totally unaware of.
Key Strength:
I want to start with the strongest suite of the eGMAT course. The Sentence Correction module. It is hands down the best out there with no close second. The SC module is curated so beautifully to get you an in-depth understanding of the concepts of sentence correction while keeping you engaged. I remember when I started the SC module, I spent about 22 hours on it in the first week without even realising it. While a lot of GMAT courses get carried away from the grammar aspect of SC, eGMAT, with its meaning based approach, does a very good job of reminding the students that the verbal section on GMAT is called Verbal REASONING and not GRAMMAR.
Without exaggerating even one bit, It is THE BEST course out there and if you are someone who is struggling with sentence correction, take a leap of faith with eGMAT and you will not regret it one bit.

The CR module, eGMAT does a very good job of making the students go through the Master Comprehension module before delving into the details of the CR and RC course. This acquired skill of UNDERSTANDING what you're reading combined with the eGMAT Pre Thinking approach helped with the really tough CR questions.
The RC course, again my biggest weakness on RC was skimming without understanding the meaning of what I read, The eGMAT application files pushed me to maintain the balance between skimming and over reading, thus helping me save time and improve accuracy on RCs.

The Quant course, being an Engineer, Quant was my strength on the test but after a few mocks, I realised that there were certain conceptual gaps in my preparation. The eGMAT course definitely helped with that. The overall level of eGMAT quant is higher than the actual test so it prepares you for the tougher questions.

Moving on to the strongest suite for TEST READINESS out there, Scholaranium 2.0 with its flexibility to create custom quizzes and its data backed insights is a beautiful platform to improve your ability to test yourself. The quality of explanation for each right as well as wrong answer just add to the perks of the platform.

Sigma X Mocks, On a personal note, I feel the sigma X mocks are the right representation of the actual test, I would even go on to say that the official mocks are a bit easier than the actual exam. The quality of questions on the Sigma X mocks along with the adaptive algorithm do a very good job at simulating the test taking experience.
Having said that, in my GMAT journey the key has been the support that I have received from eGMAT, their Last Mile program gets you in touch with brilliant mentors like Dhananjay (can't thank him enough) who help you with hyper specific feedback, personalised improvement plans and support to just help you maximise your potential on test day.
On that note, I would say my experience with eGMAT was nothing short of amazing and I would strongly recommend every test taker out there to go for the course.

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After scoring a disappointing 610 (Q47V27) on my first attempt, I identified 3 key areas on which I had to work on to improve my GMAT score.

1) Verbal, as I scored very low on it and I knew I was having conceptual gaps.
2) Speed, I was not able to finish any of the sections and simply had to guess the last 3-4 questions in each section.
3) Stamina, I was exhausted halfway through the verbal section which was my second section.

To overcome the above, I knew I had to give mock tests and need to get a verbal course,

I did my research and e-gmat stood out when it came to verbal preparation, so I planned to enrolled to the Verbal course of e-gmat, however, I ended up enrolling to the entire course (Verbal +Quant) after I heard about the scholaranium section of e-gmat because I knew I had to practice quant with time limits setup.

It turned out to be quite a good decision as I was able to increase my score by 80 points to 690 (Q47V39) with a massive improvement of 12 points in the verbal section.

Using e-gmat, I attacked the 3 key areas I had identified.

1) Verbal: The modules for SC and CR are exceptional, they really helped in understanding the key concepts which I was missing. In terms of RC, I was able to grasp some new concepts in it, however not as much as in the SC and CR section. For RC, I think it's just about being a good reader, so I just worked on improving my reading skills by reading random articles and practicing on E-Gmat scholaranium. The verbal course is very well structured overall, there are concepts videos, quizzes, application quizzes, cementing quizzes and the scholaranium, also the explanation for every question is very thorough. I followed the approach that e-gmat team guided me with and it helped me a lot.

2) Speed: From my perspective, the best and most powerful thing about e-gmat is the scholaranium, this tool is a blessing. I used scholaranium to get my timing right, in the scholaranium you can create your custom quiz and give short exams setting up a timing limit, I really found it very very helpful, not only it allowed me to practice and get my timing right but also it allowed me to give quick short exams in between my busy work schedule. They have a huge pool of questions with different difficulty levels, I found the questions slightly more difficult than what I got in actual gmat which was perfect as it made the Gmat test look slightly easier. The dashboard of scholaranium was also very helpful, I was able to identify my weaknesses using it and work on them.

3) Stamina: I got access to 6 adaptive tests which helped me work on my stamina, again the adaptive tests were slightly more difficult than the actual gmat, the highest i scored on e-gmat mock test was 670, on the official gmat mock test i had scored 710 and on the test day I scored 690.

Overall, I am very thankful to the e-gmat team for providing support wherever required, I asked numerous questions on different modules which e-gmat experts replied to and helped me clarify my doubts.

If you are someone who is looking to improve on verbal and who is looking for some practice to improve speed and stamina, I would strongly recommend e-gmat, their verbal course as well as scholaranium has really helped me and I hope it will help you too.

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