Hey everyone,

Hope everyone reading this, is doing fine!
So, let me give a brief about my GMAT preparation journey and few of the important factors that helped me along the way. I began my preparation for the GMAT towards the end of May 2020. . Upon some research and some credible sources later, I decided on e-GMAT as the final decision, and boy, did I not regret it a bit!
Since I had given myself only 2 months to prepare for the GMAT, I decided to buy the GMAT Online course (Verbal and Quants). The course was great, and a special shout out for their Verbal course and the depth and the modularity of it just makes it so easy for the student. I am glad that, this was my first choice of preparation.
The course apart, what really impressed me was their exceptional support team, which was always there for any query , be it related to the course or the strategy ahead. I was given very detailed solutions to my query, which definitely helped me focus on the more important stuff.
One of e-GMAT's best products is the SigmaX Mocks. This not only emulates the adaptive nature of the GMAT, but also provides ESR like analysis and loads of granular data to learn from. It was of great help. One of the better examples, was when I reached out to the support team post one of my mocks, to get their analysis on the same. Mr. Dhananjay(DJ) responded to me with a detailed analysis of the mock, and provided inputs which would later help me channelize my energy, to get a high score.
In his analysis, he had highlighted points like my struggle with letting go of questions and hence jeopardizing my chances at further questions. He also brought out through his analysis, the fact that I was being over-cautious at the start, when it could be seen that I was able to solve harder questions later at a much faster rate.
Such points helped me shift my focus from only concepts to developing a test taking strategy and a smart skipping strategy. I started consciously practicing the art of letting go, as suggested by Mr. Dhananjay. He also laid out a detailed step by step path for the last few days prior to the GMAT. It was designed along the path of polishing the slightly weaker areas, but also working at developing a test taking stamina. These points really helped me get ready for the test and overcome any jitters there might have been. I did end up with a good score, and I would like to thank Dhananjay and the whole support team of e-GMAT.

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Their verbal course is a good one if you are a non native speaker. In depth solution is given as well. The material for verbal is great, especially SC. It covers all you need in a detailed manner. And the pre-thinking approach in CR was also highly helpful. They take quizzes before and after each topics. That is very helpful as well during your preparation.

Scholaranium helps you to practice different difficulty level questions. Quant seems okay but go for verbal for sure.

They also conduct webinars, which are very very helpful. One should attend the webinars to get the improvement in scores.

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I recommend egmat for anyone preparing for GMAT. Verbal was my weak section. Egmat's SC module elucidated tough grammar concepts. Also focusing on meaning helped increased my accuracy in SC.
Egmat's proprietary method of pre-thinking assumptions for CR before going to answer choices Improved my accuracy in CR. The quality of their questions as well as the entire e-learning module is high.
Their reading comprehension module taught me to read actively.
Its very hard to find high quality verbal questions to practice. I feel Egmat team has done a very good job of putting together some high quality questions on scholarium to further hone your skills.
Similarly the Quant module and scholarium questions were at par with official questions.

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First of all, I wish to congratulate e-GMAT for making such a well rounded courses. I was a repeat client of e-GMAT as I had already used it 4 years back for my first attempt, so I knew exactly what to expect from it.
SC is definitely the highlight of the course. e-GMAT specifically focuses on the foundations, which becomes very helpful in solving the more difficult question.
CR - The pre-thinking technique took some time to master but after mastering it, solving questions became very simple(scored 44 in CR)
RC - I was good at RC, so I didn't spend time preparing it.
Quant - Number theory was excellent, however I felt more theory in the advance topic would have been helpful.

Scholarium : It is the best part of the course, all the questions are very well explained and are of real good quality.

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I was able to improve my GMAT score from 610 to 700. The course helped me to cement the concepts, and the timed tests and unique questions helped me to get better and better in test taking.
The pre-thinking approach to CR questions helped me to predict the answer even before looking at the answer choices, this certainly helps to eliminate the difficult looking options.
The approach taught by the SC course helps one to identify the deterministic errors and eliminate the incorrect choices in less than 1.5 minutes.
Last but definitely not the least, the Quant course explains all the concepts, the approach, and also the way a particular concept could be tested on the GMAT.

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I took the e-GMAT and was absolutely amazed with my results.
I started off with a 570 in my first mock with a Q36.
I mainly used the course as a learning tool and focused my practice on OG material (even though Scholaranium was absolutely great).
Let's go by parts:

Verbal: e-GMAT's material for verbal is great, especially SC. It covers all you need in a detailed manner. And the pre-thinking approach in CR was also highly helpful.

Quant: quant is where I needed to focus the most. e-GMAT's approach is to really sink in the concepts and show you how to apply them in the questions, rather than just teaching you each type of questions and its trick. And that's the thing, when you learn the concepts and you come across a question that you don't even know how to start, if you know the concept, write it down and it might just lead you down the right path.

Overall my experience with e-GMAT was as great as it could be, and I would 100% recommend it to my close friends who are considering taking the GMAT test.

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I initially practiced from OG, while skimming through Manahattan Prep books. Then I took one official mock and a free Sigma X-mock from e-GMAT. The scores were a pleasant surprise and I decided that I should polish a few weak areas and should give the GMAT online within a month.

The Sigma-X mock's detailed report was in line with my own assessment and helped me identify that SC was a weak area for me and I needed to further polish my Quant ability to give my best shot. Post a strategy consultation, the e-GMAT team offered me with a special one-month subscription (basis my actual GMAT date, the team happily and promptly extended this for 2 more days). I began with SC, which was my Achilles' and where e-GMAT course helped me the most. After completing that I wasn't sure how to utilize the program as I was already at a reasonably advanced level and did not plan to study other topics from scratch. I then arranged a call with an e-GMAT mentor, Dhananjay (DJ) and he provided me with a customized plan. Further, he even scheduled regular follow-ups, which were quite helpful to track my progress and adapting the plan as needed. The discussions with Dhananjay gave me a good framework for how to structure my preparation and helped me understand how to make most of the e-GMAT course.

As for the actual course content: In verbal, I found the SC course and Scholaranium quite useful. I didn't refer at all to CR and RC concepts; for practicing these I did try Scholaranium but I felt certain CR questions were not in line with official questions and hence shifted to the Verbal OG. As for Quant, e-GMAT's questions are significantly tougher than that of OG. But if done with the right mindset, they can help you expand your approach and understanding of concepts, but one has to ensure that they don't get demoralized given that the accuracy can be lower while time taken per question would be higher.

Overall, I think the course is very detailed and would be very useful for someone who starts from scratch and invests more time. For me, the concepts felt lengthy and at times primitive. But this is where the support from the e-GMAT mentor was integral as it helped me customize the course to my needs and extract the most out of it.

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I bought e-GMAT online on 2020 January 15. I've just had done a GMAT test at December 17, an I got a score of 600. I had to run against time, as I had another GMAT test scheduled for February 8. Through the e-GMAT I was able to study in a intensive way to review all verbal sections. I found the sentence correction section incredible, as it is very interactive and it explains in a manner that is very easy to understand and learn the concepts. By studying about 3 week with e-GMAT I was able to improve my score in 50 points, from 32 to 36 in the verbal section. However I did not had time to review the quant section. If you have more time to spend studying through e-GMAT I recommend you do so, because all content available is awesome. I believe that if I had more time I could improve even more my score.

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In November 2019, I took the GMAT and obtained a score of 700 (49Q,39V). Even though I had received a good score, I felt as though I could score higher. However, I realized I would benefit from an online course that would structure my learning and highlight my weak areas. I saw that e-GMAT was the most reviewed course on GMAT Club, so I did the 7-day free trial to test the course. I really liked the videos that taught the concepts since I am a visual learner. The 5 free mock exams were definitely a plus since I wouldn't have to buy practice CATs from another test prep company. As I was taking the course, I appreciated that every question on Scholarium (e-GMAT's question bank) had essentially a comments section where students asked their questions and each question had a response from an e-GMAT verified instructor. So whenever I would review my incorrect answers, I would look at the comments section and would always find my question answered. At the beginning of my course, the e-GMAT team provided me with a course strategy that would also tell me if I had truly mastered a concept or if I needed to review it. The course taught me to look at meaning in sentence correction (something I never considered) and provided me a framework for assumption, evaluate, weaken, and strengthen questions in critical reasoning. Following e-GMAT's instruction and the online course, I completed the online course by around May 2020. From there I spent about a month doing the e-GMAT mock exams and OG GMAT exams. I took the online GMAT exam at the beginning of June (before a Physical whiteboard was allowed) and scored a 720 (50Q,38V). I was slightly disappointed that I had only scored a 720 but I was glad it was better than the 700. When I informed the e-GMAT team about my 720 score, Ashutosh (from e-GMAT Customer Strategy) gave me a call. After reviewing my scores on my e-GMAT mock exams, he realized that I was capable of scoring higher than a 720. He made it clear that I should definitely retake it and that instead of studying for another few months, he came up with a tailored 10-day plan that would target my weak areas. This tailored plan was to build my stamina throughout the exam and improve my accuracy on hard level problems. After going through those 10 days of several different types of quizzes, I retook the online GMAT exam (I also had a physical whiteboard this time). Seven days later I received my score report and saw that I scored a 740 (49Q,41V). I was really happy because the hard work since November 2019 paid off. I definitely appreciate the help from e-GMAT and do recommend the course to whoever. I believe it is best to get the full course covering both Quant and Verbal so that you can also get access to the mock exams.

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The e-GMAT strategy team laid out a clear step-by-step plan after analyzing my mock and my strengths and weaknesses. I also had an initial call with their team to understand the course offerings and I was impressed by the scholaranium, detailed mock analytics (NA on official mocks) and in-depth course material. They were supportive throughout the prep journey and would be quick to respond on email to any queries, issues I faced, etc.

DJ (e-gMAT mentor) was extremely helpful and supportive in my prep. He would analyze my mocks, section tests and highlight key improvement areas. I was taking time for CR and SC questions, which he helped me address. Additionally, he helped me understand the scoring algorithm, pacing and timing strategies for success.

The detailed plan for last few days shared by DJ definitely helped me improve verbal score, especially to increase accuracy while reducing time taken for CR/SC, while keeping quant score stable.

The calls with DJ were great because he clearly pointed out areas of improvement so that I would not get complacent, even if a mock went really well. He had a mentality of constant improvement and efficiency, which is what you need to eventually score well. (even if a question is correct, how can you do it faster, more efficiently, etc)

The warm-up strategy to do a few questions before a mock is a great tactic to get your brain working without taxing it. To sum up, thanks to DJ and e-GMAT team for their help and support!

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