Whether you're starting to get into GMAT prep or you've been at it for a while, you might be struggling with figuring out which learning path to follow, how to improve your score in less time or how to prevent repeating mistakes.

After a year of trying to prepare for the GMAT aimlessly, I was pretty frustrated with all the material out there. Why wasn't there anything that took me from point A to point B without so many detours in the middle?

I found out about e-GMAT on gmatclub, and I bought the GMAT Online (Quant + Verbal) course.

I wasn't expecting much. My first GMAT mock score was 560, so I'd more or less accepted that I wasn't made for standardised tests.

E-gmat has a feature that lets you make a study plan, so I kind of let the software take the reins and tell me what to do.

It's a game changer. There's finally a map you can use to navigate GMAT prep.

The GMAT journey isn't easy, no matter what test prep company you choose, but after trying so many resources, I found that e-gmat was the best at removing vagueness around the preparation process.

Seriously, if you have a phobia of standardised tests like me, e-gmat is great at guiding you.

If you look at questions in the OG and then you look at the solution and you think, "Well, how am I supposed to know that I have to use this approach?" then take e-gmat's free trial. I'm pretty sure you'll be hooked.

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For my first attempt, I used Manhattan’s books (mainly verbal) for the theory part and Original Guide for practicing questions. I wrote several mocks in two months of preparation and my score ranged from 650 to 700. I wrote my GMAT and was deeply shocked to get a 600 Q47, V25.

I could clearly see verbal was my weak link. I checked reviews of different study materials on gmatclub and decided to go for e-gmat.

I started with SC, the concept files were detailed and focused from the basics. I found the e-gmat’s 3-step process to be very useful for me, in terms of improving my timing and accuracy. Earlier, I used to hover over question stem and answer options multiple times, taking close to 2 minutes to answer a question. Now, I was able to do a sentence correction question in under 1 and a half minutes. Those precious minutes I saved on SC questions, I was able to dedicate to RC section and improve my accuracy.

CR – the section has detailed concepts on identifying Premise, Conclusion, etc. It is a must-do, leaves no scope for confusion while attempting questions. I was able to improve my performance from the 45th percentile to the 94th percentile.

Overall, the course turned out to be very useful to me. I highly recommend it to someone who is facing challenges with the basics.

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Hi, my name is Gary. I am 25 years old and I have 3 years working experience in a retail company in Indonesia as a Business Analyst. First time I studied GMAT was in September 2019. I studied hard by myself through free resources for 4 months until I took my first GMAT test in December 2019, scoring 550 (Q42,V24). This score was not enough for me to apply to any business schools I want. After that, I studied for TOEFL and got a good score in January 2020. In February 2020, I decided to deal with GMAT again but with a different strategy. I searched for the best online preparation platform in the internet and I chose e-gmat and here was the beginning of my journey.

The most astonishing part of e-gmat platform was the step-by-step approach strategy to finish a question. I realized that the failure of my previous test was due to lack of strategical approach to answer the questions. I only used brute force and pure logical thinking to answer each question. GMAT will give you a hard time if you just using pure logic to answer the questions. Yes it is true that what is tested in GMAT is our logic, but with a right method, we can answer many more questions with much higher accuracy. The strategies taught by e-gmat was easy to understand and applicable in each question, and was served in an interactive videos. We just need to simply follow the sequences given my e-gmat. The team has already designed the courses in the best way a student can learn.

Another highlight features of e-gmat was the Scholaranium, Mock Test, and Course Correction. The Scholaranium helps the students to cement the methods learned, thus we can practice our newly learned process in this bank of questions. We can track our progress, determine our strong and weak areas, and review each questions with complete explanations. After we finish practicing in Scholaranium, we can move to Mock Test, a simulation of the real GMAT Test. In this part, we can get the summary of our performances, which is very important for our evaluation and track record to reach the target score. Lastly, the free course correction by Mr. Deepak was so beneficial for me. He helped me to analyze my Mock Test, determined my weak areas, and gave me the solutions step by step for me to follow.

Actually I want to take GMAT test in late April, but because of Covid-19 situation, I took GMAT on June. I could not take Online GMAT because of technical issues (failed twice). After several months grinding, I finally took my GMAT Test on 10th June 2020 and guess what? I got 660 (Q48, V34)!!!

My weak area is surely Verbal part, and I spend a lot of time refining my Verbal skills in e-gmat. Surely e-gmat has a very great verbal section so that I can improve from V24 to V34. Finally, I want to give my biggest thanks for Mr. Deepak and the rest of e-gmat team because finally I reach my target score.
Good luck to all of you for the GMAT Test!

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Hi all,
Hope your preparations are going well!

I'll just get straight to the points about how e-GMAT helped me
1. The only problem I had was with verbal. I knew the basics of the language but didn't know the exact rules. Doing this course helped fill those knowledge gaps and make a foundation to work upon. This was important when I was down to 2-3 choices and I needed a concrete rule to decide the answer
2. For practice, I used to take pictures of the summary slides and the practice problem that I got wrong. I used to go through these pictures anytime I was free. While revising I used the remember where I went wrong. Since I have the habit of forgetting small rules and points, this practice style helped a lot.
3. Scholaranium really helped to gauge my levels of understanding of different sections. The easy/medium/hard selection for "cementing quiz" is a great way to do this.


4. Having a strong quant background, I didn't use the quant section, so I can't say anything about that. But judging from how well they've made the verbal section, I'd bet the quant section is awesome as well.
5. This might be irrelevant now given that GMAT online has allowed scratchpad - if you plan on using the whiteboard feature, I would advise practicing for at least a week. You can also use the whiteboard to cover the answers before you're done with your pre-thinking (e-GMAT).
6. GMAT online is not as scary as some people think. It went very smoothly. The comfort of the home gives an edge to the test taker. Be prepared for some glitches(in my case the exam window closed for 2-3 minutes before coming back on. NO, O DIDN'T LOSE ANY TIME. IT WAS RESUMED ON THE POINT THE WINDOW GOT CLOSED).
7. I wasn't able to take mock tests after completing the course due to time constraints (i finished my course 4 days before the exam. I used cementing quizzes to target my areas of weakness.) But I did use them 2 times before the course and they are pretty accurate. The analytics also help to understand where exactly is your weakness.

General advice-
a. try to complete the course learning at least 2 weeks before your test date. Give yourself 1 week to work on cementing quizzes then another week for the mocks.
b. BE CONSISTENT. e-GMAT provides a perfect tool for creating a plan for your target score. STICK TO THAT PLAN. If you are ahead of schedule go ahead and do some extra work. Better to have some extra time in the end. Keep in mind that while making the plan exclude the 2 weeks mentioned in the last point for self-testing.

Finally, I would say that GMAT is hard when you don't approach it with a proper strategy. With proper knowledge and practice, good scores are easily achievable.

Good luck with your upcoming exams!
I hope you all achieve high scores!!

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I decided to take GMAT in December 2019 and took a few mocks to gauge my initial level. I scored about 730-740 in most of these but wasn’t really sure about my strengths and weaknesses. Targeting a 750+, I researched about GMAT prep and signed up for e-GMAT. I didn’t use a lot of their course material so I would keep my review limited to their Exam Prep : Scholaranium and list out some tips to use its complete potential.

During the initial days, I had this strong urge to take a lot of practice quizzes (I hear it’s pretty common). However, Payal’s pre-recorded videos were very helpful in planning my schedule. She has created a set of videos which will cater to test takers at different levels of preparedness. And are quite insightful, if one takes the time to review them.

Now about Scholaranium : It essentially is a cluster of questions and tests meant to seal concepts and give a ‘GMAT-like’ experience. It’s important to use the tool while referring to Payal’s videos otherwise one wouldn’t get much out of the preparation. There are ample amount of questions of all possible difficulty levels and e-GMAT helps you set target score thresholds for each. This helps bring about a smooth progress while you seal your 1) concepts and 2) test taking strategy.

Finally, about my actual GMAT experience. In my first attempt I scored a 730 which was an improvement of 0 points from my first e-gmat mock. I would have settled for the score but figured I needed to up it a few notches. It was then that I met Rajat online and his two cents pushed me to re-take in 2 weeks and I ended up with a 760. Rajat has a good amount of experience in test prep and for once I trusted him and took a blind plunge with just about a week of refining my test taking strategy.

Overall, e-GMAT is a holistic support system for test takers if they follow the model with discipline. They have a responsive support group too that folks should leverage more to their benefit.

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I took egmatcourse in November 2019.
egmat paid special emphasis on my verbal ability, especially sentence correction and critical reasoning questions. they have me an insight into how to actually break down the problem and the importance of eliminating each answer option. further, scholoranium questions really helped me expose my self to trickier, out of the box questions that have really expanded my horizon. Further, it was extremely easy to look at detailed analysis, identify my improvement areas and work on solving problems specific to those areas of development. I also recommended 4 of my friends to subscribe to egmat and they were extremely happy as well.

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I took the e-gmat course twice since i was learning slowly.
In my first subscription i opted for Egmat Verbal. The SC portion was really superb. i went to ready each and every element & make a thorough note of the same. The concept quiz & practice quiz really helped solidify my learning. Adding to that the scholarium was as add on.
THe CR portion i found not that great. Frankly speaking, i would prefer CR Bible over Egmat CR, though for beginners the egmat Cr is good.
Quant section: i was already comfortable with this section, so when i received the full egmat subscription as a prize for Game of timers competition of gmat club, i practiced some quant questions as those were also good.

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I stumbled upon eGMAT while looking for some strategies from previous test takers to boost your GMAT score. I was overwhelmed by the amazing things eGMAT students had to say about the course and how it helped them structure their GMAT preparation. This really resonated with me since I was struggling with keeping a clear track of my preparation. I decided to attend an eGMAT webinar on pre-thinking for CR and that's when I knew that I was going to enroll into their course.

At first, I bought the Verbal online package and absolutely loved the focus on the basics. It's funny how much you can forget what you've learned in school and that became quite evident when I started the verbal course. What I found to be particularly useful was the blend of concept and strategy that eGMAT offered. I feel that very few, if any, GMAT prep companies offer this and thanks to eGMAT's pedagogy these strategies become second nature.

eGMAT's program definitely requires patience and though there were times I didn't understand why things were explained in such a detailed manner, it was essential to internalize the concepts and strategies.

Lastly, I feel that the eGMAT Quant prep is highly underrated. I never felt challenged by GMAT Quant but never managed to get to a Q50. It was only after going through Quant part of eGMAT that I managed to hit Q50 (despite the online whiteboard) so I definitely recommend not skipping the Quant section unless you are a math genius.

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I purchased the e-GMAT GMAT online course with which i got complimentary access to GMAT Club tests. The biggest advantage of GMAT Club tests is that you have access to plethora of questions for your practice (more than 1500 question) in both Quant and Verbal.
The flexibility of attempting these questions in the form of CATs/ quizzes was another brilliant feature which enables you to first improve your understanding on a particular topic and then track your progress.
You can also create custom quizzes based on your strength ad weaknesses and analyze where you are going wrong. The analytics is another great feature which will help you understand where are you making most of your mistakes/ spending more or less time.
I would suggest everyone to first test your current level by taking a CAT and then work on the weaker areas. After which you can attempt one CAT per week to measure your progress and further refine your strategies. E-gmat Online course along with GMAT club tests helped me jump 100 points in my GMAT score and secure an admit from my targeted Business School.

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I purchased e-gmat course subscription and I would rate it very good. Their concepts files are amazingly well described and their questions on testing the concepts are well structured. They will give you two close options so that we can actually test out whether we have understood the concepts.
PS and DS: Being an engineer, i was good with Math, so I followed a unique approach. I did question banks/quant mocks from GMATClub tests and for topics, I didn't get the questions right, I would quickly go to the concept files and watch the videos.

SC : I would rate this better than Manhattan SC books and other books. The concepts such as Modifiers are very detailed and descriptive. The scholaranium questions are also very good.

CR: I would again say it is worth the time to go over the files and understand actually the different types of questions, specially the examples.

RC: Okay, so even though the content might be good, I feel they could make it a little better and closer to the actual GMAT exam. Even while performing well in their scholaranium, I couldn't score well in mocks and eventually the exam. I followed all their rules to the book, but some concepts weren't that clear.

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