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Once I started my preparation, I gave free official GMAT mocks and got scores 620 & 640. I was disappointed with the results and found that verbal section was weak. During the course of my GMAT preparation, I joined GMATclub.com and came to know about Game of Timers competition. I was lucky enough to get e-GMAT online course as a prize. I was pleasantly surprised with the professionalism of Mr Rajat Sadana & Mrs Payal Tandon and the depth of contents of the course. I am a non-native English speaker, therefore preparation for verbal section was specially tough for me. The course included platinum level scholaranium and Sigma-x mocks. I gave my first mock and got 670 (Q45,V36). There was detailed analysis of mock provided which clearly demonstrated that I need to focus on verbal section. Sentence correction and reading comprehension were weak areas for me. So I started preparing them with e-GMAT. The master comprehension course and meaning based approach to solving sentence correction questions and detailed analysis of reading comprehension question types really helped me. Pre-thinking approach in critical reasoning was also helpful. I got 690 (Q50, V34) in my first GMAT attempt on 4.1.2020. But I could not study complete verbal section till GMAT date. So I kept on studying the course which helped me improve substantially in verbal section. My latest score on GMATclub tests was 780 (Q51,V45).
I recommend e-GMAT online course to those who want to improve their verbal score. I am thankful to GMATclub and e-GMAT for helping me during my GMAT preparation!
The e-gmat course really helped me with SC and CR sections in verbal. Prior to taking this course I had the pick the right answer approach, however e-gmat helped me develop the eliminate the wrong answer choices approach. The concept file and scholarium provides you a good set of practice questions and are for sure GMAT level questions.
Also the e-gmat planner is a very healthy tool to put a timeline to your preparations provided you stick to it no matter what. Be honest about the time you can dedicate on a daily basis and it would provide you a timeline according to which you can plan your GMAT. Make sure you have sufficient time remaining post the e-gmat course completion to write the official mock tests available on mba.com as they help you access where you stand.
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I used Egmat and Gmat Club test in 2017 to prepare for my Gmat test. At first, because of many positive reviews from other students, I decided to buy 2 accounts for me and my wife. We both apply for PhD program in Business School. We strongly believed in EGMAT methodology and study hard following the courses instruction. However, Egmat is only good for reviewing the SC concepts. The lecture is very long and tedious. Most of the concept in Emat is covered in Manhattan SC.
The practice question in Egmat is not as good as Official questions from GMAC. Many questions collected from GMAT club and other sources. Many SC question is modified from OG questions. Quatitative question explanation is too long, the solution method is not good for 2 minutes in GMAT.
If you want moderate course for the beginner, Egmat can be an ok one. But If you want higher score than 650, we need to study nearly all OG questions. Please do not believe the claim that you can get 700+ just if you Egmat materials alone. It is misleadingly advertised.
I purchased e-GMAT online course and went through its quant section. I completed about 75% of the quant course before I tried my hands on Scholaranium (e-GMAT's quizzing platform). I got most of the medium and easy questions correct but I couldn't do the hard and very hard ones. From what I read, to get over the 700 mark, I need to get hard questions correct most of the time and because I struggled with most hard questions I decided to switch to another quant prep course. I am not saying that e-GMAT quant course is bad. I felt like the course assumes that you already know the basic quantitative principles (which I almost completely forgot since high school) and go onto more complicated questions relatively quickly. I believe that many people will find it useful if they are already scoring in the Q45+ range.
Although I didn't finish its quant course, I still think that e-GMAT's verbal course was well worth the time and money. Its course structure was very easy to follow and I like how the course separates the OG questions into sub-sections (e.g. Modifiers, S/V for SC, Strengthen, Weaken for CR). With this structure, you can go through each sub-section and see which ones you struggle with. This will allow you to later target those weaknesses and improve on it. Since I scored 90th percentile on RC in my diagnostic, I didn't focus as much on RC as SC and CR. For CR, I believe that the pre-thinking approach is very helpful since it will allow you to have an answer in mind and all you need is to find it in the answer choices. For SC, the application files and concept files in e-GMAT are very helpful because they contain detailed explanation and they teach you how to approach each question. I finished the SC and CR modules in e-GMAT and improve my skills through scholaranium.
When I decided to the GMAT, i didn't really have to research the prep provider too much. I knew someone who had prepared using the e-GMAT online course and scored 700+, so it was a natural choice for me.
That being said, what I found really useful in the course is the way the topics are structured, they really help build the concepts from the ground up and at no point does it feel like there is leap which leaves you with a conceptual gap. And the quizzes in scholaranium ensure that you can check your understanding at each milestone as you go along.
The study planner is another great tool that is provided by e-GMAT platform, it helped me set concrete and achievable targets that i could aim for. This helped me not only stay on track but also course correct if i deviated.
The personalized support from e-GMAT team is an added bonus. In the two weeks before the test, they asked me to focus my efforts on the 80% of topics that I already covered instead of fretting over the 20% that I hadn't. I believe that went a long way in improving my results.
I can't compare any other prep provider to e-GMAT because I didn't use any other material, except the OG guides and official mocks. But what I can say is that at no point during my preparation did i feel the need for additional resources.
You can read my full debrief here - https://gmatclub.com/forum/journey-to-730-in-75-days-while-working-45-hours-per-week-309123.html#p2391285
EGMAT’s quant section is not for GMAT. There topic is way off-board. The language of the questions was rubbish …. Total was of time. Save your money for TTP, Math revolution or Crack verbal.
For Verbal they have a decent Sentence Correction course. You will actually gain something here. But again I would say go for Manahattan books and Ron videos.
Critical reasoning section: I think CR section is also decent. But the whole experience is too slow.
RC section: Good luck if you actually save time with the above gibberish.
In summary, they have great marketing people. But the course is too slow and quant is way off target.
I had a time constraint of one month to prepare for the GMAT, but the advantage was that I could devote all my time towards preparation. I picked e-GMAT after seeing many successful reviews on gmatclub.
I opted for the e-GMAT GMAT online package. I scored a 710 on the GMAT.
The e-GMAT verbal course is really good in my opinion. The approach to sentence correction is very fundamentally strong and its application is well explained. The critical reasoning section is solid as well. The pre-thinking approach helped streamline my thoughts towards the exact question and eliminate all incorrect options. The reading comprehension slides however appeared to be outdated, maybe it could do with a re-do to make it at par with the other two sections.
The quant section is where I have my gripe though. The concept files and the application files were very basic. The explanations given in these files were often hard to apply on hard questions without a prior strong level of fundamentals in math. I feel the quant section could be improved a lot.
Scholaranium was a really helpful tool with its vast question bank. I got ample practice in verbal, and thorough analysis on my weaker areas. The quant scholaranium was very good as well, but I didn't use it as much as verbal.
The Sigma-X mocks were great. I would recommend this to anyone studying for their GMAT. The level of score analysis presented at the end of the exam makes it very clear on how to improve oneself.
Overall, I think it is a good course, but I'm not blown away by the content to be honest.
I gave my GMAT on the 21st of August 2019 and scored a 720 (Q49 V38).
The reviews on GMAT Club and YouTube debriefs of e-gmat students motivated me to join the online course. The online platform made by the e-gmat team is amazing, the concept and application files are designed in an amazing way which help understand the topics really well.
Especially Verbal is a gold mine. I have always been decent at English but spoken English is very different that GMAT English and I can attest that e-gmat has nailed GMAT English to the core.
Honestly, If anyone wants a structured ride to a dream GMAT score, I would recommend joining e-gmat.
I am planning to give the GMAT again to reach my target score of 740.
Verbal part of E-gmat is ok for building fundamental but provides answer in very detailed manner. However, I think that they just kind of mentions about some stuff and did not explain it thoroughly. I think for sentence correction Thursdays with Ron is much better resource to utilize.
E-gmat's verbal part is better than it's quant part. They will just teach you basics instead of why you are doing what you are doing.
Scholarium is the great resource to test and identify your weakness. However, visually they are very different from official verbal so it is kind of difficult to use. Beside that it is good.
My advice is that there is one great free resource called Thursdays with Ron and thursdays with Ron supplemented by MGMAT guides will be easily substitute e-gmat course. If you are in rush and need to get foundation quickly, e-gmat is way to go.
I am applying to business schools this fall, and I made this decision about a year ago. Since I had time on my hands, I decided to write GMAT last year so that I could focus on my applications later. I knew that my Quant was strong, so I wanted to take a course that would help me improve my Verbal. A friend recommended e-GMAT to me and I tried the trial course for about a week. I liked the interface and content, so decided to go with the GMAT Online course.
e-GMAT recommends starting with the section that you're more comfortable with. So, I started with Quant and fast-forwarded through most of the lessons, while solving all the questions. This went like a breeze as I already knew all of the concepts that were touched upon in the course, which built some confidence. Then I started the Verbal section - I can't emphasize enough how good the verbal lessons on e-GMAT are. My English is decent, but I realised during the course that there were so many grammar rules that I had no clue about. The "Sentence Correction" section was absolutely eye-opening for me. The other sections are also pretty good. The only thing that annoyed me a bit was the pace of the course - it was too slow for my liking. But you could always fast-forward and skip things that you already know.
I was devoting only a few hours per week for the preparation (none during work travel), so I was only half-way done in Verbal when the course period ended. I retook the course at a discounted price, but couldn't devote much time to preparation. I realised soon that I'd prepare seriously only when I book my GMAT date. So, I booked the date and I had a few weeks to prepare. I completed the Verbal section in a couple of weeks, but by now I had lost touch with whatever I had studied a few months ago. So, I quickly revised all the concepts - the summary slides helped a lot during this. Finally, I picked up the Official GMAT Verbal Guide - solving the questions in OG was a piece of cake after taking the online course. I also took a few mocks before the exam. I was pretty confident that I'd score 750-760 based on the mock scores.
I scored 740 (struggled with SC during the exam). I knew I could do better, so I booked a date about 3 weeks from the first attempt. During this time, I focussed only on SC - revising the concepts on e-GMAT and solving the Verbal questions in OG.
I scored 760 in my second attempt. I can't thank e-GMAT enough; I would have been lost without their well-developed lessons. I would recommend it to anyone who is not a native speaker and/or is looking to improve his/her Verbal score.