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Payal Tandon Reviews

Company: e-GMAT

“If you take on a task, give it your 200%, or else don’t take that task on at all”. This is what Payal often tells her students, her team members, and even her daughter.

A perfectionist to the core, she gives everything her best without cutting any corners. No wonder she has been a topper throughout her academics. She was the topper (the absolute topper, not just 99 percentile) in the 12th grade State of Haryana board exam taken by more than 1 million people.

Pursing her passion of making learning effective and enjoyable, Payal is constantly thinking of better ways to impart skills to people – whether it is how to read a passage more efficiently, how to deconstruct a sentence, or how to train other experts. At e-GMAT, Payal oversees curriculum development, expert training, and all operational activities. In a nutshell, she is committed to the success of all e-GMAT-ers.

Source: https://e-gmat.com/courses/quant-live-prep/instructors/#


4.8 /5 Average Rating
Based on 253 reviews
March 14, 2017
Chetan7927

Joined: Jan 04, 2014

Posts: 0

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Self-reported Score:
710 Q49 V38

Improvement 120 Points

Course e-GMAT Online 360

Instructor Payal Tandon

Location Online

I have used the verbal live prep extensively to increase my verbal score. I used to consistently get V 27-30 and after using verbal live prep my score jumped by 10 points
The video lessons explain the basics of each concept and once you master the basic concepts, solving the hard questions becomes easy.
The video lessons are another amazing feature. The video lessons explain in detail the strategy to be used for each question type in verbal and paves a path to be followed. Mastering the basic concepts and attending the verbal live prep classes/recordings will ensure that you follow a defined and tested strategy for each question type.

I cant thank E-gmat enough for creating this awesome tool

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March 12, 2017
mevicks

Joined: Oct 02, 2014

Posts: 10

Kudos: 136

Self-reported Score:
610 Q40 V34

Great Verbal Course for Non Natives

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Improvement 10 Points

Course e-GMAT Online 360

Instructor Payal Tandon

Location Online

Although I've not yet taken the GMAT this course was helpful in breaking the v30 barrier in my prep. The course material is detailed at the same time very easy to understand. Moreover the scholaranium tests help you gauge the current improvement. From the average v24 on tests this has helped me shoot the verbal score to v34.

My target score is around v44-v45 with still the RC and SC courses pending & I highly recommend this product for Non natives so that they can easily work on their foundations rather than just beating around the bush with few tips and tricks provided by other prep companies. The course starts with building your basics of grammar -> transitions to SC -> CR -> RC in a systematic approach. You can try out their sample vids to check if the approach is useful or not and then decide.

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February 06, 2017
ntprianka

Joined: Aug 18, 2016

Posts: 6

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Verified GMAT Classic score:
670 Q48 V34

e-GMAT Quant Live Prep

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Course e-GMAT Online 360

Instructor Payal Tandon

Location Online

I have always been dreadful of numbers. When I first sat for my GMAT, I scored a shameful 39% in the quant section. I thought I would never be able to make it to anything better, ever!

Then, eGMAT came to me as a savior. The tricks I learnt from its Quant Scholaranium assisted me in solving the maths problems in a jiffy. The time taken to solve a specific math problem was trickled down from a sky-high 6 minutes to a meager 2 minutes.

Post a gruesome practice of the maths sections, I again took my GMAT exam. This time, my quant score lied in the 71%.

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February 06, 2017
ntprianka

Joined: Aug 18, 2016

Posts: 6

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Verified GMAT Classic score:
670 Q48 V34

e-GMAT Verbal Live Prep

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Instructor Payal Tandon

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Being a non-native English speaker, I have always been dreadful of the verbal section of GMAT. Critical reasoning was never my forte and all the options of the sentence correction questions seemed incorrect to me!

Thanks to the verbal live classes and the verbal scholaranium of eGMAT, I could grab the complete thoughts behind each of the set problems. I learnt how to think logically with critical reasoning, eliminate strategically in the sentence correction problems, and go step-by-step while reading the comprehensions.

It wasn't easy, but it was never meant to be. Post a 2-month long journey, I experienced a 50-mark raise.

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January 29, 2017
ferpelmo

Joined: Mar 21, 2015

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Verified GMAT Classic score:
680 Q47 V37

Excellent resource for non-natives

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Course e-GMAT Online 360

Instructor Payal Tandon

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E-GMAT provides an excellent material to help students improve their GMAT score and I encourage students, especially non-natives to enroll in this course. Each of the parts in which the verbal course is divided (SC, CR and RC) consists on videos with detailed explanations of the main concepts followed by practical questions that help you to apply these fundamentals. The live sessions are a very useful resource to solidify these concepts.

The SC part is with no doubt the most complete resource I have found in the market. It helped me to understand the importance of the meaning set by the original sentence. This course not only shows you that an option is ambiguous but also explains you WHY (something that other resources in the market don´t do well). Being a non-native, not understanding this subtle concept was keeping me from reaching a top level on this section. In summary, this course goes beyond the typical "tricks" that are good for 600 level questions and makes you pay special attention to meaning.

The CR section is also great. It really helped me to understand the concept of assumption, something I was struggling with. It also helped me understand well cause & effect arguments. The collection of practice questions is really interesting.

As far as RC section, I was feeling very comfortable before taking the course and I did not review it with too much detail.

To sum up, this course is a MUST for non-natives that are struggling with certain aspects of verbal section. The online format is very dynamic and interactive and the content has a good balance of theory and practice. Also, the course explains clearly the key concepts needed to ace the GMAT.

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January 29, 2017
ferpelmo

Joined: Mar 21, 2015

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Verified GMAT Classic score:
680 Q47 V37

Great resource to improve your Quant

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Course e-GMAT Online 360

Instructor Payal Tandon

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This course is a very well organized and complete resource to improve your GMAT quant.

The course is divided in the following sections: 1) Number Properties, 2) Algebra, 3) Geometry, 4) Word Problems and 5) Advance topic.

As the Verb Course provided by E-GMAT, the Quant course consists on video lessons followed by practical quizzes. The first quiz on each section consists typically on low level questions that help you understand the basics. On the second quiz, the difficulty level of the questions increases progressively. One thing I like about it is that each question has a timer so you can see how long is taking you to solve different types of questions based on the difficulty level. The course provides step by step solutions of these practical questions as well as of the OG questions that are recommended at the end of each section. All the explanations are very clear.

Another important resource is the Scholaranium. It helps you polish your time management skills and it creates a personal databank that helps you identify your weaknesses.

In summary, I consider this course as an excellent resource: very good format (theory-practice-live sessions-Scholaranium), very detailed step by step concept and solutions and a very good structure of contents.

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January 06, 2017
rahulbaha

Joined: Oct 27, 2012

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Self-reported Score:
660 Q50 V32

The Best Verbal Improvement Course for GMAT.......

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Course e-GMAT Online 360

Instructor Payal Tandon

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What I personally feel is that e-GMAT Verbal Live Prep is the best course I found till date. I was struggling with my Verbal part. After going through the course I feel a bit more confident with my Verbal.

The course is very interactive and the strategies are best, what I personally feel, as it has helped me a lot. Especially in the SC and CR section the way to approach and solve the questions is good.

The Live session are good too, interactive and all the queries and doubts are clarified as if one is sitting in a proper classroom.

Overall I feel that this course is very helpful and worth a try if you are struggling with your Verbal.

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January 03, 2017
mmahi

Joined: Jan 29, 2015

Posts: 0

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Verified GMAT Classic score:
640 Q44 V35

Excellent Verbal Prep Course

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Course e-GMAT Online 360

Instructor Payal Tandon

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The e-gmat verbal course is the best for anyone who wants to improve their verbal score. The sentence correction videos are thorough and they go through all the concepts you need to ace the Sentence Correction section. The videos are easy to follow and better than going through any book. The Critical reasoning pre-think process is helpful and improves accuracy in that section. Reading Comprehension videos has some useful tips to tackle that section. The live classes were helpful in reinforcing all the concepts that the videos taught. I highly recommend this course for anyone looking to improve their verbal score.

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November 30, 2016
akhileshdas

Joined: Feb 13, 2016

Posts: 11

Kudos: 15

Verified GMAT Classic score:
540 Q39 V24

Thumbs up to E-Gmat for Quant as well

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I have been fighting with the GMAT prep for a long time now. The first time I decided to think about GMAT was in December 2015. I had some lapse in my project and I wanted to engage my self in something interesting. Also I was feeling stagnated in my career. So the obvious choice for an IT professional with 11 years experience - an International MBA - a move I figured would give my career a push. Anyway getting back to the topic of GMAT, when I read about it and attempted a few questions, I realized that this is a serious exam and needed dedication and good amount of prep but for me personally I needed help as my verbal was very bad and quant was just ok but not where I thought I was at start.
Well since I am a pretty lazy guy, I always need a target before me to help me focus and prep (Well it worked for me for my certification exams.. so figured it was my way for GMAT as well).
I started with an classroom program locally but I soon realized that they are not going to get me there. All my mocks I could not go beyond a V43 and faltering mostly in number properties as my algebra was good though my major issues were in Verbal. So started searching online how can I get better and stumbled upon a free webinar from e-GMAT. I enrolled it instantly and I was blown away with the approach they took and recommended. After trying their SC course and getting the most in my GMAT in the SC section, I decided to attend the free Number Properties webinars to check if Quant was actually also taught the same way as Verbal. To my surprise they had well defined processes for Quant as well and I realized that using their methods I can get my basics really strong and hence my Quant score could go up since I wanted to aim for V50 or V51 so that with a lesser verbal score as well I could make up a good GMAT score. Since I was a fan of the online sessions, I enrolled in Live Prep Classes. So far I was only able to finish the number properties module due to my hectic work schedule and some personal committments but I am able to solve 700+ level questions easily with high Accuracy. This has led me to believe that come March next year, I will be ready to take the GMAT challenge head on and score a 700+ with a V50 or V51 in Quant. Also what e-GMAT offers is a great set of tutors in Rajat, Payal and Neeti (have interacted with only these so far) and there customer support is pretty good (just wish that they can improve the turn around time on queries which sometimes takes longer than expected). All in all I surely recommend anyone like me to surely take the GMAT prep live (included both Live sessions for Verbal & Quant) as it is flexible, thorough and yet affordable.

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November 29, 2016
astonishingangel

Joined: Jun 27, 2014

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Self-reported Score:
730 Q49 V40

THIS IS THE BEST COURSE!

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Improvement 40 Points

Course e-GMAT Online 360

Instructor Payal Tandon

Location Online

This is the best course available on the internet for several reasons:
1. It is super structured - makes learning really smooth and systematic for someone who cannot attend classes.
2. It comes with a detailed timetable. Hence it makes one very focused throughout the process of preparation.
3. THE CONTENT AND MANNER OF TEACHING ARE BRILLIANT! The approach is very scientific and methodical. The concepts works well when you master it. You can see your scores and accuracy rates improving immediately after you get a hang of the concepts taught.
4. The learning is very visual and engaging and hence retaining the concept in memory also becomes easy.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!

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