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After studying for 6 months and scoring 660-690 on practice exams, I choked and scored a 660 (42 Quant) on Test Day, with my quant score particularly low. I was bummed. Yes, it was my first time taking it, but I psyched myself out when I started taking too much time on the first 10 questions in Quant. It threw off my rhythm, and I ended up having to race through the test of test, panicking and most likely making casual mistakes. I took two months off and started studying with a different Test Prep self-paced course, and I was very excited as I scored 750 on one practice test. However, that was the only practice test I took and was very cocky going into the exam after 30 days of serious prep. But, when I got to the Quant, I again froze after busting my butt through those first few questions. I couldn't focus well for the rest of the exam, and ended up cancelling my score of 650. I felt like I failed myself after feeling so confident going into it. As I did some soul-searching, I started checking out the blogs on GMAT Club and Beat The GMAT. I discovered Target Test Prep, where everybody raved about how thorough the Quant Prep material was. That was what I needed: even though I majored in math in college, I was used to higher-level math and longer periods of time to solve fewer questions. I needed better strategies for solving easy and medium difficulty questions if I was going to break 700. After a hardcore two additional months of going through the supplemental notes and targeted quizzes, I felt like I was prepared for any kind of question on the exam. TTP breaks the material down into ultra-specific sections, some of which I would assume have a low probability of being on the exam. However, this extremely thorough and rigorous study material was exactly when I needed to stay both confident AND calm on test day. When I took my exam two weeks ago, I understood my weaknesses going in. I recognized many problems that I could find simple, process-driven solutions to. I may have still made a few careless errors, but I felt very proud of myself for finishing the Quant with a minute to spare. I believe this also helped with my confidence going into the verbal section next, since I wasn't on edge worrying about how I did on Quant. When I saw that I scored 710, I was absolutely thrilled. I increased in EVERY Section on the GMAT (46 Quant, 40 Verbal, 5/8 IR, and 6/6 Analytical Writing). I thank TTP so much for helping me to almost feel OVER-prepared on test day.