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I initially used Target Test Prep due to the sheer depth it provides in the quant section. It had been about 4 years since I last took a math course, so I knew I was going to be in for a rough time. The first mock test I took, I got around a 34 on Quant- heartbreaking!
Immediately after, I signed up for Target Test Prep, and went through the modules over the course of about 4 months. The quant section itself has everything you need, and throws almost every type of question you'll see (and more!) in the practice exams. I ended up leveraging TTP and Gmat Club practice questions to get a 47, which was an unbelievable journey for me from my initial abyssal score.
The newly added verbal section was also helpful, particularly in SC, which helped boost my knowledge of key rules and easy ways to eliminate obvious errors in many questions.
Finally, the team at TTP is incredibly helpful, and involved with the community- almost any question I had was answered within a business day (often faster)!
Cannot recommend the product enough if you're looking for a huge improvement and have the time and energy to expend for a full revamp.
I would recommend Target Prep to anyone looking to confidently test on the GMAT. I work in PE and had pretty limited time to study. I found Target Test Prep to be very efficient at teaching the necessary materials and testing my knowledge. I am someone that really likes to be secure that I am going into a test prepared, TTP has a number of reviews and tests for all the materials covered, and really embraces time-based reviews that locks in your knowledge. I spent 3 months preparing, spending approximately 20 hours a week studying on average. I wasn't able to complete the entire test sets, but felt really strong prior to the test and the results followed.
I first took the GMAT in February 2020 (right before COVID) after studying for approx. 3 months using traditional prep materials. I scored a 630. Total devastated I started looking for other study programs and that's when a friend recommended TTP. The quant was particularly helpful. I had been struggling with it, but the program lays out exactly what you need and structures the curriculum in a sequential manner that is intuitive and builds on itself. Practically no previous experience needed. The verbal study sections and practice problems helped me identify common trap answers and think about how I was reading on a much deeper level. TTP was instrumental in me hitting 760.
TTP is a budget friendly option optimal for go getters. While it takes somebody with enough discipline to work their way through the entire course, TTP is a fairly comprehensive option when combined with the free problems available online, especially on GMATClub.
Frankly, I didn't have the discipline or the time to work through everything before I took the exam, but I found the piecemeal portions I went through quite helpful nonetheless. I certainly used many of the strategies TTP taught on the actual GMAT exam.
Far more effective for quant than verbal, as the verbal still has kinks to work out, but the quant alone is likely worth your money. I would recommend TTP to those looking for something cheaper than a class, but more thorough than a book.
I finished my first GMAC practice test with a score of 680, and after 3 months of studying with TTP, improved to a 760. Their approach to the quant section is very comprehensive and it gives you the tools and confidence you need to do very well. I'm definitely stronger on verbal than I am on quant, and TTP helped make up that difference for me.
Sections are very specific and comprehensive. Everything on the actual test I encountered on during the test prep. Each chapter has a good breakdown of different types, and you can focus your practice on weaker sections.
They're just beginning to launch verbal, but I was able to benefit from that as well - the questions are generally harder than the ones on the GMAT so they're good prep.
I signed up for TTP after reading the amazing reviews of its offerings on both GMAT Club and Reddit. This product did not disappoint at all.
I was looking to improve my GMAT quant score and reach the Q50/51 range (I work in a non-quantitative field so this was particularly important for me to achieve). Having already studied the OG books and the Manhattan Quant book, I was confident in my understanding of the Quant theories being tested in the GMAT. I soon realised however that I needed to truly drill in these concepts and practice a ton of questions - this is where TTP truly excelled.
TTP's question bank is extensive and as close as I could find to real GMAT questions. The answers provided (including the step by step method to get the answers) were clear and helped improve my understanding of the concepts being tested and how to apply such concepts to complicated scenarios.
Going into the test, I felt confident that even when faced with tough questions, I had the necessary skills to break such questions down into first principles and apply what TTP had taught me to answer the question at hand.
Thanks TTP for helping me achieve my Q50 goal - truly a resource worth paying for.
I finally broke 700 and it was all because of TTP.
I started this messed up journey in 2018 when I thought I'd attend my unranked state school's MBA program. I studied for a month or so then sat for the exam. ... 480. I couldn't even be taken seriously by my state school's standards of a 500 minimum GMAT. In that moment, I had a real epiphany - I'm going to have to work twice as hard to get half as far in life. It's a humbling moment when you realize you're well below average.
I spent that year learning how to learn, studying, reading, and bettering myself in all aspects. In the early summer of 2020, I thought I was ready to try the GMAT again. I took one of the GMAC practice tests and ... 530. Are you kidding me.
That's when I realize I needed help. I couldn't do this alone. I scoured reviews, YouTube, and even reached out personally to people to see what test-prep they liked best. I watched webinars, and realized, a lot of these test-prep companies weren't for me. To add to this, the predatory, HEAVY advertising gave me a lot of trust issues - I know this because I work in advertising... I'm part of the problem lol.
After going to the deepest darkest depths of YouTube, I ran into this review video about some Australian guy who spent a year getting from a 470 to a 710 with the help of TTP. I wanted to believe it was authentic (still not sure because I think he's affiliated with TTP in some way), but tbh, his story was super similar to mine. Real or not, TTP's sales pitch was the most relatable to me.
And oh boy did I make the right choice. If you didn't have a strong foundation in Math or Grammar, you NEED this. Honestly TTP should sell it's course to High-Schools. It's literally life changing.
What I liked most is that TTP didn't FEEL like WORK. Their UI/UX (design of website) is aesthetically pleasing and the module are very easy to follow. But not too easy - they still make a point for you to learn and internalize the concepts (this was HUGE for me).
Also, Scott, the guy who talks in most of the videos is candid and seems like a guy you could have a beer with. Most of the other test prep videos are so monotone and lecture-like. If I had to listen to 6 months of someone droning on about probabilities I would have literally lost my mind. TTP is super casual with their approach to learning which really helps you give a crap. They get it - you're probably not doing this because you live math or the GMAT. It's a means to an end and they make it as painless as possible.
By the end of this long journey... I can say I earned that 700!
I am very happy with Target Test Prep, it has allowed me to improve from 640 on the first mock exam to 740 on real one.
What I like the most is the quality of content. The lessons are really well structured and though out until last details. Also each concept comes with a series of exercises, which allow to immediately practice. The quality of materials is much better than other courses I tried - as example, sometimes those would refer to some sentence as being "ackward", while TTP really explains what is wrong with the sentence.
Each lesson comes with a set of practice tests, and I really value they are split per level of difficulty. Flexible structure allows to really focus on what is important. Also the number of practice questions is huge.
As a remark, amount of content is too big to cover completely during preparation, unless you have 4+ months (2hr/d), so it is important to devise preparation strategy which works well individually for you and skip some lessons or topics, otherwise you risk being stressed out that you cannot complete it all in time.
Verbal part is being created as we speak so is missing some material, but the quality of content which is already there is excellent.
On negative side, sending feedback to the team seems pointless: I encountered a few questions which are misleading or have wrong answers (admittedly not many, max. 10 out of 2000+) and pointed out a few of them to the team, but they did not do anything about it, although from reply it looked like they would.
I started studying for my GMAT during the summer and was mainly focusing on doing practice problems, after reading the Kaplan and OG. However I began to hit a wall and wasn't seeing a large improvement in my practice test scores. I decided to pivot my strategy and found Target Test Prep to help me learn how to better tackle the problems.
The quant section was extremely thorough and a great refresher for topics I had forgotten about. They taught me so many important and useful methods for tackling quantiative problems quickly and correctly.
The verbal section section was also great, especially for sentence correction. I'm a native English speaker, but there were tons of important grammar rules and methods they taught (which helped to boost my verbal score).
I ended up scoring a 750 (Q48, V44) on my GMAT and definetely would not have done as well without Target Test Prep.
I took the GMAT several times before the target test prep course and even though I used to get all the questions right at home, I couldn't perform well on the test day. After losing interest in the whole process, my friend advised me to try it one more time and study the target test prep material. I took the advice, however, I didn't have more than 1.5 months. I only got the chance to study 80% of the maths course and the sentence correction from the verbal course. I took the exam and I scored 700!!
TTP changed my way of solving math problems by teaching me new quick ways that helped me tackle every problem in the exam. Additionally, the course helped me improve my ability to solve sentence correction problems by 80%.