I began my test preparation with a diagnostic test. Despite a full-time career in a quantitative role, I quickly realized regression analysis and microsoft excel shortcuts don't translate 1:1 to a quality quant score, and quant was revealed as my greatest weakness. After reading through some of the glowing reviews on here, I decided to give the free trial of TTP a try. Early on I liked the format. The structure of really learning the concepts tested on the GMAT through lecture and then repetitive practice really resonated with me. Additionally, as someone with better short-term memory than long-term, by bringing back old concepts each chapter with the review test, everything was kept fresh in my mind. I ended up scoring a 49 in quant, and I owe it all to TTP. If you are struggling with quant, give the free trial a go at least to see if the format gels as well with you as it did with me. Good luck!

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My GMAT journey started with a 490 on my first Manhattan Prep CAT. I had no clue what I was doing and only got 2/3 of my way through the quant section. One of my friends recommended I look into Target Test Prep (TTP as it is now part of my everyday vocabulary). After using the TTP curriculum I was able to almost double my quant score to the 47-49 range. Despite making the jump in quant, my verbal score lagged behind severely. On my first GMAT attempt I scored a 680 (47/35). A month after my 680, TTP released its Verbal curriculum, and I was able to boost my verbal score from a 35 to a 42! I finished my second official GMAT attempt with a 740 (49/42). I put a lot of time and hard work into my studies but there was comfort in knowing TTP was a program I could trust to make all my work worth while.

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I first started my 7-day trial with TTP as I wanted to see whether this program would suit me before signing up for the subscription. After the trial week I immediately paid to continue using the program. I loved TTP for its neat, easy-to-use interface and its quant content. The curriculum by TTP is incredibly thorough and comprehensive; it is broken down into each chapter such as linear equation, general word problems etc. At the end of each chapter there are chapter tests at easy level, medium level and hard level so that you can apply what you have learned. I only did medium and hard level questions in my practice and I covered almost all of them. Doing tons of questions focused on a topic helps to drill concepts into one’s head. In addition, there are solutions to each of these questions so that for every question you get wrong you can read the solution immediately after (or at your own pace) and learn from your mistake. What I also like about TTP is that you are able to tick a box at the end of each wrong question to categorise your error, whether it is because you made a careless mistake, you guessed the answer or you didn’t fully understand the concept, so that you can look at the analytics section and see what your problems are. You are also able to create a customed test, picking the topic you’d like to appear in your test (ie number properties, geometry) and the level of difficulty of questions. I usually created a customed test of 31 questions to mimic the GMAT exam.

I used a combination of TTP and GMAT Quant club test in my quant preparation and I HIGHLY recommend TTP to anyone studying for the GMAT.

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I used TTP for about 4 months prior to my exam and I truly believe there is no more comprehensive study material out there for the GMAT. TTP focuses on implementation of concepts throughout the course. There is no shortage of practice tests, quizzes, that are intentionally delivered after every single chapter to solidify your understanding of each lesson. Even after you are finished with the course itself TTP has modules dedicated to taking official mock tests after the course. After I completed the course I scored between 47 and 50 on the quantitative sections of all 6 mock exams I took and my actual exam.

Before signing up, I was skeptical that the content provided was worth the money, but TTP completely delivered. It was a great step by step guide on how to tackle the GMAT. It is a worthy investment if you are willing to put in the time to learn and practice the material. Scott, Jeff and the TTP team are also entirely devoted to making sure that their students succeed and were available to me whenever I needed their assistance. With the release of their material dedicated to Verbal Review, this is truly the one-stop shop for your GMAT preparation. I wholeheartedly believe that my GMAT score would not have been possible without TTP.

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I started TTP after getting a few Q49. I figured I would need to review from the ground up and strengthen my weakness in order to achieve the next level. I trusted the platform based on raving reviews, but I didn't see any noticeable result. Most people who use TTP are barely getting Q40~45 and they are happy with what they get. I don't think this program is for people who are at an advanced level.
I found the questions and lectures very repetitive. Questions are too easy and I don't think they prepare you well for the actual GMAT.

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I took the GMAT four times in the past year. My first score was 700 (45Q 40V) and final score was 740 (50Q 39V).

Target Test Prep helped me improve my Quant score from Q45 to Q50 in about four months.

The program is a lot of work, but if you work through all of the lessons, example questions, and tests, I'm sure it will help you improve too. I only completed about 54% of the program because there is so much to do (I think I completed 70% of the lessons and 50% of the questions or something like that. But the program taught me a lot of math concepts and tricks that other GMAT courses had not taught me.

On my first real GMAT attempt after doing TPP I got Q48 and then on my last try I ended up with Q50.

I would recommend the program anytime (I've already recommended it to a few friends). It is kind of expensive and a lot of work, but it definitely helped me.

P.S. Make sure you review each chapter multiple times. There is so much work that you can start forgetting things from early chapters if you don't review them.

P.P.S. I used two other GMAT courses before TTP (I ended up with Q45 after both of them) so I can't give TTP all of the credit but I will give them most of the credit for improving my quant score from 45 to 50.

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I am a 32 year old married management consultant based out of Melbourne. I move to Australia last year with my wife and have been clocking 12-14 hour work days consistently ever since I moved here. While an MBA was always a pipe dream, I wanted to get some cross-border consulting experience to add depth to my profile before taking the gmat, hence the move to Australia. The move came slightly late in life and my age made me realise the urgency around getting a good gmat score in the first attempt itself, so as to leave an adequate buffer for writing my applications. My insane work schedule along with having to settle down in a new country made very time-poor and fatigued. My first challenge when I took up gmat prep was to navigate around the information overload on the internet around choosing the right course material and formulating the most optimal plan of attack. A good friend who is in her second year at HBS suggested TTP for quant which is when I subscribed. It fit the bill very nicely for me - my target was to get a 720+ score with a month's prep as I could only use the December break of three weeks for dedicated study and the TTP platform enabled me to plan, push through and track my progress in the easiest manner possible. The TTP chapter tests were enjoyable as they were bite-sized and were organised around a gradually increasing difficulty level (the hardest level was brutal), gamified by benchmarking performance against that of other subscribers. 15 days into the prep, I gained enough confidence to take an official mock, scoring a 700, which was good enough for me to schedule my official exam in early February. I finished my TTP course by the 20th of January (exactly 35 days) and starting taking a series of mocks, scoring around the 730 mark (going as high as 760 towards the end). Test day came and I got a score of 730 which was just what the doctor ordered!
While I know that my prep was rushed and that it's not ideal to compress an almost 3 month long prep process to a period that's just a third long, I am sure there would be a lot of people who won't have the luxury of time, hence I can't stress the benefit of using TTP enough to optimise gmat prep and cut the clutter around choosing the right prep material going in.

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I'm not sure how somebody is humanly capable of completing TTP in less than 3-4 months. The course was exactly what I needed to hone my skills in Quant. I learned that the GMAT takes a combination of skill and ability, but not much knowledge outside of some formulas.

Both your skill and ability will improve dramatically with the amount of questions TTP will throw at you.

They help you build a skill and then test your ability, help build another skill and test your ability....rinse and repeat.

Proof is in the pudding, go check out my debrief below!

https://gmatclub.com/forum/110-point-increase-590-to-the-700-club-317183.html#p2464666

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Using only the Manhattan books with what I now realize was casual studying, I got a 680 (Q39 V44) with what you can see is a poor quant score. I ran out of time on quant and was penalized. I thought the GMAT would be relatively simple compared to the CFA, but really it's apples and oranges. It's tempting to white knuckle your way through the quant with tons of algebra and without a calculator, but for most problems, that's just not how it works. I took the test again a few weeks later but there was no improvement. Clearly I needed help with math.

I discovered Target Test Prep through a forum, and I'm happy to endorse the work that Scott, Jeff and the rest of their team have done with the platform. Rather than piecing my way through books, it was much more effective to use an integrated, online interface where you could learn the content and do practice problems. Everyone will advise that you track your progress and keep an error log, and TTP basically does this for you. If you're limited on time, I think you'll see a solid improvement with just the easy/medium problems. I will say, though, that having drilled their hard problems, I consistently got Q48/Q49 in my mocks. The math felt relatively simple — at that point, my inefficiencies were more about test-taking skills and falling for the GMAT's tricks rather than a gap in knowledge.

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Overall the course is a good math review but it didn't help me improve my quant score. At the end of the course I felt as if I had learned math concepts but failed to learn how to improve my quant score. I am certain that many will improve their quant score with this course but it just did not work for me. I started off at q 39 (practice test averaged about 41) and after completing all the lessons and about 2,000 practice problems I ended up with a q 38. If you need a solid review of math concepts this is a great tool.

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