I can credit TTP with boosting my score within a month of regular prep, from a Q44 to a Q49. The chapter breakdown was instrumental as a first step in gauging the quant "syllabus" (if you can call it that). The easy, medium and hard quizzes and targeted accuracy levels are designed such that you can hone in on the areas you need to focus on. I did not see a need for any other prep other than the chapters and the quiz sections. Did not get a chance to check out the new Verbal section, but if the Quant is anything to go by, I am sure it will be worth the investment!

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Target Test Prep is by far the most systematic, organized, and comprehensive review of GMAT quant out there. If you find yourself struggling with Quant or not making as much progress with traditional test prep books, consider investing in a TTP course. The platform does a great job of breaking each topic down into smaller, more manageable lessons and keeping you on track with review quizzes along the way. I also appreciated how there were inspirational quotes posted at the end of each chapter, and Scott also sends you reminders to take care of your mental health when studying. Thank you TTP for helping me raise my Quant score from a 45 to 49, could not have done it without you!

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I took the GMAT around a year ago for the first time and scored a 650 and to say the least I was very disappointed. I wanted to apply to reputable programs that required a 700 plus GMAT score. Having scored a 45 in quant which was around the 54th percentile, I knew I had a lot of work to do in that area. My friend pointed me toward TTP, prompting me to try the service. I was impressed with the comprehensive nature of the self-paced course. I truly believe that if someone follows the TTP Quant curriculum properly, he or she will be able to improve greatly. I was able to improve from a 45 to a 50 in Quant, ending up with a total score of 730. I wouldn’t have been able to achieve this score without the help of Target Test Prep. TTP is great if you are the type of learner that needs a more flexible time frame.

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TTP took my quant from a Q49 to a Q51 and my verbal from a V39 to a V47. TTP Quant was really helpful for filling in the gaps in my Quant preparation. The chapters were very detailed—the Combinations and Permutations chapter took me from guessing on every permutations/combinations problem I saw, to making permutations/combinations one of my strongest Quant topics. When I took the official MBA.com practice tests, I used TTP's chapter tests to target concepts I missed by taking a hard chapter test and reading the lesson for any questions I missed.

I thought TTP Verbal was phenomenal, even though it was in beta. Particularly, I thought the SC chapters were incredible. SC was my weakness, as 8 of the 11 questions I got wrong in my cold GMAT practice were SC questions. The SC chapters were very detailed, and the Targeted Practice at the end of most lessons really helped reinforce the concepts taught, although TTP Verbal had not released SC chapter tests at the time. While TTP Verbal is still in beta, I would recommend everyone to at least try out the $1 trial period and to test out both TTP Quant and TTP Verbal.

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Decided in mid May to schedule for the online GMAT on 6/15, and mapped out that I’d have thirty days to get the job done.

Studied about 3 hours a day on average throughout the month. Used TTP after a free trial, (you don’t need to read reviews here, just try it for yourself and see if the structure works for you) and grinded out the math there. Had one of those free consultation calls with them telling them my plan and my target score (750) but it was mostly them cautioning a rushed process.

For TTP Math I quickly realized there is just too much material to cover and I didn’t have the time, so my process became: read chapter end to end, take one hard test, move on to the next. Skipped all the review tests, just focused on getting all the content learned. This took me ~18 days.

Decided to do Verbal on TTP as well, as I had less than two weeks left at that point and didn’t want to switch formats. Felt like the Verbal chapters were pretty solid but very, very difficult. Skipped all the verbal tests as I didn’t have time and the verbal chapters are deceivingly long and full of good practice. I did take one hard test (assumptions, ch.1) and got a 10% lmao. It’s really hard, maybe counterproductively so. This took a week total.

Overall, thought TTP was an amazing resource for targeted intense study schedule like mine, especially for getting all the math content down. The verbal is in beta, but even so is still helpful. Would use additional resources to supplement verbal though.

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Scores and Debrief

OG Practice Test 1: 640 (I forget my split but remember quant was 43). I took this sometime in November 2019. I rushed through a few questions in verbal and just wasn't used to sitting in front of my laptop for two hours. I also took this with a pen and paper since things were normal-ish back then. I clearly remember thinking that the quant questions weren't incredibly hard but I was just really out of touch with a lot of the concepts tested.

I got some extra time in April and thought of sitting down and studying for the exam seriously. After browsing the subreddit I bought TTP and two additional exams from GMAC. I concentrated almost solely on the chapters I was weak at (number prop, geometry, sets, etc) and didn't really touch the rest. It's not the best way to go about prep but I was confident in my other areas. As others on the subreddit have said, I found TTP to be incredibly comprehensive and convenient to work through.

OG Practice Test 1 (again; reset it): 750 - I decided to reset the exams and while I think the 750 might have been a bit inflated, I honestly didn't remember any of the previous questions. I got a 50 on the Q with 3 questions wrong. I felt pretty confident so I analyzed my mistakes and wrote another exam in a couple of days. I also strangely didn't find time an issue even with the whiteboard.

OG Practice Test 2: 760 Q49 with 3 wrong. I again felt pretty confident. I made a few mistakes in sentence correction and so went through some of the TTP SC sections since they were released during this time period too. I scheduled my Online GMAT and gave myself a week to write the other two practice tests and then give the exam.

OG Practice Test 3 and 4: 760 both times. I took both of these the week of my Online GMAT. At this point, I was averaging 1-3 mistakes on quant and had some issues with SC and RC. Luckily CR was solid. I could've put some effort studying for the verbal but I was happy with the score I was averaging and just wanted to get over with the test. I took the tests around the same time of day I planned on writing my official GMAT and in similar testing conditions.

GMAT Online: 730. Q49, V41 Some parts of the horror stories I read came true on test day for me. My exam crashed thrice and I lost a decent chunk of time in quant. I also rushed through the first 8-10 questions and definitely got at least 3-4 of them wrong. Considering my really bad start in quant, I expected a lower score. My verbal was okay, however, I again had the exam crash here. Also, there was one RC passage I particularly struggled with. Overall, I expected a 690-710 on the exam so I was glad I did better than that. I'm going to probably register for another shot at the Online GMAT when possible and try to push my score up a bit more.

Finally, I'd suggest taking practice exams in testing conditions and keeping a cool head in quant. Rushing through the first few questions if you think you're behind a bit on time only ends up being counterproductive. Additionally, I'd suggest going through the TTP SC chapters if possible. Their quant material is fantastic like everyone suggests but I found that any questions that directly tested the chapters I'd studied on TTP felt much easier than others.

I'm happy to answer any questions - good luck everyone!

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After having my first online GMAT revoked (and an agonising 3 week wait for retest eligibility) and rescheduling again when the physical whiteboard option was granted, happy to announce that I scored a 720 (Quant 49, Verbal 38; IR 7).
Official GMAT Practice 1 & 2 scores: 710 (Q47, V40) 730 (Q48, V41)
I am a native English speaker from Singapore. Until recent education reforms (after my time), the education system I was brought up in is known for being very test-oriented and that background has helped me retain most of the quant fundamentals despite it being ~11 years since I was in high school. But I needed a refresher and to have questions to grind with.
TTP, of course, comes highly recommended from Reddit for quant preparation. Kudos to them for a great interface that helps provide analytics on focus areas to make studying more efficient.
I used TTP for 3 weeks total (1 week trial and 2 weeks paid) before my test. With that short timeframe (and off a base of Q47-48), I was really trying to make sure I sustain that score range by not making silly mistakes and eliminating flukes. I didn’t use the TTP study plan as recommended but instead decided to go through only the chapter tests, beginning with the Easy, followed by Medium tests, and visiting the content only if I found I needed them.
I find Quant to be something you have to practise at consistently to hone your sharpness so TTP’s large question set base was very helpful to my preparation.
I neglected Verbal preparation (I was confident of a V40 at least) so that was a small mistake on my part that pulled down the overall score. Still, a 720 first attempt is something I’m reasonably happy with!

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TTP is essential for those that need to learn or heavily refresh standardized testing quant basics. I improved from a GMAT 40Q to a 49Q using the course. The course outlines a detailed study plan and forces you to learn the concepts by constantly drilling problems in chapter tests. The course provides a very clean interface that worked extremely well with my learning methods. One thing that the course does well is that it also teaches you strategy and how to avoid common trap answers, something I have not seen as well detailed in other prep material.

At the time of this writing, the Verbal is in the Beta stage but it has an extremely similar approach to the Quant and definitely helped improve my SC scores.

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I recognized early on in my review process that Quant was where I would need to focus the majority of my studying. While I was decent at math and work in a quantitative field, I was unfamiliar with many of the concepts, having never had learned them or forgotten them since high school.

Based on the advice of a friend, I subscribed to TTP’s monthly plan, and intensively worked through TTP from February 2020 to May 2020, studying around 2 hours per day on average. I’m going to be honest; it got tough at times. Some modules, especially those where I was less familiar with the content took a lot out of me. Topics like probability and number properties sometimes required my working through the module more than once before I could fully understand the information enough to perform above 60% on hard tests. Eventually though, I began to master the concepts and was able to perform well on hard quizzes.

Where TTP gets you results is that it forces you to sit down and work through a long list of tasks. In the process, you get a ton of repetition on each topic. This is where I felt OG questions were lacking. When I previously had looked at OG resources, I felt that going through just a few problems related to each topic did nothing to actually give me the amount of practice I actually needed, so I didn’t really learn anything. On the other hand, TTP gives you a substantial amount of practice such that retaining information is not difficult. The interface is also very nice. In presenting to you a list of tasks to get through, it motivates you to complete modules and quizzes such that you can check them off the task-list.

Overall I’d highly recommend TTP. It single-handedly got me up to a score I desired, for which I’m immensely grateful.

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TTP is a great resource for quant. I started around 37 in Q and scored 48 on the official test. If you complete the entire TTP program, it is pretty much a guarantee of getting 48+. The whole course does take awhile. I felt like I had a stronger understanding so I did not complete all of the module tests, but for some sections like Number Properties, I appreciated the numerous tests. The team at TTP is also very nice and helpful. My plan was expiring a few days before my exam and I asked them for a few days extension. They were more than happy to do that and did that in a very short time period. They are always available to chat if you have any logistical or content related questions.

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