Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Apr 2610:00 AM EDT
-11:00 AM EDT
The Target Test Prep course represents a quantum leap forward in GMAT preparation, a radical reinterpretation of the way that students should study. Try before you buy with a 5-day, full-access trial of the course for FREE!
Apr 2711:00 AM EDT
-12:00 PM EDT
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors
Apr 2808:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
Whether you are just beginning your MBA journey or fine-tuning your path to a 700+ score, GMAT Day is designed to give you a competitive edge.
sours
Joined: 23 Apr 2025
Last visit: 31 Jan 2026
Posts: 2
Location: United States
Schools: Stanford '26 (S) Ross '26 (S) Haas '26 (S)
GMAT Focus 1: 675 Q86 V85 DI80 
GPA: 3.9
Products:
Like any product, TTP has its pros and its cons. I wanted to share my experience for anyone frantically starting their GMAT research like I did!
Summary: 1st mock (Feb): 465 -> 1st test (May): 595 -> 2nd test (Aug): 675
6 months of studying 15 hours/week with a one-month break from burnout after my first test
Background: Purchased the 6-month TTP Maximum Learning course: completed the quant course, only portions of the data insight course (not by choice), and none of the reading course (by choice). So can't speak fully to the DI and reading program.
Decided in late Jan 2025 that I wanted to apply in R1, took my first mock early Feb and scored a...465 with a 99th percentile reading score and literally a 1 percentile math score despite graduating from a quant-heavy undergrad 5 years ago. Knew that quant needed the most work, but I felt more and more frantic as people were saying 6 months wasn't enough to get to a score at least in line with the medians of the schools I was targeting (R1) but tried a couple of free trials for the major GMAT prep programs and settled with TTP.
I scored a 675 in August with a Q86! Not the most eye-popping, but given the timeline and my starting score, I'm pleased and attribute the 210-point score 85% to the quant improvement via TTP, 10% to official question practice and 5% to familiarity with the test center and process. I am confident I would've scored better had I had the time or discipline to complete the DI course in the 6 months as well.
At the end of the day, all major GMAT prep programs will help you improve. Don’t waste time trying to over-optimize your choice for the last drop of value—if you’re on a tight schedule, just commit to one and start studying ASAP.
Caveat: Nothing will prep you for the formatting and language of the actual GMAT except official questions and that should not be your expectation with TTP. TTP is a supplementary or precursor course to official question practice, as those do not come with any meta-guidance on how or what to study.
If you have an abundance of time and mental energy to research everything you should know for the test, curate quality practice questions and free explanations scattered across forums and sites, and are good at logistically working backwards to figure out when and how to study, then yes, of course you do not need TTP and can save yourself money. But be critical about the quality of free resources if you go that route. With a full-time job, R1 app prep + GMAT prep, I was already losing time and stress to logistics rather than actually prepping and for me it was worth it to have a pre-built program through TTP.
TTP covered everything I saw on both test days in quant and my quant improvement speaks for itself. Studying 15 hours/week for 5 months only got me through quant and parts of DI, so if you plan to use it for all sections, expect either a longer timeline or be ready to invest several hours daily. I recommend doing an easy quiz, then jumping to streaks for medium/hard, and completing all assigned questions.
With more time, I would’ve used TTP more for DI and reading, but the quant program alone got me to a sufficient score.
Summary
Pros: Major score improvement in 6 months; extremely thorough quant curriculum; helpful mindset/test-day guidance; huge time savings from structured planning.
Cons: Time-intensive; expensive
Transparency note, TTP does encourage reviews, which is partially why they dominate many of these forums. However, I would not leave a review for a service that I did not actually feel benefitted me and again, you could probably see similar results with any of the major programs. Don't overthink too much and best of luck y'all
Summary: 1st mock (Feb): 465 -> 1st test (May): 595 -> 2nd test (Aug): 675
6 months of studying 15 hours/week with a one-month break from burnout after my first test
Background: Purchased the 6-month TTP Maximum Learning course: completed the quant course, only portions of the data insight course (not by choice), and none of the reading course (by choice). So can't speak fully to the DI and reading program.
Decided in late Jan 2025 that I wanted to apply in R1, took my first mock early Feb and scored a...465 with a 99th percentile reading score and literally a 1 percentile math score despite graduating from a quant-heavy undergrad 5 years ago. Knew that quant needed the most work, but I felt more and more frantic as people were saying 6 months wasn't enough to get to a score at least in line with the medians of the schools I was targeting (R1) but tried a couple of free trials for the major GMAT prep programs and settled with TTP.
I scored a 675 in August with a Q86! Not the most eye-popping, but given the timeline and my starting score, I'm pleased and attribute the 210-point score 85% to the quant improvement via TTP, 10% to official question practice and 5% to familiarity with the test center and process. I am confident I would've scored better had I had the time or discipline to complete the DI course in the 6 months as well.
At the end of the day, all major GMAT prep programs will help you improve. Don’t waste time trying to over-optimize your choice for the last drop of value—if you’re on a tight schedule, just commit to one and start studying ASAP.
Caveat: Nothing will prep you for the formatting and language of the actual GMAT except official questions and that should not be your expectation with TTP. TTP is a supplementary or precursor course to official question practice, as those do not come with any meta-guidance on how or what to study.
If you have an abundance of time and mental energy to research everything you should know for the test, curate quality practice questions and free explanations scattered across forums and sites, and are good at logistically working backwards to figure out when and how to study, then yes, of course you do not need TTP and can save yourself money. But be critical about the quality of free resources if you go that route. With a full-time job, R1 app prep + GMAT prep, I was already losing time and stress to logistics rather than actually prepping and for me it was worth it to have a pre-built program through TTP.
TTP covered everything I saw on both test days in quant and my quant improvement speaks for itself. Studying 15 hours/week for 5 months only got me through quant and parts of DI, so if you plan to use it for all sections, expect either a longer timeline or be ready to invest several hours daily. I recommend doing an easy quiz, then jumping to streaks for medium/hard, and completing all assigned questions.
With more time, I would’ve used TTP more for DI and reading, but the quant program alone got me to a sufficient score.
Summary
Pros: Major score improvement in 6 months; extremely thorough quant curriculum; helpful mindset/test-day guidance; huge time savings from structured planning.
Cons: Time-intensive; expensive
Transparency note, TTP does encourage reviews, which is partially why they dominate many of these forums. However, I would not leave a review for a service that I did not actually feel benefitted me and again, you could probably see similar results with any of the major programs. Don't overthink too much and best of luck y'all
28 Nov 2025, 11:35
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hello sours
Thats totally make sense and congrats on your score.
Wish you best of luck!
Thats totally make sense and congrats on your score.
Wish you best of luck!
Archit3110
Major Poster
29 Nov 2025, 06:49
Kudos
Bookmarks
Congratulations for score.. all the best with applications
