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Quick debrief for anyone starting from scratch on a tight timeline and trying to figure out where to spend their money. I see a lot of posts from people scoring 750+ with months of practice under their belt, this one's for the rest of us.
TLDR:
I had 2 months, no real prep background, and needed something that would teach me the test from the ground up rather than layer tips on top of knowledge I didn't have. I looked at the usual suspects (OG books, free YouTube content, a couple of other courses), and TTP kept coming up specifically for people in my situation. In addition, I had friends who used it before, and did really well with TTP. I went with Flexible Prep because I knew my schedule was going to be unpredictable.
What the prep actually looked like
I spent roughly the first month grinding through the lessons. All of them. That sounds like a lot, but the lessons are bite-sized enough that you can actually make real daily progress. I went chapter by chapter and didn't skip ahead, even on topics I thought I had a handle on, because honestly I didn't know what I didn't know.
By the end of that month I had something I'd never had before: an actual mental framework for every type of question on the test. Not memorized formulas, but understanding.
For the second month I shifted almost entirely to official materials. I worked through the GMAC official question sets and took all 7 official practice exams - twice each. The first run gave me a real benchmark; the second run, after reviewing my mistakes, let me see whether the concepts had actually stuck. The downside of this approach is that I never got to use TTP's own practice banks or error log, which I know a lot of people credit with their score. The upside is that my practice was all on the exact question style and difficulty I'd see on test day.
What I liked about TTP
What I'd do differently
If I had these same 2 months again, I'd carve out time for TTP's practice banks alongside the official questions. I'm pretty confident the missing 20% to push me into 730+ territory was sitting right there in the TTP analytics tools that I just didn't use. Going lessons-only inside TTP and then jumping to official materials worked, but a more balanced approach probably works better.
START EARLY!!!! (I didn't have time as DMBA applications were due in April).
Test day
I walked in expecting somewhere in the 660–680 range given how lopsided my prep was, and walked out with a 695. I think the lessons gave me enough conceptual depth that even on questions I hadn't drilled, I could reason my way to the right answer or at least eliminate enough to make a decent guess.
Overall
If you're starting from scratch and want a real, structured path through this test, not gimmicks, not shortcuts, just actual teaching, TTP is the move. I got to 695 doing only half of what they recommend. Following the full plan would almost certainly push that meaningfully higher.
Also, make sure you pay attention to timing on the questions, the 2-2.25 minute on each question is crucial to follow.
Good luck!!
TLDR:
- Background: Completely from scratch, essentially no GMAT foundation going in
- Study time: ~2 months
- Material: Target Test Prep Flexible Prep (lessons), GMAC official question sets, all 7 official GMAC practice exams (2x each)
- Score: 695 (Q: 86, V: 87, DI: 81)
I had 2 months, no real prep background, and needed something that would teach me the test from the ground up rather than layer tips on top of knowledge I didn't have. I looked at the usual suspects (OG books, free YouTube content, a couple of other courses), and TTP kept coming up specifically for people in my situation. In addition, I had friends who used it before, and did really well with TTP. I went with Flexible Prep because I knew my schedule was going to be unpredictable.
What the prep actually looked like
I spent roughly the first month grinding through the lessons. All of them. That sounds like a lot, but the lessons are bite-sized enough that you can actually make real daily progress. I went chapter by chapter and didn't skip ahead, even on topics I thought I had a handle on, because honestly I didn't know what I didn't know.
By the end of that month I had something I'd never had before: an actual mental framework for every type of question on the test. Not memorized formulas, but understanding.
For the second month I shifted almost entirely to official materials. I worked through the GMAC official question sets and took all 7 official practice exams - twice each. The first run gave me a real benchmark; the second run, after reviewing my mistakes, let me see whether the concepts had actually stuck. The downside of this approach is that I never got to use TTP's own practice banks or error log, which I know a lot of people credit with their score. The upside is that my practice was all on the exact question style and difficulty I'd see on test day.
What I liked about TTP
- The lessons are excellent, especially for quant. I expected quant to be my disaster section and it ended up being my more comfortable one. The lessons don't just hand you formulas, they build the reasoning so you can handle questions you've never seen before. The little "watch out for this" tips embedded in the lessons paid off on test day more than once.
- The structure does the thinking for you. When you have 2 months and no prep background, the worst thing is burning energy figuring out what to study next. TTP told me what was next and I just did it. Cannot overstate how valuable that is when time is tight.
- It actually starts at zero. The lessons don't assume you remember algebra from a decade ago. If you do, you can move fast through the early stuff. If you don't, you're not lost.
What I'd do differently
If I had these same 2 months again, I'd carve out time for TTP's practice banks alongside the official questions. I'm pretty confident the missing 20% to push me into 730+ territory was sitting right there in the TTP analytics tools that I just didn't use. Going lessons-only inside TTP and then jumping to official materials worked, but a more balanced approach probably works better.
START EARLY!!!! (I didn't have time as DMBA applications were due in April).
Test day
I walked in expecting somewhere in the 660–680 range given how lopsided my prep was, and walked out with a 695. I think the lessons gave me enough conceptual depth that even on questions I hadn't drilled, I could reason my way to the right answer or at least eliminate enough to make a decent guess.
Overall
If you're starting from scratch and want a real, structured path through this test, not gimmicks, not shortcuts, just actual teaching, TTP is the move. I got to 695 doing only half of what they recommend. Following the full plan would almost certainly push that meaningfully higher.
Also, make sure you pay attention to timing on the questions, the 2-2.25 minute on each question is crucial to follow.
Good luck!!
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