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07 Jul 2025, 16:20
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Hey all - wanted to give a debrief on my GMAT FE experience and recognize TTP for all the help it provided me.
Material:
Scores:
My journey started in January 2025 with no target score in mind. I thought I would only need 3 months of preparation, but work and life extended that to 6 months of studying.
I joined Reddit communities and had gotten advertisements for TTP on LinkedIn, so I started the free trial and off I went.
TTP Review:
- The material is great for Quant. TTP walks you through every concept you could conceivably encounter on the GMAT FE, and even gives you tips along the way. Time is gold on this test, and I found myself slowly improving in speed along with my accuracy. Follow their advice, focus on accuracy first and you will naturally speed up.
- For Verbal, I also thought TTP was great. I was probably scoring around 50% on Medium TTP tests and 25% on Hard TTP tests at first, but practice is everything and TTP provides you more than enough practice. I was naturally better at Reading Comprehension than Critical Reasoning, but throughout the 6 months, I found myself recognizing patterns with CR, which I can only attribute to the amount of questions I had already done.
- For Data Insights, you need to recognize that this should be the last section you tackle, and it's a combination of Quant and Verbal. I found the official mock tests were usually on the level of Medium to Hard questions from TTP for DI, and I was a little nervy in the lead up to my test date, so I purchased the OG for Data Insights and did the only thing I could -- practice more.
- I didn't utilize all the extensive features of TTP like making custom tests or memorizing formulas or taking detailed notes, but I treated it like university -- take notes, study a little every day, and just keep doing the work.
- I found myself skimming a lot of the "soft" lessons around test anxiety and test-day preparation, but these came in handy in my last month of studying -- would definitely recommend reading through these tips. I distinctly remember doing breathing exercises to calm myself down on test day.
- Answer explanations: this is pretty self-explanatory, but reviewing what I got wrong, why I got it wrong, and why the right answer is correct was super helpful. Then I would review these questions again to see if I made the same mistake. I really enjoyed the video explanations as well -- these were super valuable to follow along and see where I went wrong. Shoutout to the TTP team for putting these videos together.
Test Day Experience:
I remember being nervous the couple days before the test, but I had taken stressful tests in the past, which was a good reminder for me. I kept visualizing the score at the end, the meal I would reward myself with afterward, and tried to imagine the feeling I would have after finishing the test. The best advice I can give you -- be confident in your prep and don't be too hard on yourself. Spending too much time on a question? Guess and move on. Forget the past questions and past sections and just keep going. My Quant score was lower than my mocks because I fumbled a little bit and didn't leave enough time for the last few questions. Was I frustrated? Yeah, but I didn't let that feeling affect me -- I knew I had 2 more sections to crush.
Overall:
Cheers!
Material:
- Quant - TTP
- Verbal - TTP
- Data Insights - TTP with some OG
Scores:
- Official Mock 1 - 655
- Official Mock 2 - 695
- Official Mock 3 - 635
- Official Mock 4 - 675
- Official Mock 5 - 685
- Official Mock 6 - 705
- Official In-person Exam - 735 (Q81, V90, DI89)
My journey started in January 2025 with no target score in mind. I thought I would only need 3 months of preparation, but work and life extended that to 6 months of studying.
I joined Reddit communities and had gotten advertisements for TTP on LinkedIn, so I started the free trial and off I went.
TTP Review:
- The material is great for Quant. TTP walks you through every concept you could conceivably encounter on the GMAT FE, and even gives you tips along the way. Time is gold on this test, and I found myself slowly improving in speed along with my accuracy. Follow their advice, focus on accuracy first and you will naturally speed up.
- For Verbal, I also thought TTP was great. I was probably scoring around 50% on Medium TTP tests and 25% on Hard TTP tests at first, but practice is everything and TTP provides you more than enough practice. I was naturally better at Reading Comprehension than Critical Reasoning, but throughout the 6 months, I found myself recognizing patterns with CR, which I can only attribute to the amount of questions I had already done.
- For Data Insights, you need to recognize that this should be the last section you tackle, and it's a combination of Quant and Verbal. I found the official mock tests were usually on the level of Medium to Hard questions from TTP for DI, and I was a little nervy in the lead up to my test date, so I purchased the OG for Data Insights and did the only thing I could -- practice more.
- I didn't utilize all the extensive features of TTP like making custom tests or memorizing formulas or taking detailed notes, but I treated it like university -- take notes, study a little every day, and just keep doing the work.
- I found myself skimming a lot of the "soft" lessons around test anxiety and test-day preparation, but these came in handy in my last month of studying -- would definitely recommend reading through these tips. I distinctly remember doing breathing exercises to calm myself down on test day.
- Answer explanations: this is pretty self-explanatory, but reviewing what I got wrong, why I got it wrong, and why the right answer is correct was super helpful. Then I would review these questions again to see if I made the same mistake. I really enjoyed the video explanations as well -- these were super valuable to follow along and see where I went wrong. Shoutout to the TTP team for putting these videos together.
Test Day Experience:
I remember being nervous the couple days before the test, but I had taken stressful tests in the past, which was a good reminder for me. I kept visualizing the score at the end, the meal I would reward myself with afterward, and tried to imagine the feeling I would have after finishing the test. The best advice I can give you -- be confident in your prep and don't be too hard on yourself. Spending too much time on a question? Guess and move on. Forget the past questions and past sections and just keep going. My Quant score was lower than my mocks because I fumbled a little bit and didn't leave enough time for the last few questions. Was I frustrated? Yeah, but I didn't let that feeling affect me -- I knew I had 2 more sections to crush.
Overall:
- If you have the means, I'd recommend using TTP no matter where you are in your journey. I attribute basically all my success to the structured guidance that it provided me.
- Use these forums if they're helpful for you, but try not to get caught up in the stressful hivemind of it all.
- You might be thinking I was lucky and had a good day -- I'll be the first to admit that I must've had a really good day. But that doesn't mean that the 6 months of prep I put into studying was a fluke.
- Good luck. I had a fairly linear GMAT FE journey, and I count my blessings every day, but I also believe that everyone can score well on this exam. No one's journey is the same, so I'd just put your head down and get to work.
Cheers!
07 Jul 2025, 18:35
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Wow, that's cool to hear! I'm so happy you enjoyed TTP!
Congrats on an amazing GMAT score and good luck with things moving forward.
