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greattimign
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GMAT Focus 1: 695 Q83 V85 DI86 
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21 May 2025, 13:32
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Hello everyone,
I began my GMAT prep late in December and wanted to share my experience. I am a full-time student working an internship who studied in increments every day. I began my prep with a semi-cold mock of 535 (44th percentile) in late December and landed an official 695 three months later. I wanted to make this post to offer a review of study prep materials. I began my preparation with official study questions (bad idea) and saw little improvement. Then, I tried a few free trials of various prep services before deciding to commit to TTP. I spent two months with TTP to get the basics down. Then, I spent a month on official mocks, GMATClub, and TTP testing to practice. I maintained an error log and notecards over my final two months of studying.
Review of Target Test Prep:
As many have said, TTP is a gold standard for quant. Truly, their ability to start you from the very basics in each subject and hold your hand as you master concepts is unlike other prep services. I probably spent 70% of my entire prep on quant as it has remained my weak point. TTP is renown for their quant and helped me to massively improve my mathematical abilities. TTP's flexibility in curriculum allowed me to curate my weak points and test myself until I felt like I had become a subject expert. My quant on my first three mocks were under 35th percentile. TTP helped me build my quant abilities and hone in on what exactly was going wrong. They also do an excellence job integrating quant into your DI learning. Getting started, I built a lot of anxiety around timeline. I targeted a test deadline in April and felt very unsteady to effectively reach my test goal in such a short time period. TTP allowed me to prioritize timelines by auto building a comprehensive study plan based on my needs around school and work. The platform also uses studying strategies which help you more effectively retain information. I used TTP from some verbal preparation but felt their curriculum was diving into the weeds a bit to cover nuisance concepts (which probably makes sense for those chasing high percentiles in V). Personally, I was more worried about quant so only used TTP verbal for basic concepts. Regardless, their verbal was highly effective in getting me to a place that I felt safe. TTP's DI section is brutal. The hardest DI questions are going to get you above the 95 percentile marker as they over test you abilities. I feel very stronger that TTP's DI prep is the best on the market.
Review of GMAT Club:
I utilized GMAT Club for the last portion of my preparation as I entered a practice phase to get my timing and confidence down. Transparently, I would have continued with TTP but struggled with the price tag as a full-time student paying for school. Regardless, GMAT Club provided me with a sea of questions that I would practice with every day. I would not recommend to those starting their studying to begin with GMAT Club. You need a prep service to get the concepts down. For your practicing to have any value, you need to be at a level where you can maintain an error log. If you are still missing a significant portion of questions, your error log will likely be too large and won't provide as much value to you. With that said, my mocks jumped significantly when I started my practicing phase because I hammered out where exactly I was making errors and ensured my timing made sense. As someone who spent my first month wasting all of my official questions, GMAT Club was a lifesaver to continue preparing with new and challenging questions.
Final Tips:
I began my GMAT prep late in December and wanted to share my experience. I am a full-time student working an internship who studied in increments every day. I began my prep with a semi-cold mock of 535 (44th percentile) in late December and landed an official 695 three months later. I wanted to make this post to offer a review of study prep materials. I began my preparation with official study questions (bad idea) and saw little improvement. Then, I tried a few free trials of various prep services before deciding to commit to TTP. I spent two months with TTP to get the basics down. Then, I spent a month on official mocks, GMATClub, and TTP testing to practice. I maintained an error log and notecards over my final two months of studying.
Review of Target Test Prep:
As many have said, TTP is a gold standard for quant. Truly, their ability to start you from the very basics in each subject and hold your hand as you master concepts is unlike other prep services. I probably spent 70% of my entire prep on quant as it has remained my weak point. TTP is renown for their quant and helped me to massively improve my mathematical abilities. TTP's flexibility in curriculum allowed me to curate my weak points and test myself until I felt like I had become a subject expert. My quant on my first three mocks were under 35th percentile. TTP helped me build my quant abilities and hone in on what exactly was going wrong. They also do an excellence job integrating quant into your DI learning. Getting started, I built a lot of anxiety around timeline. I targeted a test deadline in April and felt very unsteady to effectively reach my test goal in such a short time period. TTP allowed me to prioritize timelines by auto building a comprehensive study plan based on my needs around school and work. The platform also uses studying strategies which help you more effectively retain information. I used TTP from some verbal preparation but felt their curriculum was diving into the weeds a bit to cover nuisance concepts (which probably makes sense for those chasing high percentiles in V). Personally, I was more worried about quant so only used TTP verbal for basic concepts. Regardless, their verbal was highly effective in getting me to a place that I felt safe. TTP's DI section is brutal. The hardest DI questions are going to get you above the 95 percentile marker as they over test you abilities. I feel very stronger that TTP's DI prep is the best on the market.
Review of GMAT Club:
I utilized GMAT Club for the last portion of my preparation as I entered a practice phase to get my timing and confidence down. Transparently, I would have continued with TTP but struggled with the price tag as a full-time student paying for school. Regardless, GMAT Club provided me with a sea of questions that I would practice with every day. I would not recommend to those starting their studying to begin with GMAT Club. You need a prep service to get the concepts down. For your practicing to have any value, you need to be at a level where you can maintain an error log. If you are still missing a significant portion of questions, your error log will likely be too large and won't provide as much value to you. With that said, my mocks jumped significantly when I started my practicing phase because I hammered out where exactly I was making errors and ensured my timing made sense. As someone who spent my first month wasting all of my official questions, GMAT Club was a lifesaver to continue preparing with new and challenging questions.
Final Tips:
- Get your concepts down with a prep service (or book) before wasting official questions in practice.
- Utilize an error log in your practice then repeat those questions every/every-other day
- Each of your official mocks has two attempts and is unlikely to repeat a significant portion of questions.
- I ended up taking 10 total mocks which was key to learning timing and test pressure.
- Make a plan early. Jumping in feels right to get yourself started, but I personally made very little progress without structure.
- Keep your chin up. GMAT Prep is hell. It will make you feel more stupid and often make you want to rip your hair out. Never lose sight of the end goal. Believe that you CAN reach the score you want.
- Have faith in the long and tedious process that is studying for the exam.
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21 May 2025, 19:57
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Hi greattimign,
535 to 695 in 3 months is an amazing improvement! I'm thrilled to hear how much you enjoyed TTP as well. Thank you for sharing and good luck with things moving forward.
535 to 695 in 3 months is an amazing improvement! I'm thrilled to hear how much you enjoyed TTP as well. Thank you for sharing and good luck with things moving forward.
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21 May 2025, 21:28
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Congratulations for score.. all the best with applications
