TTP is long on purpose

Question

I have a friend that used to work at TTP, and they confirmed a lot of what I’ve been feeling while studying for the GMAT: TTP is basically scamming you.

As a lot of people have mentioned on here, their course is wayyy too long, and they’re constantly adding new videos, new modules and new chapter tests, all of which are marked “essential.” But it’s not because every one of those is a necessary concept to do well on the GMAT. My friend said it’s to keep customers on the platform longer, paying monthly subscription fees for longer and longer amounts of time. Students have requested the ability to mark things as “optional” for years, but the company intentionally ignores that request.

Just know that if you’re feeling like the course is impossibly long, they’re doing that on purpose to squeeze more money out of you.

2 years ago when I first tried to study for the GMAT with TTP, it was long but do-able. Now if you do the “on demand” course, you have to watch literally hundreds of hours of Scott explaining things that are already explained in the text. The videos are NOT interesting to watch or insightful, they’re basically just there to make you spend more time on the site. I've spent a total of over 140 hours studying and I'm only 29% "finished" with the course. That's just ridiculous!

My friend also heard from former colleagues that key employees at TTP are quitting in droves because of terrible management. The COO and the head of marketing have left, along with a bunch of teachers. Sounds like the company could be going under.

Another thing: their AI just doesn’t work. It generates questions or explanations that have serious flaws, and are sometimes just totally incoherent. It’s all a waste of money.

pintukr · Answer

The detailed topic wise coverage has possibly led to the course getting longer. One may skip the relevant topics, if one is confident on those.

vitaemaiores · Answer

Pick and choose your required lessons, and it won't be long.

hr1212 · Answer

I’ve always felt that courses help to an extent, but real improvement only comes when you put in solid hours of practice. Try to cover the topics quickly to get the basics and then spend most of your time solving a variety of questions from those areas. That’s what actually builds skill and gets you test ready faster. A common mistake is getting stuck trying to finish all the videos, which ends up taking a lot of time without real application and you stay far from test readiness. Be smart with your prep and focus your time where you get the best ROI.

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

There’s a lot in this post that sounds compelling on the surface, but it doesn’t reflect how the TTP course is actually designed or how so many students succeed with it.

First, the idea that TTP is “intentionally long” to keep people paying longer isn’t accurate. The course is comprehensive because the GMAT requires real skill development, not shortcuts. The students who score 705+ don’t get there by skimming or doing a bunch of random questions. They build mastery topic by topic. That takes time, whether you use TTP or any serious program.

Second, nothing in the course is there “just to keep you busy.” The structure—lessons, examples, focused practice, and tests—is intentional. Some students do try to complete everything, but that’s not the only way to use the course. Many successful students move faster through areas they already understand and spend more time where they’re weak. The platform supports that kind of flexibility.

On the videos: they’re not there to repeat the text. They’re there to teach concepts in a different modality. Some students learn best by reading, others by watching. Having both is a benefit, not a tactic.

Regarding progress, being 29% complete after 140 hours may feel frustrating, but that actually reflects something important: you’re doing deep work. GMAT improvement isn’t linear, and early phases often feel slow because you’re building foundational skills. That’s normal across all serious prep. And candidly, if it’s taken 140 hours to reach 29%, that likely indicates that this kind of thorough, structured prep is exactly what you need to build the skills required for a high score.

As for claims about employees leaving or the company “going under,” that’s speculation. Like any company, people come and go, and in this case, the examples cited actually point in the opposite direction. The COO referenced was with the company for 17 years, and the Director of Marketing for nearly 6 years, both significantly longer than typical tenure in tech. Long tenures like that suggest stability, not dysfunction. Moreover, the post seems to imply that these employees left the company at the same time, but in reality, their departures were numerous months apart. Leadership transitions happen in every company and aren’t a meaningful indicator of product quality or student outcomes. At TTP, the primary goal has always been to have the best possible people in place to deliver the best possible product to students, and that has not changed.

Finally, on AI: our artificial intelligence has been an aspect of the Target Test Prep course that our students consistently praise and actively use to their advantage throughout their studies. We’ve built it on more than 15 years of precise data on how successful GMAT students actually learn and improve, and it has already allowed us to deliver more personalized guidance, faster feedback, and a more efficient learning experience. What we’re developing now is a fully personalized learning system—one that combines adaptive algorithms, best-in-class content and teaching, and a deep instructional dataset that’s impossible to replicate. The goal is simple: guide each student through exactly what they need, when they need it. As that system continues to evolve, it will make the path through the course significantly more efficient even for those students who need many hours of study to reach their goals

At the end of the day, TTP isn’t for people looking for a quick, surface-level approach. It’s for people who want a structured, thorough path to mastering the GMAT. If that’s not someone’s preference, that’s completely fine, but that’s very different from calling the course a scam.

StarStamp · Answer

Most TTP users in these discussions report 150 to 200 hours invested, somewhere around 30 to 35 percent course completion, 400 to 600 dollars spent, and a 40 to 60 point improvement. Students who switched away from TTP consistently report reaching their target score within 1 to 3 months using focused OG practice and free or cheaper resources. That gap is significant and it keeps showing up.

Your defense here follows the same three points you have used in every thread like this for years. The course is comprehensive, students are building mastery, trust the process. Meanwhile the student experience is also always the same — too long, videos that cover what the text already explained, AI that gives wrong or contradictory explanations, and no realistic path to finishing before application deadlines.

I went and read TTP's terms of service after using the AI tutor for a few weeks. There is a section on the AI Chatbot that says "any data provided to the AI Chatbot may not be treated as confidential or sensitive information" and that "your interactions with the AI Chatbot may be stored and analyzed to improve our services." So students are paying 99 dollars a month, feeding their study patterns and weak areas into an AI that regularly gives wrong answers, and the fine print says none of that data is confidential. Meanwhile TTP's privacy policy does not even mention AI training. One document allows it, the other does not disclose it. That is a real gap and students deserve to know about it before they start using the feature.

Nobody disputes that the quant content is excellent. But wrapping excellent content in a 500 hour structure with an AI that uses your data under terms most students never read and still cannot generate a correct explanation half the time is exactly what people are frustrated about. Your reply here reframes their frustration instead of engaging with it, which is what happens in every one of these threads.

People are not calling TTP stupid. They are saying TTP is smart in a way that benefits TTP more than it benefits students. And honestly, replies like this one are the strongest evidence for that.

bb · Answer

I don't think you CAN easily even guarantee confidentiality as you may think it is confidential but you are using OpenAI or Anthropic and they are selling your data... so the confidentiality aspect is pretty thorny and is plaguing everyone who uses it so I don't think this AI clause is anything worth mentioning really.

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