I’ve been using
Target Test Prep for about 4 months now and it’s been a genuinely useful part of my GMAT prep. For context, I’m an electrical engineering graduate and have been working a data and AI engineering role for the past year, so I came into the GMAT with a fairly quantitative background. Verbal and DI, in particular, were much newer territory for me.
One of the biggest things I’ve realized through the course is that knowing the underlying concepts isn’t always enough. There are specific strategies and ways of approaching GMAT questions that make a huge difference. In Verbal and DI especially, I found that without the right approach, you can either make mistakes on questions you technically understand or spend far too long on them. A lot of the course material is about developing that tactical mindset — knowing what to look for, when to move on, how to eliminate options, and how not to get emotionally attached to a difficult question. Honestly, even just having access to those approaches makes the course worthwhile for me, regardless of your academic or professional background.
I also really liked the strategy material outside the actual lessons. There’s a whole series of reads around things like managing time, staying calm, approaching questions rationally rather than emotionally, and setting yourself up mentally and physically for effective prep. Some of this sounds fairly basic initially, but I found it useful because the GMAT is as much about execution under pressure as it is about knowing concepts.
The course itself is very well structured. Lessons are organized into clear modules, with questions integrated into the progression, so you’re learning something and then immediately applying it. The flow feels curated rather than like you’re just working through a giant question bank.
There are also plenty of tests for each section, and some of the harder tests are genuinely beyond what I’ve seen as expected on the actual exam - making you less likely to be thrown off by something unfamiliar on test day.
The solutions are another strong point. All questions have detailed written explanations and most have a video explanation, and the latter can be particularly helpful when the important part is understanding the thought process rather than just seeing the correct answer.
The platform itself is clean, fast and easy to use. The scheduling feature is surprisingly practical — you can define when you’re available to study and which days you aren’t, and build your prep around that. There’s also an AI feature that can generate additional questions based on questions already in the course, which is useful when you want extra practice around a particular concept or question type.
One criticism I’d have is that there’s almost too much material. It can be easy to look at everything available and feel like you need to complete all of it, when realistically you probably shouldn’t. You have to be a little selective depending on your timeline.
I also think TTP can look expensive when you compare the price directly with some other GMAT options. But after using it for 4 months, I don’t really think it’s comparable to buying a question bank or a few prep books. You’re paying for a curated course, structured lessons, strategy, practice, tests, solutions, scheduling and additional tools all in one place. For me, that “complete guide” aspect has been more valuable than simply having access to a large number of questions.
Overall, the biggest benefit for me has been that it’s made my preparation much more systematic. Coming from an engineering/data background, I knew I could handle the quantitative side, but TTP helped me understand that getting a good GMAT score is also about having a repeatable way of thinking through unfamiliar questions under time pressure.