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Target Test Prep is incredibly detailed and thorough. It takes a lot of time to get through every module and take all of the practice quizzes, but the invested time is well worth it. Overall, the program is probably overkill, but this is important because once you are in the test environment, you need your responses to be second nature, which this course definitely helps you achieve. I would for sure recommend pairing this with the official practice tests, and you are pretty much guaranteed to get a good score if you complete the course and all the practice tests.
I took the GMAT official test in June and scored a 430 (Q42 V 10). Post which, I signed up on TTP. TTP really helps you nail down the concepts. I found it incredibly useful for Quants and SC. Quant especially is really detailed and covers nearly everything necessary to get a high score. What I loved about the SC module was that the explanation of wrong answers was really detailed. Going through their set of questions and the explanations will make sure you know the 1000's ways a sentence can go wrong. I retook the GMAT last week and scored a 660 (Q47 V34), and a lot of the success is attributed to TTP. I like the kindle like notes making feature and the error log. The revision was easy peasy thanks to those features.
I took the GMAT recently and scored a 710. I did mainly SC and some Quant topics from TTP's course as I was already decent at other sections of GMAT verbal. I was impressed by the course's exhaustiveness. It covers everything you need to know. Things I like about TTP:
1. It makes your task easier by providing you different features such as highlights, bookmarks, excellent error log, etc. These features may sound normal, but they are lifesavers when you are reviewing the material and errors.
2. The course covers everything you need. Once you complete this course, you'll not need to do anything else. Just make sure that you don't finish the course in hurry.
3. Strategy lessons are just awesome. GMAT is not just about concepts, but also mind set. I think the strategy lessons help you a lot to create the right mindset.
I honestly think TTP spoon feeds you everything you need for a good GMAT score.
I also did some quant chapters. However, I did them in a hurry and didn't complete the chapters. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I am decent at quant so I skimmed through the concepts and didn't take the chapter tests. I would highly recommend to just take the TTP course and follow the process they mention.
I have took the GMAT 4 times, twice at home and twice in a test center, I went through the TTP materials twice in total and practiced in their portal for countless hours. I have tried other test providers practice questions, but have only used TTP materials.
While I have seen other materials, TTP is the only provider I have spent material time using as designed. I am a self-studier and need to "figure things out" on my own in order to retain them. This is the perfect match for TTP. Their modules are crafted to show you the concept and its logic, then lead you into discovering how is it presented in GMATland materials, and then to challenge you to think beyond the concept to answer challenging questions. Because of this structure, i encourage you to trust their process. I skipped around initially and over some concepts in total, only to comeback and do the whole program when my score was stuck in 710 and 720. The process works, don't chase speed it will come with concept mastery, complete the modules is practice for your practice.
TTP Verbal, a bit here since it was marker "Beta" when i used it, although by the end all the modules were released. I have to say that there were some YouTube series that I watched that framed the SC concepts of Verbal very well. Then with that framing the TTP Verbal really came to life. I did not ever open the RC and CR modules as I was already testing there at a high level.
TTP Practice Problems: These practice problems are not that similar to the official practice questions, but they are better practice. If that makes sense. You can see the concepts being tested and where the "trick" of the question is just like the GMAT Official questions, but i think the TTP are more clear. GMAT Official questions can be a bit more muddled, so it took some practice learning how GMAT tests different concepts. Other providers i used for practice (Manhattan and Kaplan) questions were far too "tricky". This is hard to explain, but it felt like they were trying to piece together random concepts in order to trick me, where i felt the GMAT would show you the concept and then test your ability to get to an answer logically and quickly.
Only ever use Official GMAT Mock Exams btw, none i have found are even remotely close to accurate representations of the real exam.
Hello everyone,
I passed the GMAT recently and thought I'd share my experience taking the test and using the platform I worked with, Target Test Prep.
I'll start off by indicating that I'm very far from the usual GMAT test taker. I'm a professional jazz musician, and I don't regularly deal with anything that's remotely close to the GMAT. I was good with math in high-school and although I grew up in Israel, my English is objectively very close to that of a native speaker. However, I was never good with stuff like RC.
I started out with some 2012 Manhattan GMAT material that a friend gave me. Shortly after, I realized it made more sense to go for something more recent and went for the 2020 Kaplan book. I worked through the entire thing and had an OK experience, definitely not comprehensive and thorough enough for me. I spent a bit of time on the free online resources that come with the book, including their tests, but didn't feel like that was necessarily the way to go.
After that, I took 3 private lessons that were insightful - got a couple of little tricks. Very specific work picked at random such as tricky situation with geometry, trap answers on SC regarding the use of comas, they/which, etc. Useful but was probably covered by material I could have gotten at TTP.
I don't remember exactly what i used to practice quant at the time, but that was definitely my main focus, simply cause I liked it more than I did verbal. Did a bit of Barron's GMAT math workbook too.
4 months in, studying every day but very slowly and still doing a lot of other things during my day, I took an official mock test.
I got a 620 47Q 28V 5IR. Definitely not enough. My q was fairly solid, probably because of the fact I worked it more prior to the test, but also cause q was just my stronger suit. Verbal needed a huge work, and I started looking into TTP after doing some research online.
I worked all of TTPs verbal, at the time CR and SC and and then did a couple of Quant mini exams on the platform in every subject.
I loved the platform and material on there. The mini tests were great and some very difficult. I feel they did emulate OG questions well.
By far the biggest plus is the access to a chat system where you can talk to the creators of the platform. I abused it. Every question was answered, some times faster some times the next day, but overall, I felt like I had a private tutor. They'd turn the question inside out with you till you get it and tackle it from multiple angles until it's abundantly clear.
I did a little bit of OG official guide questions on their official platform and on GMAT club, mainly for verbal and IR and moved to do mock tests.
Test 2 - 650
Test 3 - 670
Test 1 redo - 680
Test 2 redo - 700
Test 4 - 670
All, with the exception of the small downfall on the last run, with quant progressing from 47 to 49 and verbal progressing from 28 to 35.
I then went to do my first real test online, which I found easy to maneuver and didn't run in to any problems with, and scored a 700, Q 48 V38 IR6. I feel like I could've done better on Quant, but the verbal score was definitely welcomed considering it's the highest score I got.
With my unusual profile, a first try 700 will probably get me in my desired school. However if I were to redo the whole process, I'd start off with TTP, finish their whole course, which I believe now has RC as well, and then go over lots of OG questions.
All in all great experience with TTP, specifically thanks to Marty from TTP, his dedication and knowledge, .
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Joined: Mar 12, 2019
Posts: 0
Kudos: 1
Verified GMAT Classic score:
750 Q50 V41 (Online)
I would like to start by thanking Scott and TTP team in helping me get a 750 in GMAT!
I started prepping again for my GMAT in mid of June 2021. I had just about a month to prep for the exam and my mock test results were stuck at 680-690 (MGMAT and E-Gmat). I was consistently working through over 150 questions every day but even after 10 days my scores did not improve. I realised that I needed to use some GMAT course material to help me. I spent about 1 week exploring Target Test Prep's trial course and also tried courses with 2 other companies. I just loved the TTP's quant and SC coursework so I purchased their Flexible study plan for just $99.
What stood out among other test prep companies was the easy to read, thorough and neatly organised text explanations of each and every concept you would need with examples (with solutions) within every topic. I preferred this over other companies course because for me, this was much better and faster compared to going over hundreds of videos and animations in other courses (which is just extremely time consuming). I could just skim over the most basic concepts and focus my attention on more important topics. The flexible nature of this course just helped me immensely in going over the necessary concepts at a brisk pace (given my time constraint).
The other things I loved about the quant course specifically was the custom tests and chapter-wise tests, and practice questions. They have a big question bank with questions clearly separated into chapters and difficulty level. This helped me a lot in pin-pointing my week areas E.g. I was always of the view that Probability was my weakest area but as it turned out it was number properties. :)
The only drawback with the course is that they still don't have a CR specific coursework but I believe CR can be improved with just practice of questions on the GMATCLUB.
I would highly recommend TTP's course for anyone who is constraint by time like me.
I would also like to thank the GMATCLUB team and community for the vast, never ending question bank. The practice of these questions on the GMATCLUB helped me be more confident on the test day. The timer feature really helped me improve my speed in solving the RC questions.
I used TTP for 1 month to brush up my prep. Their quant contents are just superior to anything I have ever seen. Someone scoring Q25 or above will benefit from the contents tremendously. However, lessons are super detailed and lengthym, for a good reason though. Be aware though, lessons are in text form so if you are more into video lessons, I would recommend you to find something else. That said, solutions of the problems are in video form as well. Overall, a great experience. They do lack verbal part though.
I would encourage people who seriously considering to up their quant score to seriously consider TTP.
TTP is a revolutionary test prep option, for a very fair price. It has more than everything you need to beat the GMAT. You just have to trust the process–one thing to note about TTP is that it takes time. To really make progress there are no shortcuts: you need to read all the lessons, complete all the tests, and do all the review. Expect to budget over 150 hours for serious progress in quant alone.
My only constructive feedback is that they might like to incorporate some OG work into the mission structure. I found going through OG problems alongside TTP to be very useful, to see the variety of possible GMAT questions.
If you are looking to beat the GMAT, TTP should be your first and only stop.
TLDR: Having tried multiple resources over the course of 12 months, this was the best that I found.
I have used GMAT official guides, Manhattan prep materials, and Math revolution. The first of these doesn't go nearly far enough to get a top score. A common thread in the unofficial materials is that they bulk out their material and call it added value. Manhattan makes you pay for a set of thick books, but when you look at the chapter structure for example they split up the strategy chapters for no other reason than that it allows them to state the same material some 4 times, as a reminder. Math revolution advertises some large number of hours of video content but if you watch the videos each opens and closes with a slow title and again, often repetitive content. This goes further than lacking substance, it detracts from the value of the product as it cuts into your time to discern the value from deliberately included BS.
TTP made the most of my time. All lessons in the quant section were direct and to the point, explaining each topic only so far as I needed to know. After completing all the material you then have a huge question bank to work through. The hard questions are probably harder than what you'll see on the day in many cases, but are excellent examples to test what you've learned. On completion of a practice test you can bookmark problems that you struggled with or guessed, then compile custom tests made up solely of those questions you found tricky. I loved that feature as I got close to test day and wanted to find problems that I knew would inch me closer to the score I wanted.
The newly completed verbal section is not as good. Sometimes it can be long-winded, again unfortunately seeming to pad itself out with examples, or oddly structured, opening with an exception to a rule then going into what the rule was.
Beyond the materials the presentation of the site is great and customer service is highly responsive.
To make the most of the course takes far more than a month in my experience, so be ready for that, but otherwise this is my number 1 recommendation for GMAT prep after you have used the official guide to understand the structure of the test.
Joined: May 06, 2021
Posts: 22
Kudos: 5
Verified GMAT Classic score:
710 Q48 V39 (Online)
Premise: I used Magoosh 2 months before my first attempt on May 31 and was very disappointed in my results. I was focusing on building up my knowledge base but after the first attempt, I realized that I was lacking insight on how to practically apply my knowledge. I was looking for a personalized solution to target my weak areas and had at that point also tried e-GMAT. I found the whole pre-thinking approach confusing so I choose TTP because of all the amazing reviews. I had 1.5 months before my next and final exam attempt (due to the application deadlines).
Course: I primarily focused on Quant and just did 2 easy, 2 med, 2 hard quizzes for each topic, reviewing content for the problems I got wrong and making sure I am able to solve them quickly and correctly. I did not get through all the quant topics but covered all foundations and all the topics that show up most often. I also reviewed the high-level Most Important Concepts document TTP provides and took notes throughout the course to review a few days before the exam.
For Verbal, I took about a week to review my weak areas in each subject of CR and SC. So thankful that TTP does not use the pre-thinking method because honestly, it made me perform worse. I found the TTP Verbal explanations to be very clear and comprehensive, and I definitely felt more comfortable going into the exam.
Results: Just in that 1.5 months (142 study hours) I was able to boost my Quant score by 7 points and my Verbal score by 2 points. I wish wish wish I had more time because I know that additional practice with TTP, especially with the verbal course would take my score even higher, but honestly I am so relieved to have achieved a 710 in the short time frame I had. Couldn't have done it without TTP!
