Decided in mid May to schedule for the online GMAT on 6/15, and mapped out that I’d have thirty days to get the job done.

Studied about 3 hours a day on average throughout the month. Used TTP after a free trial, (you don’t need to read reviews here, just try it for yourself and see if the structure works for you) and grinded out the math there. Had one of those free consultation calls with them telling them my plan and my target score (750) but it was mostly them cautioning a rushed process.

For TTP Math I quickly realized there is just too much material to cover and I didn’t have the time, so my process became: read chapter end to end, take one hard test, move on to the next. Skipped all the review tests, just focused on getting all the content learned. This took me ~18 days.

Decided to do Verbal on TTP as well, as I had less than two weeks left at that point and didn’t want to switch formats. Felt like the Verbal chapters were pretty solid but very, very difficult. Skipped all the verbal tests as I didn’t have time and the verbal chapters are deceivingly long and full of good practice. I did take one hard test (assumptions, ch.1) and got a 10% lmao. It’s really hard, maybe counterproductively so. This took a week total.

Overall, thought TTP was an amazing resource for targeted intense study schedule like mine, especially for getting all the math content down. The verbal is in beta, but even so is still helpful. Would use additional resources to supplement verbal though.

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Scores and Debrief

OG Practice Test 1: 640 (I forget my split but remember quant was 43). I took this sometime in November 2019. I rushed through a few questions in verbal and just wasn't used to sitting in front of my laptop for two hours. I also took this with a pen and paper since things were normal-ish back then. I clearly remember thinking that the quant questions weren't incredibly hard but I was just really out of touch with a lot of the concepts tested.

I got some extra time in April and thought of sitting down and studying for the exam seriously. After browsing the subreddit I bought TTP and two additional exams from GMAC. I concentrated almost solely on the chapters I was weak at (number prop, geometry, sets, etc) and didn't really touch the rest. It's not the best way to go about prep but I was confident in my other areas. As others on the subreddit have said, I found TTP to be incredibly comprehensive and convenient to work through.

OG Practice Test 1 (again; reset it): 750 - I decided to reset the exams and while I think the 750 might have been a bit inflated, I honestly didn't remember any of the previous questions. I got a 50 on the Q with 3 questions wrong. I felt pretty confident so I analyzed my mistakes and wrote another exam in a couple of days. I also strangely didn't find time an issue even with the whiteboard.

OG Practice Test 2: 760 Q49 with 3 wrong. I again felt pretty confident. I made a few mistakes in sentence correction and so went through some of the TTP SC sections since they were released during this time period too. I scheduled my Online GMAT and gave myself a week to write the other two practice tests and then give the exam.

OG Practice Test 3 and 4: 760 both times. I took both of these the week of my Online GMAT. At this point, I was averaging 1-3 mistakes on quant and had some issues with SC and RC. Luckily CR was solid. I could've put some effort studying for the verbal but I was happy with the score I was averaging and just wanted to get over with the test. I took the tests around the same time of day I planned on writing my official GMAT and in similar testing conditions.

GMAT Online: 730. Q49, V41 Some parts of the horror stories I read came true on test day for me. My exam crashed thrice and I lost a decent chunk of time in quant. I also rushed through the first 8-10 questions and definitely got at least 3-4 of them wrong. Considering my really bad start in quant, I expected a lower score. My verbal was okay, however, I again had the exam crash here. Also, there was one RC passage I particularly struggled with. Overall, I expected a 690-710 on the exam so I was glad I did better than that. I'm going to probably register for another shot at the Online GMAT when possible and try to push my score up a bit more.

Finally, I'd suggest taking practice exams in testing conditions and keeping a cool head in quant. Rushing through the first few questions if you think you're behind a bit on time only ends up being counterproductive. Additionally, I'd suggest going through the TTP SC chapters if possible. Their quant material is fantastic like everyone suggests but I found that any questions that directly tested the chapters I'd studied on TTP felt much easier than others.

I'm happy to answer any questions - good luck everyone!

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After having my first online GMAT revoked (and an agonising 3 week wait for retest eligibility) and rescheduling again when the physical whiteboard option was granted, happy to announce that I scored a 720 (Quant 49, Verbal 38; IR 7).
Official GMAT Practice 1 & 2 scores: 710 (Q47, V40) 730 (Q48, V41)
I am a native English speaker from Singapore. Until recent education reforms (after my time), the education system I was brought up in is known for being very test-oriented and that background has helped me retain most of the quant fundamentals despite it being ~11 years since I was in high school. But I needed a refresher and to have questions to grind with.
TTP, of course, comes highly recommended from Reddit for quant preparation. Kudos to them for a great interface that helps provide analytics on focus areas to make studying more efficient.
I used TTP for 3 weeks total (1 week trial and 2 weeks paid) before my test. With that short timeframe (and off a base of Q47-48), I was really trying to make sure I sustain that score range by not making silly mistakes and eliminating flukes. I didn’t use the TTP study plan as recommended but instead decided to go through only the chapter tests, beginning with the Easy, followed by Medium tests, and visiting the content only if I found I needed them.
I find Quant to be something you have to practise at consistently to hone your sharpness so TTP’s large question set base was very helpful to my preparation.
I neglected Verbal preparation (I was confident of a V40 at least) so that was a small mistake on my part that pulled down the overall score. Still, a 720 first attempt is something I’m reasonably happy with!

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TTP is essential for those that need to learn or heavily refresh standardized testing quant basics. I improved from a GMAT 40Q to a 49Q using the course. The course outlines a detailed study plan and forces you to learn the concepts by constantly drilling problems in chapter tests. The course provides a very clean interface that worked extremely well with my learning methods. One thing that the course does well is that it also teaches you strategy and how to avoid common trap answers, something I have not seen as well detailed in other prep material.

At the time of this writing, the Verbal is in the Beta stage but it has an extremely similar approach to the Quant and definitely helped improve my SC scores.

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I recognized early on in my review process that Quant was where I would need to focus the majority of my studying. While I was decent at math and work in a quantitative field, I was unfamiliar with many of the concepts, having never had learned them or forgotten them since high school.

Based on the advice of a friend, I subscribed to TTP’s monthly plan, and intensively worked through TTP from February 2020 to May 2020, studying around 2 hours per day on average. I’m going to be honest; it got tough at times. Some modules, especially those where I was less familiar with the content took a lot out of me. Topics like probability and number properties sometimes required my working through the module more than once before I could fully understand the information enough to perform above 60% on hard tests. Eventually though, I began to master the concepts and was able to perform well on hard quizzes.

Where TTP gets you results is that it forces you to sit down and work through a long list of tasks. In the process, you get a ton of repetition on each topic. This is where I felt OG questions were lacking. When I previously had looked at OG resources, I felt that going through just a few problems related to each topic did nothing to actually give me the amount of practice I actually needed, so I didn’t really learn anything. On the other hand, TTP gives you a substantial amount of practice such that retaining information is not difficult. The interface is also very nice. In presenting to you a list of tasks to get through, it motivates you to complete modules and quizzes such that you can check them off the task-list.

Overall I’d highly recommend TTP. It single-handedly got me up to a score I desired, for which I’m immensely grateful.

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TTP is a great resource for quant. I started around 37 in Q and scored 48 on the official test. If you complete the entire TTP program, it is pretty much a guarantee of getting 48+. The whole course does take awhile. I felt like I had a stronger understanding so I did not complete all of the module tests, but for some sections like Number Properties, I appreciated the numerous tests. The team at TTP is also very nice and helpful. My plan was expiring a few days before my exam and I asked them for a few days extension. They were more than happy to do that and did that in a very short time period. They are always available to chat if you have any logistical or content related questions.

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TTP greatly helped me improve my quant score. I had been stuck at the Q42-Q44 level because I couldn’t get over geo. I got the course specifically to learn geometry and I did. I believe it is directly responsible for 30-40 of the points I gained. Ended up in the q46-q48 range and took my geo up from 20% to 70% on the exam. The approach can be tedious at times but it allows you to understand the concepts , not just the formuals. Overall some of the best $100 I spent on prep. I would recommend this course to anyone struggling with number properties or geometry

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I took the gmat and got a 730 before studying with target test prep. One of my biggest problems in my practice tests was that I was getting inconsistent quant scores and could not figure out why - the material never seemed too difficult. I signed up for target test prep's flexible study plan for a month and did the shortened study plan because I was already scoring well. The tips on the quant section, especially the strategies, when paired with the subsection subject matter testing really improved my confidence on the test in a matter of weeks. I really liked how the questions honed in and even though they weren't the exact type of questions on the GMAT, they improved my abilities substantially in a short amount of time.

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I recently took the GMAT for the 5th time on May 15th of this year and received a 740 (Q50/V40/IR8). I had taken it twice in 2015 and twice in 2016, with the highest of the four GMAT scores being a 730.

Prior to taking the test this year, I had received a Q49 on every GMAT I had taken even though I would score a Q50 on at least 50%+ of the practice tests. Through browsing reddit, I heard TTP was the best quant resource out there and decided to give it a try. I think these claims were true – I had taken a competitor’s course back in 2016, and found that it covered the basics, which was probably good enough for someone wanting to score a Q48/Q49. TTP is unquestionably a great quant resource if you’re looking to score Q50/Q51 – it has tons of difficult practice problems and delves into multiple permutations of each question type, which I found extremely helpful for very hard probability, combination, permutation, and inequality problems.

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Target Test Prep took my quant from a 28 (15th percentile) to a 49 (74th percentile) in practice tests within about a month of dedicated study using the Accelerated learning plan. I have a STEM background which helps but focusing on drilling the chapter tests rapidly improved my score and whenever I encountered something I was unfamiliar with, the relevant section was well explain and easy to understand. In addition, their Verbal Pre-Beta was extremely useful in my verbal preparation and I plan to continue using it to study for the next time I take the GMAT. If you sit down and do the work with TTP, they've made it as easy as they can to ensure that your score will improve. I noticed immediate results and thus I cannot recommend a Quant preparation program more than TTP, it's so highly rated for a reason!

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