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Target test prep is an excellent product. The curriculum was thoroughly curated to prepare me for the actual GRE test. Although I have a strong background, I had forgotten a lot of the principles and formulas I learnt in highschool, using TTP helped me remember everything I needed to remember.
The question bank is also very valuable- with over 2500 quant questions and over 900 verbal questions. Solving just half made me feel very prepared within 2 months of studying. The detailed analytics feature on the website also helped me tag my weaknesses and strengths, allowing me to refocus on the most important things.
I had less than 4 weeks to take the GRE after never having taken it before. After looking at several options, I knew Target Test Prep was the best option for me to hit my target score of a 324. While my math was pretty strong, I needed help getting my verbal up to speed. Target Test Preps Verbal lessons were immensely helpful in quickly getting me up to speed. Additionally, the chapter quizzes were extremely helpful in solidifying the knowledge that I had previously learned in the lessons.
I found that there lessons translated extremely well to the actual GRE, and was able to hit my target score. Thanks TTP!
I started my GRE journey by going through the Official GRE Guide, and classic 5lb book after that. After about 100 hours I took my first GRE Practice Test, scoring 158V, 158Q. A few weeks later, it shifted to 158V, 160Q - I felt overwhelmed by the math section - and I knew I needed a fresh approach.
Beginning of 2021 I made it my mission to study hard for four months get the score I needed for business school. TTP came highly recommended so I dived in. The Quant chapters were detailed and the number of practice tests per topic was absolutely exhaustive. About mid March, they released the verbal section. I struggled with pacing and breaking down passages - but the verbal webinars really helped complement the online portion.
I sunk about 275 hours into the program. And followed it religiously and ended up with my dream score my first shot. I was stunned come test day... 164V / 165Q / 5.5 AWA. As a person who had to retake the SAT / ACT four times, avoid the pain and pay the price up front with TTP. Your hard work will be rewarded!
The prep course provided by Manhattan is comprehensive and includes in depth explanation of every topic and sub topic. My instructor Joe Martin was very helpful and focussed on my improvement areas. I would advise everyone to take personal tutoring as it is the best and you get full attention. Their Vocabulary builder contains plethora of words which really improved my vocabulary in the long run. All personal tutoring lessons are one on one and start with explanation of concepts followed time management strategy to solve questions. However, their practice test are just for improving your concentration skills and giving you hands on experience of actual Gre Test. According to me the official ETS test are actual gold, go ahead and purchase them. Theres a blog which allows students to interact and solve doubts. But overall I will rate Manhattan a 4/5.
My goal was to apply for engineering schools so a high Quant score was of the utmost importance. After rigorous research, it seemed like Target Test Prep was the most comprehensive and affordable learning platform for me.
I completed the whole course within 3 months (around 3 hours per day) and my Quant score went up from 160 to 166. While there are a few topics that were lacking in detailed explanation such as similar geometric figures or data interpretation, 95% of the material was extremely helpful in ingraining important concepts and providing shortcuts for difficult questions.
I also think the team was very responsive (use the chat box for any questions while taking review tests) and the number of practice questions and the explanations for each were usually phenomenal!! There is a whole chapter on how to study, manage time and anxiety etc. as well that was really helpful and went a long way in calming down my nerves during the actual test.
If you wish to increase your Quant score, this is definitely the course to sign up for! Good luck everyone and thank you Target Test Prep team for an amazing product!
When I first signed up for TTP quant prep, I was a bit skeptical. After all, prior to my first GRE attempt, I had exhausted all of my prep's material - and was not too happy about my GRE quant score.
I signed up and dived right into the lessons. TTP's platform is user-friendly and the lessons provided have concise, meaningful explanations. Also provided is an analytics panel, where you can track your most common mistakes and monitor your progress - very useful for keeping yourself accountable.
I worked through all of the almost 2500 problems (each one with their own to-the-point explanation), but had no time to take the official GRE mock tests to know whether I had improved - I went straight to my second try.
My second GRE attempt felt so much different than the first! Quant was a breeze - I finished the first section with almost 8 minutes do spare. In the second (and harder) section, I was able to calmly work through all the problems, with no rush.
At the end, I got a competitive GRE quant score. I credit this improvement to TTP's prep quality, which helped me a lot. I'm glad not only with the return on the money I paid, but also on the time I devoted studying through TTP. I would definitely recommend them to anyone seeking a competitive GRE quant score.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Magoosh Premium GRE prep course. A couple of features about the Magoosh GRE prep really stand out for me:
1. Video Lessons - all concepts are introduced from a basic, introductory level, which serves as a great refresher for many simple concepts which one might have long forgotten
2. Question Bank - The Magoosh course offers an extensive bank of questions of varying difficulty, most of which closely mirror the kind of questions you can expect on the GRE
3. Techniques - Both Verbal and Quant lessons educate students on tricks and techniques that you can use to simplify seemingly difficult problems, this really was key in helping me succeed on the GRE
4. Responsive support team - If you've got any doubts or questions that you'd like ask the tutors or anyone else at Magoosh, you can pretty much expect most of your questions to be answered within a very short time frame.
I strongly recommend the Magoosh GRE prep service for anyone looking to appear for the exam for the first time or improving an existing score.
Target Test Prep's Quant curriculum enabled me to increase my quant score from 157 to 169 in just 15 days. The modular approach of the course along with the explanation of the various traps likely to appear in GRE really helped me to increase my accuracy , while ensuring that I create a strong conceptual foundation. I could feel my confidence increase 2x times. I am really glad that I subscribed to TTP on my birthday , and it eventually paid off in the exam.
I ensured that my accuracy of atleast 75% for the Hard questions , 90% for medium and 95-100 % for the easy level questions. I worked on my weak chapters , and ensured that I improve my accuracy first , and then focused on time management.
Great services at reasonable prices. This really helped me succeed in my chosen field of study in college. I would definitely recommend GRE prep courses to anyone seriously considering continuing their education. The teachers were all great, for the most part. Some came off like they had a stick up their butts, but I do realize everyone has a bad day every once in a while. The materials were reasonably priced and easy to use. I would have preferred some workbooks that would outline the lessons in more detail though just in case I don't pick up what the professors are saying the first time around. These GRE prep courses really helped me in school. They gave me a chance to see what some of the tests may look like & helped me highlight points to study further because I didn't know enough about certain subjects.
I decided to return to graduate school for a career change after a successful career in the arts began to grow stale. I decided to pursue engineering, however, I hadn't done any academic mathematics whatsoever for approximately fifteen years, and my undergraduate math ended with pre-Calc. I knew I would need a lot of help.
In month 1, I pursued self-guided study, using resources from gregmat, Magoosh, ETS as well as the entire Manhattan Prep math review. The gains were modest -- a five point improvement. I decided I needed the most comprehensive and rigorous course available, and after some research, I settled on TTP.
The site estimates that it will require around 180 hours to complete the course if you are aiming for a Quant score above 165. In my case, this turned out to be an underestimate -- my rough calculations suggest that I spent between 250 and 275 hours on prep, practice exams and taking the test itself multiple times. About 2/3rds of that was spent in TTP.
PROS: My absolute favorite thing about TTP is that it is honest. I wasn't happy when I realized how long it was going to take for me to get up to speed, but I was much better off knowing than not knowing. They do a very good job of emphasizing the way people tend to slack off in their GRE prep, and how that can impact score.
I found the TTP lessons to be the most engaging, comprehensive and well-ordered, by far. They don't cover 100 percent of what you'll need, but 90-95 percent, yes. Their lessons on arithmetic, number theory, ratios, fractions, exponents, word problems and functions were, for my purposes, flawless, and even the weakest sections on the site were still very good.
The website is well-designed and can be used on many different platforms, including tablet PCs, without any issues. Their quizzes do a better job of emulating the real GRE than any other prep service I used. They even nailed the weird GRE calculator, which accepts multiplication and division via the keyboard, but not addition and subtraction! The analytics were useful in targeting my weak points.
CONS: I found that TTP was not sufficiently comprehensive in several key areas on the GRE, specifically geometry, coordinate plane geometry, combinatorics and probability and weighted averages. I needed to supplement in these areas with other services.
Although TTP has a huge problem set, it still isn't large enough to be a one stop shop. I drilled on at least a thousand non-TTP problems from various other services, and that was completely necessary.
SUMMARY: I would highly recommend TTP as the centerpiece service for anyone seeking a truly comprehensive GRE quant course. All by itself, it will get you 90% of the way there, far more than any other service I tried, and if you follow its order and structure VERY CLOSELY, it works. If you skip around and don't do all your reviews and practice exams, it will not work. Trust me, I learned the hard way.