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As my title states, I wish I utilized TTP’s GRE course sooner. My goal with the GRE was to achieve a score that would make me competive for top MBA programs. I planned to score in the 90th percentile or higher or verbal and quant. I spent months and an excessive amount of time preparing with numerous GRE prep books (manhattan 5 lb, Kaplan, ETS quant, and powerscore), but I could not attain a quant score any higher than the lower end of the 160s.
Luckily, Scott reached out to me about TTP on reddit. Personally, I am a very stubborn individual in terms of seeking help. But, I found that TTP offers a $1 trial of their service, so I figured it would not hurt to spend the dollar to see if I was missing anything with my preparation. Within the first few lessons of the service, I immediately found that I had many gaps in my quant knowledge and that TTP would help me round out my quant skills by providing me ample problems on specific topics so that I could perfect every GRE problem type. So, I bought the service, completed the full course, and reviewed for weeks with it before my exam. I met my goal of 167 in quant as a result!
TTP provides thorough lessons to explain all math material pertaining to the GRE, followed by several sets of practice questions to apply the newly learned skills from the lessons. The class taught me so many useful short-cuts to problems that once took me 3-4 min to complete. The best features of TTP are the timer on problems that can be used to set a pace to simulate the GRE setting and the review feature which allows users to review material from a pool of thousands of questions. Highly recommend!
As a result of the COVID-19 situation and the disastrous GMAT virtual whiteboard, I took the GRE instead of the GMAT, which I had been using TTP to prep for for 4+ months. With no additional GRE studying, I was able to get a 170 on GRE Quant in my at-home test. I completed TTP start to finish for GMAT. I learned so much and could not recommend the course highly enough. The TTP team is also incredibly responsive -- every time I asked a question, even on a Sunday afternoon, I got a response in minutes. I did every single practice problem and don't regret it!
I enjoyed the structure and detailed videos and practice problems. The program is built for spaced repetition and the software sets you up for success. This program helped me get over the hump to a 167Q. It is more detailed than any other program on the market. If you take your time and go through the lessons and tests, you will achieve a high level of mastery with the material. The course also introduces many new shortcuts and gives you tons of practice questions that help you put what you learned into use. It is a comprehensive program, built to take you into the 160s. Give it a shot, it worked for me.
Hi! I am a Chemistry student, and I was looking for a Ph.D. in the USA. First time I took a test after the2 month preparation on Magoosh in August 2019. I was not very happy with my scores (153 in quant), and it appeared to me that the real test differs from what I was getting ready for. The decision to retake the GRE seemed after I got positive feedback from the professor of the program I wanted to become a Ph.D. student. After our talk, he asked me what my previous score in GRE quant are and suggested me to retake the test to enhance my chance to get the Ph.D. position in his group. I started my preparation in late October.
After my experience with Magoosh, I felt like I still remember all the tasks there, so it was a low chance to make my scores better there. So I was looking for another site that is focused on the quant only and could prove my scores in a short period. For now, it was not a free summertime when I could entirely spend on GRE like it was before my first GRE. I was very busy with my studies doing my Masters. Target Test Prep is the best preparation for the GRE ever, which helped me to understand all my gaps in the quant section. I was not to spend all my hours there. I did not finish a few chapters there. But I was so sophisticated to work on tests there. All lecture sections are made very smart; all chapters are made with examples which then you probably will meet in your real test. By the way, the team responds very quickly. It is the best online tutoring for GRE for sure!
I highly recommend target test prep if you are looking for thorough training on the quant section of the GRE. They were recommended to me by two separate friends who knew I wanted a course that would teach me each concept as in-depth as possible. Target test prep not only breaks down each concept in a way makes things easy to understand, but they also have a chat feature that enables you to chat live with one of their experts. Their team was super helpful. I have studied with them intermittently over the past year but studied most consistently during the few months leading up to the exam. I cannot recommend Target Test Prep enough! Without using any other quant prep courses I was able to improve my quant score by 10 points!
If you have the time to follow the Target Prep Quant course, you will definitely, substantially improve your Quant score! Their target oriented, modular, methodology is just perfect for any kind of test takers. It helped me a lot! It's also worth highlighting that in my case, despite a lack of time next to the test scheduled date, with which I wasn't able to fully follow their study plan for the last modules, I was able to perform as I needed. Just be aware that it will take a significant amount of your time, so get prepared for it in advance.
I was lucky to work with Jeff Miller in private tutoring sessions. We worked together over the course of just one month (seriously!) to increase my GRE quant score several points (to a 162). Jeff was excellent... he methodically addressed my weak areas and built up my confidence. On my own time, I did TTP chapter quizzes (very helpful and organized by content area). To be honest, I first found TTP a bit overwhelming, but I would recommend it to others... you can test yourself on the chapter quizzes and see how you do. For me, the quizzes unlocked areas I didn't even realize I needed more attention. And teaming up with Jeff was key to my score increase. Good luck! And many thanks to Jeff and Scott!
I tried every other GRE prep website/source and NONE compared to Target Test Prep. By far the most comprehensive and well thought out material to improve your quant score. If you stick with their program your score will improve dramatically. Beyond going through a very thorough breakdown of every type of problem you will encounter the program provides a massive amount of practice problems to help solidify the lessons learned while studying. You will finish this program and intuitively be able to recognize any type of problem the GRE throws at you and have an understanding of what tricks or methods you can use to solve it and beat the test.
I decided to take the GRE after scoring a 710 on the GMAT (42V, 45Q) and wanting to improve my showing quantitatively. After using TTP (GMAT) and seeing a 6-point score increase on the GMAT quant section (39 to 45) in just 3 weeks, when I started studying for the GRE I came straight to TTP (GRE). TTP is great--it's comprehensive, data-driven, and really user-friendly. As someone who hasn't done much in the way of math since high school, I really appreciated and benefited from the foundational approach TTP takes to all the subject areas. It's really systematic, and after going through all the chapters I felt like I really understood the mechanics behind solving different problems rather than just tricks, as I experienced with other test prep courses. It worked really well for me as someone whose verbal was already strong, so I highly recommend it to anyone looking to focus solely on quant!
Before signing up with Target Test Prep, I had taken the GRE twice, and gotten the same quant score both times. I felt so frustrated, because I had used a different GRE prep service and didn't feel like it was making any difference. I decided to give the GRE one last try, but this time I signed up for the Target Test Prep GRE course.
Their course was INCREDIBLE. The subject matter is broken up into sections, like Linear Equations and Roots and Exponents. Each section is incredibly comprehensive, containing lessons on just about every aspect of the topic you could possibly think of--and even those you couldn't. They don't just teach you the material; they also teach you traps to watch out for and approaches to solving the problem, which is what you really need to do well on the test. You know how some of those GRE questions seem impossible, like you just can't figure out what they're asking for? Target Test Prep helps you understand the logic behind the GRE questions, identify the important information you'll need to work towards the answer, and, ultimately, properly solve the problem. What's more, they really teach you the material without making it feel painful. Worked into the lessons are examples for you to solve, so you can actually engage with the material. At the end of each example is both a written explanation of the answer, AND a video explanation that allows you to actually see someone solve the problem (this is great for those who learn by actually seeing an example done rather than just reading about it). Both the material and the explanations are so clear; their lessons made concepts that I struggled with seem simple. They let you know what to take down in your notes for every lesson, so that reviewing later on is a breeze. It feels like personalized instruction, without the price of a private tutor or in-person class. They also let you track your progress in the course, so you feel motivated to keep going.
At the outset of the course, they prompt you to set your target score range. At the end of each section, they give you sets of realistic problems pertaining to that chapter for you to solve on a timer, so you can get a thorough training in solving such problems come test day. They use your target score range to tell you what percentage of easy, medium, and/or hard questions you would need to get right on these problem sets to achieve a score within your ideal range. Later, you can see which areas you performed poorly in on the problem sets, and practice questions within those weak areas. Well, long story short, after using the Target Test Prep course, I did retake my GRE a third time--and my quant score shot up six points, right into the target range I had set when I started with TTP.
One final thing. In addition to their sections on the actual material, they also have a Strategy section which was SO helpful. They give you extensive, in-depth tips for managing your time and your anxiety on the test, and even give recommendations for what to do the week before and the day of the test. It is so encouraging, and actually feels like you have a mentor sitting there by your side and cheering you on. You go into the exam feeling not only prepared for the questions they may throw at you, but also feeling calm. I really appreciated this course and cannot recommend it enough!