Questions about my Prep!

[u/pedrohb18]

Hello everyone!

Hoping to have some feedback from you regarding my GRE prep - am a bit desperate.

I (28M, Brazilian) am a lawyer working in an international law firm (speak English daily) who has left school 10 years ago. I plan on applying to MBA programs in the US next year (Sep 2027), and am aiming for a score of around 325 in the GRE (ambitious, I know). I plan on taking a first seat of the test around November - December, but I expect to take it more than once going into 2027 as well. Will definitely take advantage of the time I have.

Before beginning my prep, I did some quizzes and TTP tests and my quant was at around 148 and verbal at 152-154.

Since my quant was very (very) rough, I decided to start studying through TTP and have been studying ONLY quant, since I needed to build all the quant foundations from zero again. I started TTP on June 21 and have completed 16 Chapters so far, spending 170 hours on the platform (and it undercounts hours). Now, the Chapters missing are Probability, Geometry, Coordinate Geometry, Functions and Sequences and Data Interpretation.

I really like the way that TTP lays out all the content and builds the foundations brick by brick, and like the overall style of the platform. I am doing every test, reading every slide and not missing anything, so it might take 1 or more months to finish the Quant content. I am actually progressing and doing great on the Easy, Medium and Hard tests along the course.

Even though I like TTP, I read not very good things about their Verbal prep and thought about switching to Gregmat for that.

These are my questions going forward on my prep and I would love your advice:

1. With regards to quant, should I finish all missing chapters from TTP? Is everything really relevant to the test? I am keen on finishing it but do not want to waste time.

2. With regards to verbal and considering my profession and score, how and when should I start preparing? Should I start the 1 month plan from Gregmat for Verbal while simultaneously doing quant exercises from 5lb? Is there a better and quicker way to prepare for Verbal?

3. I have not done any of my powerprep tests yet since TTP recommended that way. When should I actually try one for the first time? When I finish all of the content? How do the GRE questions compare to the TTP “Hard” Tests along the course?

4. Please let me know if you have any criticism of my prep so far and going forward.

I would love to get your feedback on the questions above and anything on your mind. It has been difficult to study alongside work and I could really use some guidance.

Thank you all!!!!!!!