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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:39 pm    Post subject: Question About Kaplan 2008 Comprehensive Program Book Reply with quote

So I've just started my studies for the GMAT and I'm using the Kaplan Comprehensive Program book (2008 ed). I actually studied about 6 months ago and used PR, which seemed a little easy, so I thought I'd give Kaplan a try. I'm trying to gauge how I'm doing so far based on the number of questions I'm getting right in each section. For the CR section I got 40 of the 50 questions right. I'm assuming that's pretty good, as a lot of my mistakes I understood. For most of them I was torn between two answers, one wrong and the other being the right one. If I do this well in all the sections, what score range do you think I could possibly be in? Also, how difficult do you think this book is overall? Any kind of help is welcome and appreciated. Thanks.
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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 1:16 am    Post subject: Re: Question About Kaplan 2008 Comprehensive Program Book Reply with quote

dubc1982 wrote:
So I've just started my studies for the GMAT and I'm using the Kaplan Comprehensive Program book (2008 ed). I actually studied about 6 months ago and used PR, which seemed a little easy, so I thought I'd give Kaplan a try. I'm trying to gauge how I'm doing so far based on the number of questions I'm getting right in each section. For the CR section I got 40 of the 50 questions right. I'm assuming that's pretty good, as a lot of my mistakes I understood. For most of them I was torn between two answers, one wrong and the other being the right one. If I do this well in all the sections, what score range do you think I could possibly be in? Also, how difficult do you think this book is overall? Any kind of help is welcome and appreciated. Thanks.


Well, I dont know about this Kaplan book in particular, but Kaplan is supposed to have the toughest questions. A 80% accuracy rate is pretty good for someone who has just started studying but there is no way anyone can tell you what your scores in the actual GMAT will be with a 80% accuracy across all sections. GMAT scores does not solely depend on the number of questions you get right but also on the type of questions, their difficulty level and at what stage of the exam you made mistakes. If you keep improving from here, which is bound to happen with focused studies, you should expect to get a very decent score in GMAT.

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PS:- We have an expert from Kaplan on the site (Stuart Kovinsky), you can have a word with him if you want to know more about how this particular book relates to the actual GMAT.
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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That would be great, thanks. The last time I studied (last July-October) I used PR and the OG guide. I felt I had a tougher time then, but I guess since that was the first time I studied for the GMAT, its expected. Just starting out this time I felt like I actually knew how to approach/answer questions and was able to easily determine correct answers.
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