Just happened to finish Kaplan CAT-1 and scored a 590 (50/29), quant was as usual Child's play, but my verbal score was again wandering in deep valleys though i know i have improved a lot since past 1 month. What amazed me was the pattern of verbal section especially RC. There were 4 of them, all 70-75 longs involving 3-4 questions each. In those, 2 were of such complexity that i ended up messing up the relevant questions. SC was good and CR also was not that tough. One more thing which struck me is the order of questions in verbal. Out of first 15 in verbal 10 were CR, 3 RC and only 2 SC's
I wonder whether i should really fret about this score or should i blame the test all alone? 
Its a fact that Kaplan is a bit stingy with your scores and their verbal is really torturous. I took an onsite test drive with kaplan in their facility (basically the same thing at their place) and had the same experience. I got 4 quests wron in quant but the verbal was brutal. RC with 80 to 90 lines and CRs that were so complicated that there was a time when i felt fed up.
But instead of blaming the test, take it as a worthwhile experience. You now know how to handle a tough test. Keep practicing and forget about the score when it comes to CATs by test prep companies.
Good luck.
















