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sumanr84: Legendary Member; Posts: 758; Joined: Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:32 pmFollowed by: 2 members; Location: Bangalore,India; Thanked: 67 times

by sumanr84 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:22 am

Hi All,

I purchased Kaplan's GMAT Premier Live Online, 2010 Edition book. Along with the book comes the online access to kaplan gmat resources and practice tests. I want to know whether these are the only tests that Kaplan offers or there are other practice tests as well.

Why I am asking this question is because I have seen in past , in general, that Kaplan scores have been poor for all students. However, when I took test online on Kaplan site I found Quantitative very easy ( little easier than GMATPrep) and Verbal is comparable.

Please let me know if there are other tests that Kaplan company is running.

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by vivek1110 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:28 am

I have an older version of the kaplan book, which comes with a CD. Those tests are DIFFICULT! If you get a 620 in those, you're pretty much set for a 750 on the real exam.

However, when I took test online on Kaplan site I found Quantitative very easy ( little easier than GMATPrep) and Verbal is comparable.

They must have changed the exam structure after all the issues with the scoring structure.

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by sumanr84 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:19 am

Thanks Vivek..This was what exactly I was looking for.

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by Dan@VinciaPrep » Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:31 am

vivek1110 wrote:I have an older version of the kaplan book, which comes with a CD. Those tests are DIFFICULT! If you get a 620 in those, you're pretty much set for a 750 on the real exam.

However, when I took test online on Kaplan site I found Quantitative very easy ( little easier than GMATPrep) and Verbal is comparable.
They must have changed the exam structure after all the issues with the scoring structure.

While most people do tend to get lower scores on the Kaplan tests, it's probably a better idea to use the GMATPrep tests to give you an idea of where your score stands.

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by sumanr84 » Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:31 am

dan,
A good suggestion indeed, but I have exhausted GMATPrep and getting inflated scores. Last time I gave GMATPrep2 I got 770 that is more than I can even imagine. I know my prep level stands somewhere b/w 670-710. Even I scored in the same range in MGMAT. So, I just thought of giving Kaplan but it seems Quant is too easy here, however, verbal is not so easy.

I have my test in 2-3 weeks. any other suggestion that you would like to give me. ?

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by Dan@VinciaPrep » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:20 am

sumanr84 wrote:dan,

I have my test in 2-3 weeks. any other suggestion that you would like to give me. ?

Have you used the Powerprep software? It's a bit older, and some of the questions overlap with OG, but still good questions. If you don't see any questions that you already new it's a pretty good indicator of your score as well

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