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by tahitiboy » Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:22 am
hi there,

I've recently enrolled in the Kaplan Online premium.
I did the diagnostic test and scored 590.
Cat 2: 580
Cat 3: 610
I sat the real Gmat exam before I enrolled with Kaplan and scored 520. However, I read in the forums that Kaplan Cat are harder than other available Cat tests. Has Kaplan reduced the difficulty of their Cat questions?

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by DanaJ » Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:34 am
Kaplan tests are not necessarily harder, they're just designed ever so slightly different from GMATprep tests. I'll give you an example: Kaplan quant tends to focus more on straightforward math, with equations and stuff like that, while GMATprep problems go for more word problems. If you're a recent college grad, then Kaplan math might seem more accessible to you because you've recently had practice with it. I know that was the case for me - I even scored an 800 on a Kaplan practice test!

I'd say that Kaplan tests are appealing to some types of students but not so much for others. You just happen to fall in the former category.
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