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Kaplan Tests..

by sriram » Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:21 pm
I will be taking GMAT again and right now I have exhausted all my GMATPrep and PR tests..

Just wanted to know how good are the Kaplan tests? Is it better to go for the old PowerPrep tests instead?

I took a test from Kaplan yesterday and got a 540. How much variation can I expect between the Kaplan and actual the GMAT score?

I also wanted to know about the new 800score.com tests. I have heard from people that they are too easy..Is it worth taking these tests?
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Re: Kaplan Tests..

by beatthegmat » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:37 pm
sriram wrote:I will be taking GMAT again and right now I have exhausted all my GMATPrep and PR tests..

Just wanted to know how good are the Kaplan tests? Is it better to go for the old PowerPrep tests instead?

I took a test from Kaplan yesterday and got a 540. How much variation can I expect between the Kaplan and actual the GMAT score?

I also wanted to know about the new 800score.com tests. I have heard from people that they are too easy..Is it worth taking these tests?
I think that the Kaplan tests are good practice, but take the test scores with a grain of salt--Kaplan is somewhat infamous for skewing down scores significantly. PowerPrep might be valuable practice as well, but there's a good chance you'll see overlapping questions with OG 10 and 11.

I would avoid 800score tests. I haven't heard good things about their questions...

My advice would be to continue doing the Kaplan tests, but just be aware that the scores aren't that accurate. Also, you might want to take another GMATPrep at the very end of your prep to see how much you've progressed.
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by cleanbold058 » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:34 am
Use the Kaplan tests only for practice and don't bother about the score. If you really want more practice then you can look at the MGMAT test as well.
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by sriram » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:08 am
I havent registered for the MGMAT tests...

What is the variation between the kaplan and the actual GMAT score...If i am getting 540 now..Then how much does it convert to in GMAT?

I will be taking the second test of Kaplan tomorrow...so will update this thread with my latest score..
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by cleanbold058 » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:55 pm
I don't know the exact variaton between Kaplan and GMAT but i do know that most students ( even the ones that scored 700+ on the actual exam) tend to get low scores.
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by beatthegmat » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:12 pm
Just to reiterate clearbold's statement--there really isn't a set rule to determining "variation."

Anecdotally, my lowest Kaplan score was a 590 and I ended up with a 700+ on the real exam...
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