Kaplan: good or bad???

<p>Here's the problem:</p>

<p>Wherever I look, whoever I ask it is always "Kaplan doesn't worth the effort and time."
"If you get some 700 points on Kaplan you are actually getting 500 on the real SAT test."</p>

<p>Now, would you be so kind to clear this for me: is the problem in the scoring of Kaplan's tests or is it in the tests, in the material that they provide?</p>

<p>I've been working with Kaplan for several weeks and my date is approaching fast. So I need to know: Am I wasting my time with it?</p>

<p>I don’t know how good or bad Kaplan prep. books are for the SAT. But I know that for TOEFL Kaplan book is awful.</p>

<p>Well, you should probably move to the Official SAT Study Guide if you haven’t already. That statement about Kaplan is grossly exaggerated though. I have taken a Kaplan SAT prep course, and while it didn’t majorly help me in increasing my score to the 2300+ range the practice still helped. I would say subtract 50 points from your score since it is the grading that is inaccurate in Kaplan’s tests.</p>

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I don’t care what course you’ve taken. I’ve only said that


TOEFL Kaplan book

is awful</p>

<p>Sorry, I was referring to the earlier statement about Kaplan. </p>

<p>“If you get some 700 points on Kaplan you are actually getting 500 on the real SAT test.”</p>

<p>Ok. Excuse me then.</p>

<p>Well, then.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>I took a Kaplan SAT class and I felt that their in class instruction wasn’t that helpful. However, I found their practice test to be harder so when I took the SAT my overall score was about 300 points higher than my highest Kaplan practice test score. Would I recommend their classes? No, you can easily take hard practice test without taking a class.</p>

<p>I did the 36-hour private tutoring with them and went from a 1650 to a 2190 over about 2 months.</p>

<p>i did a little of a kaplan test, it seemed a bit too easy</p>

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<p>I don’t think any prep book can help you.</p>