<p>Hi
I recently signed up for a Kaplan prep course(due to mom's insistence). I just got the books in the mail today and as I was flipping through their books(the purple one), I realized how easy it was compared to the barron's, princeton and the blue book! For those of you who have taken a sat prep course at Kaplan, did it help you any? I'm aiming my sat score to be in the 2300+ but I'm rather worried that I won't get much out of from a Kaplan prep course, if it's going to be this easy. So, does anyone have suggestions for me? Many people have told me to study it with a good prep book, but I don't know how effective that will be either. Any advice will be greately appreciated!</p>
<p>I won a free ipod for filling an end-of-class Kaplan survey.</p>
<p>Their practice tests are harder than the real thing, so I think it prepares you well. The class itself and learning is not that great though.</p>
<p>I think it helped me some. I took their diagnostic and got 1870. My highest score was a 2110 on their practice tests.</p>
<p>I took the May SAT (first time) and got a 2230 (680 CR, 770 M, 780 WR, 11E).</p>
<p>Look in your RYSEM book for a comprehensive list of idioms. that helps for the writing section. It also has a ton of vocab.</p>
<p>Overall, the class is horrible. The tests are great prep. The resources are mostly bad (except for the idioms and vocab). Overall, not worth the money unless you can afford it like me.</p>
<p>why, how are the classes like? Are the students usually rich, unmotivated teenagers who wouldn't be in there if it weren't for their parents or something?(no offence to anyone)</p>
<p>Most of them are like that. There are of course exceptions to it. The classes seem to be catered to the lowest common denominator (excruciatingly slow pace). The tests on the other hand are not.</p>
<p>I did a kaplan course and ended up with a 2130 first time from a 1700 on my first ever practice test with them and a 2230 on my last practice test with them. Personally, I think their tricks can help you get 2000-2200 ish but if you want to get a 2300 I don't think they can help that much. I would get a barron's book.</p>
<p>what if I just took Kaplan's course and studied with other good prep books such as Barrons? Could that prep me up to score well 2300+ on my SAT?</p>
<p>sorry to come in the middle of this schoolgirl, but i really need to know...how much better is the PR course than kaplan? and is the PR course even worth the money? bc i am planning to, like schoolgirl, study on my own as well during the course</p>
<p>try getting a tuter. Kaplan did raise my grade by 200 points but i was getting low scores to begin with and am not too happy with even my raised score. The kids in the class for the most part did not know how to read english and im being serious they were having trouble readin a section from the CR so forget about understanding what youve read...there were about 5 pple in the class who were really trying. As for the kaplan books i actually studied all the vocab words i did the RYSEm and the purple book whcih i think helped more than the actual class. If your looking for a 2300 use the money to pay for a tuter and not kaplan trust me thatll help much more</p>
<p>I recently finished the Class.. Um i got always around 17, 18 on my Practices..but when i took the SAT it seemed so much easier, so i think there much harder tests.</p>
<p>hmm..kaplan...i took it last summer
first practice test: 1980 last practice test: 2140</p>
<p>first REAL SAT test: 2070
Second REAL SAT test: 2200 (after doing A LOT of practice tests on my own)</p>
<p>personally, kaplan did NADA for me except it was good practice taking those four practice tests. i pretty much just did A LOT of practice ON MY OWN. i like princeton review though...get the 11 practice test and the SAT book by PR. </p>
<p>oh, and memorize a lot of vocab.<br>
i'm goin to take it again in october</p>
<p>Kaplan is pretty good in terms of SAT preparation. I think that it's most helpful since it offers four simulated practice tests; the actual lessons aren't ground-breaking and the Kaplan strategies are really just common sense strategies. I think taking Kaplan helped me psychologically tackle the SAT.</p>
<p>If you take Kaplan, keep in mind that the practice tests are harder than the actual SAT. The highest I ever scored on a Kaplan practice test was 2200; I got a 2330 on the real SAT. The Kaplan CR sections were especially difficult!</p>
<p>^^^2330 is such a good score! Did you study a lot on your own beside taking the Kaplan course? </p>
<p>p.s: I'm planning to take the SATs in December right after taking the PSAT. Is that a good strategy or should I wait till March or May to take it? </p>
<p>I took the Kaplan course as well and I agree with what was said here.
The course itself doesn’t really “teach you” to score better, NO CLASS FROM ANY INSTITUTION CAN. Instead classes are for people who aren’t self-motivated enough to just buy the book and force themselves to study 3 hours a day. </p>
<p>I on the other hand was one of the non-self-motivated people and took the class. If anything just doing the practice tests helps you improve your score over time. </p>
<p>After scoring 1850-1990 on all my practice tests taken @ the Test Center I ended up getting a 2040 on the REAL SAT (Actually I’m really peeved about that since I only missed 1 question on all the math sections and was bumped down from an 800 to a 750 due to the curve…way to lose 50 points over 1 question)</p>
<p>I never touched the Purple book of practice SAT’s Kaplan gave me, so now 2 weeks before Im going to take the SAT again I’m starting to take those practices tests.
Got a 2060 on my first one, 2160 on my second one, and a 2100 on my third one. Even though my scores really vary I can tell that I’m actually learning from the questions I get wrong (explanation of how to solve each question in the back is amazing).</p>
<p>I’m expecting to get 2100 on the real SAT in 2 weeks. </p>
<p>If you had asked me after I took the class if it was worth it, I’d say no way. But ask me now, and I have to say that Kaplan is actually really good, it’s just most people don’t put the time into studying and expect the class to magically make them better.</p>