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i absolutely agree with u about the blinking scrollbar..
i was just taking a practice RC test that comes with the CD
and i couldnt even concentrate on the passage because the blinking bugged the HECK outta me!


anyhoo, from what i have been reading in the forum, KAPLAN test scoring is always 100 pts less than normal.. so be happy..

am glad somebody else found the blinking annoying too
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If you take my opnion, KAPLAN tests are crap. I tried one and got 560. Next day on GMATPrep I got 730. Even in the maths they trick you on the wording rather than tricking on concepts. RCs are like you are reading some alien language. SCs are good. There are much better materials available than KAPLAN.

On top of that their scoring alogorithm is too good. After 8 wrong on GMATPrep I got 50 in quant and after just 6 wrong on KAPLAN I got a 44 in quant.

Just after finishing the test I gave the CD to my two and half year old son and in just few seconds he did what the CD deserved.
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I totally agree that the Kaplan tests are a load of cr*p. It's not just that they return scores that are very low, that would be easy for anyone to adapt to.

The real problem is that their questions are not reflective of what's really on the GMAT. For example, it's important to work on timing, because given enough time, a whole lot of people could score 700+ or 750+. But Kaplan throws out questions so different that th actual test that it's not at all helpful when preparing for timing.

IGNORE the result to got from Kaplan. I've seen countless stories of people that received 550-600 on Kaplan and turned in 700+ on test day. In fact that seems to be the rule rather than the exception.
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Kaplan tests are a load of cr*p


Thats all you need to know!!

Don't worry ... you'll be fine.
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Save the bullet and keep the finger so you can give it someone else in the time of need ;)

Kaplan sucks, period. My maximum frustration came from doing Kaplan tests. So chill!
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