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So I know that Kaplan really gives unreasonable estimates of one's actual score. I assume the Official practice is markedy better. I took the official GMAT software practice before either Kaplan Practice and got a 660. This was just a test to see where I stood before any significant preparation. Now I've taken two Kaplan practices and gotten 570 and 550 on the 2007 premier software, after a lot of practice work. What kind of range can I expect based on this?

What are the major shortcomings of Kaplan Premier? I'm wondering bc I consider myself rather good at Verbal (740 SAT Verbal and 800 Writing SAT II) and I consistently get knocked for extremely difficult sentence correction in Kaplan. I do surprisingly well in Data Sufficiency though.

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After a lot of practice, I took three KAPLAN exams of Premier edition CD. The scores are very disappointing(560, 550, 560). I could handle the Math portion well. But the Verbal section...I wonder what kind of english is used in the questions. The RC passages in the test really suck. I wonder if it is possible to deal such passages in short amount of time.

Is something wrong with KAPLAN exams? What are other options of practice for me? What test packages are recommended and worth buying?
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After a lot of practice, I took three KAPLAN exams of Premier edition CD. The scores are very disappointing(560, 550, 560). I could handle the Math portion well. But the Verbal section...I wonder what kind of english is used in the questions. The RC passages in the test really suck. I wonder if it is possible to deal such passages in short amount of time.

Is something wrong with KAPLAN exams? What are other options of practice for me? What test packages are recommended and worth buying?
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Have u ever tried the Manhattan online practice tests? :)...

They are harder than real GMAT yet interesting practice tests :) Once u buy one book of the Manhattan GMAT Books, u have an access to them :)
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Well I took another official practice and got a 720. It appears Im all over the map.
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730 this time. Think I'm ready?

Do people find significant differentials on real test day? Just wondering.
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If you've seen many repeated questions in the GMATPrep, you might score a little lower. And there is no point in trying the GMATPrep again.
But your score will be close to the GMATPrep score.
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This was the 2nd official prep test, the first time I took it, last night.

The first one I've taken twice. 660 about 2 months ago then 720 two weeks ago.
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**** I just the real one and got a 660. Screwed up majorly on my time management in math... Dont know whether or not to retest in a month...
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660 is not bad. Compare it with the school average from past years. if it is in the upper 80% range for your target school, you just should proceed to application.
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660 is not bad. Compare it with the school average from past years. if it is in the upper 80% range for your target school, you just should proceed to application.
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Yeah... I was looking at Harvard, Columbia, Wharton... Gonna have to retake. The only schools in the top 15 where a 660 might get me in are Cornell and UVa.
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660 for Harvard and Wharton alike is not a safe bet.
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Yeah, I mean I knew that, hence having to retake.

I'm just frustrated cause I'd been practicing 60-70 pts higher. I don't know if it was test anxiety so much as slightly more difficult math on the real thing and poor time management...
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Yeah, I mean I knew that, hence having to retake.

I'm just frustrated cause I'd been practicing 60-70 pts higher. I don't know if it was test anxiety so much as slightly more difficult math on the real thing and poor time management...
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Test anxiety probably. But maybe repeated questions gave you a higher delusive score. This happened to me as well. The 2nd time around you'll be less anxious about the test. Try to find fresh questions rather than do repeated ones in GMATPrep again. The repetition does not help much.
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I gotcha, but the 2nd OG exam I took completely fresh. I took 2 kaplans, I took the first OG twice, but the 2nd OG one time only. That's when I thought I was money. Had to have been a bit of anxiety/the actual test is still a bit more difficult.
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