Test date approaching - Kaplan 800 or not?

Question

Hello fellow testers

Im taking the G in about 10 days, is this book ok?

Tarmac · Answer

There aren't all that many questions in the Kaplan 800 book, it will probably take you only 2 days to go through them all. If you are sure you have the basics down then it's not a bad book, otherwise the hardest questions in the OG are similar to Kaplan 800 level, especially in Quantitative. Make sure you understand the hardest questions in OG first.

I didn't think Kaplan 800 was that great, but one plus is that it does not try to teach you any "tricks", it can't hurt, I suppose.

emoryhopeful · Answer

I liked the Kaplan 800 book. If you are methodical in going through that book, I think it will help you improve your score. You should read every line in the book, don't just go to the questions and answer them. Then, you should check your answers, figure out what you did wrong before you look at any explanations, then see how your ideas compare with the Kaplan explanations. I think this approach will help you get the 700+ you desire. Good luck.

Crow · Answer

Thanks guys, Im almost finished with Kaplan 800, and i find the math not so hard, Gmatprep math was way harder for me, atleast those number properties questions. CR was a bit far fetched, but RC and SC were a breaze. Although i thought SC was the strongest section for me, gmatprep proved me wrong, since 9 out of 11 wrong were SC

I guess my main concern is math now, since i dont know where to find questions representative of the real gmat in quant. Two main areas im weak are probability and number properties. I guess a good way to find those questions is by taking the Gmatprep more times, until i see all the questions there.. Uh, test day approaching, jittery

emoryhopeful · Answer

Honestly, you shouldn't stress over probability. If you know the basics, and can do easy problems, you really won't have much trouble. If you don't know the most difficult problems, just skip them. You won't see more than 2 on the test. I saw only 2 prob/comb problems on the test, I guessed, then moved on. No big deal.

Crow · Answer

Sure hope u are right, but i gues it all depends on ur luck, i see some ppl getting no prob. qs, and some many.. Kaplan 800 PS was easy, but i did get some lip from DS

Anyway, it would be good if the real deal was like Kaplan 800, but unfortunately even gmatprep is harder.. Any advice on OG 10, is it worth doing it if im comfortable with OG 11? Are the questions there harder or same as in OG 11? One more thing, is there any order of difficulty of the 1000s? Are the last ones the hardest, or are they mixed etc?

Crow · Answer

Well, a disapointing Gmatprep 2, 690, Q44, V41. Quant mistakes were mostly because of rushing, i was maybe 7 mins ahead of time, verbal the same, 6 mins to spare... so after Kaplan, my score deteriorated :-D

. Kidding, it was mostly due to my mistakes, eg. i didnt see that Paul and Barbara had a third buddy etc... In verbal mostly CR.. Test is in 3 days, any advice on how to boost it over 700?

jhgmat · Answer

Work hard on all the questions that you did wrong in the past? You need understand why you did it wrong and find their similarity. On the last day, review the whole concept comprehensively. Don't work on hard questions any more in order to boost your confidence!

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