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17 Sep 2007, 21:44
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Hi All -
Does anyone have any thoughts on Kaplan's 9-week prep class? This course caught my eye because of their Ultimate Practice Test opportunity. It offers their students to take the GMAT in the actual location of the real test.
Does anyone like Princeton or Manhattan's prep classes better?
Thanks so much.
Does anyone have any thoughts on Kaplan's 9-week prep class? This course caught my eye because of their Ultimate Practice Test opportunity. It offers their students to take the GMAT in the actual location of the real test.
Does anyone like Princeton or Manhattan's prep classes better?
Thanks so much.
17 Sep 2007, 22:41
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Here are my thoughts on the test prep companies:
I did my prep with Veritas and I HATED my experience, my instructor sucked ass, and half of the practice problems came from the official guide. i learned a lot about veritas (i.e. they don't ever meet their instructors -- they get interviewed over the phone... they don't train them either, they just send them a video)
Veritas did offer a lot of class time, so if you have a seasoned instructor it is probably a very positive experience. Veritas offers a lot of CATs but, they suck. They have their own private label CATs which are horrible. 800score cats are marginally better. The ARCO CD was the best set of CATs I have used, but you can buy that separately from ARCO.
Veritas, like MGMAT is targeted at those who are already scoring 600-650 range and need help breaking through the 700 barrier.
MGMAT has the best prep books IMHO, so I would imagine that their courses are excellent as well.
I think that the Ultimate Practice Test is a really cool idea and probably one of Kaplans biggest selling points. I just got a job teaching for Kaplan, and I think it depends on what your goal is. I think Kaplan is targeted at those who are scoring <600 who are striving for mid 600's. They are trying to target Veritas and MGMAT market and get those who score on the higher end. They recently started advanced classes for those who have scored 600+ on a prior GMAT exam. I don't know anything about this as I am too new to teach this class... so who knows ???
Kaplan's CATs for students are different from the crap on the CD. The inclass scores are more accurate. I have NO IDEA why they put such crap out ton that CD. I am not a fan of Kaplan RC and CR (but I am not a fan of anyone's RC and CR except the OFFICIAL GUIDE!!! nobody comes close to OG!!!)
Princeton Review - IMHO, I used basically every book on the market to prep and PR's book seemed really simple, so that reflects badly IMHO.
Overall I think all the companies offer the same online bells and whistles (extra problems, lectures on demand, email help for homework). every company is going to give you tons of problems, review of important concepts and plenty of practice tests. every company is going to have some thinly veiled 'strategies' which are basically copy cats off every other companies' 'strategies'. Kaplan, PR, and MGMAT have an advantage over Veritas - they all design their own questions. Veritas buys old questions from ETS. IMHO, this is not cool. Anyone who is trying to get a 700+ on the GMAT is surely going to buy the OGs and work through them.
The deciding factor should be whether you are disclipined enough to study on your own or not. ***EVERY COMPANY*** is essentially teaching you out of the books they sell you in the store... so if you aren't disciplined, then consider a prep course. Also, my personal opinion is to stay away from the online only type courses. You are spending alot of $$$ and you aren't even getting interaction with someone who can help you.
Finally, I think what really makes or breaks a class is the instructor. Be smart about it and sit in on a class b4 you sign up with a company... I know Kaplan lets uyo do it, and I am sure MGMAT and PR lets you do it too. make your decision based on the class. if you like the instructor sign up for a class and make sure the instructor you like is the one teaching it!!!!
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