sentra,
My crib was not so much about Kaplan material as it was about their tests. You will see differing opinions about how effective a 'much harder' test is, in preparing you for the real GMAT. The problem is, their tests (and whatever scoring they do on the results) are hard - especially verbal, and the results are so far off from the real thing that it can confuse your preparation. For e.g. if you got 41 is verbal in GMATPrep but 23 in Kaplan, would you consider yourself good or bad in verbal? where would you put your efforts to improve?
The books themselves are good practice (I don't know about their formal classes, I only used the usual books available in stores), but the tests did not help my planning at all.
Don't let my single opinion discourage you, get a broader opinion, read elsewhere in this site. If their course is going to help you strengthen your fundamentals, by all means go for it. But your best bet for your real readiness for GMAT will come from your scores in GMATPrep.
Nsentra wrote:
gmatornot wrote:
:woohoo :m16
Congratulations necromonger ! This is a fantastic performance ... I hope you still hang around in the forums.
All the best for your apps !
Awesome score! Why did you dislike Kaplan so much? If it's so much harder, wouldn't it prepare you more for the real thing? Right now I take Kaplan classes and use their prep material. Sounds like I should try GMATPrep too. Are Kaplans questions too far from real thing? Please advise, thx.