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Old 07-22-2012, 12:56 PM   #1
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Barron's or Kaplan's Critical Reading workbook?

I currently have Barron's Critical Reading workbook and one of my friends just gave me Kaplan's Critical Reading workbook. I am thinking about using 1 and then selling the other. Which one is better to use? I plan on mainly using CB materials but I'll probably look at one of these books for extra practice. My CR score is in the low 600s.
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Old 07-22-2012, 11:25 PM   #2
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Barrons is my preference
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Old 07-24-2012, 08:38 PM   #3
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bump I need more opinions.
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Old 07-24-2012, 09:44 PM   #4
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How about you do both but not write in any of the books, then sell both?
They're both great books.

Barron's for tons of OK-practice. Kaplan for better but less practice.
I used Barron's first (took FOREVER), then Kaplan. By the end of both I missed about 2 per section. Then I used bluebook now I'm missing 0-1 avg p/section.
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