Does Kaplan work?

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<p>Hey.
So I got the Kaplan PSAT premier. And I was wondering if it works?
Like is the tests accurate? Does the strategies work? </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I used Kaplan to study for the LSATs 30 years ago.</p>

<p>They have a great track record.</p>

<p>I raised my 610 verbal SAT score to a 660 LSAT score, so I was happy with them.</p>

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<p>Practice test #1 was a breeze for me. It’s about 20 points optimistic. </p>

<p>Practice test #2 was at least a notch harder.</p>

<p>I haven’t taken practice test #3 yet. Nor did I take the diagnostic (someone decided to circle in all the answers even though it’s a library book.)</p>

<p>And if you get bored … ;):</p>

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<p>Okay great!</p>

<p>Thanks guys (:</p>

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<p>Don’t miss this ;):</p>

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<p>Haha. I’ll keep that in mind</p>

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<p>Wow thats a bad typo…lol</p>

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<p>The exact same sentence is found in several of Kaplan’s books, including its PRAXIS book. The error also appears in Kaplan’s 2006 PSAT book. </p>

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<p>It’s pathetic to see how Kaplan, which “invests $4.5 million annually,” never bothers to correct errors.</p>

<p>Hell, just give me $20 bucks and a 6 pack of beer, and I’ll write a test prep manual for Kaplan that’ll blow its current prep manuals out the water.</p>

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<p>Haha. Well I just finished taking the Diagnostic test and got a 196 (I was half asleep doing it).</p>

<p>It was way easy. How on earth do they spend 4.5 million on those questions?
And you should. Pay you about 20 per hour and I bet you can produce a much better test, than the test I just took</p>

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<p>^Hey, great job! Keep it up :)!</p>

<p>Dorkyelmo: This (below) is like the 20th error I found in the Kaplan PSAT book ;)</p>

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<p>Yes, and Stanley Kaplan invented the test preparation concept. There also used to be a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth happily as the rocks cooled down. Your positive experience of 30 years ago on an unrelated test is just … that. Old and irrelevant. </p>

<p>Kaplan’s books range from the mediocre to the worthless. Do not use their tests.</p>

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<p>IceQube: Pathetic. Seriously. Who writes these tests?</p>

<p>xiggi: I realize that, I got practically all of my math questions wrong. When I did it right… But thanks.</p>

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<p>Below is a summary of all the mistakes I found in Kaplan’s PSAT Premier:</p>

<ul>
<li>1 defective question (Diagnostic test, page 42, Writing section, # 10)</li>
<li>1 math misconception (page 173, under “Double Negatives” heading)</li>
<li>1 typo on practice test #3 (Writing section, page 345, #13)</li>
</ul>

<p>So watch out Dorkyelmo :D! </p>

<p>As for who writes the Kaplan tests … well … the authors’ names aren’t listed. The book is “By the Staff of Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions.”</p>

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<p>Haha I got 10 right. XD</p>

<p>But what edition is you Kaplan PSAT? Mine is 2011</p>

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<p>I have the 2010 edition.</p>

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<p>I think they changed number 10, in my book it is like this:</p>

<p>Sugar-free candy, through not “as healthy as” fruit, “are” the snack “of choice” for people “on a diet”.</p>

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<p>^Yay! :smiley: :smiley: :D.</p>

<p>What about the 3rd typo? Was that changed?</p>

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<p>Nopppe.</p>

<p>But I found a mistake.</p>

<p>On the answer sheet for the diagnostic test for number 21, they said the answer is E, But when you look at the answer and explanations. It magically turned into a D.</p>

<p>So I’m happy my grade increased a bit ^_^</p>

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<p>^Fix one mistake, create another mistake :p.</p>

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<p>We should create a whole thread posting all the mistakes found in Kaplan books. Seriously. They need it >.<</p>