Any retakers take advantage of Kaplan's higher score guarantee?

[oopnoyoo]

Do you think it helped at all? It looks like I'm going to have to retake the test.

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[hasha]

I took advantage of the Kaplan higher score guarantee. The first time I took the Kaplan class I didnt really do much of the work and I didn't preview or review any material before or after the class. I didn't really do much of the work on the web either. The second time I took it, I did nearly every possible subject test and topical test that Kaplan offered. I also took nearly every AAMC practice exam availabe as well as a few Kaplan practice exams. The class itself, I only attended for the sections I knew I needed help in. The only reason I took advantage of the higher score guarantee was so I could have access to all the online material which i think is very helpful if you actually do the work and then review it to understand what kind of mistakes you are making. I was able to jump from a 26 to a 34 in just 4 months so it was definitely helpful for me. I say take advantage of it.

 

[McGillGrad]

Unfortunately, I did not get to sit for the August exam due to last minute scheduling problems. After 3 months of Kaplan! But I will be taking the next one for free and following exactly what hasha did. It makes a huge difference!

 

[oopnoyoo]

I am pretty much in line with hasha; all I did was the bare minimum in order to still qualify for the higher score guarantee. You are right, they have a lot of good resources which will come in handy (plus the price is right). This time around I will be sure to utilize every bit of material they have. However, I probably won't go to many of the classes unless the teacher is good.

 

[McGillGrad]

It is funny how many of the teachers were students the exam before. Probably explains their lack of expertise

 

[oopnoyoo]

Yeah, they should have a better screening/interviewing process or something. For instance, I can get A's in various classes but for some reason if I try to explain the material to someone else it sometimes sounds as if I should have gotten a C. Some things just make sense only in my head; I understand things the way I see them.

 

[hasha]

Yeah, they should have a better screening/interviewing process or something. For instance, I can get A's in various classes but for some reason if I try to explain the material to someone else it sometimes sounds as if I should have gotten a C. Some things just make sense only in my head; I understand things the way I see them.

I have the same problem

 

[thesmartazz]

I have the same problem

I totally agree. My Kaplan instructor sucked. And I mean big time. He didn't know the difference between kinetic and potential energy. He didn't know what a capacitor was. He once indicated that silver chloride dissociated into "Na+2" and Cl-; he was a chem major in college.

Even when we complained about him, not much was done. I ended up switching sections, forcing me to change my work schedule and to skip dinners twice a week. But it was better than listening to a completely clueless person reading incorrectly from the Kaplan teaching materials.

(He literally read straight from the book one time: "Remind students that...." You're supposed to skip that part, you schmoo.)

I wanted my money back after taking the course. I could have studied better by myself.