How Much Does Kaplan Help??

[IdahoDoc]

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has any one taken one on one sessions from kaplan? How does it compair to going through the books on your own. Do you think you did better because of Kaplan?

 

[samirmerch]

I took the kaplan course and I think that the course itself is completely pointless (I sat in class and studied independently while the instructor rambled on and on about basic concepts). However, the subject tests are a very good study tool to have. I think that studying independently and practicing the concepts with the kaplan subject tests is the best route to go.

SM

 

[SeeBrick]

i agree... the classes are more review of basics. plus questions asked on dat are not as straight-forward as kaplan... they make you think more.

 

[Brokenbus]

I studied for the DAT using the Kaplan medical prep course books. The Kaplan dental books were justed watered down versions of their medical stuff. I felt alot more prepared than my friends who used the dental stuff.
Just a suggestion.

 

[dental0903]

I took the Kaplan online course and I think it helped a lot. The good thing about doing the online course is that you can skip the lessons or just go over what you are weak on. Also, with the online course you can do the material in whatever order you want. Besides the diagnostic test, I saved all of the full-length tests, including the midterm, until I was completely done studying. That's much better than wasting a full length practuce test (midterm) when you are only half way done studying the material. I only used Kaplan and Topscore and I did pretty well, but I think Kaplan only works well when you put a lot of time into studying and do the material in an order that makes sense. Hope this helps!