Kaplan Courses Help Much for Step 1?

[peaches09]

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Does it help much? It seems that most of my classmates are thinking about it and if I don't sign-up, I'll feel that I'm missing out on something. Thanks.

 

[braluk]

id imagine it to be the same as a kaplan mcat class, that is, if you feel that you need a discrete structure and a set time in which you need to study and take practice exams than its probably best if you go for it. If you feel that you are good with time management, then go ahead, buy your own review books and go at it with your own schedule

 

[JonnyG]

If youre not a classroom person don't do it. You can get the books and more importantly the Q-bank for less then sitting through hours and hours of class.

 

[Biscuit799]

Does it help much? It seems that most of my classmates are thinking about it and if I don't sign-up, I'll feel that I'm missing out on something. Thanks.

My classmate teaches for the Kaplan class, and he has this to say:
Kaplan markets that class exculsively to IMG's. The only thing they market to Allo schools is their study guides/test prep books. The curiculuum is set up to teach IMG's what they need to know to pass, where as you could probably get the same or better results by just buying a Q book and First Aid. Take the money you saved and go out to a nice dinner a few times.

 

[Law2Doc]

id imagine it to be the same as a kaplan mcat class, that is, if you feel that you need a discrete structure and a set time in which you need to study and take practice exams than its probably best if you go for it. If you feel that you are good with time management, then go ahead, buy your own review books and go at it with your own schedule

Except that the majority of people who take the MCAT take some form of prep class, and on average the pool of people who take some form of MCAT prep do better than those who didn't (at least according to these companies), but I don't think either of those statistics hold true for USMLE.