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the question says it all..
kaplan vs princeton review.....any takers
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I actually had the same question I've heard good and bad about both I've chosen Kaplan just because it's more convenient, but either way I think the realization has to be that you, yourself are really going to have to work a lot either way but if your looking for specific stuff I'd look though other threads you'll find all the answers you are looking for🙂
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For PR, you can keep the materials (huge PLUS). For Kaplan, you have to go to some test center and fight people for them.
Also, less lectures in Kaplan.
Also, less lectures in Kaplan.
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I'd tell you what I chose, but then what works for me might not work for you
You should go to the pre-med meeting when the ppl form PR & Kaplan come to present.
And here are a few threads about it:
Choosing a Prep Course
Kaplan
You should go to the pre-med meeting when the ppl form PR & Kaplan come to present.
And here are a few threads about it:
Choosing a Prep Course
Kaplan
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Yeah...that's a pretty recent addition. Most of the important stuff is online, so you can do a lot of it from your home computer instead of dragging your butt to the Kaplan center. I took full advantage of this!😀
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i'm pondering the same dilemma... should i pay 1400 bucks for this... and Kaplan or Princeton? I think i'll probably go kaplan, just because the times are better. my school has it starting in november until december, and then starting again in beginning of march until april...
what do people think? is it better to do intensive for like 2 months, 8 hours a week course, or a more spread out one over a like 4 months?
what do people think? is it better to do intensive for like 2 months, 8 hours a week course, or a more spread out one over a like 4 months?
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I prefer the longer course because I simply didn't have time for a course that meets 2x/week. I'd rather spread out the same amount of studying over a longer time.
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signed up for kaplan's long term one today... princeton review had bad times... starts november 15th.... my first real investment into medical school.... wow
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I did the whole kaplan thing last summer...overall I was uninpressed with the classes and stopped going...but I studied at the Kaplan center quite alot to make the 1.4k worth my while. Regardign the whole kaplan vrs princeton review question, I remember someone posting this interesting article on sdn a while back...anyway here it is again:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mcat1.html
APRIL 7--Claiming that a major test preparation firm has been illegally "tapping" the biannual Medical College Admission Test, a consortium of the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals has filed a federal lawsuit charging the Manhattan-based Princeton Review with copyright infringement, fraud, and misappropriation of trade secrets.
The Association of American Medical Colleges, in a March 21 complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleged that Princeton Review officials regularly send a platoon of "tappers" to take the test "in order to memorize confidential MCAT questions." The complaint contends that those questions were then compiled into a confidential "tap report" that was circulated to Princeton Review officials and instructors of the publicly-held company's MCAT test prep course (which costs enrollees $1400).
According to the federal complaint, AAMC officials obtained a copy of the prep firm's tap report for the April 2002 MCAT (the test is also given each August). The internal Princeton Review document included a remarkable 178 of the test's 221 questions. The next MCAT is scheduled for April 26.
Claiming that Princeton Review distributed questions "which AAMC plans to use on future forms of the MCAT," the medical schools organization charged that the company's actions "compromised" the April and August 2002 tests as well as prior exams. The AAMC noted that while the non-profit group itself sells practice material, the MCAT questions included "have been retired." AAMC represents the nation's 126 medical schools and 400 teaching hospitals.
In its lawsuit--a key excerpt of which you'll find below--AAMC charged that any Princeton Review employee who "tapped" the MCAT "made a knowingly false statement" when certifying on the test answer sheet that they agreed not to memorize or try to reconstruct test questions, In addition, test takers are required to verify that they were taking the MCAT for the sole purpose of "preparing to enroll in a health professions school."
Founded in 1981, Princeton Review is one of the country's largest test prep firms, with revenue of $89.2 million last year (up 29 percent from 2001's $69.1 million take). The company has 470 full-time employees and its stock trades for about $5 per share on the NASDAQ.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mcat1.html
APRIL 7--Claiming that a major test preparation firm has been illegally "tapping" the biannual Medical College Admission Test, a consortium of the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals has filed a federal lawsuit charging the Manhattan-based Princeton Review with copyright infringement, fraud, and misappropriation of trade secrets.
The Association of American Medical Colleges, in a March 21 complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleged that Princeton Review officials regularly send a platoon of "tappers" to take the test "in order to memorize confidential MCAT questions." The complaint contends that those questions were then compiled into a confidential "tap report" that was circulated to Princeton Review officials and instructors of the publicly-held company's MCAT test prep course (which costs enrollees $1400).
According to the federal complaint, AAMC officials obtained a copy of the prep firm's tap report for the April 2002 MCAT (the test is also given each August). The internal Princeton Review document included a remarkable 178 of the test's 221 questions. The next MCAT is scheduled for April 26.
Claiming that Princeton Review distributed questions "which AAMC plans to use on future forms of the MCAT," the medical schools organization charged that the company's actions "compromised" the April and August 2002 tests as well as prior exams. The AAMC noted that while the non-profit group itself sells practice material, the MCAT questions included "have been retired." AAMC represents the nation's 126 medical schools and 400 teaching hospitals.
In its lawsuit--a key excerpt of which you'll find below--AAMC charged that any Princeton Review employee who "tapped" the MCAT "made a knowingly false statement" when certifying on the test answer sheet that they agreed not to memorize or try to reconstruct test questions, In addition, test takers are required to verify that they were taking the MCAT for the sole purpose of "preparing to enroll in a health professions school."
Founded in 1981, Princeton Review is one of the country's largest test prep firms, with revenue of $89.2 million last year (up 29 percent from 2001's $69.1 million take). The company has 470 full-time employees and its stock trades for about $5 per share on the NASDAQ.
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Both companies are ugly and evil. They offer a free test to let you assess your strengths, but deliberately make that test WAY harder to try and scare you into taking their course. I bombed the free test so bad I didn't even finish, and missed most of the problems they went over in class. My actual MCAT score was higher than that of anyone I know who did either.
The whole concept is a big rip-off. They make you pay through the nose to have people teach you stuff you already learned, and most of it is overkill. You would do much better to just read a lot of books from a broad range of subjects.
The whole concept is a big rip-off. They make you pay through the nose to have people teach you stuff you already learned, and most of it is overkill. You would do much better to just read a lot of books from a broad range of subjects.
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Kaplan's MCAT practice test used to be their diagnostic test, and if you're still not sure, you can use a real AAMC test as your baseline diagnostic score, you just have to sit there for 8 hours. One day people will realize that comparing your diag score 4 months before the test and before a marathon of serious prepping to your score on the test is plain silly. You're going to improve if you practice, the question is how high can you pull yourself up to.
As for ugly and evil, Kaplan has an agreement not to send any test takers into the test, if you're a student you'd know that kaplan gets all their info from doing 26,000 surveys per year on every kaplan student that takes the test.
