I know there are nine million posts like this, but since there is some specificity to my questions, this is post number nine million and one
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I took the test after taking a 2 month long kaplan course where you meet weekly with an instructor and have a ton of online assignments and vocab to memorize each week. I improved my score about 150 points (from 1120 to 1270) but primarily in the quantitative section. My verbal score was already quite high and improved only modestly with the $1000 dollar course. I got in the 90th percentile on verbal but only in the top 50th with quantitative. The course was worth it for me because it brought up my math enough to get a respectable overall number, and sense I applied in the social sciences, I didn't need to ace the math part. Otherwise I would have studied more and perhaps taken the course over (an option with Kaplan if you attend the majority of classes and do all the required work and still need more practice).
So i guess it depends on your priorities. I took a practice test before deciding to enroll and also bought a book on my own, and I figured to course would be the quickest way to bring up my score. Definitely practice taking the test at least half a dozen times beforehand and know the format like the back of your hand. Maybe you don't need to structure of a course and instructor, but that process alone will take a few months.
So i guess it depends on your priorities. I took a practice test before deciding to enroll and also bought a book on my own, and I figured to course would be the quickest way to bring up my score. Definitely practice taking the test at least half a dozen times beforehand and know the format like the back of your hand. Maybe you don't need to structure of a course and instructor, but that process alone will take a few months.
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