Kaplan GMAT/GRE/LSAT 2005 Platinum

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Product Features

• Test-prep software with effective practice, review, and test-taking strategies
• 47 practice exams; 5 printable full-length tests; 18 section-only tests
• CAT drills for the GMAT and GRE; 4 full-length simulated CAT tests
• Printable math, vocab, and grammar flashcards; exam strategies and hints
• Admissions mentoring; financial aid/scholarship coaching

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002DKGAE
• Item model number: CS-470S
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 4, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,929 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Kaplan has helped more than three million students score higher on admission exams and get into law, business, and graduate schools at the nation's top colleges and universities. Our effective program of practice, review, and test-taking strategies has made Higher Score GMAT-GRE-LSAT a top-selling test prep software brand. You will score higher. We guarantee it.

Features:

• 47 math, verbal, and analytical practice exams
• Five printable full-length tests
• Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) drills for the GMAT and GRE
• Printable math, vocab, and grammar flashcards
• Exam strategies and hints
• Admissions mentoring
• Financial aid/scholarship coaching
• 18 section-only tests
• Four full-length simulated CAT tests

Product Description

The GMAT GRE LSAT 2005 Platinum Edition is a full-featured test prep program, offering students a better chance at entering their preferred law, business or graduate school.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great test prep software, November 13, 2004

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Roye Varghese "Roye" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kaplan GMAT/GRE/LSAT 2005 Platinum (CD-ROM)

This is one of the best test prep software packages I have ever used. The lessons and practice tests were especially helpful for me. It's just like having a personal instructor with you as you study for the exam (except it costs a whole lot less).

46 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If you want help DON'T BUY THIS PRODUCT, October 25, 2004

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C. Underwood (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kaplan GMAT/GRE/LSAT 2005 Platinum (CD-ROM)

I was looking forward to using this product to study for the GRE. Installation of the product went fairly smoothly, by the way if you do decide to buy this product, make sure you choose Internet Explorer as your browser to use, it would appear even though you are given the option to use Netscape it won't work. It wasn't until I tried to use the product that the nightmare began. The program takes a long time to load; it appears to start quickly but none of the menus work. Wait a few minutes and the program will start asking you questions and guiding you around the program in a manner it sees fit, not what you might like to do. I should mention that I do not feel the slow performance of this product has anything to do with my computer. I have a workstation class computer system that far exceeds the system requirements for this software.

Some other things worth noting about this product is you may find you have to restart your computer after running the program. I found that after running the program my desktop and window preferences had changed, for example instead of my desktop color, a neutral gray, the desktop was black. There are only 3 full length and 18 section GRE tests. As for the portable flash cards, forget it. Don't think of them so much as flash cards, as a list of words on a sheet of paper with the definition next to the word. Oh and if you want Math flash cards just forget it as you can't print them. When I say you can't print them I don't mean my printer failed to print I mean the button to print flash cards disappears for the math flash cards but appears for the vocabulary cards. The last major grievance I have with this product is the interface. I don't know who designed this product but they must have been designing kindergarten software before this. The interface for a graduate admissions test prep program is a brightly colored animated cartoon, with occasional video of people talking superimposed on top. If you are like me, wishing to enter grad school, cartoons don't interest you anymore, you just want to be able to use the program, print flash cards, learn lessons and practice test without all the cartoons and bubbly brightly colored interface.

My recommendation is obviously not to buy this product, I would have really liked to give this product negative stars, and from what I have seen of other Kaplan products I would stay away from them as well. I wish I knew a no non-sense software program, I could recommend to help with preparing for the GRE. I have found the Princeton Review books helpful, but their CD's are not without problems as well, but far less than Kaplan's.

1 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Got the other one instead., September 26, 2005

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Rob (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kaplan GMAT/GRE/LSAT 2005 Platinum (CD-ROM)

Didn't get it; it isn't being sold because it is out of date. Charge was refunded.