Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions

Pretty bad, if fact pretty horrible experience complete waste of money and time teachers are a joke, fake and frauds they really don’t care and are out to only get their minimum wage paycheck. Their screening process for faculty could use a boost. Customer service is horrible too. What a stupid company.

It’s a good place to go if you want to prepare for the GRE. Yes the GRE is pretty much you either know it or you don’t and you just need a refresher course. The bottom line to do well is to do your work outside of class and stay up to date with the readings. I came here with a month left before my GRE test date and I regret that. I also worked full time while I was taking the class so I had less time to do the work outside of class. I regret that as well. If you take this course, give yourself at least 2 months to prepare for the GRE test and if you work during this class it’s going to be a lot. It’s not impossible but it’s difficult. Andre was really cool and very relatable and was able to teach us everything no problem it’s just a lot of info I tried to pack into the class. So if you think you can jam pack everything from this class and do well in the GRE without a lot of outside work or enough study time, you won’t do too well so beware and prepare if you are going to take a class here. Do your research and figure out what works for your unique learning style to succeed. The building was always getting worked on as well so that got in the way but overall a good experience to figure out tips and tricks to master the GRE.

Be warned! Not too many students go for Kaplan. They regularly cancel classes just a day or two before the first class leaving your son/​daughter high and dry. They did this for our son because they did not have enough students. This selfish, money-​centered act of Kaplan completely messed up my son’s SAT prep since it was too late to sign up for any other prep class. Instead of apologizing, they continued to push me for their online classes and thereby keep my money. It has been multiple e-​mails and phone calls over ten days since they cancelled the class and so far they have not returned my money. Stay away from Kaplan.

My LSAT prep course got canceled. Not enough students enrolled.
What they do is they give you tons of options (LSAT Extreme, LSAT Advanced, LSAT Advantage) and tons of schedules (M, W, Sa /​Su, M, W /​T, Th, Sa) to choose from, which sounds great. The problem is that they don’t expect the majority of these classes to reach the minimum student requirement. Then when they cancel your class they try to steer students into a class and time that’s convenient for them.
When I was notified my class was canceled (the rep left a voicemail on my phone, i didn’t get to pick up) I tried calling back and it took me a whole day to speak with someone, after calling multiple times. All the lines were busy because they were experiencing a high volume of calls. Very frustrating. Signing up for the class a few weeks prior was a breeze!
When I finally did get to speak with a rep I asked which classes are for sure going to run — the answer was none. All other options and times had only 2 or 3 students enrolled (they need at least 8 –9 students to be even considered to run). It’s all a façade.
The extra star is for being prompt in giving me my money back.

Mehhhh.
Taking a LSAT prep course, the instructor is nice, the staff is friendly, the environment. well, the classrooms are either really hot or freaking cold. The building is pretty old, it looks much better from the outside than inside. — Like someone else mentioned the rooms are small.
Another thing I don’t like is the availability of the instructor, he held a total of 1 office hour session… and its on a SUNDAY from 5−7pm. Pretty hard to reach.
As far as teaching materials go, I am improving but I’m not sure how much of that is from the class and how much is from me working my ass off on those LRs.

before i enrolled at kaplan i was totally clueless on what i should study for my medical board exam. Kaplan guided me step by step on what and how i should approach each question on the usmle. the staff at berkeley kaplan are extra friendly plus i gained new friends from around the world., They have a separate room for doctors to listen to videos. so if your planning to take your Usmle kaplan is the best review center. Almost all the doctors i know who enrolled at kaplan got very high scores on their usmle Investing your money on your education and your future is the best thing you can do.

I love the Kaplan Aspect English Program. The best staff and teachers ever! I highly recommend this to anyone wants to study English

I found that the center and teacher for my NCLEX review course were both mediocre. The people were somewhat nice although inefficient because they didn’t provide me with the discount I was told I would get and I had to go through a bit of as hassle to be granted it. My teacher for Kaplan spent a lot of time raving about how she studied for the exam and how she was a novelty for both Kaplan and its patrons since she recently took the NCLEX and not many teachers for the kaplan course can say they’ve taken it in the past year or so.
Anyhow, the practice questions and tests they provide online through the qbank are the most important aspect of Kaplan although if you’re already shelving out monies for the online qbank, you might as well pay the little extra for classes so you can ask someone rationale questions in person.
On the bright side, you’re next to bart and all kinds of food so if you need to munch on something during class it’s all within walking distance.

Mmmm… its okay. Not the best test prep I got. The space is a little too small for my taste. Usually if you pay so much money for classes, you’d want them to provide very good study space as well. But after sitting in a basement like study room with no light and silence you get quite claustrophobic. Since they are situated in Berkeley, I’m not sure what they could do about space but when you’re studying for a very important exam, you need that sweet studying spot. Kaplan doesn’t provide it at all.
Pros: You’re very close to campus, BART and food so that is a great thing. The instructors are also pretty friendly and nice.