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Show • PAGE 20• TI-IE IBUNDERBIRD • SOUIBERN UTAH UNIVERSITY · TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1993 Kaplan comes to SUU; helps increase test scores Welcome Back Students! Mr. R's Men's Wear • • • • • • BY JADA SHANER of Th.e Thunderbinl Scaff 74 N. Main• 586-2494 Suits and Sport Coats Arrow Dress Shirts Good Selection of Ties Tuxedos·& Dress Rentals Sweaters Men's Sportswear Kaplan, SUU's new testing program available through the division of oontinuing education, is the largest test preparation company in the nation, according to David Nyman, SU assistant dean. The program offers formal test preparation to srudents and community members in order ID improve their performance on standardized exams such as the ACT, ORE, l.SAT and OMAT. "When you study with Kaplan, you are prepared more effectively than is possible with any other rotor, course, book, or test preparation organization," says Kaplan's brochure. Kaplan courses are taken by more than half of all U.S. medical school applicants and over 40 percent of students at ABA-accredited law schools. Srudents receive, on an averagt; 20 percent higher rest scores after completing a Kaplan course, according to Nyman. Kaplan's approach to learned skills coaching includes compuremed diagnostic e,cams, classroom instruction via audio and visual reviews of class lecrures and e,cams, rutoring workshop , home study materials, and a library of practice tesni and exercises that students can talce under simulated test conditions. Once signed up for a Kaplan course local students can use any of the 1,400 facilities anywhere in the U.S.-with three other Utah. locations in Provo, Salt Lake City and on the USU campus in logan-for up lO a year. Kaplan's product development and research capabilities ate extensive and are therefore able to keep U(>'"to<late wi!h format changes, offering the most accurate course materials available, says J.P. Hendriclc.s, marketing representative for Kaplan. Kaplan tests are given regularly and test date information is readily available by calling either Nyman or Hendricks at 586-1994. Kaplan courses offered through SUU are for the college admissions exam ACT and me professional school entrance exams l.SAT, MCAT, ORE and Ca-r don's Shoes 74 N. Main • 586-6161 Women's and Men's Dress, Casual & Athletic Shoes. Come in and check out what's new in Street Hiking · from L.A. Gear. Weight - Loss Cycles GMAT. ~ s 241NMain Pizza 586-1111 r • f v· Welcome Back Thunderbirds! Introducing our Improved Buffet: Sti~~rgt\D\ t,\ea\th 20 different kinds of Pizza Bread sticks Potato sticks Chocolate & Vanilla Pudding Pizza Streusel Nordic RacC\uetba\\ Track r-------------- ---, I I I I Fall Quarter Special Students Only 3 Months $79 I I I I L------------------~ r-----~---------, COUPON I I : $1.00 Off ·Buffet with : : Student 1.0. : I I l3eg. 3.79 Exp. 10-15-93 I I L---------------~ |