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2001 MCAT: Complete Preparation for the Medical College Admission Test

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If you're already getting above 30 and want to improve, this is the book for you. I'm in a Princeton Review class, which got my diagnostic up from 29 to 34, so now I'm aiming for a 37. Just reviewing different sciences and doing practice passages isn't going to get me much higher on the bell curve; I think I need what this book offers, which is really *thinking* practice and coaching. It spends a lot of time addressing and drilling advanced critical reasoning, including logic, analysis, synthesis, reading skills, math skills, etc. The science reviews are very brief but more in-depth than other books I've looked at, including Kaplan and Princeton Review. Each science review section is followed with exercises and questions, which aren't exactly like MCAT questions; the book's questions are more focused on the topic at hand, and might involve more calculation. I like having these kinds of questions in addition to the piles of MCAT questions I get from the Princeton Review. In a nutshell, this is the most HIGH YIELD book I've seen if you're self-motivated and looking to improve from a great score to a truly exceptional one.

This text contains over six hundred pages of review material, plus a full length practice test. The review material is extensive, covering all the areas of the MCAT, and is great for indentifying areas of weakness - but should not be thought of as a primary source if you're looking to learn a topic(s) for the first time, because the material is not presented in great detail or with suitable discussion. This book also suffers from an amazing lack of proofreading/editing. Typos are prevalent and can be found not only in the discussions, but also in the practice questions and answers (e.g., the final question of the practice test asks to predict the phenotypes resulting from a cross between two individuals shown on a pedigree chart but both individuals are male). Overall, this book isn't worth what I paid for it.

Yes Ryan,
Cation flows toward the cathode (making this electrode positive, that's why they call it cathode), and anions flow toward anode.
Review your chem, bud!

I started to read this book and became extreamely discoraged. I don't know how those other individuals who reviewed this book could actually like it. First of all, I question the age of this material. According to information printed within this book, the most recent AAMC practice exam is #3, which was printed in 1995. I belive that this author has been using the same material for years, similar to Baron and Arco. Second, I found a great amount of irrelevent material that will not be tested on the MCAT. Why fill your head with information that is not on the MCAT. And third, I disagreed with the confusing way this material was presented. My testbooks do a more efficent job then this book. I recomend taking the princton review corse or buying the examkrakkers material. This book [is bad!!!]

This book is great for a review of sciences. It is a bit dense but provides for a very good review with excellent practice questions. There was actually a question in the Physical Sciences section of the practice MCAT in the book that was nearly identical to a question on the MCAT I took! Very strong.

I started to read this book and became extreamely discoraged. I don't know how those other individuals who reviewed this book could actually like it. First of all, I question the age of this material. According to information printed within this book, the most recent AAMC practice exam is #3, which was printed in 1995. I belive that this author has been using the same material for years, similar to Baron and Arco. Second, I found a great amount of irrelevent material that will not be tested on the MCAT. Why fill your head with information that is not on the MCAT. And third, I disagreed with the confusing way this material was presented. My testbooks do a more efficent job then this book. I recomend taking the princton review corse or buying the examkrakkers material. This book sucks!!