ExamKrackers MCAT Verbal Reasoning and Math 3rd Edition [Paperback]

Jonathan Orsay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 17, 2001 | ISBN-10: 1893858170 | ISBN-13: 978-1893858176 | Edition: 3rd

This book explains the most effective strategy for scoring well on the MCAT verbal reasoning section. It is the same strategy used by the author, who scored a perfect score on that same section. You simply won't find a better strategy for verbal reasoning. The book also contains a brief discussion on math techniques that you should use when taking the MCAT, such as rounding, graphs, and proportions. Three 30 minute verbal exams are included in the back of the book. It is recommended that you purchase more verbal exams with which to practice.

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About the Author

Jonathan Orsay is uniquely qualified to write an MCAT preparation book. He graduated on the Dean's list with a B.A. in History from Columbia University. While considering medical school, he sat for the real MCAT three times from 1989 to 1996. He scored in the 90 percentiles on all sections before becoming an MCAT instructor. He has lectured in MCAT test preparation for thousands of hours and across the country for every MCAT administration since August 1994. He has taught premeds from such prestigious Universities as Harvard and Columbia. He was the editor of one of the best selling MCAT prep books in 1996 and again in 1997. Orsay is currently the Director of MCAT for Examkrackers. He has written and published the following books and audio products in MCAT preparation: "Examkrackers Complete MCAT Study Package"; "Examkrackers MCAT Physics"; "Examkrackers MCAT Chemistry"; "Examkrackers MCAT Organic Chemistry"; "Examkrackers MCAT Biology"; "Examkrackers MCAT Verbal Reasoning & Math"; "Examkrackers 1001 questions in MCAT Physics", "Examkrackers MCAT Audio Osmosis with Jordan and Jon".

Product Details

• Paperback: 76 pages
• Publisher: Osote Pub; 3rd edition (November 17, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893858170
• ISBN-13: 978-1893858176
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,761,013 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful techniques in concise format, August 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: ExamKrackers MCAT Verbal Reasoning and Math 3rd Edition (Paperback)

I've used several of the MCAT products related to the Verbal Reasoning Section and I found this product to be BY FAR the most helpful. It's a quick read, but the information is practical and easy to apply. Certainly buy this book if you want to develop the skills you need to get a really high verbal score. If you're only looking to acheive an average score, you might not need to bother with this book, as many other resources are available to help you gain some BASIC verbal skills. Remember, fellow MCAT'ers, the Verbal is the most difficult section to improve your score in, so its imperitive that you PRACTICE EXTENSIVELY if you want a really high score.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brief and Concise, July 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: ExamKrackers MCAT Verbal Reasoning and Math 3rd Edition (Paperback)

The verbal strategies they present in the book are brief and concise and are almost totally opposite to strategies promoted by companies such as Princeton and Kaplan. Using their strategies helped me improve speed a lot (One main strategy is to eliminate steps that are not neccessary to getting the answers right). THe emphasis of reading passages like reading a magazine article instead of analyzing a dense textbook also helped me to avoid MCAT traps (They're evil, I tell you)
The book is really thin and short, but the perspectives presented were unique. If you feel that you always misunderstood the author's ideas in the passages or ran out of time to do all 9 passages, give this book a try. The strategies may seem intimidating and risky at first, but you just need to keep on practicing to get a hang of it. Even my friends who scored relatively high in the verbal section said the strategies they used were similar to Examkrackers', although they were not consciously aware of this until I told them about Examkrackers.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of practice material, February 20, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: ExamKrackers MCAT Verbal Reasoning and Math 3rd Edition (Paperback)

These practice tests are just like the real MCAT. They give you a very close approx. of what your real MCAT verbal score will be like. I recommend this book for verbal practice, and it can be used almost exclusively by itself for review. They give 11 total verbal practice tests, and that's alot. No other verbal practice material compares.