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Examkrackers MCAT, Vol. 5: Physics

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I took ap physics, college physics which i've got 5 and a two As, I thought this book will be piece of a cake. But it turned out that I was getting 7-8 on the practice exam on the back of the book. I was really arrogant in a way that I could ace physics without trying but EK saved my butt. I rate this book hard physics review. Thing that I didn't like about this books is that questions are way to hard compare to the explanation given on lectures, which made my brain to burst. Hope this review helps.

I find that this review book does the best job of directly telling what will and what will not be on the MCAT (I'm basing my comparison to Kaplan's and Princeton Review's Physics materials). Be forewarned, you must have a good background knowledge of introductory Physics to get the maximum benefit from this book. If you are in need of deep, thorough review of Physics (i.e. your Physics is weak), I wouldn't start here. I am using this book as a complement to Kaplan's review book that I received when I enrolled in Kaplan's MCAT course.

The book is broken down into 8 chapters, or lectures, each with a new Physics topic. There are discrete problems within each lecture, as well as a 30 minute "mini-MCAT" to take after you've completed the reading for each lecture. Though I am very pleased by the abundance of MCAT-like questions (and satisfied with the explanations), I find the questions emphasize a conceptual understanding of the material, and don't require a lot of calcuation. That's great for aiding in your conceptual understanding, but I'd also recommend doing additional practice with MCAT problems from another source to get used to doing relatively complex compuatations quickly and without a calculator.

Overall, however, I'm please with this book; it's the best Physics review book I've come across so far.

The book is great. It covers everything you need for the MCAT without giving to much detail. I'd recommend the whole ExamKrackers series. How much better are the new updated edtions? I'm not sure.

The ExamKrackers Books Break everything you need to know for The MCAT down their simplest forms.

not the best mcat physics review book, IMO. the list of formulas is nice but other than that, just an OK book.