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Examkrackers: MCAT Organic Chemistry

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I've used Kaplan, Princeton review, and many others - I think Exam Krackers does the best at highlighting and explaining the important concepts. The others will overwhelm you with unnecessary detail, and I didn't like the way they were set up. Using exam krackers, my score jumped 7 points.

Highly recommended.

Ryan

I wish this book was easier to read. The colors are great, but explanations could be better.

Luckily, I am reviewing the MCAT right after taking a year of organic chemistry. I feel like the only reason I understand the material in this book is because I am fresh, but I would have a hard time imagining the difficulty if I read this book about two years later. The book draws carbon chains like "C-C=O-H" which is really frustrating. It makes you stop and lose time and actually interpret what it's trying to say. I read branched structures really fast, the ones that are like "\/\/OH." It also always draws all of the unnecessary hydrogens, which really puts a halt on your studying when you're on a roll.

It's short (about 102 pages of lecture, maybe 80 more pages of practice test questions) so I guess it is pretty concise.

This book is pretty straightforward. It gives you a little information on the reactions, but for the most part just spells out the reactions you need to know. Not much else to it.

This is a must have for the regular brains studying for the MCAT. This series of review books really explain everything so well, a must have.

Beware of the so-called reviews on all Examkrackers books. While the textbook publishers are not smart enough to understand MCAT science, they are smart enough to have their employees come on here and copy and paste glowing reviews about their products. It is a shame that the company will play with people's futures in order to make a buck.

I can also say that I tried out McGraw Hill's MCAT review book and it was also garbage. It does a poor job of summarizing, especially in organic chemistry, and does not even tell you what material is or is not on the test! Go for Princeton Review or Kaplan.

The book arrived in the time it was supposed to and was in the condition in which the seller said it would be.