Customer Reviews

How to Prepare for the MCAT (Barron's MCAT)

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

I would strongly recommend that you NOT buy this book. It's an utter waste of time. The biology review section is hardly comprehendable, and concentrates on such minute and ridiculous details that it's far more frustrating than productive to read. The organic chem review section is a joke, and is only a few pages long. The practice tests have questions that are not representative of those appearing on the actual exam. The only section in the pratice exams that MIGHT be remotely useful is the verbal section. But even here, while the passasges are okay, the questions are not very representative of those on the actual exam. With horrible review sections and practice tests that are even worse, this book is a complete waste of your money. I got duped into buying it becasue the price was so much lower than the price on other review books. Now I know why. You'd be much better off paying the ~$50 for the Kaplan MCAT review boook, which is far more comprehensive and useful.

This book cannot even begin to prepare you with their very vague review of sciences. the practice tests are way too easy and have no reflectio whatsoever of the MCAT. Don't waste your time with it!

This book is very, very out of date. Don't waste your time or your money. The exams also have a wierd different format. Invest in Exam krackers, Kaplan or Princeton.

This book is ok - not wonderful. The review of sciences was pretty in-depth. There was way more information in it and more complicated information than what was on the real MCAT. The 4 sample examinations were not good - nothing like the real MCAT. Science passages had a different format from the real thing - more passages based on prior memorized information than on-the-spot critical reasoning. The verbal reasoning was much MUCH easier in this book than the real thing - very misleading.

This book is a complete waste of time and money. The review section is way too general, and the four "model" examinations are both too easy and do not accurately reflect the actual content of the real exam. For example in the biological sciences sections, there were no organic chemistry questions at all, but instead an overwhelming majority of questions about human physiology. Anyone planning to take the MCAT would be better served by buying A) the released MCAT tests available from the AAMC and B) a better review book like Kaplan.

This book was a joke; if you plan on doing poorly on the MCAT waste your time learning from this book. I especially loathed the practice tests. I would suggest Kaplan for the 2000 MCAT.

This books is USELESS! no review book will adequately teach you the underlying science (you have to study the subjects) but this book even fails in the practice tests which are completely inaccurate. The verbal questions are too simple, the physical science passages are tiny paragraphs and the biology exams ask you to regurgitate tiny details and vocabulary (NOT the focus of the actual biology exams!) DON'T BOTHER WITH THIS BOOK!

This book is incomplete and totally inadequate as preparation for the MCAT. I Bought 3 MCAT prep books and never even bothered to use this one, it was so bad.

Take the last three reviews on this website seriously. This review is utterly terrible. If there was ever a book that warranted a toss to the dumpster, it was this one. The reviews are negligible, the tests are terrible, and the advice is bad! For example, it advises you to use textbooks to study and the electrochemistry review is literally a third of a page long with no formulas. Please don't buy this book.

Save you time and money and don't buy this book. I check it out from our local public library. Still it's a waste of my time to borrow it. This book got mistakes all over the place and the model tests are way easier than the real test.