Kaplan MCAT 2007-2008 Premier Program (w/ CD-ROM) (Kaplan MCAT Premier Program (W/CD)) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: April 3, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1419541978 | ISBN-13: 978-1419541971

Includes:

*Full-length practice MCAT with detailed explanations

*2 Full-length verbal reasoning tests

*Complete Science Review

*Effective tips and strategies

*CD-ROM with practice questions and flashcards

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1072 pages
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing (April 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419541978
• ISBN-13: 978-1419541971
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #667,609 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #59 in Books > Education & Reference > Education > Test Guides - Graduate & Professional > Graduate Preparation
  • #81 in Books > Education & Reference > Education > Test Guides - Graduate & Professional > MCAT

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36 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kaplan...worth 9/10ths of your penny, June 21, 2007

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R. Louissaint "Rom828mq" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kaplan MCAT 2007-2008 Premier Program (w/ CD-ROM) (Kaplan MCAT Premier Program (W/CD)) (Paperback)

This is a ok book. It does not go into detail, whihc may be a good thing or a VERY bad thing, depending on how much help you need to the MCAT's. The book gives more of an outline of the important things without going into detail, whihc again may be good for sum, like me, but bad for sum1 who hasnt taken any science courses in a while. What I do with this book is usually use it as a reference to the princeton review material that I got from taking the princeton review course. Those books (princeton review) are just like the textbooks so you are getting TONS of info that is pretty much not needed and the books never teach you any strategies..the MCAT is not a MEMMORY test or else every1 with a 4.0 would get a 45..the MCAT is a THINKING test...so its not what you really know, it how you APPLY what you know...memorizing formulas wont do u any good if you cant apply them to the specified problem...so Kaplan is ok when it comes to giving "strategies" but if you want real practice..get the AMCAS exams and get EXAMKRACKERS VERBAL and BIO 1001 QUESTIONS those things are amazing! Hope this helps!!!

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful book, June 8, 2007

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Y. Demchenko (Charleston, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kaplan MCAT 2007-2008 Premier Program (w/ CD-ROM) (Kaplan MCAT Premier Program (W/CD)) (Paperback)

I really like the way the book is set up. It comes with a CD and an online program. You can take a diagnostic quiz to help determine what to focus on. Inside the book there are lots of useful tips on test strategies and there is material to help study for each section. Probably the best book out there to study for the MCATs. If you're going to buy one, I would definitely recommend this.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid information but poor preparation, January 26, 2008

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Scott Siskind - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kaplan MCAT 2007-2008 Premier Program (w/ CD-ROM) (Kaplan MCAT Premier Program (W/CD)) (Paperback)

This book gets three stars, because it did contain pretty much all the information you need to take the MCATs, and made a good attempt to prepare you for the actual test.

However, as a study aid, it left a lot to be desired. First of all - no index. I find this inexcusable. Part of my reason for getting this book was so that if I missed a question on, say, stereoisomers on a practice test, I could quickly look up stereoisomers and review them. Don't expect to be able to do that here.

The much vaunted practice tests in here are pretty useless. According to a study I came across, they don't predict your scores on the real test at all - see [...]. One reason is probably that the raw-to-scaled scoring system in this book seems really off; it's much easier to get a good scaled score in here than it is on the real MCAT.

There were also a few errors that just annoyed me. Occasionally there will be careless typos in science sections, like writing 10^6 as 106 or mixing up an HO and H - seemingly minor, except that if you trust the book you can spend hours trying to figure out why the answer seems to be opposite to everything you've learned, and get very confused. And there was one part mentioning that you didn't have to be perfect because on some MCAT tests people got seventeen questions wrong and still got scores of 11 - without mentioning that those MCAT tests had half again as many questions as the current test.

So, all in all, I think this makes an okay review of biology, chemistry, physics, etc, but you wouldn't want to use it as an actual MCAT preparation aide.