How to Prepare for the PCAT, Pharmacy College Admission Test (Barron's) [Paperback]

Marie A. Chisholm (Author), Kenneth M. Duke (Author), Flynn W. Warren (Author)

Book Description

Series: Barron's | Publication Date: February 1998

This brand new test prep guide prepares students for the standardized entrance exam, gives them a summary of pharmacy school admission requirements, describes the pharmacy training process, and provides an overview of the PCAT. Review outlines for college-level biology, organic and inorganic chemistry, and quantitative ability are provided, plus a full-length PCAT practice test with answers.

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From the Back Cover

In-depth preparation includes:

Over 700 practice questions in all PCAT subjects

Two PCAT practice tests with answers and explanations

Strategies to increase your test score

Review outlines of all three PCAT content areas

Advice on planning for a career in pharmacy

An overview of the PCAT—contents, scoring, fees, and more
Practice tests simulate the actual PCAT.
All questions answered and explained. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812098080
• ISBN-13: 978-0812098082
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,439,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent; the only book you need., October 27, 1999

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Derek C. Underhill ([e-mail]) (Johnson City, TN; USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Prepare for the PCAT, Pharmacy College Admission Test (Barron's) (Paperback)

I bought this book, along with every other PCAT book I could find. I studied and studied all of them up until test day. When I took the exam (10/99), the only book whose questions were similar to the actual test was this one. The other books are WAY too in-depth. Overkill might be a good thing on other exam preps, but here, over-studying could lead to burn-out, and failure to miss the big picture. Granted, I'm a graduate student in Pharmacology, but this book is the best prep I read. Pick up this book and the HighYield series in Biology and General Chemistry. Forget the rest.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Caution!, March 15, 2003

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Chadd (Cordova, Tn United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Prepare for the PCAT: Pharmacy College Admission Test (Paperback)

I am writing this review on March 15,2003. I have just taken the PCAT 7 hours ago for the first time. This book will help you famaliarize yourself with the PCAT test format. The verbal reasoning, chemistry and biology sections are the best for getting you prepared for what will be on the PCAT in those sections. However, the Quantitative and Reading Comprehension on the PCAT is much more difficult that what is in the Barron's book so watch out! The main word of warning is this- the time alloted in the Barron's book for taking their practice tests is a lot more than what is on the actual PCAT. Example- on the PCAT that I just took, we only had 30 minutes to do the Quantitative. You will have 45 minutes on the actual PCAT when doing the Reading Comprehension section if I can remember correctly. Don't let that fool you. That is not a lot of time to do that section. You must keep moving. Watch your time closely when doing the Chemistry, Quatitative and Reading Comprehension sections and use the times that you will do on the actual PCAT, not what the Barron's book gives you or you will find yourself in turmoil when you take the exam. Just food for thought! Good Luck!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Source, April 4, 2000

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This review is from: How to Prepare for the PCAT, Pharmacy College Admission Test (Barron's) (Paperback)

I felt that the questions were an excellent representation of the types and wording of the questions on the PCAT. The most helpful was the outlines of each section, there were questions over every topic. The time this book gives you for each section is a little inflated over what the real time limits of the PCAT test is. Overall a great source of information.