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The Silver Bullet: Real MCATs Explained

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I've been getting ready for the August MCAT with all the AAMC's booklets getting frustrated with mistakes that I couldn't work out. I bought this book by fluke and now it's my best friend! It has clear explanations to some subjects that i never clearly understood. Less stress for sure.

This book is great. It has all of the explanations to the MCAT exams administered by AAMC. It makes no sense to know the right answer without knowing why it is the right answer. This is a great supplement to your MCAT materials.

The writing style is like a tutor teaching. No one should write the MCAT without first doing the exams/problems from the AAMC. As far as I know, the silver bullet is the only book that reviews the AAMC Practice Items and the first 2 tests. You still need to buy the AAMC`s stuff but the silver bullet is an excellent compliment.

If you want to ace the real MCAT, you must write previous real exams under real test conditions. This book contains explanations to the answers of the MCAT Practice Tests that are released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The answers to Practice Tests I, II, and III, as well as the answers to all Practice Items are explained in detail. This text also includes a full-length simulated MCAT exam along with answers and explanations, equation lists to memorize for the exam, and an organic chemistry summary. We highly recommend that you use this book along with the AAMC's prior exam questions book.

The book is quite confusing to follow, and I found the description slightly misleading. It doesn't actually come with two MCAT tests. You must do the tests online through AAMC and follow along in the book. One is free and the other costs $35 through AAMC. Also, AAMC offers explanations for all their answers already on the practice test, so this is kind of overkill...

silver bullet offers solutions for the lowest common denominator. very basic explanations, often verbose yet incomplete. the extraneous practice questions are not very challenging. this book should *only* be used as an appendage to the more substantial princeton/kaplan reviews. i suggest you buy this book only if you are in dire need of solutions for aamc tests 1 or 2.