Necessary Necessary. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information. Non-necessary Non-necessary. There are lots of diagrams and good practice just not as much as TBR. I would absolutely not recommend EK if you did not have a strong background coming in unless you are a good self-learner.
But if you did well in your content, then EK is a great and quick way to get through everything. But this is okay!! If I had to guess, this is the go-to resource for top scorers who came in confident with their prereqs. There are chapters per book. Each chapter has content, broken up by three sets of eight questions.
Often referred to as minute exams. And at the very end, there are answer explanations. The explanations are okay, but sometimes leave a little to be desired. Regardless, their passages really force you to think critically, so it makes for great prep. But a close second for these MCAT review books is excellent diagrams and attempts to keep the material engaging.
They try to set up charts and illustrations to make it easier. For instance, I still have my best grasp of the endocrine system due to organization and illustrations in Ch3 of Biosystems. Oh, and for a mass-produced book, they have by far the best CARS strategies. So lots and lots of positives here. They also sell books individually and have a few different versions out there so you can sometimes get an older version which will work fine for cheap. The newest edition is typically pricey compared to Kaplan or Princeton Review.
Additionally, some of the topics are really thin. EK very much a refresher. If you need a step-by-step breakdown of topics, you may find it to be too brief. If you want easier passages to build confidence, you will not find them here. Interestingly, because they focus on making a concise MCAT prep book, every sentence is actually very important.
Lastly, some students find the style distracting. They have a mascot and they try to be fun. The books do come with an online account, which has some practice. The books are essentially a condensed textbook. There is a book for each main topic, so there are 7 books in total. One really nice benefit is how easy it is to get the books. You can get the set or the individual books right off of Amazon or Barnes and Noble. The biochemistry book is especially good.
Another nice thing is they tell you in the table of contents what is high yield in each chapter. The stronger your base the better. There is a high chance a Barnes and Noble or library near you will have these if you want to skim them before you commit. For a long time, TPR was clearly ahead of Kaplan in content both their books and their class. But with the new test, Kaplan repackaged their old books into a 7 book set and added info for the new test. I found them more engaging to read than Kaplan because of their set up.
I learned all of Mendelian Genetics way better from that than any other resource. The MCAT prep books have a unique setup. There are footnotes throughout the chapter that expand or ask good questions to really engage the student. One thing to note is their biochemistry is still untested since it came out recently. We know the Kaplan biochem is great, whereas the TPR biochem is still an unknown. Another negative is the practice. Similar to Kaplan, they give you some online tests.
But these are meh. They do list out all the important content for the MCAT, however, so check this periodically as you study to come up with a plan of attack. Choice can be overwhelming. Luckily in when it comes to the best MCAT prep books there are only a few major players. With that being said, you may find the Sterling and Nova books useful for practice if you need more practice.
If you disagree or have a resource you want me to check out, contact me directly and let me know! If I had to make my ultimate book combo, this is what I would suggest as a starting point to balance time and budget:.
I liked seeing the content from multiple perspectives. This is common for top scorers. Just make sure you have at least one resource with good practice questions per topic. They have great practice! The best way to assemble this is buying the EK set and then supplementing with other MCAT prep books when needed for content or practice.
Pretty much everything I say here applies to all TBR books, however, the reason I suggest this one in particular is because of how much better it is than every GChem resource out there. They teach the content at the right level — with enough depth to really understand the topics, but not so much that you go beyond the MCAT.
And they fill it up with great example problems to break up the content so that you learn most of your content through practice, which is the best way to learn by far. This is the most effective way to make you think critically and combine your content into multiple steps like the MCAT often will have you do.
This is the best non-official practice you will find. Ultimately, this book will give you the best general chemistry prep in a comprehensive fashion before you move on to practice tests. I have never talked to a single person from TBR, I have no affiliation with them, but I simply cannot undersell this book.
This book is the best. Overall, all TBR books are great. A dmission committees of each medical school assign their own relative weight to MCAT test results—along with grade averages, letters of recommendation, and personal interviews—to guide their selection of candidates.
Standardized test scores are one quantitative measure designed to make the evaluation of grades and other credentials a fair process. They also allow medical school candidates to focus on the academic areas in which they need to further study. T he AAMC releases test scores one month after each test is administered. Scaled scores from each of the 4 sections are reported along with the total MCAT score. We have high expectations of ourselves and our students. We take pride in our work and want all of our students to experience the thrill of opening a stellar score report.
To do this we have spent almost 30 years developing review products and study curriculums — keeping in mind every student has a unique learning style and every student dedicates different blocks of study time for the MCAT. Each section is made up of 10 passages 9 for CARS. Sections are associated with relevant questions for CARS.
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