Most realistic books for MCAT preperation?

[FishyTheFish]

So I noticed that I've been getting different results when using different prep books, especially on the verbal reasoning section.

When using Barron's MCAT prep I normally got around 3 wrong per passage in the verbal reasoning section, whereas Princeton Review's MCAT Verbal Reasoning prep book yielded only ~1 wrong per passage. This leads to my question: What is the most realistic prep book for each of the MCAT sections?

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[uclabruin8]

I think the general consensus for materials to use that I have gathered from SDN is this:

VR: EK all the way
Gchem: TBR
Ochem: TBR
Bio: TBR + some EK
Physics: TBR

 

[ridethecliche]

I think the general consensus for materials to use that I have gathered from SDN is this:

VR: EK all the way
Gchem: TBR
Ochem: TBR
Bio: TBR + some EK
Physics: TBR

VR: TPR is very good as well.

for Bio: study using EK practice using TBR.

 

[SN2ed]

Biology: 1. EK Bio (for content) + BR Bio (for passages and further topic depth if needed) 2. TPR Hyperlearning, detail oriented 3. Kaplan

Physics: 1. BR 2. Nova 3. TPR Hyperlearning 4. EK/Kaplan

Verbal: 1. EK 101 Verbal 2. TPR Hyperlearning Verbal Workbook 3. BR 4. Kaplan (Avoid if possible)

Organic Chemistry: 1. BR, by far 2. TPR Hyperlearning 3. EK/Kaplan

General Chemistry: 1. BR, by far 2. TPR Hyperlearning 3. EK/Kaplan

Extra Practice Material: 1. TPR Hyperlearing Science Workbook, good source of practice passages 1. AAMC Official Guide to the MCAT Exam (most representative material available) 2. EK 1001 series, helps nail down basics

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

1. AAMC Official Guide to the MCAT Exam (most representative material available)

This book is great. Probably the first thing anyone studying for the MCAT should start with.

 

[gtbROX]

For verbal, I used TPR VR workbook/EK 101. You see harder/longer passages in TPR, but harder/trickier questions in EK101. It's good to get a balance so that you'll be ready for anything on the mcat.