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Hey SDN,
I basically spent a full month of time reading and re-reading reviews of different prep materials for the 2015 MCAT and came out with the following:
- EK for overall content review
- TBR for passages
- TPR for Psych
- TestingSolutions/EK101/TPRH/AAMC for Verbal
--But with Regards to the Sciences Bio/Biochem/Phys/Chem/Orgo--
Though I bought the right materials, I fell way behind on my studies because EK & 30 minute exams are not enough for content review. For the sciences, TBR is where your science review is really going to happen... you can glaze over EK for bright pictures and a couple of practical jokes, but the real content review is going to come from not just from TBR passages but from reading TBR.
Reading an EK chapter doesn't prepare you for anything besides their 5-7 mini reviews within chapters. You get to an EK 3o min exam, and you're way out of your comfort zone because you haven't dealt with any real application of the material. TBR, on the other hand, gives you the opportunity to do problems as you are learning the material (Orgo/Phys/Chem) and for Bio do practice passages immediately following your reading of each individual sections. It is my firm belief now that it is the practice passages along with the reading material from TBR that gives you the biggest bang for your buck in the sciences.
I really wish I could go back in time and kick the idea of the "EK is solid overall content review" out of my head, because they really don't do enough interaction with material. It cost me a month of studying, and I don't want the same to happen to you!
I basically spent a full month of time reading and re-reading reviews of different prep materials for the 2015 MCAT and came out with the following:
- EK for overall content review
- TBR for passages
- TPR for Psych
- TestingSolutions/EK101/TPRH/AAMC for Verbal
--But with Regards to the Sciences Bio/Biochem/Phys/Chem/Orgo--
Though I bought the right materials, I fell way behind on my studies because EK & 30 minute exams are not enough for content review. For the sciences, TBR is where your science review is really going to happen... you can glaze over EK for bright pictures and a couple of practical jokes, but the real content review is going to come from not just from TBR passages but from reading TBR.
Reading an EK chapter doesn't prepare you for anything besides their 5-7 mini reviews within chapters. You get to an EK 3o min exam, and you're way out of your comfort zone because you haven't dealt with any real application of the material. TBR, on the other hand, gives you the opportunity to do problems as you are learning the material (Orgo/Phys/Chem) and for Bio do practice passages immediately following your reading of each individual sections. It is my firm belief now that it is the practice passages along with the reading material from TBR that gives you the biggest bang for your buck in the sciences.
I really wish I could go back in time and kick the idea of the "EK is solid overall content review" out of my head, because they really don't do enough interaction with material. It cost me a month of studying, and I don't want the same to happen to you!