1 or 2 book sets for content review

[Eagleye2]

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hey guys, im just a few days under 4 months from my exam date and have completed the examkrackers book set and have been reviewing the concepts from that book in addition to other practice material from the AAMC like the question pack and section bank. From your experience, do you think using 2 different book sets help captured some of the holes left by just using one book set?

if it means anything the one book set i completed was examkrackers and the one i have next is kaplan.

 

[nomdeplume1234]

I got multiple and ended up finishing none. I think practice exams are more useful than content, as all content is just a guess at what could be on the exam whereas practice identifies your weaknesses and gets you mentally tough.

 

[Eagleye2]

I got multiple and ended up finishing none. I think practice exams are more useful than content, as all content is just a guess at what could be on the exam whereas practice identifies your weaknesses and gets you mentally tough.

yeah i am starting to get the sense too that 2 books would be overkill. What i may end up doing is reviewing concepts im struggling with from the 2nd book set just for a different view of the material.

 

[Zenabi90]

This makes no sense, and is a common trip up for prospective MCAT takers. One is good, two must be great?

I think of it is this way:
-EK has a reputation for covering the bare minimum. It is great if you just took your prereqs and got close to a 4.0 and only need a brief refresher.
-Kaplan/TPR is for someone who got middling grades and needs a major refresher
-TBR is for someone who did poorly, haven't taken courses in a long time, or are absolutely paranoid of missing something

You have a unique position of being four months out. and yet you've already completed a book series. My biggest concern for you is burnout.

If you were at the start of your study session, I would say ditch both and get TBR if you're super concerned about holes in content.

At this point, I would tell you to finish Kaplan. It should be quick if you already did EK properly, take no longer than a month. Do tons of practice problems and FLs and you'll be set.

 

[Eagleye2]

This makes no sense, and is a common trip up for prospective MCAT takers. One is good, two must be great?

I think of it is this way:
-EK has a reputation for covering the bare minimum. It is great if you just took your prereqs and got close to a 4.0 and only need a brief refresher.
-Kaplan/TPR is for someone who got middling grades and needs a major refresher
-TBR is for someone who did poorly, haven't taken courses in a long time, or are absolutely paranoid of missing something

You have a unique position of being four months out. and yet you've already completed a book series. My biggest concern for you is burnout.

If you were at the start of your study session, I would say ditch both and get TBR if you're super concerned about holes in content.

At this point, I would tell you to finish Kaplan. It should be quick if you already did EK properly, take no longer than a month. Do tons of practice problems and FLs and you'll be set.

well i actually do think i retained alot of material on the bio and chem portions of the exam since i tutor chemistry. I have been focusing more on CARS, psych and soci, and biochem because those have been my weakness. So yeah i think im gonna stick with reviewing EK and then supplementing with Khan academy

 

[nomdeplume1234]

well i actually do think i retained alot of material on the bio and chem portions of the exam since i tutor chemistry. I have been focusing more on CARS, psych and soci, and biochem because those have been my weakness. So yeah i think im gonna stick with reviewing EK and then supplementing with Khan academy

Don't forget Khan Academy materials. I found the passages useful and the videos of high quality and covering the highest yield stuff.

 

[Groggs]

I finished my first pass through my first set with about 4 months to go. I then bought a couple extra books for subjects I didn't feel were covered adequately with my original set (Kaplan). I would strongly recommend reading princeton's psych/soc, esspecially if you don't have a great background in it like myself. Along with that do Kahn academy videos if you don't get some of the stuff. I thought Khan covered things just as well if not better than a 100+ dollar set of books. Between one set, an extra book or two, and khan I think you should be fine. I also thoguh th about buying a whole second set and am glad I ddint

 

[PlsLetMeIn21]

I finished my first pass through my first set with about 4 months to go. I then bought a couple extra books for subjects I didn't feel were covered adequately with my original set (Kaplan). I would strongly recommend reading princeton's psych/soc, esspecially if you don't have a great background in it like myself. Along with that do Kahn academy videos if you don't get some of the stuff. I thought Khan covered things just as well if not better than a 100+ dollar set of books. Between one set, an extra book or two, and khan I think you should be fine. I also thoguh th about buying a whole second set and am glad I ddint

I sure hope you are right about Khan. I have been scanning posts here and at reddit and the opinion of Khan covers the entire spectrum. I plan to use Khan for review and workbooks for practice. From all I've read, it seems like you need to cherry pick the best books from different sets. TBR is the clear winner for the sciences, TPR is the clear winner for psych/sociology, and CARS has a few options, none of which seem like a landslide favorite.