anyone else disappointed w/ EK books?

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i find them poorly written and unreadable. all of the useful review i've done to this point has come from college textbooks. i guess they're good as far as knowing what is and isn't covered on the test.

on the whole, do the EK books cover all the ground necessary for the mcat?

 

[Prophecies]

EK books contain what is absolutely ESSENTIAL for the MCAT: nothing more, nothing less. Kaplan and PR tend to give you a lot of extra "fluff" that typically doesn't appear on the MCAT and , if it does, it will be accompanied by a passage to help guide you.

I posted in a previous forum that EK books are not for everyone: they tend not to explain concepts in detail...Kaplan and PR will do that. If you don't recall basics in bio, orgo, gen chem, and physics then EK probably isn't for you. The creators of EK even state that it is a concise guide to the MCAT...good luck to you!

 

[stoleyerscrubz]

I do best when I am able to visualize graphs, pictures,lists,etc. EK is great for that. If I studied from all audio or text based materials I'd be in BIG trouble. So I'm happy with them.

Not many people are complaining about the Thermodynamics in the chemistry section which I was concerned about since that was a common complaint on the 2004 MCATs. I think the real issue is thermo is a tough topic and i like the way EK covered it but I am going to use other sources in addition to EK.

So far I'm happy I went with EK but I am supplementing that info with outside sources which is what I do in college anyway.

I am using all of the 1001 EK series and they are great. The EK physics 1001 is a bit overdone on the calcualtions but I think all the MCAT prep companies are like that. I hope they will make all of them passage based like the bio for future MCATers.

 

[waitingNwaiting]

I do best when I am able to visualize graphs, pictures,lists,etc. EK is great for that. If I studied from all audio or text based materials I'd be in BIG trouble. So I'm happy with them.

Not many people are complaining about the Thermodynamics in the chemistry section which I was concerned about since that was a common complaint on the 2004 MCATs. I think the real issue is thermo is a tough topic and i like the way EK covered it but I am going to use other sources in addition to EK.

So far I'm happy I went with EK but I am supplementing that info with outside sources which is what I do in college anyway.

I am using all of the 1001 EK series and they are great. The EK physics 1001 is a bit overdone on the calcualtions but I think all the MCAT prep companies are like that. I hope they will make all of them passage based like the bio for future MCATers.

the 1001 EK series are great...i agree....but the explaination for the answer is poorly though...in my opinion. also...i went to the EK forum and saw that they have lots of errors in their Bio book as well as the CD...that really discouraged me from buying their product and trust it all. my 2cents

 

[ssman]

i find them poorly written and unreadable. all of the useful review i've done to this point has come from college textbooks. i guess they're good as far as knowing what is and isn't covered on the test.

textbooks are underrated. the prep companies just want to make money. how can a one-man-show with a BA in history compare to the learning and presentation of authoritative classic textbooks?

but if you've already got your stuff down, half of the bio is ingrained in your mind, etc. then it will make decent sense when an amateur tries to present it.