Best materials for a retake?

[phattestlewt]

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I'm fairly certain I can manage PS.

But for BS and VR, what materials did you guys use that seemed to be effective. I used TPRH VR and the AAMC practice for VR, and for BS I used TBR. I've heard kaplan for bio is good. Any truth to this?

Also, have you guys had luck with Gold Standard practice exams?

 

[SN2ed]

GS exams aren't worth taking. They are not representative of the MCAT and typically get poor reviews from posters.

For BS, BR is a good choice for content review in O-Chem (though very in-depth) and practice passages in both O-Chem and Bio. However, TPR or EK are the better choices for Bio content review. Kaplan is mediocre in all sections except verbal where it's pretty bad. I would pick better materials since they're relatively easy to obtain.

This is the TPR Bio book I'm referring to: http://www.amazon.com/Biology-Revie...sr=8-1&keywords=princeton+review+mcat+biology

 

[Sean Lee]

TPRH science workbook has a lot of great biology and organic chemistry passages.

Some of the bio ones are very challenging.

 

[Bbqchickenman]

GS exams aren't worth taking. They are not representative of the MCAT and typically get poor reviews from posters.

For BS, BR is a good choice for content review in O-Chem (though very in-depth) and practice passages in both O-Chem and Bio. However, TPR or EK are the better choices for Bio content review. Kaplan is mediocre in all sections except verbal where it's pretty bad. I would pick better materials since they're relatively easy to obtain.

This is the TPR Bio book I'm referring to: http://www.amazon.com/Biology-Review-Graduate-School-Preparation/dp/0375427929/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393973071&sr=8-1&keywords=princeton review mcat biology

I noticed you said Kaplan is bad. I have a month left now that my Kaplan course is over. I want to do a crash course with your schedule to be able to get at least some of that solid practice. What would you recommend? Tackle weak spots with full TBR sections, or do a full 1/3rd of practice passages based on your schedule? Only doing passages should shorten the time on your schedule because I wont be reading content unless I have to refresh.

Also, EK doesn't seem to reflect the AAMC style as well as Kaplan. I scored well (10-11) in verbal on Kaplan and Aamc #7, but bombed EK today. What should I do?

Thank you so much in advance, your opinion is super important to me!