Best Prep books

[dunnowhattodo]

I know this is personal but if I only use the ExamKrackers books is that enough? I've heard TPR books are good as well. Anyone feel one is much better than the other. I am just an okay science student don't naturally do well in the sciences. Would TPR books be better?

Thanks!

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[QuantumMechanic]

I know this is personal but if I only use the ExamKrackers books is that enough? I've heard TPR books are good as well. Anyone feel one is much better than the other. I am just an okay science student don't naturally do well in the sciences. Would TPR books be better?

Thanks!

I only used Examkrackers for review material (I used a bunch of other stuff for more practice tests, do lots of practice tests!) I scored very well just using their review material 👍 👍 👍 👍 😀

 

[dunnowhattodo]

Thanks. Are you very strong in the sciences though? I don't have a strong science background. I usually like more material then just the bare bones stuff b/c I like to understand rather than memorize. Just b/c this is a newer course I'm hesitant to just rely on their materials vs TPR who's been around longer.

 

[dunnowhattodo]

Thanks for your opinion. Are you a great test taker/science student though? I don't usually do well with a bare bones book. I ususally like more detail for a thorough understanding.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

Thanks. Are you very strong in the sciences though? I don't have a strong science background. I usually like more material then just the bare bones stuff b/c I like to understand rather than memorize. Just b/c this is a newer course I'm hesitant to just rely on their materials vs TPR who's been around longer.

Examkrackers books are very thorough and cover a little more than enough material for the mcat.

Advantages: in color (much easier to look at examkrackers books than tpr and kaplan's bland black and white 😴 ), they highlight terms and concepts you should know and italicize information that is cursory but may be important if you want a more complete understanding, more questions in the text than others, a focused mcat approach through the book (you'll learn things by reading it, but unlike the other prep materials out there, the authors are really geared towards the test and how to think for it), awesome physics review (I use some of their explanations when I do my intro physics tutoring!!!), best verbal advice out there (they dont say to read The Economist and New York Times (which are pretty useless to do when the test is coming soon) like the other prep companies)

Disadvantages: I really had no bad experience with the Examkrackers series. Their practice tests mimicked the real mcats better than any other mock mcats available. The best tests, though, are the old ones available from the AAMC.

I did have a strong science background, but if I didn't I'd still probably feel the same way about examkrackers.

 

[Pontifex Maximus]

EK was great. They leave out a little bio, but you can hit up a library and pick up a Kaplan big book to fill in the pieces. EK's focus is not to overwhelm you with useless stuff. Money well spent.