Best review materials for Chem, Orgo and Physics?

[mdr8]

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I have the EK complete study package. I plan on using the verbal and biology books pretty heavily for those two sections. I have read though, that the chem, orgo and physics EK books are not too great. What would you guys say are the best review materials for gen chem, physics and organic chem? Any input is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[WarriorsFan]

I have the EK complete study package. I plan on using the verbal and biology books pretty heavily for those two sections. I have read though, that the chem, orgo and physics EK books are not too great. What would you guys say are the best review materials for gen chem, physics and organic chem? Any input is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

When I studied for the test the first time, I used Princeton Review material for the sciences because I felt their review book went into pretty good detail about each concept (at least better than Kaplan).

 

[mdr8]

Bump. Any other advice?

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

I have the EK complete study package. I plan on using the verbal and biology books pretty heavily for those two sections. I have read though, that the chem, orgo and physics EK books are not too great. What would you guys say are the best review materials for gen chem, physics and organic chem? Any input is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

A few months ago, Boondocks took the time to summarize the comments on materials from various threads (such as the 30+ thread). Here is what he posted. It's a good idea to search for such threads.

This question gets asked like every three days. In short, EK series are stripped down with the basics you need to know. Get EK bio, it is by far the best for bio, all the responses on SDN say this. Know this book cold. If you don't believe me, type in EK bio in the search function. Personally, you learn the best from passages, If you have time and the cash I highly suggest purchasing Berkeley Review Gen Chem and Ochem. There physics is good too, but with PR it may be redundant. You will thank me later. You'll probably want EK biology review and EK 101 biology passages and EK verbal 101. PR is good, however, if you want to kill the MCAT you have to be able to integrate material. That's what BR does better than anyone else. Like, be able to answer questions if you see the circulatory system wired in parallel series.

bio - 1. EK bio and 101 bio passages 2. Kaplan 3. PR/BR however, these don't suck, they're just detailed which turns off many people.

Physics 1. BR/Nova 2. PR 3. Kaplan I really think BR but they're are a lot of people who swear by Nova on this site

Verbal 1. Ek verbal and 101 passages 2. PR 3. BR 4. Kaplan (read stay from)

Gen Chem 1. BR by far 2. PR 3. Kaplan/EK

O Chem 1. BR by far 2. toss up between Kaplan/PR/Ek

That is a general list of what i have read on SDN for the past 4 years, i came here and lurked throughout highschool. Good luck and hopefully this will help. EK is for people who KNOW the material and want review. If you are weak in something BR is the best since it's the most detailed and PR is detailed too, Kaplan is in the Middle, and EK is the least detailed but that doesn't mean it's bad. Just depends on the person. If you can I would buy the BR Chemistry books and Physics book. If you complete the PR science workbook along with BR passages and EK bio, you will kill the sciences. Ek Verbal should help you out with verbal.

I think has has summed up the consensus pretty well.

 

[Excelsius]

A nice compendium. I looked up in Amazon, but couldn't find BR - only Part II of chemistry which is old - 2002. I am assuming that the one listed on the BR website ($50) are the exact same books that BR students have access to.

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

With people continually questioning what materials, it seemed like a good idea to bump Boondock's summary.

Originally Posted by TheBoondocks
This question gets asked like every three days. In short, EK series are stripped down with the basics you need to know. Get EK bio, it is by far the best for bio, all the responses on SDN say this. Know this book cold. If you don't believe me, type in EK bio in the search function. Personally, you learn the best from passages, If you have time and the cash I highly suggest purchasing Berkeley Review Gen Chem and Ochem. There physics is good too, but with PR it may be redundant. You will thank me later. You'll probably want EK biology review and EK 101 biology passages and EK verbal 101. PR is good, however, if you want to kill the MCAT you have to be able to integrate material. That's what BR does better than anyone else. Like, be able to answer questions if you see the circulatory system wired in parallel series.

bio - 1. EK bio and 101 bio passages 2. Kaplan 3. PR/BR however, these don't suck, they're just detailed which turns off many people.

Physics 1. BR/Nova 2. PR 3. Kaplan I really think BR but they're are a lot of people who swear by Nova on this site

Verbal 1. Ek verbal and 101 passages 2. PR 3. BR 4. Kaplan (read stay from)

Gen Chem 1. BR by far 2. PR 3. Kaplan/EK

O Chem 1. BR by far 2. toss up between Kaplan/PR/Ek

That is a general list of what i have read on SDN for the past 4 years, i came here and lurked throughout highschool. Good luck and hopefully this will help. EK is for people who KNOW the material and want review. If you are weak in something BR is the best since it's the most detailed and PR is detailed too, Kaplan is in the Middle, and EK is the least detailed but that doesn't mean it's bad. Just depends on the person. If you can I would buy the BR Chemistry books and Physics book. If you complete the PR science workbook along with BR passages and EK bio, you will kill the sciences. Ek Verbal should help you out with verbal.