Biochem, Behavioral, Immuno, Embryology

[Medikit]

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I've been trying to find resources for Biochem, Behavioral, Immuno, and Embryo. The high yield series seems decent for Behavioral, Immuno, and Embryo. However I also happen to have the Kaplan review series from 2000 for these subjects. Should I go with the High yield series or save some money and go with the old Kaplan books? Both seem to have a similar amount of pages.

As for Biochem I'm wondering if I should go Rapid Review or use the Kaplan book from 2000 for that subject. What have you guys found to be useful for these?

 

[Taus]

embryo--> FA only

Biochem--> FA only (maybe lippencott or kaplan to clarify the FA biochem)....HY lacks the details that make the above 2 books necessary for clarification of major concepts

Immuno-->HY is decent, kaplan is pretty dense for it...but good IMO

Behavioral-->HY has everything you should need along w/ FA...Kaplan is somewhat overkill in this

 

[Medikit]

embryo--> FA only

Biochem--> FA only (maybe lippencott or kaplan to clarify the FA biochem)....HY lacks the details that make the above 2 books necessary for clarification of major concepts

Immuno-->HY is decent, kaplan is pretty dense for it...but good IMO

Behavioral-->HY has everything you should need along w/ FA...Kaplan is somewhat overkill in this

I was thinking about doing Rapid Review Biochemistry rather than HY Biochem, did you mean RR when you said HY?

Also, thanks a ton for the above advice- I'm heading to the school bookstore today to take a look at the above mentioned books.

 

[Taus]

no problem..
Rapid review for biochem is excellent IMO.... but almost everyone I have talked to and read advice from has said that the biochem is FA is really adaquate and just needs explaining for the topics it contains (which is why the source you use can be more detailed if you have the book already...ie lippencott).
About HY, I meant that b/c you just need to clarify some concepts and diagrams in FA for biochem, a book as brief as this may not be adaquate when you are really looking for clarifications.

This is part of the "less is more" approach...ie the low yield topics mostly just need clarification in FA....not a full supplement from other sources like Path and Phys

 

[TX_Longhorn]

agree with Taus. I have glanced over kaplan biochem, and what makes it pretty awesome is the amount of other stuf f integrated with biochem, especially molecular, genetics and path.

 

[Medikit]

Okay, thank you, that makes a lot of sense. I think it was difficult for me to go with FA alone simply because it is so short but I suppose that if its supplemented with a greater depth of clarification in only certain areas then I will get more for my time.

Thank you again, that is very helpful.

 

[bigdan]

Didn't FA kinda miss out on a bunch of the cell bio? Some of last years' test takers seemed to think that FA was lacking in that area.

dc

 

[lord_jeebus]

Didn't FA kinda miss out on a bunch of the cell bio? Some of last years' test takers seemed to think that FA was lacking in that area.

dc

FA is very weak in the areas of Cell Bio and Molecular Bio. In terms of pure Biochemistry however, it is quite good.

One weakness is the coverage of biochemical techniques used in research, for which I would recommend reading the last chapter of Lippincott.

 

[ComstockOSU]

Dudek/HY also has a new cell bio. I recently purchased it and gave it a quick (ie low retention/acclimation) read over break and found it to be a great source, esp for biochem/research techniques.

 

[felicia2001uk]

just bought a copy from amazon...that book is really integrative.