Campbell Biology as primary source of bio content review?

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Tooooo detailed. Pick and choice according to AAMC outline. Just don't read the book front to back lol
 
I reviewed solely with Examkrackers and PR science workbook, and I did pretty good on the test my first try. EK Biology was by fat the best book in the EK series, I thought.


I also used EK's Audio Osmosis which was a straight-up re-hashing of the review chapters, but I still found it helpful. I used the EK 1001 books and, for the most part, didn't find those too helpful.
 
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I reviewed solely with Examkrackers and PR science workbook, and I didn't pretty good on the test my first try. EK Biology was by fat the best book in the EK series, I thought.

do you mean that you DID pretty good on the test?
 
so how did you do on the BS section? I used TPR for my bio prep and I only got a 9 on the BS section, and i am still a little butt-hurt over it...

I did ok but not fantastic on BS (I got an 11 on BS and a 35 overall). Still, I was pretty confident on the actual bio stuff on the BS section, and I think that was because of EK Bio and EK 1001 Bio. I was weak in orgo and would probably recommend looking elsewhere for that.
 
What do you guys think of using the Campbell and Reece Biology book as primary source of bio content review? (Using the AAMC content checklist as a reference). I'd still be using passages from TBR/TPR.

I've been reading EK Bio, TBR Bio, and flipped through my friend's copy of TPR Bio. EK feels way too short and concise to me. TBR's style of review is just...overwhelming. And while TPR feels like a good mix of the two, I feel like the level of detail in TPR can be covered better with Campbell and Reece.

I've had a lot of good experiences learning bio out of C&R, both in high school and college. Just wondering what you more-experienced MCATers think about it.
I loved my cambell biology book (7th edition), but it was SEVERELY lacking in genetics and some other areas of biology as far as I can rememb. Supplement it with another genetics book and use it to cover areas you feel are lacking in the review books, but not as a sole source for studying. Definitely not the best way to spend your time, especially because there's so much to know. The longer you spread your time out, the more you forget (unless you have superb longterm memory skillz).
 
I did ok but not fantastic on BS (I got an 11 on BS and a 35 overall). Still, I was pretty confident on the actual bio stuff on the BS section, and I think that was because of EK Bio and EK 1001 Bio. I was weak in orgo and would probably recommend looking elsewhere for that.

You thought EK 1001 Bio was helpful?
I dunno I felt those were easier than usual (compared to TPRH and TBR) I would blow through each passage in like 4-5 minutes with 0-1 wrong....
I feel like it's good to build a solid foundation of the aspects of BS. I wouldn't use it for post-passage analysis though, I'd save that for TPRH or AAMC.
 
You thought EK 1001 Bio was helpful?
I dunno I felt those were easier than usual (compared to TPRH and TBR) I would blow through each passage in like 4-5 minutes with 0-1 wrong....
I feel like it's good to build a solid foundation of the aspects of BS. I wouldn't use it for post-passage analysis though, I'd save that for TPRH or AAMC.

Ha, I was actually the exact opposite. I thought TPRH's were too easy and EK's were actually pretty difficult.
 
TBR. Campbell doesn't go in depth into genetics and cover physio very well.

If you can't get TBR Bio though, your best bet would be Campbell + Genetics Intro Textbook + Physiology Book
 
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