Difference between these two Princeton review sets

[premed13]

Hello,

I was wondering does anyone know what are the differences between the blue hyperlearning books and the various color hyperlearning books?

Heres some ebay links to show which ones I am talking about:

Blue set:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Princeton-R...656?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&hash=item1e6746e680

Various set:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Princeton-R...0?pt=US_Texbook_Education&hash=item231612907e

Thanks

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[Pisiform]

I think the various color one is not Hyperlearning. These can be bought from Barnes and Noble etc - anyone can have them. Blue ones are given when you take their course and can only be bought from a person who took the course - markets don't sell them

 

[premed13]

My roommate has the various color ones from the hyperlearning course and some of the blue ones such as the workbook set in the second link. I am thinking in 2011 they changed to having separate books for review and separate for passage practice, but I want to confirm this before I decide which to purchase.

 

[Erythropoietin]

the colored books don't have many questions/passages, which you really need for mcat (because content is everywhere)

 

[premed13]

But do you know if the sets will have the same amount of passages total? I am asking because the newer set comes with 3 of the blue books: science workbook, verbal workbook, and in-class compendium.

 

[Samchik]

Colored books is the latest edition of TPR books. Those students who sign up for TPR class also get those books. The only difference is that that there is a Science Workbook which comes separately from those books, but it is not sold directly. You can buy it from ebay or from this forum`s sale section.

 

[premed13]

So the colored books plus the science work book and verbal workbook = the old blue books in terms of passages

 

[Samchik]

So the colored books plus the science work book and verbal workbook = the old blue books in terms of passages

Correct! The science workbook is the same for 2010 and 2011 (there`s no 2011 edition since that book wasn`t updated and people who are enrolled in TPR get 2010 edition of the book). Also, the colored books have additional passages and stand-alone questions in the end of each chapter compared to the olds blue ones. I just noticed that the verbal workbook is a 2011 edition, but I don`t think that they changed passages too much.

So, the colored books plus the science work book and verbal workbook = the old blue books in terms of passages

 

[Erythropoietin]

Correct! The science workbook is the same for 2010 and 2011 (there`s no 2011 edition since that book wasn`t updated and people who are enrolled in TPR get 2010 edition of the book). Also, the colored books have additional passages and stand-alone questions in the end of each chapter compared to the olds blue ones. I just noticed that the verbal workbook is a 2011 edition, but I don`t think that they changed passages too much.

So, the colored books plus the science work book and verbal workbook = the old blue books in terms of passages

I've seen the 07 and 2011 versions of the verbal book and they are like the same, maybe just a few more passages. Most of them just update their mistakes, and don't add in anything new really.