Ok, I heard from lots of people in this forum that Dr. Colllins was really helpful in preping for the PCAT. But I am from vancouver, canada and honestly, I've never heard of Dr. Collins. CAn someone explain to me how I can get my hands on the study guide or test questions? Is there a class I can sign up for in vancouver that can prep me? Thanks!🙂
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You either purchase the self-study guide or you can take classes in Florida. No other options.
The self-study guide is still worth the purchase.
You either purchase the self-study guide or you can take classes in Florida. No other options.
The self-study guide is still worth the purchase.
Also In for an answer on the Dr. Collins self-prep package..... worth the 325 bones? I need extreme help in the qunatitative section scored a 24 in the Jan'10 test. with a composite score of 51. (First time taking test)
Thanks.
Thanks.
I just recieved my Dr. Collins a few days ago so I haven't looked thru it yet. but I cantell you, Kaplan's 1000 dollar course was only useful for the science part. I took it in the winter and the course itself preped u well for the science part since it gave u lots of excercises and the teachers were pretty good.. but the english part ofthe corse was definately a waste of time. I didn't learn anything.
another thing is, if you'r planning on taking kaplan, you will need to be reading 8 chapters one day before every class to prepare for it.. becasue the lesssons they teach are super compact and if you're studying just from the lesson book, you won't get much out of it. just a heads up🙂
Dr collins is great for biology. I recommend a GRE study guide for the verbal section.
I got a 98 in bio, a 97 in verbal studying with these materials.
I got a 98 in bio, a 97 in verbal studying with these materials.
I memorized the words by writing the hardest ones to remember in a sentence or relating them to something in my life. I also memorized them by thinking of something unusual to associate with them that would cue my memory. I had my gf quiz me on them, too. It really does help.
EDIT: the important thing to know is that some words have more than one meaning and sometimes they try to trick you with that on the analogies. For instance, the word "slight" could either mean "a little bit or a small amount of something" or "to harm" as in to slight someone.
EDIT: the important thing to know is that some words have more than one meaning and sometimes they try to trick you with that on the analogies. For instance, the word "slight" could either mean "a little bit or a small amount of something" or "to harm" as in to slight someone.
I don't remember. It might have been a Kaplan book. I just used whichever one they had at the library. The important thing is to know the TYPES of analogies they will have on the exam. I think Kaplan explains them pretty good. It is just that the PCAT version of the Kaplan book doesn't have enough words/hard enough words (IMO)
That is a good point; which is why it is important to learn new words, but also know how to apply them. For some words, you can figure out the meanings through its suffix or prefix. If you know what the other words in the analogy mean and you can figure out their relationship, you can probably give an educated guess. As I have said before, read, read, read. Not just novels or textbooks...read magazines, short articles, the newspaper, and listen to talk radio like NPR. You will pick up words much faster that way. It also helps to relate them to something you are familiar with 🙂
