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I've had some experience with TBR, so I can put my two cents in. The Berkeley Review is great in that ALL of the problems in their books are passage-based. You get all of the info in it that you'll need for the MCAT (a lot of the time, even more than you need) and the passages to boot. Every section in the book has about 10 or so passages that give you a total of 100-125 questions per section, so there's tons of material to work with. I guess an advantage to having the discretes is testing your recall and not necessarily your ability to analyze information given to you. But it's essential to get your brain in passage-mode. If you don't have them but can get them, get the TBR books.
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sorry, i hit reply before i asked the really imp question...
i know tbr is really detailed and with 5 week before the test will i just get bogged down in details. would just doing their full lengths be better or do they teach critical strategies in the book that i need. please let me know
i know tbr is really detailed and with 5 week before the test will i just get bogged down in details. would just doing their full lengths be better or do they teach critical strategies in the book that i need. please let me know
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KK82 said:
Some of the full lengths are 100% questions that have been asked on precious MCAT exams, verbatim. The others FLs have been known to be harder than the actual MCAT exam. If you can get them, and you have the time to take them, I would recommend it.
As far as the books go, yes, they are extremely detailed. All of the strategy that TBR provides you is in the classes (and I would recommend the course to anyone), so you're not going to find much if any strategy (especially with regard to the sciences) in the books. If you have your knowledge is solid, and you still get the books, the passages are great to test yourself with. Otherwise, go for the full lengths. Good luck!