EK too brief?

[birdie]

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Does anyone else think the EK science review is too brief? I'm wondering if I'll be fine using just EK books. I mean the Kaplan and Princeton books have like 3-4 times as much info. as the EK books, so I'm not sure if I'm missing out on critical info. by just using these books. Anyone else using solely EK? If so, how do you feel about it?

 

[DrLady]

Hi Birdie,
The best idea is to complement. Use Ek and also use other prep books either Kaplan or PR. You will also benefit in that because you will have more material for extra practice thats why you need to use other resources as well.. I am using ek and pr right now and I complement and so are many of us here. When I think that some chapters in PR are way too detailed I used Ek and if I think that some chapters are really brief and if i have hard time understanding then I review PR's chapters as well.

But the key is that you also want to get done with review quickly too as it is all about practicing problems/passages atleast the month before MCAT.

Hope this helps

-DL

 

[Bostonienses]

I agree with DrLady! I am using EK and Kaplan, and I complement one with the other. Like DL said, it's all about practicing problems, so don't forget to do a lot of that as well...

 

[BobbyDylanFan]

EK's 1001 and 101 series is great for practicing getting the science into your head. Though the questions are not 100% mcat like as most of them don't come from a "true" mcat passage. Look at EK's concepts and if you don't understand, consult other sources as necessary.

 

[deleted9493]

I do not think examkracker's books are too brief. Relative to other companies, they do have significantly less material to cover in their texts. The reason for this is, I believe, two-fold. The information that is given in the texts is presented in a very pithy and very well-thought out manner. This results in a conciseness that reduces the verbosity of the text. Secondly, the authors really seem to have researched thoroughly what can be expected of AAMC's exams...and as a result have reduced the topics and their depths accordingly.
Both of these factors contribute to review materials that are considerably shorter than what their competitors produce.
I'm not saying that the ek books don't require at least a small amount of background knowledge before using, because they do in parts. However, this knowledge really is most elementary. If I've run into a misunderstanding in examkracker's text, I simply look to the textbooks I used in my undergrad classes.

 

[2003Applicant]

As long as you have a good science background to begin with and learned the material in classes, Examkrackers is more than enough for the MCAT material. Everything that will be on the real test is in the Examkrackers review books.

If you don't have a strong science background, then it would be improtant to use a textbook so that you understand the concepts behind the review material. Otherwise you would not understand what you're studying in Examkrackers. But everything on the MCAT is in the Examkrackers book.

Good luck!