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I have gone ahead and purchased the 5 volume set of eK, the audio osmosis, and the 101 verbal passages that they have offered. I am doing this in combination with my class (Kaplan) Now, for those with experience, what do y'all think of the EK books???

thanx for everyone's input!!!!!!!!
 
Originally posted by michmaki
I have gone ahead and purchased the 5 volume set of eK, the audio osmosis, and the 101 verbal passages that they have offered. I am doing this in combination with my class (Kaplan) Now, for those with experience, what do y'all think of the EK books???

thanx for everyone's input!!!!!!!!

I think you;d get more responses if you posted this in the MCAT Thread section.

I bought 101 Verbal Passages and I loved it. It was good enough to help me obtain a 12 in Verbal. I would also suggest that you obtain Princeton Verbal Passages for practice as well. Stay away from Columbia's verbal practice though.

As for Science, Princeton Review is really great. If I were you, I'd order all of the practice tests from AAMC. I personally do not like Kaplan's science because I don't think their exams are hard enough compared to the actual MCAT.
 
I say its very good, but needs to be supplemented with PR material.
 
To be very honest:
If you already have a pretty good grasp on the subjects, the EK lesson books (I have not seen/heard the 1001 questions or AudioOsmosis) are great. They cut to the chase, and tell you EXACTLY what the MCAT will test directly. Whatever is not being tested directly will probably come with a passage, which should tell you what you need to know in order to answer the question. Moreover, at the end of each section there are 5 question with solutions so that you can test yourself. If you do crappy on that chapter, then you know right then and there that you should not move on to a new chapter.
However, I have been away from Physics, Orgo and Gen Chem for such a long time that when I started reading the EK books, I felt lost. They told me what I needed to know for the MCAT, but I didn't feel as though I understood the concept that I needed to know. I bought the Kaplan comprehensive review book, and then I understood the concepts. There is waaay too much stuff on Kaplan though, so my suggestion, if you have the time:
1) Read Physics in Kaplan. Then do it in EK.
2) Read Chem in Kaplan. Then EK
And so on. Once you are done with those, do MCAT questions as homework. The questions you answer incorrectly will make you go back and review, and you will get used to how they will test the concepts you just learned. Plan on reviewing everything by the beginning of April, and then just do practice questions ad nauseum. Other people will have different opinions, so take mine with a grain of salt and chose whatever you are comfortable with. Good luck!
 
i used their verbal and thought it helped alot
 
Examkrackers is great. Used another prep company when I took the mcat in april, did poorly. Used examkrackers lesson books, AO and 101 verbal for august mcat. I was only able to study for about 3 1/2 weeks the second time around because I was recovering from surgery....but managed to raise my score by 5 points...you should do a search on the mcat forum, there's a lot of feedback there.
 
I only used the EK books to review, and I hadn't taken a science course in 7 years. I felt that only using the EK books to review (and using some other practice materials) was all that you need. And I really do think they have the best verbal strategy that I have seen (and I have at least read the verbal advice of TPR, Kaplan, Berkeley Review, and Columbia Review, even if I haven't taken all of their courses). I didn't take a review course and just studied their materials.

Anyway, it worked for me I scored a 36-38R, which I was very pleased with and it was much better than I did 8 years ago the last time I took it (26N).
 
Originally posted by Kovox
Stay away from Columbia's verbal practice though.

Why do you say that? I thought Columbia Review's verbal was great and on par with the real MCAT passages.
 
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