Examkrackers MCAT books

[cchiwy]

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Hi,
I am having some troubles deciding between the individual EK MCAT books vs the complete MCAT study package from EK. Which is more better? Anyone tried the complete MCAT study package yet? Also i am situated in singapore and would like to buy these books online, any good website to recommend? Lastly, i came across this other MCAT book by princeton review. WOnder if anyone try the book before and is it as good as EK's books?

Thanks🙂

 

[rocuronium]

The EK books that come in the MCAT study package are exactly the same as the ones that you can buy separately. Buying them together just gets you a better deal, and they throw in a practice exam "for free." I bought the entire package from Amazon.ca and I was quite happy with it. I'm sure you can find a website that will ship to Singapore.

 

[SN2ed]

The Princeton Review Hyperlearning books are good, the regular book is decent.

Originally Posted by TheBoondocks
This question gets asked like every three days. In short, EK series are stripped down with the basics you need to know. Get EK bio, it is by far the best for bio, all the responses on SDN say this. Know this book cold. If you don't believe me, type in EK bio in the search function. Personally, you learn the best from passages, If you have time and the cash I highly suggest purchasing Berkeley Review Gen Chem and Ochem. There physics is good too, but with PR it may be redundant. You will thank me later. You'll probably want EK biology review and EK 101 biology passages and EK verbal 101. PR is good, however, if you want to kill the MCAT you have to be able to integrate material. That's what BR does better than anyone else. Like, be able to answer questions if you see the circulatory system wired in parallel series.

bio - 1. EK bio and 101 bio passages 2. Kaplan 3. PR/BR however, these don't suck, they're just detailed which turns off many people.

Physics 1. BR/Nova 2. PR 3. Kaplan I really think BR but they're are a lot of people who swear by Nova on this site

Verbal 1. Ek verbal and 101 passages 2. PR 3. BR 4. Kaplan (read stay from)

Gen Chem 1. BR by far 2. PR 3. Kaplan/EK

O Chem 1. BR by far 2. toss up between Kaplan/PR/Ek

That is a general list of what i have read on SDN for the past 4 years, i came here and lurked throughout highschool. Good luck and hopefully this will help. EK is for people who KNOW the material and want review. If you are weak in something BR is the best since it's the most detailed and PR is detailed too, Kaplan is in the Middle, and EK is the least detailed but that doesn't mean it's bad. Just depends on the person. If you can I would buy the BR Chemistry books and Physics book. If you complete the PR science workbook along with BR passages and EK bio, you will kill the sciences. Ek Verbal should help you out with verbal.

 

[Priyanjali]

Hey, I am also in Singapore. I just ordered the complete EK set to be shipped here through amazon. Total was around $124. My friend absolutely swears by EK. what did you end up ordering?

 

[JasoniusUW]

EK physics is atrocious and their chemistry could be better. EK really shines in their V101 and EK Biology 1001 and possibly their Biology book (I like it). The V101 and EK1001 series are not included in the complete set. In retrospect I would have gotten BR for physics/chem, EK for bio (with internet supplementation since they are weak on genetics & reproductive endocrine *READ), EK 101 verbal passages. I don't think BR will be accessible to you unless you pay like 300 for shipping to Singapore (you can always call for a price check) and hyperlearning you can only get by taking the course (not sure how there would be a secondary market in Singapore). Find a way to patch up the EK weaknesses (physics, genetics in bio and bits of chem). Nova is an alternative to physics you can get actually, I think it's a bit odd but apparently ti works.