Flowers and Silver

[Kussemek]

How good is this book? I think its TPR, but I picked up a copy at the library...and the verbal section seems too easy. Anyone ever use Flowers and Silver? (fyi, its the 1997 edition...so it is pretty old)

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[Phil Anthropist]

Buy something else or search your library system for a better book. It is published by the Princeton Review, but it's NOTHING like the books used in PR's hyperlearning MCAT course. F&S doesn't even mention all the topics listed by the AAMC. This goes for the other library-type books too. Gold Standard, MCAT Success, How to Prepare for the MCAT, etc. are a waste of money. These are cheaper, but you pay for what you get. Furthermore, there's been changes to the test since 1997.

 

[ntmed]

How good is this book? I think its TPR, but I picked up a copy at the library...and the verbal section seems too easy. Anyone ever use Flowers and Silver? (fyi, its the 1997 edition...so it is pretty old)

Flowers & Silvers is adequate, but not complete. It's a great book for those who need a little hand-holding when they first start studying.

If they still publish it, Flowers and Silvers Annotated Practice MCATs is also a good book.

 

[Kussemek]

i am using the annotated mcat book for a practice test. i havent done the sceince subjects yet...but the verbal seems unusually easy...