Help with study!!! (collins)

[Metswin677]

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Now, its understood that Dr. Collins is just a study "guide".....All of the topics that he covers are not in depth in his packet. Now my question is, are these exclusively the topics on the test? or are we gonna be thrown a curve ball and see completely different topics....?

For example: Would I take all the topics from Collins packet, and go to kaplan book and do "in-depth" study on THOSE topics?? Or are we gonna go into the test and start seeing stuff like A Bands, and Z bands, and muscular contraction in depth?? Collins completely ignores this stuff!!

Help?? what do I do?

 

[ASUGRL10]

I'm in the same position. I started with Kaplan, but it was so detailed, I ended getting Dr. Collins. I've been doing the practice tests and making lists of things to review.

I really hope there aren't too many surprises. I've been just doing math review from old text books, and then I see find the derivative of 'arcsin' on a practice test (obviously a little more complicated than that).

I have read to do some more studying on o-chem then Dr. Collins, just use old textbooks, notes, etc.

I'm sticking with Dr. Collins for verbal because I have read his review is very helpful, especially in that area.

I haven't looked at bio yet since I was a bio major, and I'm hoping I don't need to review that much.

Good luck!

 

[Metswin677]

can anyone help with my question?? 😕

 

[SparkLy09]

Collins doesn't cover EVERYTHING. It primarily focuses on what is most likely to appear on the exam. Needless to say, a question on muscle contraction would definitely be fair game, it's part of basic A&P which is a good chunk of the Bio section.

If you're in a time crunch, focus on the Collins stuff first & implement it with more in depth information. Then if you have more time, go and read into the topics that Collins didn't cover but your Bio/A&P/Genetics etc classes did.

 

[Metswin677]

Collins doesn't cover EVERYTHING. It primarily focuses on what is most likely to appear on the exam. Needless to say, a question on muscle contraction would definitely be fair game, it's part of basic A&P which is a good chunk of the Bio section.

If you're in a time crunch, focus on the Collins stuff first & implement it with more in depth information. Then if you have more time, go and read into the topics that Collins didn't cover but your Bio/A&P/Genetics etc classes did.

Thanks for the response!!! However, Collins doesnt go too in depth on cell stuff for example....Im going alot more in depth with parts of the cell like lysosomes, and chloroplasts, etc....Is this a good approach. Cause even though Collins is a guide, hes pretty bare on the information...

 

[SparkLy09]

Well, I don't think asking about the functions of a lysosome or something is asking very much. Those are basic parts of the cell and would also be something that I would consider fair game on the exam. Something like knowing the detailed functions of each transcription factor in eukaryotic mRNA transcription would be something that I'd say is probably too detailed for the PCAT.

Basically, if collins has vague info on cell components, I'd read about cell components in Kaplan or review your old notes on it.