Yeah it was really expensive but sort of spread out over time. I have all the Kaplan tests downloaded into my computer, roughly 90 tests, and they're all great. I print them out in series (or in parallel
😀) as needed.
I also have the Visual Aid set of DVD's and the Gold Standard DVD's. I have just about every test prep thing on the market.
I have the entire set of EK Audio Osmosis which I find highly sexist and offensive. (One question: How do you make a hormone? Don't pay her) but in my outrage I still listen to the guys and glean a small tad here and there. The Gold Standard audio is much better but he's more boring and PC so I tend to retain better when I'm angry with those EK guys
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I also didn't say that the new Princeton Workout is amazingly hard
😡. I have both of the CBT books. The only thing I don't like about the Princeton workbook is that in Chemistry, the pKa's and the logarithms are computed with a calculator. That's just plain stupid! You have to derive
6.7 X 10^-9.22 and lo and behold, there's the computed number. So that's my only complaint.
I also have the entire set of Schaums Test Booklets for all disciplines and find these to be irritating. The paper's bad and it's hard to read. The answer is given immediately so I tend to cheat and read the answer even though I try to keep it covered. It's a battle with one's self the entire time. My mind knows the answer is there so instead of try to figure it out, it seeks to read just a little peripherally and boom, no more challenge
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A.D.A.M. Interactive Physiology DVD's - entire set also. I love these and think I've gotten a really good review. They are incredible!
So all in all, I think the Examcrackers Subject books are colorful and wonderful but the Princeton is more in depth. Kaplan is too detailed but their Verbal is the best in terms of pickiness and deflecting you off the right course to teach you what to look out for. Schaums is take it or leave it and I've decided to leave it.
Test-wise, Princetons are just "slam you in the head" and "make you lose confidence" hard. Gold Standard tests are wonderful and gradual. I have enjoyed taking these tests. He's done a fine job. His DVD's are silly, similar to a classroom situation, so not that many graphics or diagrams, and he even jokes about not being able to draw. I still gleaned a bit from them (I needed it!) His flash cards are simply amazing and worth the $7.99. They're new for 2008. He looks better now that he's had Lasix
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OK hope this helps.
I think it's too late to order anything but you could probably get the Gold Standard Online. That would be instantaneous. As for the rest, just be confident in your abilities and everything will work out. The nerves and the heebies need to STAY AWAY on test day!
Good luck!
Sherruns
