Kaplan or McGraw-Hill?

[jmanpatsfan]

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I know Kaplan's is pretty well liked but does anyone have anything good to say about McGraw-Hill and is there is any reason why I should get their review book over Kaplan's?
Thank you.

 

[MDman87]

Kaplan

 

[SN2ed]

Between those two, Kaplan. However, there are far better options:

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.

 

[jmanpatsfan]

Most of the reviews on Amazon for EK are saying that they dont go into as much detail as Kaplan's. This is not a bad thing?
They say only what is important is covered in EK books. I am a little skeptical. Is this true?

 

[futuredoctor10]

They say only what is important is covered in EK books. I am a little skeptical. Is this true?

For Biology, yes yes yes it's true!

If you have a good background for General Chem or Orgo, I also think EK is sufficient.

This is for content review only. For practice passages, I'd supplement EK - use EK 1001 for Bio, and TBR/TPR or Kaplan for Phys/Gen Chem/orgo passages.

 

[emno]

I like KAPLAN