MCAT 2015 Princeton review Psychology book

[hopeful2019]

Hi,
I was planning to buy Princeton Review's Psychology and sociology book that is supposed to come with 3 practice tests. However, when I went to buy it from Amazon, I saw reviews stating that the book does not come with any online codes for practice tests. Did anybody in the forum buy this book? what are your thoughts? Thanks!

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[wuhsabee]

Reviews are false. They can't read.

The ISBN # at the back of the book is the code you need to go online to claim the practice tests. You technically don't have to buy the book to get the "code" because the ISBN is accessible anywhere on Google/Amazon.

It comes with 3 full lengths, yes.

 

[emflem]

Reviews are false. They can't read.

The ISBN # at the back of the book is the code you need to go online to claim the practice tests. You technically don't have to buy the book to get the "code" because the ISBN is accessible anywhere on Google/Amazon.

It comes with 3 full lengths, yes.

So either the reviewers are deviously clever or head shakingly stupid.

 

[hopeful2019]

Thank you!

 

[Gauss44]

In case you haven't thought of it, you can also call or email Princeton Review and ask them for the ISBN of that book and whether or not all of them come with the materials you want. Princeton Review should answer that regardless of where you are buying the book.

 

[wuhsabee]

In case you haven't thought of it, you can also call or email Princeton Review and ask them for the ISBN of that book and whether or not all of them come with the materials you want. Princeton Review should answer that regardless of where you are buying the book.

That means they might lose out on money though (if I'm understanding what you're saying correctly).

It works. I used the ISBN code without purchasing the books, and got access to the 3 tests.

 

[hopeful2019]

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[G1111]

One of the exams is their free practice exam (I haven't looked at it yet, but it looks like it's the abbreviated one).
As far as the book, here are my thoughts:
I find it a bit more difficult to read, but that's not because of the language. The chapters are ~40 pages long and I feel much better when I can finish an entire chapter in one sitting. With the TPR book, it's a bit frustrating because I haven't been able to do that. Once again, that just has to do with how the chapters are broken up, not the content. This is very much TPR's usual style of how the chapters are broken up. In contrast, Kaplan breaks their chapters into bite-sized 20 something pages baby chapters.
The content: pretty in depth, I like that it has in-text questions with explanations in the footnotes.
Questions: each chapter has free-standing and passage-based questions. Supposedly, Kaplan doesn't (based on reviews). If their Psych/soc book is anything like their other books, then their questions are just rote memorization questions, in a style that wouldn't appear on the exam.

 

[Abraxas305]

I think TPR's Psych passages are of pretty good quality. Sucks that they only offer 1 passage per chapter.