MCAT Review Books

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[gig123]

I would highly recommend the TPRH Science workbook. It has a good set of discretes and practice passages for each chapter that are more realistic than TBR, in my opinion.

 

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[IL Pre Med]

TPRH Science Workbook is gold IMO. I feel like it prepared me well for the experimental passages that no other prep company focuses on. For reference I tried Kaplan, TPR, and TBR for the sciences and I loved the Science Workbook. It also has a lot of free-standing questions in the beginning of each section that I used to review the weekend before my test.

 

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[IL Pre Med]

Thanks! I've been searching online a lot for one of those.
I need to buy the last two EK 1001 books, and SOMETHING for organic review.
I took it very recently and did decently well in it so I'm looking for a less overly detailed approach

EK is your best bet if you want less detailed. Just an FYI I saw very little Orgo on my MCAT, but others have said they got 3 passages plus free-standing questions, so don't skimp on it.

 

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[vpanopoulos]

I didn't think the EK 1001 series were worth it. Especially the Bio one, since the MCAT doesn't tests application rather than mindless details. The physics 1001 didn't help me either :/

 

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[Roxas]

Entire first post is my new original post. Give insight, again, please?

So do you mean you're using TBR bio for content? or practice? and why are you debating between EK bio and TPRH SW? For bio, I would highly recommend TPR Biology Review for content, and a mixture of TBR and TPRH SW for passages. EK bio is an okay substitute, but I read both and felt like TPR Bio was much better.

Everything else looks good so far. The O-chem is up to you. I would suggest TBR, although it is a bit of a longer read, it does have really good passages with it. I felt like o-chem in the MCAT was fairly easy, so I usually just skimmed the chapter and spent most of the time on passages.

I would also recommend getting the TPRH science workbook not just for bio practice, but to supplement other areas as well. It is a very valuable resource. I personally didn't like the EK 1001 books (I used the g-chem and physics one for the first few weeks), and I think you would be much better off to use TPRH SW discretes instead. However if you have a decent understanding of the material, discretes are not the best use of your time, it's all about more passages!

 

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