MCAT Self Study ONE Book Set

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I'm going to start studying for the MCAT soon and have done quite a bit of research on books to study from. It seems the main big names are Princeton Review, Kaplan, Examcrackers, and Berkeley Review. There are so many different opinions, and of course it depends on the person, but these books are expensive so if I were to choose one set of books (to save money), what would you recommend?

 

[benjaminl1nus]

Honestly, it's a mix of all of the above. Examkrackers has, arguably, the best verbal practice passages. TPR has the best science review, and Berkeley Review has the most comprehensive content review + killer all-around practice.

if i only had to buy one, i'd get BR.

 

[Jepstein30]

Honestly, it's a mix of all of the above. Examkrackers has, arguably, the best verbal practice passages. TPR has the best science review, and Berkeley Review has the most comprehensive content review + killer all-around practice.

if i only had to buy one, i'd get BR.

EK's verbal is no where near the best, quite honestly. Too many straightforward content recall questions. Better than TBR which often asks for outside the passage information (I got a question once on a practice FL that required me to know who founded Rome.. the answer explanation literally said "you should know this"). TPRH is far, far, far better.

If I had to buy one, I'd go TBR as well but you should definitely look into TPRH Verbal Workbook as well. EK is nice but better used for someone who is really already on the top of their game content wise because its pretty bare (and has zero practice passages). TPRH passages are pretty damn good as well.

If Verbal isn't a problem and you are looking to rock this thing, go TBR.
TPRH is probably a safer bet across the board though.