Peterson's Idiocy

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What do you think of the quality Peterson's PCAT questions?

For example, it asks "which of the following is false?" but then it gives you two contradictory statements so you know that one of them is the answer.

Or it asks for the antonym of knowable, and one of the answer choices is unknowable. (I know antonyms aren't on it, just practicing vocab).
And WTF is a John Dory fish? What does that have to do with pharmacy? Do they really ask weird things like that on the real PCAT?

Anyway, I have decided that Peterson's was one big $16.95 mistake and waste of time. I am going to focus only on Kaplan and the online Harcourt test for this last week before the test, (if it will ever let me register!). Hopefully I am right that the Peterson's book is kind of ridiculous.

Is anyone else giving up on Peterson's?

 

[starsweet]

Anyway, I have decided that Peterson's was one big $16.95 mistake and waste of time. I am going to focus only on Kaplan and the online Harcourt test for this last week before the test, (if it will ever let me register!).

Right on, that's what I'm doing anyway. The Kaplan stuff is too hard, but it's the only one that's more like the PCAT. I doubt there will be weird questions like that about the fish. At least, I hope not.

 

[ndearwater]

Yeah Peterson's is into really obsure things like a "weevil". That word was in my old Peterson's book. Turns out it's some kind of a beetle with an elongated snout. Haha... whatever! The PCAT is not like that. The words are at least somewhat relevant to normal speech.
I studied A LOT for vocab and it turned out there were only like 3 words on it that I didn't already know before studying. Oh well.. you learn 🙂

 

[Brock1385]

What do you think of the quality Peterson's PCAT questions?

For example, it asks "which of the following is false?" but then it gives you two contradictory statements so you know that one of them is the answer.

Or it asks for the antonym of knowable, and one of the answer choices is unknowable. (I know antonyms aren't on it, just practicing vocab).
And WTF is a John Dory fish? What does that have to do with pharmacy? Do they really ask weird things like that on the real PCAT?

Anyway, I have decided that Peterson's was one big $16.95 mistake and waste of time. I am going to focus only on Kaplan and the online Harcourt test for this last week before the test, (if it will ever let me register!). Hopefully I am right that the Peterson's book is kind of ridiculous.

Is anyone else giving up on Peterson's?

What sucks is kaplan is really the only one that has a book that doesnt suck. All the others may be helpful in a few ways, but overall things you see in kaplan are going to be closer to what you'll see on the test.

I've spent alot of money on crap for the PCAT that was a big mistake. But its taken my wallet getting lighter for me to realize that most everything else sucks.

 

[DownonthePharm]

I used all the non-Kaplan study guides mainly to drill math problems and to practice doing questions (no matter how innane) as fast as I could.

Its always good to practice taking a test in a real life situation, then you dont get as anxious when your sitting there for three hours.