Same MCAT topics for 2010?

[Skan]

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I'm thinking of taking a 2010 MCAT. Are the topics the same compared to 2009? I have a friend's kaplan books from 2009.

Also are the scales on the actual tests the same as the scales shown on the practice tests you buy? It seems like they are curved more on the real thing, because I have friends that guessed a lot of answers and still got 12s!

Thanks

 

[SN2ed]

You should be fine with review books from 2009. The topics covered in the MCAT haven't changed for awhile and most review books have received no substantial changes for years.

Biology: 1. EK Bio + EK 1001 Bio, non-detail oriented 1. BR/TPR Hyperlearning, detail oriented 3. Kaplan

Physics: 1. BR 2. Nova 3. TPR Hyperlearning 4. Kaplan

Verbal: 1. EK Verbal + EK 101 Verbal 2. TPR Hyperlearning 3. BR 4. Kaplan (Avoid if possible)

Organic Chemistry: 1. BR, by far 2. TPR Hyperlearning 3. EK/Kaplan

General Chemistry: 1. BR, by far 2. TPR Hyperlearning 3. EK/Kaplan

Extra Practice Material: 1. TPR Hyperlearning Verbal Workbook + TPR Hyperlearing Science Workbook, good source of practice passages 2. EK 1001 series, helps nail down basics

 

[Hopanoid]

Do you know if the Official Guide content review will be the same?

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

Do you know if the Official Guide content review will be the same?

It probably will be for two reasons:

• The people at AAMC are busy working on major changes to the MCAT that will come about in a few years, so they are very unlikely to make changes now.

• They never made changes to the content list in the past without giving a warning to test takers for at least a six month to year long period. If they were going to change the topic list, they would have likely announced a while ago.

Besides, the official guide seems pretty vague and loose anyway. There is plenty of flexibility in the guide that test writers can cover pretty much anything they want, short of the organic chemistry topics that were specifically omitted (benzene, alkyne, and alkene chemistry) a few years back.