The best MCAT prep books

[LeonardHaggin]

Hello! What are the best MCAT prep books? Is it enough to prepare just from one book? Please share your opinion! Thanks

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[AMCASTuesdays]

For me, Kaplan. I only used those and liked them a lot

 

[Blueprint MCAT Tutor]

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[LeonardHaggin]

I think I'll go with Kaplan. It seems like it's very popular, it's #1 in all reviews, and it's rated really high. I was told I should focus on practice test. I just hope these tests from the books are similar to the questions on the real test.

 

[PlsLetMeIn21]

Not sure what you are looking at for rankings, but I used the combination highly recommended here and at reddit in most study plans. I did my own research in terms of how people scored, good and bad, using different plans. The worst scores I found were people using your plan, so I'd suggest you do a little more work. There are some good scores using that book set, but the bad ones outnumber them.

I highly recommend the following mixture.
C/P: TBR (best by a long shot in chemistry and phsyics)
CARS: TPR (most useful approach and good passages) and EK
B/B: TBR for passages and KA, TBR, and web resources for content
P/S: 300-page doc and TPR

People doing that combination (more or less) score between 506 and 528 in all of the many reviews I've read here and at Reddit.

 

[LeonardHaggin]

Good to know, thanks!

 

[AMCASTuesdays]

Not sure what you are looking at for rankings, but I used the combination highly recommended here and at reddit in most study plans. I did my own research in terms of how people scored, good and bad, using different plans. The worst scores I found were people using your plan, so I'd suggest you do a little more work. There are some good scores using that book set, but the bad ones outnumber them.

I highly recommend the following mixture.
C/P: TBR (best by a long shot in chemistry and phsyics)
CARS: TPR (most useful approach and good passages) and EK
B/B: TBR for passages and KA, TBR, and web resources for content
P/S: 300-page doc and TPR

People doing that combination (more or less) score between 506 and 528 in all of the many reviews I've read here and at Reddit.

strongly second the P/S 300 pg review and reddit also (forgot those)!

 

[atm14834]

I used a combination of Kaplan and NextStep. Both were good, I thought NextStep was a little more detailed than Kaplan.

 

[Cornfed101]

Kaplan FLs were the least representative of the real deal IMHO, just FYI

 

[atm14834]

Yeah, I had only used the Kaplan books. I only took NextStep and AAMC practice tests.

 

[Cornfed101]

I’m gonna go a little against the grain and give alternatives to books. I only used khan academy, crash course, and other videos from the internet for content review. I don’t love textbooks, so this worked really well for me