using the Kaplan book, am I screwed?

[airbornemedic]

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I've been doing the diagnostic section of the Kapalan book for this year. The chem calculation problems I am really struggling on, they never taught us the freezing point and molidity or nuclear chem during treshman year in university (I'm in canada by the way) so am I in trouble ? on the other hand I have taken orgochem in university so is there a lot of orgochem on the actual test?

My second question regards the math section of the Kaplan book. I know how to do basic intergrals and derivatives, and I also did ok with the kaplan problems. From personal experience is the Kaplan book math section too easy? besides the fact it has no calculus, are non calculus questions on the actual test going to be similar on the ones found in kaplan?

again it's my first time taking the PCATs so any insight would be great

 

[jmoini]

I've been doing the diagnostic section of the Kapalan book for this year. The chem calculation problems I am really struggling on, they never taught us the freezing point and molidity or nuclear chem during treshman year in university (I'm in canada by the way) so am I in trouble ? on the other hand I have taken orgochem in university so is there a lot of orgochem on the actual test?

My second question regards the math section of the Kaplan book. I know how to do basic intergrals and derivatives, and I also did ok with the kaplan problems. From personal experience is the Kaplan book math section too easy? besides the fact it has no calculus, are non calculus questions on the actual test going to be similar on the ones found in kaplan?

again it's my first time taking the PCATs so any insight would be great

for freezing point and nuclear chem questions they might have a few, but you should probably concentrate on other more important stuff like gen chem and ochem basics. you really need to know your ochem nomenclature, understand reactions, and recognize structures.

kaplan math is pretty bad (from the prep books) use a regular calculus book to help.

kaplan tries to approximate the pcat questions but the best prep for what you might see are the official pcat practice tests you can find at the pearson website.

 

[airbornemedic]

is kaplan math section bad because it's got no calculus or is it just bad in general

one more question is the 5 tests from cliff notes any good compared to the questions given now? obviously I'm not doing geometry section

 

[jmoini]

is kaplan math section bad because it's got no calculus or is it just bad in general

one more question is the 5 tests from cliff notes any good compared to the questions given now? obviously I'm not doing geometry section

i think it was bad because it just didn't prepare you well enough for the actual material. i'm sure there are better options out there. also, i'm not sure about the cliff notes someone else might know

 

[jaderok]

I am using the Kaplan book as well. Going over the chemistry section now; am I going to have to memorize all these formulas?

During Inorganic Chem, we were never required to memorize formulas - they were always given. Does the pcat ask chem questions that require use of memorized formulas?

 

[diastole]

I was using the old Kaplan book. I signed up for the practice PCAT from Pearson and they were quite a bit different. There were lots of function questions, imaginary numbers, trig questions, etc., and I don't remember any of that in my version of Kaplan. You might want to pay for the practice test to see for yourself.

 

[airbornemedic]

what about cliff's tests? how are they in approximating the real exam?

 

[SHC1984]

what about cliff's tests? how are they in approximating the real exam?

Cliff's tests are a lot easier then Kaplan...not sure if its good or not...but I would love for the real PCAT to be like Cliffs! hehehe...

 

[elizafly]

what about cliff's tests? how are they in approximating the real exam?

Cliff Notes 5 practice exams are way too easy...

 

[Lordhokage]

Cliff Notes 5 practice exams are way too easy...

Might be due to the fact that the tests are outdated.

 

[rainsplash]

I find going through the text book is best then studying from kaplan book

 

[whitneythegreat]

i was a poly sci major in my undergrad and my only experience with the sciences is bio 1. i am currently doing micro, and chem 1. i a taking my first pcat in june and i am scared to death!!!

i am goig to try to teach myself everything! someone please tell me exactly what steps i should be taking so i don't waste any time....basically i want to know how much and of what kind of chem is absolutely required, what types of math, and how in depth into bio should i go?

i will be taking the kaplan review course, using the kaplan study guide, any more suggestions PLEASE.

i really appreciate it!!!!!

 

[PharMed2016]

I've been doing the diagnostic section of the Kapalan book for this year. The chem calculation problems I am really struggling on, they never taught us the freezing point and molidity or nuclear chem during treshman year in university (I'm in canada by the way) so am I in trouble ? on the other hand I have taken orgochem in university so is there a lot of orgochem on the actual test?

My second question regards the math section of the Kaplan book. I know how to do basic intergrals and derivatives, and I also did ok with the kaplan problems. From personal experience is the Kaplan book math section too easy? besides the fact it has no calculus, are non calculus questions on the actual test going to be similar on the ones found in kaplan?

again it's my first time taking the PCATs so any insight would be great

I believe the Kaplan material is alot harder than the actual test.

 

[SHC1984]

I believe the Kaplan material is alot harder than the actual test.

the kaplan gen chem is harder! other sections are about the same.

 

[xMav]

I thought that the Kaplan math section was way too easy. To be safe, you should try to use another textbook or another resource to complement your studying.

 

[Lordhokage]

yup the math is under represented. use an algebra and calf txtbook and u should be fine

 

[SHC1984]

I thought that the Kaplan math section was way too easy. To be safe, you should try to use another textbook or another resource to complement your studying.

The math on the PCAT was pretty easy too though...At least the one on Jan 24th was...there was only like 2 or 3 hard ones on there out of 48 questions.

 

[trailrider400]

When I took the Kaplan diagnostic test it literally made me want to hang myself. I realized I forgot a ton of stuff from bio and chem both of which I did pretty well in. The first time I took it I got a 59 but the second time I raised it more than 20 points. What this means for you is you'll probably have to go over every section of the bio and chem sections in detail. I studied for months the second time. Just work you ass off and relearn it and you'll do fine