What is Cliff's Missing

[Bingwen]

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I was just wondering if Cliff's is missing anything. I have found a few posts that say it's physiology is a little on the light side but are there any other topics that it is missing a decent chunk of information. I understand that there may be bits here and there but just making sure that I am not missing anything. I intend to try and read through Kaplan after I finish Cliff's and maybe some parts of Campell's biology for the parts that I really struggle with.

Thanks for the help!!!

 

[BrightTeeth]

Cliffs is very dry. I used AP Barrons first which is a much easier read and then went over Cliffs to see if there were any major gaps not covered in Barrons.

Both Barrons and Cliffs are lacking in anatomy quite a bit. Print out Feralis notes which are excellent in covering all sections of bio, especially bones and anatomy. Just realize that Feralis is very detailed but focus on understanding the key points.

 

[Bingwen]

Cliffs is very dry. I used AP Barrons first which is a much easier read and then went over Cliffs to see if there were any major gaps not covered in Barrons.

Both Barrons and Cliffs are lacking in anatomy quite a bit. Print out Feralis notes which are excellent in covering all sections of bio, especially bones and anatomy. Just realize that Feralis is very detailed but focus on understanding the key points.

Is there any special way that you read Feralis notes? It seems hard to read like a book to me.

 

[woobb]

I felt like Cliff's was missing some details from its animal reproduction and development chapter. I used Campbell's biology powerpoints to fill in the gaps on embryogenesis and germ layer differentiation. As for Feralis' notes, I found it very useful to go through the whole document and make flashcards for anything I didn't know.

 

[BrightTeeth]

Is there any special way that you read Feralis notes? It seems hard to read like a book to me.

I just focused on the sections that weren't covered well in Barrons and Cliffs when using Feralis I didn't read the whole thing. Just go over the sections that seem unfamiliar/new when covering Feralis.

 

[Bingwen]

I felt like Cliff's was missing some details from its animal reproduction and development chapter. I used Campbell's biology powerpoints to fill in the gaps on embryogenesis and germ layer differentiation. As for Feralis' notes, I found it very useful to go through the whole document and make flashcards for anything I didn't know.

Thanks I will look into those. I think I have most of them somewhere.

I just focused on the sections that weren't covered well in Barrons and Cliffs when using Feralis I didn't read the whole thing. Just go over the sections that seem unfamiliar/new when covering Feralis.

Sounds good. I felt like everyone just read it cover to cover and I thought that there was no way for me to be able to do that well. I think I will follow your advise and just use it to help brush up on the parts that I struggle with.

 

[BrightTeeth]

Thanks I will look into those. I think I have most of them somewhere.



Sounds good. I felt like everyone just read it cover to cover and I thought that there was no way for me to be able to do that well. I think I will follow your advise and just use it to help brush up on the parts that I struggle with.

I never knew everything in Feralis even when I was 1 day away from my test. There is a lot of really specific information that nobody will ever know or need. But I was able to brush up on parts that were absent from Barrons/Cliffs and that's all you need to do like you mentioned 😀.