What is Kaplan's Bio Missing?

[opt_princess]

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I am using the Kaplan Dat Book to study for Biology. I was just wondering what areas of Biology should I use other resources for? I have noticed people saying that Kaplan is not as detailed as it could be in some Bio areas like plant taxonomy. Any other areas I should use other resources for? I also would like to know what other materials were used to supplement Kaplan?

 

[parkwod]

I am using the Kaplan Dat Book to study for Biology. I was just wondering what areas of Biology should I use other resources for? I have noticed people saying that Kaplan is not as detailed as it could be in some Bio areas like plant taxonomy. Any other areas I should use other resources for? I also would like to know what other materials were used to supplement Kaplan?

The plant taxonomy section isn't too bad. The Animal classification section isn't in depth enough in my opinion. The embryology section I don't think is enough either (make sure you know fetal circulation; it has kicked my trash in the last couple of practice exams). I would reccomend studying the kaplan book thoroughly and then about 2 weeks before your exam read the Schaums outline of Biology book once or twice too fill in the gaps kaplan is missing. THats my plan atleast. 🙂

 

[BallDontLie]

I remember getting a question about the bones in the arm or wrist, and don't recall that being covered at all in Kaplan. It wasnt anything real tough though. If I remember correctly, they asked which of the following bones is NOT in the arm, then gave 4 choices. I dont remember them though.

 

[issa]

I remember getting a question about the bones in the arm or wrist, and don't recall that being covered at all in Kaplan. It wasnt anything real tough though. If I remember correctly, they asked which of the following bones is NOT in the arm, then gave 4 choices. I dont remember them though.

loool i just took human anatomy and physiology and before i took it i knew nothing about bones, but now after i saw what you wrote i starting laughing. which bones in the arm only? now i know the name of everybone in the body.

 

[opt_princess]

Thanks for all the info. I also heard about the Campbells book. Did anyone use that?

 

[1992Corolla]

i dipped into Campbells book for more animal kingdom taxonomy. There are usually 2-5 questions on where a shark fits in or where a porifera is.

Chordates vs. mesoderm (i forgot everything so I made some stuff up, hope it works 😛 )

Also there wasn't very good coverage of critical thinking questions in kaplan.

There is good information for straight up facts though. When I first took the DAT my bio section was straight up factual questons like:
A shark has:
a) teeth
b) tentacles
c) legs
d) hair

It was very simple and I got a 25 in that section. (bombed ochem and math so I retook)

The second time I took the test the bio section was more conceptual/critical thinking bio questions like:

The {insert mountain range} has 5 layers of rock strata. If the 3rd from the bottom is igneous and the cambrien period had t-rex's which of the following could be true:
(okay okay the question usually was a bit longer and made sense, but u get my point)
a) long sentance that required some brain power
b)longer sentance
c) short phrase
d) normal sentance

In other words it depends on which form of the dat that you get. Kaplan covers the factual stuuf awesome ( i got a 25 using basically Kaplan for the first DAT)

Kaplan does not cover the conceptual stuff as good. I ended up with a 20 in bio the 2nd time (but increased overall b/c ochem rose dramatically)

/longest post evAR!

Hope it helps

 

[Immuno-guy]

1992 corolla,

You just mentioned that you dramaticallly improved your math (and O chem) scores. I'm curious; how?

Nobody seems to complain about the QRT section. I'm not good at math and I'm exhaused by the time I get to it. I run out of time and do poorly...

Any recommendations?