Which Book to Move Onto for Bio

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Okay so by tomorrow I will be done with Kaplan's Blue Book Bio section. I actually have both Schuam's and Cliff's AP Bio. Which do you guys think I should tackle first? I want to go through both eventually but want some input . Thanks in advance

 

[Versati1ity]

Do Cliff's first and then supplement with Schaum's for the classificiation section.

 

[klutzy1987]

First go with cliffs because it is more concise and much clearer. Then once you know cliffs go to schaumm's because that has more information than cliff's.

 

[Albuterol]

I agree with these guys...Schaums has a lot of detail which is good but the book is so dry it just puts me right to sleep...definitely cliffs and supplement with schaums. also if u have a friend who took the mcat the princeton review classroom mcat books really good for biology ive been using that also.

 

[billythekid]

Good Luck!

 

[Lazerous]

I agree with these guys...Schaums has a lot of detail which is good but the book is so dry it just puts me right to sleep...definitely cliffs and supplement with schaums. also if u have a friend who took the mcat the princeton review classroom mcat books really good for biology ive been using that also.

Are you talking about that super thick "MCAT Science Review" book? Because I have it and I was looking through the bio section; although it seems to do a better job than KBB it just seemed so dry and boring to me, no?
Then again I never really read anything in it, just kind of skimmed over a couple of pages.😀

 

[Albuterol]

yes i am talking about the big book u receive from from the course its labeled "Hyperlearning MCAT Biological Sciences Review" I started with KBB but I couldnt get through it because i felt it was skimpy on the details at times so i switched over the mcat bio book. I looks dry but does contains lots of information and explains concepts reallly well...so if u do have it and are unclear about a bio concept check it out in the tpr book. good luck with your studying!

 

[Lazerous]

yes i am talking about the big book u receive from from the course its labeled "Hyperlearning MCAT Biological Sciences Review" I started with KBB but I couldnt get through it because i felt it was skimpy on the details at times so i switched over the mcat bio book. I looks dry but does contains lots of information and explains concepts reallly well...so if u do have it and are unclear about a bio concept check it out in the tpr book. good luck with your studying!

Yup that's the one I have although mine is the 2000 edition but I am sure it is all the same.

Just out of curiosity, do you think it is important to read or focus on Part 1 of Chapter 1 where it talks about the kinetic role of enzymes? It seems to be more GChem related than Bio related, no?

 

[Albuterol]

The first few pgs are related to chem with gibbs free energy/entropy/enthalpy but its tied into biology about how some reactions in a cell are spontaneous and while others are not but can be coupled to become spontaneous reactions. After that its talks about enzyme kinematics (vmax, competitive, noncompetitve, allosteric regulation, cooperativity, negative feedback) if you are good on these concepts then go ahead and skip part1 because you'd be wasting time reading it over.