Which pcat study guide books are the best ?

[brownmamba]

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Which pcat study guide books are the best ?

 

[Skrumpy]

Which pcat study guide books are the best ?

There is no one correct answer to this question. If you don't want to figure out what you need to focus on and don't mind shelling out some cash, I hear that Dr. Collins is a great source of review. I personally studied with the Kaplan PCAT prep book, which I thought was horrid in comparison to the The Princeton Review book, Cracking the PCAT, which I also bought but unfortunately didn't use. My suggestion is to take one of the provided practice tests on the Pearson website. Take it under "real" test conditions and then evaluate which areas you need the most work in. Then focus your primary efforts in this area. Simply buying a book and reading the entire thing from front to back may not be the best use of your time, unless you just need a cursory review of the material. Either way taking a practice exam should shed some light on that for you.

 

[owlegrad]

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Dr collins. That's it.

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[CAAtexas]

Dr collins. That's it.

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Totally agree. Dr. Collins is the only thing I used. Dr. Collins really does provide you a thorough review and prepares you. I studied Dr. Collins for about a month and a half and scored a 95% composite score on my first time taking the PCAT - I 100% recommend Dr. Collins!

 

[tuanthetiger]

Totally agree. Dr. Collins is the only thing I used. I bought a Kaplan book just in case and never even opened it, because Dr. Collins really does provide you a thorough review and prepares you. I studied Dr. Collins for about a month and a half and scored a 95% composite score on my first time taking the PCAT - I 100% recommend Dr. Collins!

I just received my copy of Dr. Collin's study guide, and after hearing about all the great reviews. I can see why people have raved about it, and how it has definitely improved their scores. I will be taking the PCAT this summer and will solely use it.

 

[Sugoi Travis]

I used Dr. Collins. The chemistry and biology sections were great for review. Math was alright and I completely disregarded VA and RC cuz it wasn't time-efficient for me to study those sections. Not to mention when I saw the first RC passage in Collins, it was an almost exact replica of one of the official practice PCAT RC passages. Needless to say, I felt cheated out in that respect.

Tooting my horn here, but I managed a 91 composite with a 98 in chemistry, 91 in bio and 85 in QA. I suffered in RC and VA with a 54 and 63, respectively.

One of the only reasons why I did so well in the sciences is because I learned and understood that stuff in my undergrad classes. Studying for the PCAT is so much easier when you took advantage of what your college classes taught you and Dr. Collins helped me sift through what the PCAT was going to be like; that's what contributed to my success.