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Examkrackers Mcat Complete Study Package (Examkrackers)

Jonathan Orsay

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Total reviews: 95 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Excellent 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

The first time I took the MCAT I took a Princeton Review class. It really was great, I got a mountain of books and practice questions and I scored well on the test, however, it was incredibly expensive. I decided to take a break form school so I held off on applying to medical school. When I decided it was time to apply I had to take the MCAT again. I decided to buy Examkrackers and study myself. The content of these books was so much better then the class I had taken. Everything is clear and concise which makes learning the huge amount material you need to cover very easy. My only gripe would be that there aren't nearly enough practice questions. (Of course you can always spend more money and buy the books that have more practice problems.)

If you have the discipline to study this by yourself I would definitely suggest getting this study pack. If you need a little extra nudging then I would go for a review class that is structured, if you are lucky you can take one of Examkrackers' classes.

Editorial Review:

This is a 5 volume set of the newest editions of the now famous ExamKrackers MCAT Manuals. You'll find everything that you need to know to score your best on the MCAT. For the first time, these books are sold as a five volume set with a top quality, full length practice MCAT included as a bonus. 980 pages of color and black and white illustrations on text book quality paper. 31 thirty minute topical exams in MCAT format. Over 1400 MCAT questions in all. This 5 volume set is certain to become the top selling MCAT study set this year.

Examkrackers MCAT101 Passages in MCAT Verbal Reasoning (Examkrackers)

David Orsay

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Total reviews: 39 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

next edition? 5 out of 5 stars.
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does anyone know if the next edition will be out any time soon? Or should I just get this one (pub 2002) for my test in may?

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Examkracker verbal 101 passasges review 2 out of 5 stars.
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Since the MCAT changed from an 8 hour exam to a 5 hour exam, this book has lost its relevance. It is not that helpful anymore because it does not reflect the AAMCAS structure or question type. It is far too difficult and irrelevant. They need to come up with a newer version where the verbal tests are 40 minutes each, the passages are shorter, and the questions at par with the real test.

Editorial Review:

The passages in this book have been designed to closely resemble official MCAT Verbal passages. From the type font to the subject matter to the number of words in each passage, question, and answer choice, these exas have the real MCAT feel. The questions in this book accurately duplicate the intended ambiguity that is the challenge of the actual MCAT. As is true of the official MCAT, you won't find the answers to these questions by hunting through the passages to find specific details. Instead, you'll need to understand the passeges in their entirety, just as you will on official MCAT day. The explanations in this book provide a comprehensive breakdown of correct, and incorrect answer choices. If you want lots of practice with tough, accurate MCAT exams to boost your Verbal Reasoning score on MCAT day, this book is for you.

Kaplan MCAT 2008-2009 Premier Program (w/ CD-ROM) (Kaplan Mcat Premier Program)

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Great Review Book and CD! 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 8 people found this review helpful.

Book has extensive review of all the subject areas which are both concise and thorough. Easy way to separate study time and what topics you want to cover for the day (ie: chapters 5 and 6 on Monday for Biology, chapters 7 and 8 on Tuesday for Physics, etc.). CD is also very nice with its own Diagnostic test to give you an idea of what you need to cover. I would recommend getting another book with more review questions however since the practice tests that come with the program encompass the entire subjects and not just certain areas you may get to covering. Also, may be good to supplement the book with other background/informative books if you are having trouble understanding some concepts. Nonetheless, I say this bok is a great buy and highly recommended.

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Includes:

• Full-length practice MCAT with detailed explanations
• 2 full-length verbal reasoning tests
• Complete Science Review
• Effective tips and strategies
• CD-ROM with practice questions and flashcards
• 4-color illustrations featuring charts, graphs, and diagrams of the most-tested material

Examkrackers 1001 Questions in MCAT Chemistry (Examkrackers)

Scott Calvin, Jonathan Orsay

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Excellent. Do be fooled by other texts, this rocks!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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First of all, if you consider yourself a 'pre-med' and serious about the MCAT, then as such you probably would've done some research about your products you are using... judging from the other reviews, they have not.

These texts are for reviewing the SUBJECTS specifically... NOT for the MCAT!!! There designed to fill in the gaps you may have missed that some teachers 'leave out' during your education.

If you want reviews specifically for the MCAT, and you are already a master of all the subjects covered, then get the Examkrackers Complete Study Package here on Amazon.

The 1001 and 101 question series by Examkrackers is a great SUBJECT review for any student, premed or not. They explain difficult concepts in simple terms. Thanks EK!

Editorial Review:

1001 Questions in MCAT Chemistry provides practice questions in all chemistry topics covered by the MCAT. The questions and explanations are designed to teach the student to think intuitively. Like the MCAT, conceptual thinking is encouraged while lengthy calculations are discouraged. Memorization of basic formulas is required, but usually will not, in itself, provide the fastest method to finding an answer. Questions are conveniently arranged by topic. Question difficulty ranges from easy to very difficult. Questions are formatted exactly like the MCAT. Answers and explanations are provided in the back of the book.

Examkrackers: 1001 Questions in MCAT in Physics

Jonathan Orsay, Jordan Zaretsky

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Review of Examkrackers 1001 Questions in MCAT Physics by Jonathan Orsay 3 out of 5 stars.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.

The book contains over 1001 practice questions for MCAT. The shear amount of practice from this book is guaranteed to help you prepare for MCAT one way or another.
How similar the questions are to actual MCAT physics questions is a whole another matter. And in truth not too similar. Firstly, actual MCAT physics questions are often based on a passage, all the physics questions from Examkrackers are standalone questions. Actual MCAT questions vary in topic from one question to the next, in this book questions are grouped together by topic. So if you're trying to simulate MCAT testing conditions while doing the exercises in this practice book it wouldn't be a realistic simulation. Secondly because all questions are standalone, it's hard to set time limits for a number of questions. Of course you're always trying to do the questions as fast as you can, being as careful as you can. But taking the MCAT requires a good sense of timing that you probably won't get from this book. Thirdly, the content of the questions in this book rely on what is extra to the MCAT. So there may be questions that require a bit of memorization and knowledge from other sciences. In itself this is not a bad thing, but it should dictate the way you use the book.
If you have time, I would recommend doing all the questions in there. And then moving on to more realistic practice from other books.
I hope this was a helpful review.

Editorial Review:

This book contains 1001 fully annotated physics questions in the MCAT format organized by topic. The range of difficulty is from easy to very difficult. There are questions on every physics topic that might appear on the MCAT.

Examkrackers: 1001 Questions in MCAT, Organic Chemistry

Michelle, Ph.D. Gilbertson

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Exam Style 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This book is a hasty review of Orgo, but it covers most of the MCAT material in relatively small number of pages. Although some diagrams are not very helpful, it tells you most of what you need. It is basically a good book if you are a time-pressed pre-med trying to take the MCAT in 2 months. If you have more time, I recommend reading over your orgo textbook once more and doing problem sets in various other MCAT preparation materials (the ones with only MCAT style problems). Hope this helps.

Editorial Review:

150 pages of questions, answers, and explanations covering all possible topics in MCAT organic chemistry, both stand alone and 'mini-passage-based' questions, b&w illustrations. This book contains 1001 organic chemistry questions covering all the organic chemistry topics tested by the MCAT. Each question is in the MCAT multiple choice format. Questions are arranged by topic, and range from basic to extremely difficult. Typically, questions on a given topic begin easy and become progressively more difficult. Answers with explanations and formulas are provided.

Examkrackers 1001 McAt Biology Questions (Examkrackers)

Alex Merkulov

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Full of errors, incoherent 1 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

This book is full of errors. The Examkrackers website has a forum for errata, but you have to pay for an "Elite" membership to access it. Ridiculous.

The answer explanations are often incoherent and the answers they deem correct make you question your sanity.

Wonderful.. As far as review books go. 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I think this was a great purchase.. I'm using it to supplement my princeton rev coursework. The questions seem to be written in a style most closely mimicking the actual MCAT's bio section and I actually feel like I've learned and accomplished a lot as I look over the answer key.

101 Verbal Reasoning 5 out of 5 stars.
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Great service and product! I looked around for awhile before I was able to find this book.

Unusable 1 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

There are so many errors in this book it's laughable. They have a forum on their website that tries to give corrections, but it's so badly organized that I spend more time looking for the corrections than I do doing the test itself. It reads like it's been written by a non-native English speaker. I'm using a Kaplan book that's infinately better.

Editorial Review:

This book contains 101 MCAT Biology passages and 1001 questions overall.

Kaplan MCAT Practice Tests (Kaplan Mcat Practice Tests)

Kaplan

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Gift that went well 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Bought this for my girlfriend as she prepares for Medschool. Last night she had said she loves the books I bought her. And they are very helpful. Of course we don't speak that robotic and distant, but you get the idea.

Awesome 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Havent had a lot of time to review the book but what i have seems like a great addition to MCAT studying.

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-Two full-length practice tests, PLUS

-The latest test information and 6 full chapters worth of strategies for each major section of the test

Examkrackers MCAT Audio Osmosis with Jordan and Jon (Examkrackers)

Jonathan Orsay

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Total reviews: 49 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

It was alright. 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

It was obvious that it was recorded several years ago and hasn't been updated in a while. It was okay, I wouldn't discourage anyone from buying it as the information is useful and presented in a simple format. But it's a little expensive and I'm not sure it helped me much other than offering audio to the examkrackers books I was reading. The books seemed to be a little more up to date than the cd's and I would recommend these books over the Kaplan ones. Good luck on the MCAT!

Editorial Review:

Examkrackers MCAT Audio Osmosis with Jordan and Jon is complete preparation for the MCAT on 12 audio CDs:
Every MCAT topic and formula thoroughly explained by two of the top MCAT experts in the country.
Exciting and interesting delivery keeps you awake and assists recall.
Intonation and sound effects clarify concepts in ways that can't be duplicated in books or even in the classroom.
Convenient tracking allows easy repetition of important points.
Designed to be used with or without Examkrackers MCAT Complete Study Package.
As comprehensive as any MCAT prep course available.

The MCAT Physics Book

Garrett Biehle

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Total reviews: 24 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Best MCAT Physics Review book by far... 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book gives you practice tests that are MCAT style at the end of sections and thats what makes it the best review book out there. The MCAT is about not only learning the concepts but about PRACTICE. And this book does both really well.. Buy the book, use it, improve your score. Simple!

Questions may be too easy 3 out of 5 stars.
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Perhaps its because I did well in Physics when I was in college (I'm a post-bacc premed, and I'm doing my own MCAT prep), but my finding so far (I'm on chapter 9) is that while the book provides good review, it doesn't provide many challenging questions. I think it's focusing on getting you to understand the concepts. My practice test scores suggest I should do OK in physical sciences regardless, but if you're looking for a true representation of the harder questions, look elsewhere (or at least take a lot of practice exams). I do like the dude's sense of humor though!

Editorial Review:

The most comprehensive, rigorous analysis of MCAT physics available! Dr. Biehle's classic MCAT Physics Book presents a clear, insightful analysis of MCAT physics. His lively prose and subtle wit make this challenging topic more palatable. The MCAT Physics Book offers the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of MCAT physics available. Including, * 49 MCAT-style passages * 500 MCAT-style practice problems and detailed solutions to all problems. Illustrations and tables are included wherever necessary to focus and clarify key ideas and concepts.