You Must Have This Book for the MCAT
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| Review Date: October 7, 2004 |
| Reviewer: Solomon Min, |
| This book contains 101 MCAT Biology passages and 1001 questions overall. No other book I used to prepare for the exam simulated the real test as this text. My biological sciences score jumped 4 points to a 13 from the first time I took the MCAT. In fact I recommend the entire ExamKracker series. |
Extensive coverage... but full of errors.
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| Review Date: February 6, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Caleb Stowell, Provo, UT |
| I bought this book looking for a good passage-based practice for the biology section of the MCAT. From my experience with the book 101 passages in Verbal Reasoning, I was impressed with Examkracker's accurate represenation of real MCAT questions. However, I soon found numerous errors in the questions used in this book, and I confirmed that they were wrong with several physiology and biology professors. From that point, I gave up on the book, because it caused more harm than good. |
Full of errors, incoherent
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| Review Date: February 13, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Anthony Sevold, |
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. |
A great find
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| Review Date: February 24, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Jacqueline F. Moreau, |
This book is by far the best in terms of MCAT biology prep. Other companies overwhelm readers with facts and irrelevant information, while Examkrackers gives you what you need to know, and provides you with "1001 questions" in MCAT passage-style form to ensure that you know more than just the science: you also know how to take the MCAT.
There are a few errors in the book, but to be honest, they are small and obvious; there is no confusion about correct answers etc. Such is the reasoning for my awarding 4 instead of 5 stars. |
Unusable
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| Review Date: February 18, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Kohtaro Ooka, |
| 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. |
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