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Examkrackers Mcat Complete Study Package | 
 enlarge | Author: Jonathan Orsay
Publisher: Osote Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $174.95
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Rating:  94 reviews
Sales Rank: 897
Media: Paperback
Edition: 7
Pages: 1088
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9.1
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.7 x 3.1
ISBN: 1893858499
Dewey Decimal Number: 610
EAN: 9781893858497
ASIN: 1893858499
Publication Date: March 2007
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Product Description
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.
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 Ignore people who say they used their textbooks to study... October 31, 2004
James T. Scribner (Washington, DC)
342 out of 351 found this review helpful
MY STORY:
Lets start with my score on the first MCAT I took... 13. (8V, 3PS, 2BS) My score on the MCAT of Aug/03 was 35. (12V, 12PS, 11BS) I am not that smart but at the moment I am at Georgetown School of Medicine with a scholarship and I owe it completely to Examkrackers. I never took a prep course and I also only took 32 hours of science courses ever. I was a finance major.
HOW I PREPARED:
I studied at a bookstore for the MCAT and in addition to having my textbooks, every widely available MCAT resource, and every esoteric text I could buy on Amazon, I bought all the examkrackers stuff. I also bought the past exams available from AAMC. After the first month, I realized using anything but Examkrackers stuff and the AAMC stuff was detrimental to my progress. I spent around 450 HOURS STUDYING and taking practice exams. My practice exams came from Gold Standard, Kaplan, Examkrackers, and the actual past exams from AAMC. You should take a practice exam every week but only trust your scores from the examkrackers and the aamc's. The rest are just practice.
MY ADVICE:
TEXTBOOKS?!? If someone tells me they used their textbooks to study, I wonder if they have even been to the AAMC website. Look at the content description for the MCAT!
Examkrackers is the only company that covers the stuff on the MCAT with great detail and ignores everything else. They also keep it interesting with illustrations, jokes, etc. Want proof? Why hasn't Kaplan changed their books or the content of their prep course (that course is a joke) after the AAMC changed the content of the MCAT? Examkrackers is interesting and it provides you with a plethora of questions to practice.
If I had it to do over again, I would buy the past exams from AAMC (a must, you are cheating yourself if you don't) and everything possible from Examkrackers (the CD's are a must too). After doing that I would look myself in a room with them for around 400-500 hours and then sit the exam. This is a guranteed recipe for success.
MY WARNING:
You may be successful doing other things or spending less time studying but let me warn you that nothing is more time consuming or expensive then spending an extra year in college or doing some lame research because you couldn't get into med school on the first try. Dish out the money on these prep materials, put in the time and you will be in med school in august.
Great Review Platform December 4, 2002
B. Culver (Seattle, WA United States)
85 out of 85 found this review helpful
I bought this 5 volume set and the Audio Osmosis CDs and spent 3 weeks pouring over them in preparation for the August 2002 MCAT. Additionally, I purchased the 1001 question series for the subjects in which I was feeling weak. I was barely able to get to any of the 1001 question books in that time.10 years after originally taking the courses covered on the exam, I managed to score in the 80-90 percentiles. Considering how many new graduates I was testing against, I am happy with that result. I thank the Examkrackers series for my good score. The books and CD lectures cover all of the subjects on the MCAT and allow you to realize your weak spots. I made a set of flash cards from the CD lectures and books on points of information that I was rusty on. I then memorized those flash cards. I understand Jon and Jordan are coming out with a set of flash cards so that may save you a step. As a bonus to buying their books, you can access their website at examkrackers com and chat with Jon and Jordan themselves. They will personally answer any questions you have. Also, they have a medical career counselor who will answer your career based questions. From their website, I see that they offer in-class preparation courses on the East Coast. That may be a good option for people living in that area. Hands down this is the best series for MCAT preparation.
I am so glad I found these books! Highly recommended! January 30, 2006
K. Harrell (United States)
37 out of 39 found this review helpful
These books helped me get into the top medical school of my choice,and I was accepted to every school to which I applied. At my undergrad institution it is not typical for students to do well on the MCAT (they usually score in the teens). When I took my first practice test I scored a mere 15 in my junior year. Then the summer before I took the August MCAT I discovered this series and what a difference it made. I can't imagine what I might have scored if I had more than 3 months to study. I scored in the 30s, while some of my friends who used Kaplan and the like scored 13s and such.
I don't think I'm that smart, but with Examkrackers it doesn't matter. It only teaches the stuff you really need to know for the MCAT and puts it in clear examples so you can understand. It does not simply just reprint all of your science textbooks in one volume, like Kaplan and Princeton Review.
Also the 30-Minute quizzes at the back of each book are extremely good indicators of how you will actually score on the real test. I found that sticking to a study schedule and actually working through the examples was very effective.
Pay attention to Salty, he gives excellent memorization tips and they really stay with you.
If you want to do well on the MCAT, then purchase this series. It will be well worth it.
very condensed mistake free study guides August 9, 2002
Esben Vogelius
35 out of 37 found this review helpful
I studied for the MCAT using the examekracker books and the princeton review materials side by side. The princeton review material was far more extensive, but none of the extra material was on the MCAT. The princeton review exam's were also much harder than the actual MCAT or the examkracker tests (which were of the same difficultly). I guess their theory is that if you can handle their material the MCAT will be a snap. This a disserice to their students as it both demoralizes them and doesnt realistically prepare them for the exam. Another advantage the examkracker books had was that they were nearly mistake free while the PR had many glaring mistakes.
The best books I've found so far May 16, 2002
Traderjohn (Glendale, AZ United States)
29 out of 31 found this review helpful
I have several MCAT review books, but I use this set most. Of course they are easier to carry than hulking telephone book sized ones. But they are more direct is what you need to know and providing tips. The diagrams, pace and definitions are great.Basically, after a 15 year break from undergraduate school, I found these much more approachable and readable than ones from Kaplan and Princeton Review.
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