<p>Hey, just wondering which prep books are the best? And also, which sets are good for the new MCAT? How many book/sets do pre-meds usually buy?</p>
<p>Are you still a freshman in college? It's a bit early for MCAT prep.</p>
<p>yea, but i figure 15 minutes every few days won't hurt :) and i do want to have an idea of what the MCATs are about... if you have any recs, pls let me know! thanks</p>
<p>I bought the Kaplan prep book. it helped me a lot in SAT/ ACT and my friend used it to prep for his MCAT.
He said the formula is to study for 8 weeks 4-5 hours each day and 10 hours weekend. with a 10 min break every 2 hours.</p>
<p>That sounds like a perfect study schedule.</p>
<p>yes, and a tiresome one haha.
thanks pak! so, are you referring to the pretty big, $80 book? by chance, would you happen to have an ISBN or link for that book? thanks again!</p>
<p>What about this Princeton Review book? I took it out of the library. It really doesn't have any questions, but it summarizes what one needs to know about each section of the MCAT. It is basically a review guide. It is like 1000 pgs though. Also, would you guys recommend the Exam Crackers collection (<a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781893858497&itm=1)%5B/url%5D">http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781893858497&itm=1)</a>. </p>
<p>For those of you, who have taken the new MCAT on computers, can you comment about your experience. Compare it to taking it on paper (even though now no one takes it on paper). Was it hard to navigate and read stories and/or concentrate. I mean you look at the computer for like 2 hrs. straight and only have like a 10 min break in between sections. Thanks.</p>
<p>"He said the formula is to study for 8 weeks 4-5 hours each day and 10 hours weekend. with a 10 min break every 2 hours."</p>
<p>It's pretty funny how everyone who has actually taken the MCAT recommends the standard 2-3 month study plan. Yet, these neurotic HSers insist on studying 4 years ahead of time.</p>
<p>norcalguy:</p>
<p>2-3 months is a bit short, in my opinion. 4-6 is more like it, I think.</p>
<p>But no doubt, 1+ year is a sign of either:</p>
<p>1) stupid, stupid overkill, or
2) you're doing it wrong.</p>
<p>Now that the test is on a computer, I would get whatever prep book gives you access to the most online stuff, as taking the test on the computer is going to be one of the biggest adjustments you'll have to make (my guess would be kaplan has the most). I also took the kaplan prep course, which I recommend for the extra practice tests and stuff. I thought the classroom portion was pretty useless (apologies to BRM and others who have taught kaplan), but it did at least force you to review material during a time when you'd otherwise most likely push it aside in favor of classwork. I only did about a month of hardcore prep after my finals were over, but that was to the tune of a full-length almost every other day.</p>
<p>I definately think 2-3 months is ideal; more is probably overkill and you have to push yourself if you do it in less time. When you get to the 5hrs per day and 10 per on the weekend, to me that's a one month studying schedule (mostly because that's pretty analogous to what I did).</p>
<p>I have 2001 edition Kaplan books. Should I bother buying more recent editions?</p>
<p>Yes. Post-CBT is key.</p>