Examkrackers MCAT Chemistry

There is something to be said about a nice, concise book.. and then something else to be said about something too concise.

This book, in essence, is aimed at only someone who has a solid foundation and needs a little help. I found nearly every explanation in the book to be lacking to the point that I was googling as much as I was reading. My PS scored only raised 1 (one) point over the course of this book, and then another 2 points using outside help at the last minute before the test.

Long story short, I would never recommend this book to anyone. As an example to the conciseness of this book, read the section on salts. It can be kind of confusing to remember how salts affect what they're dissolved in, and this book gives two skimpy paragraphs on it, neither of which direct you on how to figure out the answer sufficiently.

This book is highly recommended. With your college chm and phy texts handy, this book will prepare for any MCAT chm passage in just a few weeks (the only topics I personally needed my texts for were thermochm. and electrochm.). The 7 concise chapters with in-ch. Q's are highly effective pedagogically and for quick review. Combined with MCAT-style, 30 min exams for each ch., you will quickly isolate your deficiencies and improve your score most efficiently.

I had an outstanding chm professor a few years ago (department chair and text author), and I'm sure he would endorse this book for its pedagogical quality. I endorse it for its quality as a review and MCAT study guide. Of all the MCAT prep materials I've used so far (Kaplan, PR, NOVA, ARCO) this is the highest quality. Recommended for all persons preparing for the MCAT.

This book is a must have for anyone studying the MCAT! I was terrible at the MCAT! This book gave me courage to do better! It will give you a lot of practice and contains extremely hard questions that will make you work really hard. There are several lectures in this book that go hand in hand with the 1001 series. IF you truly are meant to be a MD or DO (both require MCAT) then please do yourself a favor and buy all of these books. I am not an Advertisement for the books. You can buy all of the EK MCAT books for all from Amazon for less than $200 compare to $1900-2500 for a prep course.