MCAT Verbal Reasoning Powerbuilder

 (9 customer reviews)

This edition is the worst mcat verbal book I've ever seen in my quest to find a good verbal book. The passages are not even line-numbered! The questions that followed the passages were absolutely moronic and simplistic (these questions can offend anyone's intelligence). More importantly, the questions are NOT representative of the ones on the REAL MCAT. When you are searching for a practice verbal book, remember to find one that resembles the real test as much as possible or you'd be wasting your time (which we mcat students know is extremely precious) doing questions that don't help you prepare for the test. Look into LSAT practice books (especially the old, real LSAT tests now available in bookstores). These real LSAT passages are shorter than the MCAT ones, but they are challenging and the questions are excellent (they are well thought-out and truly require critical thinking skills). The verbal section was my biggest nightmare during my MCAT prep, but I scored an...Read more

If you only have a few months to study for the MCAT, don't waste your time with this book . The passages are too easy and do not reflect the real MCAT-style questions. This book is for beginners only, say those who are studying a year before the test date and have extremely poor reading comprehension skills.

I've used this book in preparing for the MCAT, two things: 1) book is certainly worth reading, Bresnick gives many excellent pointers on speed reading and analyzing the passage 2) the passages at the end of the book are OK, but are not really representative and tend to be a little easier than the real MCAT. But, despite some of the minor flaws the book is certainly worth getting.