The Official Guide to the MCAT Exam

For any student seriously considering the MCAT exam, this book should be the first thing you purchase. Grandiose introductory statements aside, the book is well organized, informative, and most important; it's published by the AAMC who administer and score the test.

One of the things that make this book a success is the way it is organized. The first section is entirely devoted to admin details and facts about the test itself, such as: what the test is and is not designed to measure, how it is and is not scored (and there are enough rumors to make this necessary), how those scores are used by medical schools, how to register and what to expect on test day, and how a given score stacks up against the national averages.

The rest of the book is divided into the disciplines, those being biological sciences, physical sciences, verbal reasoning, and writing sample, from which the test questions are drawn. Each of these opens with an outline of material the...Read more