Total Page : 720
Publisher : Kaplan Publishing
Publication Date : 2009 06 02
>> Great for biology and english section only
I took the PCATs in January of 2010 This book is EXCELLENT for the biology section There wasn t really anything on the test that it didn t cover Unfortunately it is not so great for the math or chemistry section at all I HIGHLY recommend taking a prep class instead of solely relying on this or other books
>> It was a good deal
It was a good deal but it was delivered late
In sum I am satisfied
>> A Good Generalized Review for the PCAT
I graduated from college in 1998 and have always wanted to go to pharmacy school After investigating what the requirements would be I decided to purchase this book as a guideline for the exam Even though I ve been out of college for over 10 years my background is in microbiology/chemistry so I had plenty of reference books already for these subjects After looking through this book the organic chemistry section is indeed lacking but the general chemistry section is a very good review in my opinion There are a multitude of typos and errors in the math section though that do make answering some of the questions difficult I would definitely suggest reviewing your algebra statistics and first/second semester calculus courses Even though I have a strong background in microbiology bacteriology I do not have much knowledge of general biology I used this book as my only source for the biology section of this exam and found it to be adequate The biology section was my lowest score but it was still competitive I found the reading and verbal analogy sections very good practice which paid off for me as these sections were my highest scores I would definitely suggest increasing your vocabulary to score well on these sections There are many other guides available on Amazon to help with this One other thing it would definitely be worth it to brush up on your writing skills It s been a number of years since I ve had to write an essay let alone two Time management is essential so make sure you keep this in mind Anyways this book was extremely useful in my case On my first try taking the exam I achieved a very competitive score and I can honestly say that would not have been possible without my having this book as a guide
