This book takes out all the random unnecessary stuff that is not needed for the MCAT. I had a really bad experience with kaplan. Those books, I believe are never updated and are lengthy for no apparent reason. Some person in book review recommended a book at secretroute-dot-com , which is very good for strategy. I shelled out a ton of money for prep courses, when all I needed were these two books.

Before having purchased this book I found myself very frustrated doing official MCATs from previous years under timing. I was trying different methods that I've gotten from word of mouth or from other books and it just wasn't working. This book illustrates the absolute essentials in order to do well. I went from a 4 to 9 in about a week with increased practice. Core examples of what the other companies are spewing and how these methods will not work efficiently was very well laid out. I recommend this book to any future MCAT takers

I have taken 2 different review courses found this book to be a blessing in disguise. It's a must read for improving your verbal score. (As proof I went from a 6 to a 10 on my diags.) Altho seemingly short, I found the techniques to be profoundly simple and effective. Examkrackers relies heavily on main idea and using questions/answers to help cut through the BS. Also u'll find yourself freed from the use of heavy (and time consuming) annotations which most prep companies OVERemphasize. You don't need to read tons of books for Verbal or stress out your optic nerves with time. Also gives good math and essay advice.

These practice tests are just like the real MCAT. They give you a very close approx. of what your real MCAT verbal score will be like. I recommend this book for verbal practice, and it can be used almost exclusively by itself for review. They give 11 total verbal practice tests, and that's alot. No other verbal practice material compares.

I've used several of the MCAT products related to the Verbal Reasoning Section and I found this product to be BY FAR the most helpful. It's a quick read, but the information is practical and easy to apply. Certainly buy this book if you want to develop the skills you need to get a really high verbal score. If you're only looking to acheive an average score, you might not need to bother with this book, as many other resources are available to help you gain some BASIC verbal skills. Remember, fellow MCAT'ers, the Verbal is the most difficult section to improve your score in, so its imperitive that you PRACTICE EXTENSIVELY if you want a really high score.