10 years after originally taking the courses covered on the exam, I managed to score in the 80-90 percentiles. Considering how many new graduates I was testing against, I am happy with that result. I thank the Examkrackers series for my good score.

The books and CD lectures cover all of the subjects on the MCAT and allow you to realize your weak spots.

I made a set of flash cards from the CD lectures and books on points of information that I was rusty on. I then memorized those flash cards. I understand Jon and Jordan are coming out with a set of flash cards so that may save you a step.

As a bonus to buying their books, you can access their website at examkrackers com and chat with Jon and Jordan themselves. They will personally answer any questions you have. Also, they have a medical career counselor who will answer your career based questions. From their website, I see that they offer in-class preparation courses on the East Coast. That may be a good option for people living in that area.

Hands down this is the best series for MCAT preparation.


I am so glad I found these books! Highly recommended!   January 30, 2006
 36 out of 38 found this review helpful

These books helped me get into the top medical school of my choice,and I was accepted to every school to which I applied. At my undergrad institution it is not typical for students to do well on the MCAT (they usually score in the teens). When I took my first practice test I scored a mere 15 in my junior year. Then the summer before I took the August MCAT I discovered this series and what a difference it made. I can't imagine what I might have scored if I had more than 3 months to study. I scored in the 30s, while some of my friends who used Kaplan and the like scored 13s and such.

I don't think I'm that smart, but with Examkrackers it doesn't matter. It only teaches the stuff you really need to know for the MCAT and puts it in clear examples so you can understand. It does not simply just reprint all of your science textbooks in one volume, like Kaplan and Princeton Review.

Also the 30-Minute quizzes at the back of each book are extremely good indicators of how you will actually score on the real test. I found that sticking to a study schedule and actually working through the examples was very effective.

Pay attention to Salty, he gives excellent memorization tips and they really stay with you.

If you want to do well on the MCAT, then purchase this series. It will be well worth it.



very condensed mistake free study guides   August 9, 2002
 35 out of 37 found this review helpful

I studied for the MCAT using the examekracker books and the princeton review materials side by side. The princeton review material was far more extensive, but none of the extra material was on the MCAT.

The princeton review exam's were also much harder than the actual MCAT or the examkracker tests (which were of the same difficultly). I guess their theory is that if you can handle their material the MCAT will be a snap. This a disserice to their students as it both demoralizes them and doesnt realistically prepare them for the exam.

Another advantage the examkracker books had was that they were nearly mistake free while the PR had many glaring mistakes.


Best Thing Out There!!!!!!   October 17, 2005
 35 out of 36 found this review helpful

Jordan and Jon did a superb job with these MCAT study guides. They are by far the easiest to read, most thorough, and in general best MCAT study guides out there today.

I scored a 39P on the MCAT with a 13 in each section and I owe it to these reasonably priced books.

Biology: This section is very hard to study for since the MCAT does not demand much outside specific knowledge of the subject, but there will still be a few questions based on random tidbits of biology as well. This guide is written so that you can learn those random things easily (things probably not essential for the MCAT are italicized), while main points and important concepts are put in bold to emphasize their significance. They do need to put some more emphasis on Genetics/Molecular Biology. This section on the MCAT also has alot of "experimental logic" type of questions that test one's general scientific aptitude rather than a classic "why did this work?" type question. Hopefully, Examkrackers will emphasize this skill in future editions.

Organic Chemistry: This was a helpful review, the orgo on the MCAT is fairly straightforward. But they can throw in many random questions that make sure that the testtaker has a grasp on the subject (i.e. random functional groups/reactions)

Physics: The physics book is an excellent text for its goal. I am a physics major so I didn't get much out of this book, but I believe it is written well enough to teach the seemingly difficult subject to a group that normally struggles with the material. An intro physics course does not pound in the concepts well enough for most premeds (mostly biology majors) to go into the MCAT physical sciences section and do extremely well.

Chemistry: The subject matter of intro chem is easy enough that I didn't give this guide much mileage. Physics is much more difficult and you should probably spend more time on the physics section, unless your intro chem knowledge is that poor.

Verbal: Although this was the smallest guide, it was by far the most valuable. I was scoring 9s initially on this section and using the techniques in this guide, I was able to reach a 13! So instead of missing one or two questions on each passage, I ended up only missing a question on every other passage at most. This guide's advice is so essential since no other test prep gives such common sense, usable strategies. Rather than telling the reader to get a subscription to The Economist, Examkrackers tells you to read for the main idea and to read the question carefully for clues for the answer. This along with 101 Passages in Verbal Reasoning, also published by Examkrackers, lifted my score to a very high level!

Looking back, I could've used only these guides, the 101 Passages in Verbal Reasoning book, and the AAMC released previous MCATs and my score would've been just as good compared to the mounds of other prep books that I bought.

Good luck on the MCAT...I'm going to start some USMLE prep now.