Briannaxox Posted September 28, 2018 Report Share Posted September 28, 2018 Hello everything, I know this is overkill at this point because everyone asks but I have a general question about TPR (2nd edition) vs Kaplan (2018-2019). I've been reading a lot of conflicting information regarding which mcat book set has a higher level of detail. Some say Kaplan has more information while others say TPR has more information. Can anyone shed some light on this issue for me please. Does one book set indeed contain more info than the other or does it depend on the specific subject. If so, any insight would be greatly appreciated. I am not worried about an overkill of information (imo it's better to have extra information rather than less -- I just don't want to miss any information. I also need a relatively comprehensive overview in org and physics as I've never taken org and I'm generally starting to forget the second physics material). Therefore, I want to use the set that has more information/detail for each subject as my primary source (obviously supplemented with other sources such as KA, AAMC, etc.). In advance, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginary_Bat Posted September 29, 2018 Report Share Posted September 29, 2018 I think it really depends on the topic for which book has more detail. I read both the TPR (3rd ed) and Kaplan (2017-18) and I found that depending on the topic they either had too little or too much detail. For example, for the physics I and II stuff I found TPR to be a bit overkill and Kaplan to be a bit simpler and more straightforward to understand, but for biochem I found the opposite. I'd say if you're not too close to test day you can't do much harm by going through both sets of books. Especially if you keep on with the KA videos and do a lot of practice you'll do great! Good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briannaxox Posted September 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2018 Hey, thanks for the advice! I appreciate it. That's pretty complicated to tell then Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to read through both book sets, I wish I did! Essentially I'm just going to use TPR or Kaplan book set (undecided) as the primary source along with KA and AAMC. So basically 3 things. But choosing between TPR and Kaplan is becoming quite the dilemma! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballsortahard Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Just my $0.02, Kaplan doesn't have enough P/S or Biochem. If you get Kaplan download the KA notes from /r/mcat. EDIT: no one listen to me, I have kaplan mixed up with examkrackers. Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLC6A4 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Kaplan B/B was overkill. I think EK is all you need to do well on the MCAT - it is all I used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cxbrt5 Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 I have not used TPR but imo Kaplan Biochem was very well developed and helped me extremely for BB and CP. I wouldn't use either of the textbooks for psychology; highly recommend Khan notes for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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