StellarRay Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 As the title implies. Are there any sites or something to compare prices? Right now I've got the 2006 Kaplan premier program 2006 edition from the library and I spent an hour reading the newest 2008-09 edition in Chapters and for the most part they seem identical. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatewayMD Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 i think they're basically the same, i have the newest ed, and i compared with a guy who had an older edition they were exactly the same down to the page numbers, only thing that was different was the cover... no idea how much you should pay, the course is 1500, you won't get the online material or the full lengths or the classroom session, all that stuff is easily worth 1000 dollars, so i wouldn't pay more than 500.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerroger Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 No more than $300. You can get the ExamKrackers series for brand new for about this much and it is far superior to Kaplan's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolboy Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 I had the whole set and bought it all for about $200 - it's good for organic chem and biology. The Examkrackers is great for verbal reasoning, physics, and chem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyDude Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 I bought a 2007 edition of Kaplan book from Chapters which came about $140. Material wise it is exactly similar to the courseware books I bought in 2005 as part of the $1500 package. On top, the book is all coloured which wasn't the case with the courseware books. It has one CBT+1 Full length in book. Also, there are tests/quizzes every week on the Kaptest.com website. So honestly if you are not taking any course then I'd say just buy the book. You can get AAMCs tests for practice from someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarRay Posted August 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 ExamKrackers? I've never even heard of this before... The names I recognize are Kaplans, Barrons, and there was one more which escapes me at the moment. >_< So you'd suggest no more than $300 for Kaplan 2007? Or should I just go with this ExamKracker brand? And I agree, the MCAT prep books are great for Orgo chem which I had been struggling with. I was always under the notion that I should keep my old textbooks for future reference for the MCAT but wow.. these prep books cover everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerroger Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 ExamKrackers? I've never even heard of this before... The names I recognize are Kaplans, Barrons, and there was one more which escapes me at the moment. >_< So you'd suggest no more than $300 for Kaplan 2007? Or should I just go with this ExamKracker brand? And I agree, the MCAT prep books are great for Orgo chem which I had been struggling with. I was always under the notion that I should keep my old textbooks for future reference for the MCAT but wow.. these prep books cover everything! Go ExamKrackers, it is the best study material for the MCAT. Kaplan has some pretty signifigant flaws. The most glaring is the Kaplan VR. If you want to know more about it just do a search on this forum. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng_dude786 Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 i agree with rogerroger on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokomo Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 ExamKrackers is by far the best study pack. You can also buy 1001 question books for Bio, Phys, Chem, O Chem, etc. through the co. I bought them through Amazon.ca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayne67 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 My personal opinion is that Kaplan prep books (or "Kraplan" as I call them) are not worth buying at all. My advice to you would be to purchase TPR and EK for bio & org chem review, EK and TPR for Verbal, Nova or Berkeley Review for Physics, and Berkeley Review for general chemistry. But if you really want to buy the Kaplan prep books, don't pay more than $100 for them. Plenty of people sell them on Kiji or cragslist for that much or even lower for the most recent editions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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