Series: Graduate School Test Preparation
Paperback: 2656 pages
Publisher: Princeton Review; 1 Box edition (July 29, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0804126321
ISBN-13: 978-0804126328
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 11.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.7 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
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I purchased TPR MCAT 2015 because their books on the current (pre-2015) are excellent and I found them much more readable than the Kaplan series. But it seems that in a rush to be the first to offer content, they forgot to proofread their stuff.I'm only 13 pages into the first chapter on Physics and there are already serious issues that shouldn't be there, because the wording is basically the same as the previously published books, except now there are silly errors.For example, on page 53 we are given an equation for finding displacement as d=1/2(v0-v)t when its supposed to be d=1/2(v0+v)t. The equation is correct in the older book and there is a worked out example in this book that uses the wrong equation but prints out the correct answer anyway.Then on the very next page the authors are going over how to interpret graphs in terms of kinematics. The graphs are the EXACT same as the previous MCAT books but once again the worked out examples are incorrect. It's as if they copied and pasted from the old book but changed the equations and examples so they would be wrong. In this particular case, we are to figure out an object's acceleration using a graph of Velocity VS time. The values are as follows: ti=3s; tf=5s; vf=1m/s; v0=5m/s.Their work-through of the problem?: A=[(v-v0)/(tf-ti)] = ((5m/s) - (2m/s)) / (0s-3s) = 1m/s^2. HU?! Of course the correct answer (worked out correctly in the previous edition) is -2m/s^2.And these are only the types I have caught.... Who knows if I have missed others.In a rush to be the first to offer material for the 2015 MCAT exam, it seems that the Princeton Review has forgotten to read their own books for errors.
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