Arco Everything You Need to Score High on the Pharmacy College Admission Test: Pcat (Pharmacy College Admission Test (Pcat), 3rd ed)

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Summary: Useless
Review: Avoid this book at all cost. It was completely unhelpful. It does not even have the correct type of verbal ability questions. And has no! practice exam.

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Summary: Useless
Review: Avoid this book at all cost. It was completely unhelpful. It does not even have the correct type of verbal ability questions. And has no! practice exam.

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Summary: I got a perfect score on the PCAT thanks to this book!
Review: Every pharmacy major needs to get this book.

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Summary: A Student's Review of Gourley's PCAT Review Guide
Review: Not much in the way of explanations as to what is covered on the actual PCAT. Would be a stronger review guide if the author listed a breakdown as to the possible topics within chemistry or biology (i.e. perhaps state that "focus more on understanding acid/base reactions"). Gourley devoted too much time to defining the pharmacy profession, providing addresses of pharmacy schools, and the like. The book would have been a great deal more helpful if the author provided more practice tests and a better outline of what to study to prepare for the test. In short, this book is not for the student who is looking for a strong review for the PCAT. It is more for a student who is leaning toward a career in pharmacy and needs information on the field and a PCAT-like practice test so that he/she can decide whether or not to enter the field. I took the actual PCAT recently and had been preparing for the test using Gourley's book as my primary resource. I can honestly say that I felt ill-prepared for the test and that the book did not provide a complete picture as to the nature of the test (i.e. like the background that Baron's, Princeton Review, and Kaplan books provide for other standardized tests such as the SAT, MCAT, GRE). I was very, very disappointed with my purchase of this book.