Barron's PCAT: Pharmacy College Admission Test

by Marie A. Chisholm-Burns and Marie A. Chisholm Pharm.D. R.Ph.

Book Overview

Updated to prepare pharmacy college applicants for success on the PCAT, this manual presents two full-length practice tests with all questions answered and explained. Also included are reviews of all... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764140574
• ISBN13: 9780764140570
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

University Recommended- great study guide

I ordered this book because it is recommeded by one of the Pharmacy Schools I am applying to. This book is good because it has topic outlines for Biology and Chemistry so you can quickly know what to review. The explinations for the answers to the test are good, altough in my opinion they could be better. This won't be the only study guide I'll be using, but it is a good guide and a great start to the studying!

Got a perfect score

I decided to go to pharmacy school at the last minute so I was behind in studying for the PCAT. I should say, though, that I have a B.S. in Biochemistry, so I'm not a fresh-out-of-high-school kid wanting to blame a book on my bad score and not my lack of practical scientific knowledge. This was the only resource I used to study for the PCAT. I bought the book and then I went to the library every night for a week. I read everything in the book, then did every single practice test twice using separate paper copies. I went to the test and finished before everyone else. I am bewildered by anyone doing bad on this test and blaming this book. If you can't take responsibility for your own grade, how do you expect to take responsibility for patient care plans and treatment options? I'm not a genius. But even I know when to blame myself for a bad grade and not a book well-designed to help me. I got my scores back and recieved perfect scores in every area. I have recommended this book to everyone I know preparing for the test, and they liked it as well.

Preparation for PCAT

Beautiful. It was a great help to me in my preparation for PCAT.

Excellent; the only book you need.

I bought this book, along with every other PCAT book I could find. I studied and studied all of them up until test day. When I took the exam (10/99), the only book whose questions were similar to the actual test was this one. The other books are WAY too in-depth. Overkill might be a good thing on other exam preps, but here, over-studying could lead to burn-out, and failure to miss the big picture. Granted, I'm a graduate student in Pharmacology, but this book is the best prep I read. Pick up this book and the HighYield series in Biology and General Chemistry. Forget the rest.

Excellent - a real help in preparation

Excellent set of questions with answers clearly explained. I quickly realized exactly where I needed to spend my study time and bought review books in those areas.