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 - kcThis book is an excellent tudor to review collge biology cousres in one simple book. Rating:  - Horrible book with many mistakesI bought this book to prepare for the biology GRE exam. It has many mistakes in the book itself, both in the text and the questions. Also the computerized tests are not helpful at all. The actual test is on paper and learning how to use their practice software is not good preparation for the actual test. The software also contains many many mistakes in the answers. For example one answer is "Arc Gene Product." When I looked at the explanations I see they meant to put Src gene product! These people do not even check spelling before letting a product out the door to the consumer. Several answers were flat out wrong when compared to valid, reviewed textbooks, and sometimes questions would be marked wrong by the computer because the wrong answer was listed as correct. Seriously, total waste of time using this book. In addition I could not print my list of missed questions and when you use the review mode to check your test the computer does not tell you which ones you got right or wrong. You need to write down all the ones you missed, then go back and check then in explanation mode. Don't waste your money. Rating: - Exactly what I needed for the GRE Subject TestThere's way too much to cover in the area of Biology to just start somewhere and begin reviewing everything. The first time I took the exam, that's what I did, and spent hundreds of hours reviewing everything I had covered in the many biology courses I've taken as an undergraduate - and my dismal scores truly reflected how much I needed to practice taking the exam as much as I needed to review what I had learned. This book provided a bunch of practice exams, and the more I practiced, the more prepared I felt. Even though the format and content are different, the fact is that the Biology Subject Test requires strategy just like the General GRE, and the more you practice, the better prepared you will be for test day! Good luck! page 1 of 1
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