Book Description

No science background in university? Great in the sciences but little experience reading from the humanities or writing essays? Had a bad experience with a high school physics teacher? Full time arts student? Full time mom? Part time job? It's OK. The Gold Standard has you covered. This is not just a textbook, it is a learning experience.

The Gold Standard has integrated textbook reading with many free features including online problem solving with explanations, essays for you to review in the book and online, 10 hours of online teaching videos with ideas presented in clear terms, online equation lists and organic reaction summary, hundreds of additional practice questions with a forum thread to discuss every individual question - for free - and much more. We also offer the Gold Standard GAMSAT DVD with helpful strategies for all test sections; 16 science review DVDs prepared for the MCAT and, thankfully, contain all the major GAMSAT science topics clearly explained; and to increase study efficiency: flashcards, MP3s and an iPhone application. The flashcards and iPhone App point to which section in the book you can find more details. The book points to which DVD you can use as a lecture. The videos and the explanations to the practice tests also point to specific sections of the book should you require clarification. A multimedia integrated approach so you can choose the tools that help you study best. The Gold Standard GAMSAT textbook stands at the center.

About the Author

Dr. Brett Ferdinand was awarded numerous scholarships en route to graduating with honors in a B.Sc. program. Years ago, confident that he would one day be a doctor fulfilled his passion for teaching by creating The Medical School Preparatory Course (MSPC), which has become a perennial lecture series through MCAT-prep.com. The course was the first to teach both the MCAT and the details of the admissions process. After excelling at the MCAT, Dr. Brett Ferdinand was accepted by all the medical schools to which he applied. During medical school he continued to teach and then completed: The Gold Standard textbook. The book received distribution throughout North America and instantly became one of the best selling study guides.


Today, Dr. Brett Ferdinand is a surgeon and continues to be known as a dynamic lecturer on the admissions process, on the basic sciences for the MCAT. He is well known for making difficult concepts easy to understand. Over the years, he has lectured to thousands of pre-medical students and reached thousands more through his books and now through online interactive programs.