USMLE 1 materials: Kaplan notes /home study progra -

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lili - lili

hi,
can anybody advice me what is a difference between Kaplan home study program materials and kaplan lecture notes. Are these same? Thanks very much.
Lili

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u GET THE SAME BKS & CD BUT U DO WEBPREP BUT NOT
LIKE CTR PREP WHERE U GO & VIEW AS MANY VIDEOS AS U WANT. ALSO THE WEBPRP IS ONLY 80 HRS. cTR PRP UP TO 200 HRS BUT COSTS MORE.

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Henle

That's not correct. Lecture notes are those with webprep, but home study kit are Kaplan comercial set.

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Emmy

Kaplan lecture notes are a set of books ( 7 volumes) that is supposed to be used in in conjuction with Kaplan live lectures, center prep or the web preps courses. The notes are divided into basic science disciplines format ( anatomy, micro, pharmac etc). It helps if you have access to the center prep videos or the web prep audio streams to go along with the lecture notes or they would seem a little dry depending on your basic sciences background.

The home study kit on the other hand is a stand alone booksets that are meant to be studied independent of kap lectures and hence its name. It is organised in organ system format and some people may prefer its set up to that of the lecture notes which must accompany lecture videos to be sensible. I hope this helps.

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Henle

Exactly, Emmy

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lili

thanks very much everybody. this was very helpful.