Hi, Can I ask you when you take a PCAT? I have exam on Feb and I am very nervous. Can you tell us which material you studied?
I took it in July 2017 but am only applying to schools now because I decided to finish my bachelors before I applied. I used Dr Collins, the 3 Pearson tests that I mentioned, and a lot of old class notes/textbooks and free online materials. I thought Dr Collins was good for practicing, but the explanations were not good enough for me when I didn't already know the answer well. I basically had 2-3 weeks to study (maybe 3-4 hrs/day) so I did several Dr Collins tests per day, then after checking the answers I would review all of the topics that I got wrong or didn't understand really well. For review I used old notes/textbooks like I mentioned and free websites/videos. I can't remember all of the sites but they were mostly pretty commonly used ones-
Khan Academy- mostly for Gen Chem topics and a little math
Leah4Sci- Ochem (mainly Ochem 1 topics), I only used her free videos from youtube, she does have a subscription tutoring site too but I thought the free ones were fine.
PatrickJMT- free math tutoring website, the videos are also on youtube but I think it's easier to find specific videos or topics on the website
Suzanna Heinze (youtube)- I watched her videos for Micro and some A&P stuff, they are very slow paced though so many people may not like them
A lot of other random youtube videos and study sites for specific topics
I would also look through old posts on here to see what other people have used. I know I used a few other good youtube video sets and websites that I can't remember or find right now that were recommended by other users here.
Overall though, to be totally honest, I would say it probably doesn't matter a ton which study guide/book you use. People seem to do well using a variety of different materials. It seems like it's more a matter of figuring out what specific topics you know and what you don't, and then figuring out a way to learn/remember the stuff you don't know yet in a way that actually works for you.