1) PASS program is less expensive and less time. ($3K vs $7K+...4
weeks vs 6 weeks from
what I've heard)
2) Kaplan course sits you down 8 hours a day in lectures and gives you
huge notebooks
of things to memorize. PASS is also about 8 hours a day with decent
breaks but then
has individual tutoring and teaches you how to systematically learn
all the material
instead of just giving you thousands of pages of material and saying
"memorize this!"
3) PASS program has a VERY high pass rate with students who are
retaking the boards
(which speaks well if you haven't already had the experience of
failing...)
Dr. Francis was actually investigated by the USMLE people for
cheating at some point
because he had so many students passing (he was cleared).
4) The PASS program still highly recommends that you do the qbank and
works with you
in individual tutoring sessions to develop a style of answering
questions quickly
and accurately.
Read more about Pass Program at:
http://usmlesteps.blogspot.com/search/label/pass%20program
