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Old 27th February 2007 | 21:35
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OAT or BGS notes?

Leaving EVERYTHING else out, I would like your feed back on the pros/cons of the OATs books as compared with BGS's.

I have read a lot of feedback saying BGS notes are concise and will help deal with exams better while Oxford's are very comprehensive and detailed hence easier to read (like a story) but harder to study (get the facts in your mind).

I like to study things in details and fit things I learnt together to form a comprehensive view. Hence I don't like to understand things as "black boxes" nor take a fact as it is written. I have the impression that BGS notes are like "black boxes" : Letting you know whatever is needed for the exams without explaining things in details that won't come out for exams. I also thought (after reading a lot of feed back in the threads) that Oxford's notes are like an "aviation encyclopedia". In other words BGS notes are very exam orientated while Oxford's are knowledge based?

If anyone had seen books from both schools, Can I have your opinion on these?
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