View Full Version : My DAT Scores, What do you guys think?


OrangeStorm
06-07-2007, 08:50 PM
I took it today. Here is my scores:

PAT 21----93.9 Percentile
QR 21-----91.3 Percentile
RC 17-----26.3 Percentile :(
Bio 20-----87.4 Percentile
GC 22-----89.5 Percentile
OC 21 ----87.6 Percentile

RS 21-----92.4 Percentile
AA 20-----85.1 Percentile

When I was in the test, I thought I bombed the science section. It turned out better than I felt. But my reading :( English isn't my first language though. What do you guys think? Would it look bad to have a 17 on RC? I really really don't want to sit through another 4 and half hours again. BTW, my GPA / SGPA are 3.88/3.81, respectively.

p.s. On my chemistry part, there were a few errors I found. I don't know if it just didn't show up right on the computer screen. I totally freaked out. Anyway, I felt good it's over.

litldime
06-07-2007, 09:45 PM
I took it today. Here is my scores:

PAT 21----93.9 Percentile
QR 21-----91.3 Percentile
RC 17-----26.3 Percentile :(
Bio 20-----87.4 Percentile
GC 22-----89.5 Percentile
OC 21 ----87.6 Percentile

RS 21-----92.4 Percentile
AA 20-----85.1 Percentile

When I was in the test, I thought I bombed the science section. It turned out better than I felt. But my reading :( English isn't my first language though. What do you guys think? Would it look bad to have a 17 on RC? I really really don't want to sit through another 4 and half hours again. BTW, my GPA / SGPA are 3.88/3.81, respectively.

p.s. On my chemistry part, there were a few errors I found. I don't know if it just didn't show up right on the computer screen. I totally freaked out. Anyway, I felt good it's over.

kudos on your scores....I think a 17 on RC when english isn't your first language is great...you'll be good...your scores are stellar and consistent...could you break down the sections as you remember it (things you found surprising, simple etc) and let us know what materials you used... look at your gpa? you have nothing to worry about!
great job!!!! :thumbup:
-ld

snapple59
06-07-2007, 09:55 PM
Yes, 17 on RC will kill your chance. Please re-take another exam. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Dream team
06-07-2007, 09:58 PM
congrats, could you please give us some tips as to how and what did you study? Thanks

OrangeStorm
06-08-2007, 08:58 AM
Overall, my studying material include kaplan blue book, barron for pat only, destroyer, some schaum for bio. I did practice exams on kaplan book, barron, achiever, and topscore.

Bio----my weakeat subject. I had not taken any bio classes before coming in college. In the past 3 years, I only had Bio I and II and genetics. My highest practice score was 18, so I am pleased with 20. I used Kaplan blue book, Destroyer, Schaum for some extra help on animal diversity and cell bio, plus wikipedia for quick info. Because it was my weakest, I studied the most. I felt there is no way to cover everything in this section. There were stuff I didn't focus too much on the real test, and many things I studied so much were not on there. Of course, it doesn't mean they won't show up if I take it again. Just study as much as you can, my best advice.

GC----not many calculations like other people have already said here. I don't know remember how many exactly, because I was super nervous at the time, I thought I bombed the bio, and had to retake it. I saw things I was not familiar with, not the topic, the way they present it on the computer screen. I had a question where H followed by few numbers. I didn't know what they meant. Oh, the same deal here, used the same studying materials with bio. 22 is 3 or 4 points higher than what I got on the practice exams.

OC----I can't remember too much now, but I know I felt very discouraged when I was taking the exam, because I didn't think I did well on bio and GC. Some reactions/synthesis problem, straight forward. For one question, I had a carbon with 5 bonds, and 2 methyl groups sitting next to it. Even thought I don't think the question had anything to do with this portion of compound, my reaction was wtf. It is aggravating. I had to spend extra few seconds to figure out what happened there, when I could have the time for other questions. I had time to spare and went back check. And my practice score on OC was 19 the hightest. I think it is sufficient with the studying material mentioned above.

PAT---- Angels were difficult. Many of them look identical. They were not too bad overall, difficulty level was about between Topscore and Achiever.

RC ---- I didn't think I did that bad when I was in there. I probably got every inference questions wrong. I am not good with that. On practice exam, I could get between 19 to 22. I didn't read the passage, just looked for answer, that's how I practiced too. Well, don't take too many advice from me as you can say my score isn't that impressive.

QR ---- I am always good at math. My practice scores are between 22 to 25. However, I studied the least for this section. Because of this, many info was not on top of head. Last time I took a math class was senior year in high school. I can't pull them off very quickly, if give me more time, I could derive some the formula I needed. I don't like to memorize stuff, maybe that's why I never liked biology.

Again, the scores turned out better than I expected, except reading. Hope this won't be a problem for my applicaiton. That's all I can think of now.