Ok, test date is about 5 days away. I am getting very nervous, so I decided to increase my confidence by giving a synopsis of my studying experience so I feel feel I have accomplished something lol. I have been studying since Feb (about 3 months) for about a good 7-8 hours a day. I did take a couple to weeks off in this period. This is what I have done so far:


I have went through all of Destroyer about 4 times.
Went through the Kaplan BB once.
Reviewed Cliff's Bio book.
Reviewed my friends old Princeton Hyperlearning Bio and Organic Book (highly recommand it).
Reviewed all of ExamKrackers Bio Book
Reviewed Chem and OChem sections of Princeton Mcat book
Finished 5 tests of CDP and reviewed a little bit.
Finished and reviewed (three times) the 10 tests of Crack DAT Math
Finished Barron's Dat book (including the two practice tests at the end)
Finished and reviewed Kaplan subject tests for Bio, Chem, and OChem provided by the course about 4 times.
Skimmed through the first 20 chapters of Campbell's book (did this in the beginning but gave up and used other materials)
Used wikipedia when necessary :D
Finished and reviewed the 3 DAT achiever tests
Finished and reviewed 2 Topscore tests (plan to do 3rd one tomorrow or Monday).
Finally, I plan to spend another day reviewing all of the 5 CDP tests, I just do not feel comfortable with that section yet.
I may also spend 4-6 hrs with Examkrackers RC book.

SYMPTOMS OF SUCH STRENUOUS STUDYING: Headaches, Mild Hunger and thirst, fatigue

That is what I have done so far. This post is not to brag or anything, I just hope that all this studying pays off. These 3 months have gone REALLY slow and i feel sleep deprived. If I do not succeed than I think it is impossible :laugh:. I am so nervous and I hope I do not panic on test day and mess everything up. ITS SHOWTIME!!!:eek:

You will do great. My exam in on monday and I've studied almost the same amount.
Good Luck man

Good luck to you too. Let me know how it goes.

It seems like you are prepared!

However, the important thing is the result always unfortunately so... Good luck with the real test!

By the way, how did you do on top score and achievers?

and... did you use "threw" instead of "through" on purpose?

lol yea, all this studying has made me lose all my common sense.

Topscore
Test 1 19
Test 2 20

Achiever
Test 1 18
Test 2 20
Test 3 20

Hopefully, I'll do better. Some of the questions were stupid mistakes, but alot of other bio questions seem very random and unrealistic for a real dat exam. There is even a chem question of achiever about Balmer seriers??? I had to research that because I never came across it on my review material.

Your Achiever scores look good. I didn't use Achiever but your Topscore results look like mine.

Ok, test date is about 5 days away. I am getting very nervous, so I decided to increase my confidence by giving a synopsis of my studying experience so I feel feel I have accomplished something lol. I have been studying since Feb (about 3 months) for about a good 7-8 hours a day. I did take a couple to weeks off in this period. This is what I have done so far:

How did you study 7-8hrs a day? No class?

I have graduated already.

Overkill

Not to kill the spirit of this thread, but what have you accomplished?

I guess nothing yet.

I have graduated already.

Good luck :) Keep your confidence up and you will be fine!

I guess nothing yet.

Don't let him convince you that you haven't accomplished anything. "What have you accomplished?" You've accomplished a lot! You've proven that you are a hard worker and a driven individual. You've put in a lot of time and have learned a lot of material I'm sure. An accomplishment is nothing more than the fruition of those things; each of which are accomplishments in an of themselves. You've put yourself in a position to succeed by accomplishing smaller goals along the way. i.e. reading destroyer

I do not deny you have yet to achieve your most important goal, doing well on the DAT, but you're well on your way.

I predict 21 plus. When you feel like you can't do anything else, you're definitely ready.

lol yea, all this studying has made me lose all my common sense.

Topscore
Test 1 19
Test 2 20

Achiever
Test 1 18
Test 2 20
Test 3 20

Hopefully, I'll do better. Some of the questions were stupid mistakes, but alot of other bio questions seem very random and unrealistic for a real dat exam. There is even a chem question of achiever about Balmer seriers??? I had to research that because I never came across it on my review material.

Surprisingly, I made very few stupid mistakes on the actual test. On practices, I was averaging about 5-7 or so.
Maybe the adrenaline rush helped.

Well guys, I finished the last topscore test earlier and got a 21. Hopefully I will get something around this on the actual test. 4 days left :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Ok, test date is about 5 days away. I am getting very nervous, so I decided to increase my confidence by giving a synopsis of my studying experience so I feel feel I have accomplished something lol. I have been studying since Feb (about 3 months) for about a good 7-8 hours a day. I did take a couple to weeks off in this period. This is what I have done so far:


I have went through all of Destroyer about 4 times.
Went through the Kaplan BB once.
Reviewed Cliff's Bio book.
Reviewed my friends old Princeton Hyperlearning Bio and Organic Book (highly recommand it).
Reviewed all of ExamKrackers Bio Book
Reviewed Chem and OChem sections of Princeton Mcat book
Finished 5 tests of CDP and reviewed a little bit.
Finished and reviewed (three times) the 10 tests of Crack DAT Math
Finished Barron's Dat book (including the two practice tests at the end)
Finished and reviewed Kaplan subject tests for Bio, Chem, and OChem provided by the course about 4 times.
Skimmed through the first 20 chapters of Campbell's book (did this in the beginning but gave up and used other materials)
Used wikipedia when necessary :D
Finished and reviewed the 3 DAT achiever tests
Finished and reviewed 2 Topscore tests (plan to do 3rd one tomorrow or Monday).
Finally, I plan to spend another day reviewing all of the 5 CDP tests, I just do not feel comfortable with that section yet.
I may also spend 4-6 hrs with Examkrackers RC book.

SYMPTOMS OF SUCH STRENUOUS STUDYING: Headaches, Mild Hunger and thirst, fatigue

That is what I have done so far. This post is not to brag or anything, I just hope that all this studying pays off. These 3 months have gone REALLY slow and i feel sleep deprived. If I do not succeed than I think it is impossible :laugh:. I am so nervous and I hope I do not panic on test day and mess everything up. ITS SHOWTIME!!!:eek:

That's a fantastic job, and I'm confident that your hard work will pay off - effort is the only thing in life that never goes unrewarded, for it is a reward in itself.