Hi everyone,
Just finished taking my DATs (2nd time). I'm very happy with my scores, especially after my first time.
PAT: 20
QR: 21
RC: 22
Bio: 21
GC: 26
OC: 22
TS: 22
AA: 22
Resources:
DAT Bootcamp
Chad's Videos
AP Cliffs 3rd Edition
Feralis Notes
DAT Destroyer
Math Destroyer
CrackDAT PAT
Bio: 21 (17 last year)
I read through the whole Cliffs AP bio as well as through feralis notes about 10 times. Bio was my lowest score last year so you can understand my fear. However, I still didn't know about 10 questions on today's test and had to make educated guesses. There were 3 or 4 animal phylum questions, 2 ecology questions, some techniques/lab equipment questions, and the rest I can't remember right now. You can read cliffs and feralis as much as you want but you will always find topics you are unsure about so load yourself with practice questions (DAT destroyer) and understand the concepts behind everything. This way if you come across unknown questions you can at least try to cut it down to 2 options. DAT bootcamp does a great job simulating the types of questions you will get asked.
GC: 26 (18 last year)
I cannot emphasize how perfect Chads videos are. Every concept on the test was reviewed in chads. DAT bootcamp is perfect for simulation questions. Bootcamp is also great because it focuses on perceptual questions which was more than like 80% of my chem section. The actual math questions were beyond easy, like using PV=nRT.
OChem: 22 (20 last year)
Pretty much same advice as for chemistry. Chads videos is excellent, as well as DAT bootcamp. A piece of advice, DAT destroyer for ochem is beyond overkill. Don't stress if you are getting "destroyed" by it. I expected to do better here, but I'm still happy with what I got.
PAT: 20 (20 last year)
I used crackdat PAT and DAT bootcamp for this section. They both were pretty accurate, except for the hole punching and cube counting. Those sections were way easier on the real test than any practice tests. The keyhole and angles were very difficult, and bootcamp/CDP simulates that well.
QR: 21 (19 last year)
I used Chads to review everything, he does a great job. Then I used Math destroyer for my practice tests. The actual test was a bit easier than any practice tests, and here too I expected to do better. I was probably too tired by now and made careless errors. Know trig functions, I got about 4 or 5 questions where I needed to know them.
RC: 22 (25 last year)
I didn't review at all. The technique I used was search and destroy. The first 5-6 questions were in order so by the time you answer those, you should have a good idea of what the article is about. 95% of my questions were over the surface questions and required just looking for key words in the reading.
I'll post more as I start to remember more, and please ask questions.
Just finished taking my DATs (2nd time). I'm very happy with my scores, especially after my first time.
PAT: 20
QR: 21
RC: 22
Bio: 21
GC: 26
OC: 22
TS: 22
AA: 22
Resources:
DAT Bootcamp
Chad's Videos
AP Cliffs 3rd Edition
Feralis Notes
DAT Destroyer
Math Destroyer
CrackDAT PAT
Bio: 21 (17 last year)
I read through the whole Cliffs AP bio as well as through feralis notes about 10 times. Bio was my lowest score last year so you can understand my fear. However, I still didn't know about 10 questions on today's test and had to make educated guesses. There were 3 or 4 animal phylum questions, 2 ecology questions, some techniques/lab equipment questions, and the rest I can't remember right now. You can read cliffs and feralis as much as you want but you will always find topics you are unsure about so load yourself with practice questions (DAT destroyer) and understand the concepts behind everything. This way if you come across unknown questions you can at least try to cut it down to 2 options. DAT bootcamp does a great job simulating the types of questions you will get asked.
GC: 26 (18 last year)
I cannot emphasize how perfect Chads videos are. Every concept on the test was reviewed in chads. DAT bootcamp is perfect for simulation questions. Bootcamp is also great because it focuses on perceptual questions which was more than like 80% of my chem section. The actual math questions were beyond easy, like using PV=nRT.
OChem: 22 (20 last year)
Pretty much same advice as for chemistry. Chads videos is excellent, as well as DAT bootcamp. A piece of advice, DAT destroyer for ochem is beyond overkill. Don't stress if you are getting "destroyed" by it. I expected to do better here, but I'm still happy with what I got.
PAT: 20 (20 last year)
I used crackdat PAT and DAT bootcamp for this section. They both were pretty accurate, except for the hole punching and cube counting. Those sections were way easier on the real test than any practice tests. The keyhole and angles were very difficult, and bootcamp/CDP simulates that well.
QR: 21 (19 last year)
I used Chads to review everything, he does a great job. Then I used Math destroyer for my practice tests. The actual test was a bit easier than any practice tests, and here too I expected to do better. I was probably too tired by now and made careless errors. Know trig functions, I got about 4 or 5 questions where I needed to know them.
RC: 22 (25 last year)
I didn't review at all. The technique I used was search and destroy. The first 5-6 questions were in order so by the time you answer those, you should have a good idea of what the article is about. 95% of my questions were over the surface questions and required just looking for key words in the reading.
I'll post more as I start to remember more, and please ask questions.
