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Hello all,
I am scheduled to take the DAT in 10 days and completely freaking out andfigured I would vent to the SDN community and maybe feel better about myself.I've been studying for the DAT recurrently and feel as though I am not goingup, but rather down - especially for the biology. I scored one 20 on qvault afew days ago and now I am down to an 18! A freaking 18 on test 9 after HOURS ofreading and reviewing. I find that I forget a lot of stuff after not reviewingfor only 24 hours and keep forgetting terms.
Also, I am kind of freaking out aboutthe PAT section. I heard they really changed up the PAT section this past weekand now it is much harder. I got my first 20 on CRACK PAT only on test 10. I ama complete failure at pattern folding and angle ranking. I heard TFE is not asmuch line counting as it is 3D and now I am doooommed since that was my maintactic. I got achiever and the TFE and keyholes are a disaster. It took me 1.5hours to finish an achiever PAT exam and I got so many of the TFE and keyholeswrong and nearly all the pattern folding questions incorrect. <- if there would be acrying image, I would have employed it instead.
(I am not really using achiever for sciences, only PAT and reading. I amusing destroyer for the sciences and vault biology.)
Anyone who took the DAT this week think the PAT section was very similar toachiever PAT or 2009 ADA PAT?
For reading - I tried EVERYTHING. When I read first I burn so much time. Itried skimming and doing questions, but then I do not remember what I read wellso have to refer back to the passage on almost every question - more timeburned. Then I tried going straight to the questions and search and destroyform passage -- worked for topscore (19-21), but got harpooned on achiever --13! What would you say is the best tactic?
I am just so depressed now....
Sorry for some words being connected with other words...my keyboard has been acting weird lately and has no autocorrect setting :/
I am scheduled to take the DAT in 10 days and completely freaking out andfigured I would vent to the SDN community and maybe feel better about myself.I've been studying for the DAT recurrently and feel as though I am not goingup, but rather down - especially for the biology. I scored one 20 on qvault afew days ago and now I am down to an 18! A freaking 18 on test 9 after HOURS ofreading and reviewing. I find that I forget a lot of stuff after not reviewingfor only 24 hours and keep forgetting terms.
Also, I am kind of freaking out aboutthe PAT section. I heard they really changed up the PAT section this past weekand now it is much harder. I got my first 20 on CRACK PAT only on test 10. I ama complete failure at pattern folding and angle ranking. I heard TFE is not asmuch line counting as it is 3D and now I am doooommed since that was my maintactic. I got achiever and the TFE and keyholes are a disaster. It took me 1.5hours to finish an achiever PAT exam and I got so many of the TFE and keyholeswrong and nearly all the pattern folding questions incorrect. <- if there would be acrying image, I would have employed it instead.
(I am not really using achiever for sciences, only PAT and reading. I amusing destroyer for the sciences and vault biology.)
Anyone who took the DAT this week think the PAT section was very similar toachiever PAT or 2009 ADA PAT?
For reading - I tried EVERYTHING. When I read first I burn so much time. Itried skimming and doing questions, but then I do not remember what I read wellso have to refer back to the passage on almost every question - more timeburned. Then I tried going straight to the questions and search and destroyform passage -- worked for topscore (19-21), but got harpooned on achiever --13! What would you say is the best tactic?
I am just so depressed now....
Sorry for some words being connected with other words...my keyboard has been acting weird lately and has no autocorrect setting :/
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