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I finish the DAT today and thought I would post my scores along with my take on the DAT.
Score Percentile
PAT 20 95.5
QR 19 85.5
RC 23 95.3
Bio 23 99.4
GChem 19 82.6
OChem 27 100.0
TS 23 99.4
AA 22 98.7
This is exactly how my scores were listed on the printout I received after finishing the test along with my percentiles. One thing that I am somewhat confused about is the seeming gap between my percentiles and my standard scores.
In general the DAT was extremely clear and much less ambiguous than any practice exam I have taken. There were no trick questions and also no questions that allowed for multiple answers (such as all or none of the above, or B & C). If you are comfortable with the practice exams (ie. topscore, kaplan, ect.) you will find the real deal right up your alley.
PAT:
I am somewhat disappointed with my PAT score since this is that lowest score I have ever received on this portion of the exam. The PAT is usually my strong point and I always scored 25+ on practice tests. Everything was really straight forward other then a couple really tricky top/front/ends. I would agree that Kaplan is too easy, topscore is better, and Barrons is fairly close to the difficulty (just watc hout for the errors in Barrons).
QR:
This one really gets me angry, I can believe I blew it; I was counting on QR being my highest score. Really I dont know what happened the questions were the simplest I have ever seen. I looked at the timer when I was half way through and I was way ahead of pace so I kinda relaxed and next thing I knew I had 2 minutes left and 6 problems to go. Just this morning I got a perfect score on the last topscore QR and I didn't even use any paper and did it all in my head. My advice is to make sure that you finish strong, dont let the wind get knocked out of your sails until it is all over. At this point it was 9:00PM and was pretty much ready to be done with the whole thing and get my scores. Anyways enough about that.
RC:
I never practiced once for RC, I would always skip that section on the practices. But I can say that the passages were extremely easy reading. Most of the questions could be answered without reading the passages at all. My passages were on... 1. Retinoblastome/two-hit hypothesis/oncogenes 2. The Stock Market and formulas for determining investment strategies 3. Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Nervous System. I just read the passages and then answered the questions and still had 10 minutes to spare when I was done.
Bio:
Nothing too out of the ordinary, I have been scoring around 23 to 25 consistently so this was no surprise. There were a few tough questions that I still dont know that answers too. I have a really good memory when it comes to remembering test questions if anyone is interested.
G Chem:
Once again it was nothing took hard. All the calculations were really simple. I cant understand how I didn't score higher here, I though I aced it, but oh well. But the way when ethylene glycol is dissolved in water would it dissociate?
O Chem:
This seciton was a breeze. It is definitely the easiest section on the DAT as far as how difficult the material could be, they really stick to the basics. I just with my 100% would have got me more than a 27.
I anyone want any additional info on the test I would be happy to answer any questions. And thank you to everyone on SDN, I really received a lot of help by reading the various posts.
Score Percentile
PAT 20 95.5
QR 19 85.5
RC 23 95.3
Bio 23 99.4
GChem 19 82.6
OChem 27 100.0
TS 23 99.4
AA 22 98.7
This is exactly how my scores were listed on the printout I received after finishing the test along with my percentiles. One thing that I am somewhat confused about is the seeming gap between my percentiles and my standard scores.
In general the DAT was extremely clear and much less ambiguous than any practice exam I have taken. There were no trick questions and also no questions that allowed for multiple answers (such as all or none of the above, or B & C). If you are comfortable with the practice exams (ie. topscore, kaplan, ect.) you will find the real deal right up your alley.
PAT:
I am somewhat disappointed with my PAT score since this is that lowest score I have ever received on this portion of the exam. The PAT is usually my strong point and I always scored 25+ on practice tests. Everything was really straight forward other then a couple really tricky top/front/ends. I would agree that Kaplan is too easy, topscore is better, and Barrons is fairly close to the difficulty (just watc hout for the errors in Barrons).
QR:
This one really gets me angry, I can believe I blew it; I was counting on QR being my highest score. Really I dont know what happened the questions were the simplest I have ever seen. I looked at the timer when I was half way through and I was way ahead of pace so I kinda relaxed and next thing I knew I had 2 minutes left and 6 problems to go. Just this morning I got a perfect score on the last topscore QR and I didn't even use any paper and did it all in my head. My advice is to make sure that you finish strong, dont let the wind get knocked out of your sails until it is all over. At this point it was 9:00PM and was pretty much ready to be done with the whole thing and get my scores. Anyways enough about that.
RC:
I never practiced once for RC, I would always skip that section on the practices. But I can say that the passages were extremely easy reading. Most of the questions could be answered without reading the passages at all. My passages were on... 1. Retinoblastome/two-hit hypothesis/oncogenes 2. The Stock Market and formulas for determining investment strategies 3. Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Nervous System. I just read the passages and then answered the questions and still had 10 minutes to spare when I was done.
Bio:
Nothing too out of the ordinary, I have been scoring around 23 to 25 consistently so this was no surprise. There were a few tough questions that I still dont know that answers too. I have a really good memory when it comes to remembering test questions if anyone is interested.
G Chem:
Once again it was nothing took hard. All the calculations were really simple. I cant understand how I didn't score higher here, I though I aced it, but oh well. But the way when ethylene glycol is dissolved in water would it dissociate?
O Chem:
This seciton was a breeze. It is definitely the easiest section on the DAT as far as how difficult the material could be, they really stick to the basics. I just with my 100% would have got me more than a 27.
I anyone want any additional info on the test I would be happy to answer any questions. And thank you to everyone on SDN, I really received a lot of help by reading the various posts.
