It was my first time using this forum so I did not know about the tradition of this forum. Please understand me 🙂
Ok... so on my test day.. I just realized that we are only allow to use
marker with board instead of pencil with scratch paper.
After my exam started, I realized that my marker don't work. omg...
For the future taker.. please make sure that your markers work.. before you start your exam.
For this reason, I was not able to use my own strategy for PAT on each section, which made me run out of time.
Bio; most of the questions were straight forward but there were 3~4 questions that were very detail questions. I studied much for taxanomy part but I only got very simple one question on that. I used Kaplan, DAT achiever, top score, Cliff notes and DAT destroyer.
GC; it was much easier that I thought. Not too much tough calculations.
DAT destroyer, Top score and DAT achiever really helped.
OC; Luckly, I got a full score on this section. For studying, I used mainly Kapan book, and for solving the problem, I focused on DAT destroyer. Nothing was very tricky but the best way to do well on this section is I think you should review many times and get used to reagents so that you can answer them quickly 🙂
PAT: I struggled as I told you before. my marker did n't work.. I found pattern folding was hard and complicated that kaplan. DAT achiever PAT is considered harder than real test I think.
RC; I was not well prepared for this section and not confident. But I was lucky enough to answer two passages on calcium and DNA microarray, which were faimilar with me. My second passage was about the brain and I struggled understanding it but after spending 20 min on this section I just guessed unanswered questions and moved on to next passage.
Don't just do two passages, because i think there is a chance that 3rd passage is easier than either 1st or 2nd ones. 🙂
QR: When I practice for this section, I always had a time problem. It also happen with real test. I was unable to answer about 5~6 questions at the end but I got score 20. Since I struggled especially with word problem and trigonometry, I practiced buch of problems, such as KAPLAN, Barrons, Cliff notes, Top score, DAT achiver, DAT destroyer. Questions are not hard but it just takes time. Make sure you don't make any calculation mistake while solving the problem. Stay calm and solve it step by step, then you will do a great job ~🙂
It that much better than my 1st post? I hope this helps for future test taker. Good luck to all 🙂😍
