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shoeler
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS!
Well I got the DAT done on Wednesday, and man do I feel like a load of stress has been taken off my shoulders. Here are my scores so all of you can rip me apart and let me know how you feel.
BIO-19
GCHEM-22
OCHEM-21
TS-20
RC-19
QR-15
AA-19
PAT-22
I feel like the scores are pretty solid and consistent, no real extremes except for Math. Here are my thoughts on each section.
BIO-FREAK! I never saw a practice test like this in my life. I expected a ton of stuff on Glycolysis and Cell Biology, embryology etc., but it seemes like there was nothing like that! I am glad I just took a Medical Physiology class and had a tough teacher that tested us on a lot of conceptual stuff. It seemed like this Bio test was a lot of application.
GEN CHEM-I thought this was TONS easier than a lot of my practice tests. I was worried this would be my worst section since I hadn't taken gen chem for over 2 years. I thought there wouldn't be a lot of calculation problems based on what everyone on SDN had said, unfortunately I got more than I expected... probably 4-5 questions.
OCHEM-I thought this was a little harder than Top score and any kaplan test I had taken. I saw a lot of Wordy questions rather than reaction mechanisms. Overall I think it was still a pretty easy section. I love chemistry...
PAT-I thought that all the topscore and kaplan practice tests prepared me well for this. The real pat seemed easy compared to what I expected. Angle ranking was simple. I expected the pattern folding to be outrageous with all sorts of complicated lines/dots/colors on the patterns, but it seemed like it was just blank white paper and simple folds. The cube counting was easy as heck, free points because of kaplan and barron's methods. Hole punching was a breeze, nothing to hard. The key holes were similar to topscore... The front end side and top end one was my hardest, I should have taken more time. Also I saw a keyhole question that had the exact same answer twice! I couldn't see any difference, I swear the test maker screwed up! I don't know if any else saw something like that but it was wack.
RC-I thought kaplans method sucked, who has time to read the whole passage especially when its 28 paragraphs long AND make a stupid road map!! My first passage was huge! I am definetly glad that I didn't fall into that time trap, I just looked at the question and found the answer and I had extra time at the end to check a lot of extras. My advice is to read only when trying to find the answer, your mind can make its own road map as you go through the questions and then realize what the paper is about and where the information is found.
QR-I sucked it up here, I thought I had bombed the test by this point and felt like giving up! I honestly thought I would walk out with a 15 AA and I had extra time but really didn't care, my brain was dead. Turns out I should stuck to it and actually put my heart into it! Lots of wordy questions.
My last thought are that I am greatful for answered prayers and a merciful God. There is no way I could have done it if it were not for him. As one of my teachers said, "Pray like it depends on the Lord, but work like it depends all on you and it will all be good."
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
Well I got the DAT done on Wednesday, and man do I feel like a load of stress has been taken off my shoulders. Here are my scores so all of you can rip me apart and let me know how you feel.
BIO-19
GCHEM-22
OCHEM-21
TS-20
RC-19
QR-15
AA-19
PAT-22
I feel like the scores are pretty solid and consistent, no real extremes except for Math. Here are my thoughts on each section.
BIO-FREAK! I never saw a practice test like this in my life. I expected a ton of stuff on Glycolysis and Cell Biology, embryology etc., but it seemes like there was nothing like that! I am glad I just took a Medical Physiology class and had a tough teacher that tested us on a lot of conceptual stuff. It seemed like this Bio test was a lot of application.
GEN CHEM-I thought this was TONS easier than a lot of my practice tests. I was worried this would be my worst section since I hadn't taken gen chem for over 2 years. I thought there wouldn't be a lot of calculation problems based on what everyone on SDN had said, unfortunately I got more than I expected... probably 4-5 questions.
OCHEM-I thought this was a little harder than Top score and any kaplan test I had taken. I saw a lot of Wordy questions rather than reaction mechanisms. Overall I think it was still a pretty easy section. I love chemistry...
PAT-I thought that all the topscore and kaplan practice tests prepared me well for this. The real pat seemed easy compared to what I expected. Angle ranking was simple. I expected the pattern folding to be outrageous with all sorts of complicated lines/dots/colors on the patterns, but it seemed like it was just blank white paper and simple folds. The cube counting was easy as heck, free points because of kaplan and barron's methods. Hole punching was a breeze, nothing to hard. The key holes were similar to topscore... The front end side and top end one was my hardest, I should have taken more time. Also I saw a keyhole question that had the exact same answer twice! I couldn't see any difference, I swear the test maker screwed up! I don't know if any else saw something like that but it was wack.
RC-I thought kaplans method sucked, who has time to read the whole passage especially when its 28 paragraphs long AND make a stupid road map!! My first passage was huge! I am definetly glad that I didn't fall into that time trap, I just looked at the question and found the answer and I had extra time at the end to check a lot of extras. My advice is to read only when trying to find the answer, your mind can make its own road map as you go through the questions and then realize what the paper is about and where the information is found.
QR-I sucked it up here, I thought I had bombed the test by this point and felt like giving up! I honestly thought I would walk out with a 15 AA and I had extra time but really didn't care, my brain was dead. Turns out I should stuck to it and actually put my heart into it! Lots of wordy questions.
My last thought are that I am greatful for answered prayers and a merciful God. There is no way I could have done it if it were not for him. As one of my teachers said, "Pray like it depends on the Lord, but work like it depends all on you and it will all be good."
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
