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First off, I want to say SDN is probably the best study resource out there. With so many minds and input, you really are able to build your knowledge. I want to thank everyone who answered my questions and threads. Also a shout out to the many friends I made on SDN. Gluck to those still studying! For those taking the test in NJ, I recommend u sign up for the West Orange Center. The people are really nice, you get 2 fine tip markers, a big eraser, 2 sheets of paper, and only about 8-9 computers there so its really quiet except for the A/C thats roaring like a truck. I was rocking the monster orange earphones. Silenced out the A/C but they started to hurt my ears after a bit so I ditched them.
Breakdown of Scores:
PAT: 19 (76.8%tile)
QR: 18 (74.1%tile)
RC: 18 (39.0%tile)
Biology: 22 (95.8%tile)
GC: 22 (89.5%tile)
Orgo: 29 (100%tile)!!!!
Total Science: 23 (98.3%tile)!!!!
Academic Avg: 22(95.9%tile)!!!!!
Biology: WOW , holy crap man. This was such a random section. Honestly, I am very happy with my 22, I really did think I was getting an 18. But man there are some weird questions the DAT throws at you and youre like why are you asking me this. How is this going to prepare for a dental education? If you think they arent going to ask a particular topic, make sure u study it and cover all your bases. Honestly, when I saw FRAP I was like crap, why me haha but I didnt let it affect my overall mental state. I kept chugging along. Also I marked about the first 15 questions b/c I was so nervous but after a bit I calmed down returned to them at the end and double checked that I wasnt picking crazy answers.
Materials- TPR MCAT Hyperlearning Biological Sciences (great book, breaks down the physiology really well), Cliffs AP Biology (great resource, I read this once after I finished the MCAT Bio book. Then I kept reading the Eco, Evo, physio section in this book probably read them 4-5x) , Destroyer
Chem- Pretty straightforward, my exam was 1-2 calc problems, mainly setup and mostly conceptual. Pretty easy, I wonder what I got wrong.
Materials: TPR MCAT Hyperlearning Physical Sciences book (great book, breaks down the concepts really well) Destroyer
Orgo- I knew I was doing well on this, but man did not expect a perfect score. Incredibly happy =). Pretty straightforward, if you can do destroyer you can get a perfect score too! Make sure u brush up on HNMR, CNMR. Really Orgo and Chem are the places where u should really try to score high, b/c there is a limited amount of questions they can ask you. Make sure you have a clear solid foundation. SDN is very helpful when coming to questions.
Materials: Kaplan Bluebook but ditched it for Destroyer.
PAT- Well I did the CDP tests and found it really representative of it. Not sure what went wrong here but I am happy with a 19. A little disappointed because I had been scoring 20s on CDP, but Ill take it. Thought Keyhole and TFE were a little more difficult than CDP, angles/punch/cube/folding easier than CDP. Just make sure u keep practicing b/c it is very easy to lose that it factor when doing PAT.
RC: Frapped, Ethics bad, other 2 passages OK. I mean if I had another 15minutes I wouldve possibly had a 20. I am happy with an 18 though.
QR- Honestly didnt give much attention to this. I really am not that great at math so am very happy with my score. I didnt do much, but the day before I did a bunch of Crack Dat Math section tests on word problems, trigs, geometry. My exam was about 10 word problems, everything else was straight forward. Had a few WTF are u asking me questions. Just skipped and went on. I only guessed on 2 of them, but like I said im not very good at math lol
Practice Scores for those that care:
Crack DAT PAT
18,17,17,18,20,21,20,20,20,20
Achiever (TS/AA/bio/chem./orgo/pat/rc/qr/)
Test 1 19/19/17/21/17/16/21/18
Test 2 17/18/18/16/16/*/18/18
Test 3 18/20/17/18/19/*/22/19
Topscore (TS/AA/bio/chem./orgo/pat/rc/qr/)
Test 1 18/19/21/18/15/20/20/19
Test 2 22/21/21/20/25/19/22/17
Test 3 20/*/19/20/21/*/*/20
I really needed a high DAT score b/c my gpa sci/cum ~3.0. Currently, doing a 1yr postbac where Im taking 400lvl undergrad biology courses to boost it up to around 3.2. Probably going to apply next cycle, since I think I am late for this one. Let me know your thoughts and which schools I should target. Thanks again everyone for all the help and if any one has any questions please go ahead and I'll try to answer them as best as i can!
Breakdown of Scores:
PAT: 19 (76.8%tile)
QR: 18 (74.1%tile)
RC: 18 (39.0%tile)
Biology: 22 (95.8%tile)
GC: 22 (89.5%tile)
Orgo: 29 (100%tile)!!!!
Total Science: 23 (98.3%tile)!!!!
Academic Avg: 22(95.9%tile)!!!!!
Biology: WOW , holy crap man. This was such a random section. Honestly, I am very happy with my 22, I really did think I was getting an 18. But man there are some weird questions the DAT throws at you and youre like why are you asking me this. How is this going to prepare for a dental education? If you think they arent going to ask a particular topic, make sure u study it and cover all your bases. Honestly, when I saw FRAP I was like crap, why me haha but I didnt let it affect my overall mental state. I kept chugging along. Also I marked about the first 15 questions b/c I was so nervous but after a bit I calmed down returned to them at the end and double checked that I wasnt picking crazy answers.
Materials- TPR MCAT Hyperlearning Biological Sciences (great book, breaks down the physiology really well), Cliffs AP Biology (great resource, I read this once after I finished the MCAT Bio book. Then I kept reading the Eco, Evo, physio section in this book probably read them 4-5x) , Destroyer
Chem- Pretty straightforward, my exam was 1-2 calc problems, mainly setup and mostly conceptual. Pretty easy, I wonder what I got wrong.
Materials: TPR MCAT Hyperlearning Physical Sciences book (great book, breaks down the concepts really well) Destroyer
Orgo- I knew I was doing well on this, but man did not expect a perfect score. Incredibly happy =). Pretty straightforward, if you can do destroyer you can get a perfect score too! Make sure u brush up on HNMR, CNMR. Really Orgo and Chem are the places where u should really try to score high, b/c there is a limited amount of questions they can ask you. Make sure you have a clear solid foundation. SDN is very helpful when coming to questions.
Materials: Kaplan Bluebook but ditched it for Destroyer.
PAT- Well I did the CDP tests and found it really representative of it. Not sure what went wrong here but I am happy with a 19. A little disappointed because I had been scoring 20s on CDP, but Ill take it. Thought Keyhole and TFE were a little more difficult than CDP, angles/punch/cube/folding easier than CDP. Just make sure u keep practicing b/c it is very easy to lose that it factor when doing PAT.
RC: Frapped, Ethics bad, other 2 passages OK. I mean if I had another 15minutes I wouldve possibly had a 20. I am happy with an 18 though.
QR- Honestly didnt give much attention to this. I really am not that great at math so am very happy with my score. I didnt do much, but the day before I did a bunch of Crack Dat Math section tests on word problems, trigs, geometry. My exam was about 10 word problems, everything else was straight forward. Had a few WTF are u asking me questions. Just skipped and went on. I only guessed on 2 of them, but like I said im not very good at math lol
Practice Scores for those that care:
Crack DAT PAT
18,17,17,18,20,21,20,20,20,20
Achiever (TS/AA/bio/chem./orgo/pat/rc/qr/)
Test 1 19/19/17/21/17/16/21/18
Test 2 17/18/18/16/16/*/18/18
Test 3 18/20/17/18/19/*/22/19
Topscore (TS/AA/bio/chem./orgo/pat/rc/qr/)
Test 1 18/19/21/18/15/20/20/19
Test 2 22/21/21/20/25/19/22/17
Test 3 20/*/19/20/21/*/*/20
I really needed a high DAT score b/c my gpa sci/cum ~3.0. Currently, doing a 1yr postbac where Im taking 400lvl undergrad biology courses to boost it up to around 3.2. Probably going to apply next cycle, since I think I am late for this one. Let me know your thoughts and which schools I should target. Thanks again everyone for all the help and if any one has any questions please go ahead and I'll try to answer them as best as i can!
