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Like a virgin, taking the DAT for the very first time: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=519880
Section | Old Score --> New Score
PAT | 19 --> 17 (42.4%) 🙁
QR | 18 --> 24 (99.4%)
RC | 18 (PIANO'D) --> 20 (78.5%)
BIO | 19 --> 20 (91.8%)
GC | 22 --> 19 (79.9%) 😱
OC | 18 --> 21 (89.7%)
TS | 19 --> 20 (91.3%)
AA | 19 --> 21 (97.2%)
Uhhh... hooray? 😕
Stats: Applied to 17 schools, submitted 6/14 - second batch.
Overall/Sci/BCP
Undergrad GPA: 3.01/2.83/2.81
Graduate GPA: 3.87/3.85/3.85
Cum GPA: 3.19/3.11/3.12
Breakdown:
PAT: Prep materials - 5 test version of CDP. Test 1 - 18, Test 2 - 16, Test 3 - 17, Test 4 - 18, Test 5 - 20. Hole punching, angles, and cubes were a cakewalk compared to CDP. Keyholes were comparable. Pattern folding was half easy and half WTF, I got a lot of questions where the layout was asymmetrical (no two shapes were the same on the layout, etc.)... definitely something you don't see in CDP. The kicker: TFE KILLED ME. I was acing the CDP TFE and the real test was a completely different ballgame. Line counting is essentially useless which really threw me off, I had to go back to basics and actually try to visualize the figure. That's pretty much the only way you were gonna get through it with the version that I got. My Test 5 i got 15/15 of TFE, I wouldn't be surprised if I got like a 6/15 on the real thing.
QR: Prep materials - Math Destroyer, Being Asian. That's all you need. I did only 7/10 tests in there and was getting about 30/40 on each one. Also, the calculator is your friend. I used it liberally throughout the section (to double and triple check my work, and on problems where I had to divide like 2000/10 - LOL) and still had 3-4 minutes left. <3 the new calculator.
RC: Prep materials - NONE. Didn't get Piano'd this time. Thank GOD. I swear even if I got that passage again, I'd still mess it up like I did the first time. I did literally no prep for this section, I was always good at RC so it didn't bother me. My sections were on NMDA receptors, exercise and psychological health, and cancer. Awesome.
BIO: Prep materials - Destroyer, datprofessor.com (won it free in an SDN raffle, wouldn't recommend paying the full price - very buggy website). I was pretty bummed out that I didn't get a lot problems that related to upper level sciences courses (that would have been nice considering I just finished a Masters in Biomedical Sciences) , the whole section was a throwback to my gen bio days freshman/sophomore year of college. Lots of ecology, photosynthesis, phylum, and mitosis problems. Did surprisingly better than I thought though. M'eh.
GC: Prep materials - Destroyer, datprofessor.com. Didn't really spend much time studying this section cause I did well the last time.... and it shows. This version was very conceptually based whereas the last time I took it was very calculation based. Lots of destroyer-like questions that I wasn't expecting (i.e. which one of the following statements is false). Oh well.
OC: Prep materials - Destroyer, Odyssey, datprofessor.com, Anki. Probably like 75% of my studying time (~1 month total) was spent purely on organic. I went through Odyssey one and a half times, definite overkill. Made flashcards using Anki (it's a free flashcard program for your computer - heard about in one of the breakdowns, love it) for all the problems I got wrong. Went through those, knew it cold. Game over.
Section | Old Score --> New Score
PAT | 19 --> 17 (42.4%) 🙁
QR | 18 --> 24 (99.4%)
RC | 18 (PIANO'D) --> 20 (78.5%)
BIO | 19 --> 20 (91.8%)
GC | 22 --> 19 (79.9%) 😱
OC | 18 --> 21 (89.7%)
TS | 19 --> 20 (91.3%)
AA | 19 --> 21 (97.2%)
Uhhh... hooray? 😕
Stats: Applied to 17 schools, submitted 6/14 - second batch.
Overall/Sci/BCP
Undergrad GPA: 3.01/2.83/2.81
Graduate GPA: 3.87/3.85/3.85
Cum GPA: 3.19/3.11/3.12
Breakdown:
PAT: Prep materials - 5 test version of CDP. Test 1 - 18, Test 2 - 16, Test 3 - 17, Test 4 - 18, Test 5 - 20. Hole punching, angles, and cubes were a cakewalk compared to CDP. Keyholes were comparable. Pattern folding was half easy and half WTF, I got a lot of questions where the layout was asymmetrical (no two shapes were the same on the layout, etc.)... definitely something you don't see in CDP. The kicker: TFE KILLED ME. I was acing the CDP TFE and the real test was a completely different ballgame. Line counting is essentially useless which really threw me off, I had to go back to basics and actually try to visualize the figure. That's pretty much the only way you were gonna get through it with the version that I got. My Test 5 i got 15/15 of TFE, I wouldn't be surprised if I got like a 6/15 on the real thing.
QR: Prep materials - Math Destroyer, Being Asian. That's all you need. I did only 7/10 tests in there and was getting about 30/40 on each one. Also, the calculator is your friend. I used it liberally throughout the section (to double and triple check my work, and on problems where I had to divide like 2000/10 - LOL) and still had 3-4 minutes left. <3 the new calculator.
RC: Prep materials - NONE. Didn't get Piano'd this time. Thank GOD. I swear even if I got that passage again, I'd still mess it up like I did the first time. I did literally no prep for this section, I was always good at RC so it didn't bother me. My sections were on NMDA receptors, exercise and psychological health, and cancer. Awesome.
BIO: Prep materials - Destroyer, datprofessor.com (won it free in an SDN raffle, wouldn't recommend paying the full price - very buggy website). I was pretty bummed out that I didn't get a lot problems that related to upper level sciences courses (that would have been nice considering I just finished a Masters in Biomedical Sciences) , the whole section was a throwback to my gen bio days freshman/sophomore year of college. Lots of ecology, photosynthesis, phylum, and mitosis problems. Did surprisingly better than I thought though. M'eh.
GC: Prep materials - Destroyer, datprofessor.com. Didn't really spend much time studying this section cause I did well the last time.... and it shows. This version was very conceptually based whereas the last time I took it was very calculation based. Lots of destroyer-like questions that I wasn't expecting (i.e. which one of the following statements is false). Oh well.
OC: Prep materials - Destroyer, Odyssey, datprofessor.com, Anki. Probably like 75% of my studying time (~1 month total) was spent purely on organic. I went through Odyssey one and a half times, definite overkill. Made flashcards using Anki (it's a free flashcard program for your computer - heard about in one of the breakdowns, love it) for all the problems I got wrong. Went through those, knew it cold. Game over.
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