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... and I got some suggestions for working professionals or non-traditional students (below at post #10); additional replies at post #15+ (below).
I finished my DAT on 5/9/2011; walked into the test center a few minutes before 11am, and was very VERY nervous. After I was given the instructions (simple), and needed to put things away into the locker, I took half bottle of "5 hour energy" and some dry snacks. Went to the bathroom again and ready for battle.
I did read other threads about wearing sweater/hootie into the testing room. However, The test center at oklahoma city has very weak air conditioning -- I was informed by the proctor lady about the a/c and she said better not to put on the sweater going in. I left my sweater in the locker, and during the test my hands were sweating. The lady was very helpful (compared to the other guy who barely wanted to help me with anything): she would provide clean dry-erase boards and fresh pens when asked; when I was done with the 15-min break and ready to go back to the testing room, she asked me to take a couple sheets of tissues for drying my hands during my second half of testing. I appreciated her understanding. (They probably also saw me trying to open the pens with my t-shirt b/c my hands were slick)
Oh, and I finished the rest of the "5 hour energy" during my break. I think it helped.
Anyway, I almost thought I couldn't finish the Reading section b/c that was my slowest section and I generally went a couple of questions unanswered or guessed without reading when I was practicing with Crack DAT Reading. Fortunately, the 3rd paragraph was on a topic that I was extremely familiar with from in a class of last semester. I finished READING right on time.
Overall, I thought the real DAT were much easier than I was expecting, especially the BIO section; I practiced with both Topscore and Achiever, also used CrackDAT and Destroyer. Topscore and Achiever have much harder and detailed BIO questions compared to the real BIO.
Chemistry, Organic and math are my strong topics and almost everything seemed easier than questions that I practiced with. Before the test I stressed to remember metric conversions (eg. miles vs km, lbs, oz. etc) but it was NOT NEEDED in my test.
Here are my scores including practice:
The Real DAT:
PAT 23 BIO24 GCHEM 30 OCHEM 26 RC21 QR 27. TS=26, AA=26, 99.9%.
TopScore
#1-- PAT 21, BIO 19, GCHEM 20, OCHEM 21, RC 19, QR29
#2-- PAT 25, BIO 19, GCHEM 24 , OCHEM 28, RC 22, QR24
#3-- PAT 23, BIO 20, GCHEM 23, OCHEM 28, RC18 QR24
Achiever
TEST 1- PAT 18, QR 26, RC 17, BIO 19, G-Chem 21, O-Chem 21
TEST 2-PAT 20, QR 21, RC 18, Bio 21, Gen-Chem 19, O-Chem 20
TEST 3- PAT 18, QR 19, RC 17, BIO 18, Gen-Chem 21, O-Chem 21
I will post more when I get some time.
I finished my DAT on 5/9/2011; walked into the test center a few minutes before 11am, and was very VERY nervous. After I was given the instructions (simple), and needed to put things away into the locker, I took half bottle of "5 hour energy" and some dry snacks. Went to the bathroom again and ready for battle.
I did read other threads about wearing sweater/hootie into the testing room. However, The test center at oklahoma city has very weak air conditioning -- I was informed by the proctor lady about the a/c and she said better not to put on the sweater going in. I left my sweater in the locker, and during the test my hands were sweating. The lady was very helpful (compared to the other guy who barely wanted to help me with anything): she would provide clean dry-erase boards and fresh pens when asked; when I was done with the 15-min break and ready to go back to the testing room, she asked me to take a couple sheets of tissues for drying my hands during my second half of testing. I appreciated her understanding. (They probably also saw me trying to open the pens with my t-shirt b/c my hands were slick)
Oh, and I finished the rest of the "5 hour energy" during my break. I think it helped.
Anyway, I almost thought I couldn't finish the Reading section b/c that was my slowest section and I generally went a couple of questions unanswered or guessed without reading when I was practicing with Crack DAT Reading. Fortunately, the 3rd paragraph was on a topic that I was extremely familiar with from in a class of last semester. I finished READING right on time.
Overall, I thought the real DAT were much easier than I was expecting, especially the BIO section; I practiced with both Topscore and Achiever, also used CrackDAT and Destroyer. Topscore and Achiever have much harder and detailed BIO questions compared to the real BIO.
Chemistry, Organic and math are my strong topics and almost everything seemed easier than questions that I practiced with. Before the test I stressed to remember metric conversions (eg. miles vs km, lbs, oz. etc) but it was NOT NEEDED in my test.
Here are my scores including practice:
The Real DAT:
PAT 23 BIO24 GCHEM 30 OCHEM 26 RC21 QR 27. TS=26, AA=26, 99.9%.
TopScore
#1-- PAT 21, BIO 19, GCHEM 20, OCHEM 21, RC 19, QR29
#2-- PAT 25, BIO 19, GCHEM 24 , OCHEM 28, RC 22, QR24
#3-- PAT 23, BIO 20, GCHEM 23, OCHEM 28, RC18 QR24
Achiever
TEST 1- PAT 18, QR 26, RC 17, BIO 19, G-Chem 21, O-Chem 21
TEST 2-PAT 20, QR 21, RC 18, Bio 21, Gen-Chem 19, O-Chem 20
TEST 3- PAT 18, QR 19, RC 17, BIO 18, Gen-Chem 21, O-Chem 21
I will post more when I get some time.
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