13 Days left before the DAT and I still don't feel ready

[BRZ24]

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Ok. I have been studying since may and at this point I feel pretty confident about the sciences. Now my main concern is the PAT, reading, and math section.

I have done 3-4 tests on CDP like 3 weeks a go and got 18-17-17-17. I have done test 1-6 on math destroyer but it took me like HOURS for each test to finish. As far as reading, i haven't prepared at ALL and I suck at reading so bad (450 on SAT).

I am planning on taking 3 top score tests 5-6 days before the actual test.

What do you suggest that I do at this point? I feel like I am running out of time.

 

[Dgeorg6]

IDK how to help you with CDP. I would suggest doing a few without time restraints and figuring out everything and why things are how they are. Focus on getting good at TFE w\o using line counting and learning the folds. Angles get easier on the real thing so dont worry about those, and if your having trouble with pattern folding and cube counting I really dont know how you can improve those parts.

I took mine today and got a 20 on RC and only did one practice test with RC YESTERDAY!!. Let's just say I was super nervous but I search and destroyed that thing like no other and worked out so you should try all the methods now and figure out which one you are most comfortable with

 

[BRZ24]

IDK how to help you with CDP. I would suggest doing a few without time restraints and figuring out everything and why things are how they are. Focus on getting good at TFE w\o using line counting and learning the folds. Angles get easier on the real thing so dont worry about those, and if your having trouble with pattern folding and cube counting I really dont know how you can improve those parts.

I took mine today and got a 20 on RC and only did one practice test with RC YESTERDAY!!. Let's just say I was super nervous but I search and destroyed that thing like no other and worked out so you should try all the methods now and figure out which one you are most comfortable with

LOL my best sections on the PAT are holepunching and cubes. I never got below 13/15 in those two sections. For keyholes, I normally can get at least half of them correct. As far as pattern folding, the ones where the are lots of shading really kill me. I am OK with the plain ones. For TFE, I still have a hard time visualizing the object🙁

I am so nervous about this test...

 

[Dentalkid434]

Did you read the passages first or just read the questions first and then went straight to the passage? Also--how did you have time on the RC section???

 

[Dgeorg6]

I read the 1st question or 2 and just started skimming. If your lucky you will get 1 or 2 actually interesting passages that are easy reads which I did. and how did I have time..? Uhm it took me 22 minutes on the 1st passage (very uninteresting and difficult). 2nd one took about 13 minutes (easy interesting read) and the last took about 20 minutes and ended with about 5-6 minutes left.

 

[kc12]

Hey I know how you feel man! I was shooting for 20's across the board on my practice tests, but I ended up with so many 18's on my sciences on all my practice tests, which made me feel not nearly as ready as my scores indicates. I also did not even finish Destroyer or Topscore before my test date came.

One advice is that after you take the practice tests, make sure you go over and understand answers for the ones that you got wrong or guessed on! Doing that I think helped me alot for the real thing.

Also for PAT, I would suggest just to do CDP instead of wasting time on Topscore's PAT, because it is very blurry and lines are all pixelated.

My other advice is to stay confident during the test! As lame as that sounds, I think it definitely helped me, as it shows in my huge improvement from my practices to my real score!