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Excuse my punctuation errors - 11pm and my eyes are burning due to lack of sleep.
AA15 TS 16 PAT 19
Lets just say that the first time I took the DAT - Nothing went right. I mainly had issues with my speed which I did not practice at all. But knew my content. I remember guessing on every Ochem question.
AA20 TS 19 PAT 20
I used the DAT Destroyer 2010 version for Ochem and Chem. I used these as study material and didn't know a thing during my first round. I used only chads quizzes. His quizzes itself is a great study material. I went over it around 4-5 times till I was used to the concept. I left some time between each review so that I didn't answer correctly purely because I memorized. His quizzes were enough for me to grasp a good amount of material for the DAT. I owe him and DAT destroyer "2010" version my Ochem score jump from a 14 to a 22.
A week before my test I was scoring 16 on DAT qvualt and all the practice tests I could get my hand on. I thought it would be my worst score. I cannot say I got lucky, but from all the threads I have read, Ochem should be the easiest if you know the general equations. If you know the exceptions and the names you should be golden and score like a 26+. But I used DAT Qvault for all the practice
I then went from there to DAT Achiever, I had campbells text, but I used to dvd that came with it for the end of chapter questions. DAT Achiever, if you are using the first 3 tests it ranges in easiest to hardest 1st< 2nd< DAT< 3rd ... Honestly I didn't think Gchem was representative of the 3rd test at all. I scored a 16 and ended up with 20 on actual test.
I used the free DAT bootcamp tests - free ones are definitely easier. But I do believe the paid tests are a better rep for the DAT (my friend has access to them)
Topscore- I thought of it to be easier than DAT or at least right on par. well with the exception of the very first test.
Bio for me was right on par with DAT qvault, i thought it would be much easier because everyone else said so, but no, it was just like the qvault and destroyer. - I'm a bio major and ironically it was my lowest score of the sciences. Go figure.
None of the PAT I took were representative of the actual DAT. I score 20+ on all my practice tests, but ended only with a 20 on the actual. I was surprised because I thought at least achiever was harder, but it maybe because I only bought the 3 test version. Either way, it was my fav, and the one that I bombed on.
RC, my homepage was the scientificamerican for some time. I didn't really bother practicing for this. Just made sure I could finish reading a typical DAT lengthed article in 6mins.
QR- No studying, just practiced enough to make sure my DAT score was in 18-19 range because I didn't want a low score to pull down my TS score.
There, not a great score compared to all the SDN brains out there but still is something. I dont think I will be retaking it anytime soon. I have the DAT qvault for Bio and Ochem which is valid till sept 14th and sept 22nd. I had to pay $60 each but if anyone wants to buy it half off, you can have it.
Anyways Good luck to everyone who is going to take the test.
AA15 TS 16 PAT 19
Lets just say that the first time I took the DAT - Nothing went right. I mainly had issues with my speed which I did not practice at all. But knew my content. I remember guessing on every Ochem question.
AA20 TS 19 PAT 20
I used the DAT Destroyer 2010 version for Ochem and Chem. I used these as study material and didn't know a thing during my first round. I used only chads quizzes. His quizzes itself is a great study material. I went over it around 4-5 times till I was used to the concept. I left some time between each review so that I didn't answer correctly purely because I memorized. His quizzes were enough for me to grasp a good amount of material for the DAT. I owe him and DAT destroyer "2010" version my Ochem score jump from a 14 to a 22.
A week before my test I was scoring 16 on DAT qvualt and all the practice tests I could get my hand on. I thought it would be my worst score. I cannot say I got lucky, but from all the threads I have read, Ochem should be the easiest if you know the general equations. If you know the exceptions and the names you should be golden and score like a 26+. But I used DAT Qvault for all the practice
I then went from there to DAT Achiever, I had campbells text, but I used to dvd that came with it for the end of chapter questions. DAT Achiever, if you are using the first 3 tests it ranges in easiest to hardest 1st< 2nd< DAT< 3rd ... Honestly I didn't think Gchem was representative of the 3rd test at all. I scored a 16 and ended up with 20 on actual test.
I used the free DAT bootcamp tests - free ones are definitely easier. But I do believe the paid tests are a better rep for the DAT (my friend has access to them)
Topscore- I thought of it to be easier than DAT or at least right on par. well with the exception of the very first test.
Bio for me was right on par with DAT qvault, i thought it would be much easier because everyone else said so, but no, it was just like the qvault and destroyer. - I'm a bio major and ironically it was my lowest score of the sciences. Go figure.
None of the PAT I took were representative of the actual DAT. I score 20+ on all my practice tests, but ended only with a 20 on the actual. I was surprised because I thought at least achiever was harder, but it maybe because I only bought the 3 test version. Either way, it was my fav, and the one that I bombed on.
RC, my homepage was the scientificamerican for some time. I didn't really bother practicing for this. Just made sure I could finish reading a typical DAT lengthed article in 6mins.
QR- No studying, just practiced enough to make sure my DAT score was in 18-19 range because I didn't want a low score to pull down my TS score.
There, not a great score compared to all the SDN brains out there but still is something. I dont think I will be retaking it anytime soon. I have the DAT qvault for Bio and Ochem which is valid till sept 14th and sept 22nd. I had to pay $60 each but if anyone wants to buy it half off, you can have it.
Anyways Good luck to everyone who is going to take the test.
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