2007 DAT Scores. Test in 1 week. Thoughts?

[SladerJ]

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Hello everyone,

I am taking my DAT on June 27th(which is one week from today.)

I just took the 2007 DAT practice test and received these scores:

Bio: 20
GC: 17 🙁
OC: 25
PAT:21
RC: 21
QR:19

My course of action for the next week (besides remaining calm and sane) is going to be to hitting my weak spots (*cough cough GC, QR cough*) using DAT Destroyer, Math Destroyer, Bootcamp, Chads, and Feralis. I want to try and get through each section of the Destroyer one more time, review all of Feralis Bio notes, and rewatch all of Chads videos for GC. Is there anything else I could be doing that would help me?
Thanks!!

 

[hellofuturedentists]

I wouldn't sweat it too much. I didn't do that great on the 2007 or 2009 tests but I did much better on the real thing. If you only have a week left, that might be too much to do, which will stress you out more. Instead of watching all of Chad's videos, maybe just flip through your notes and only watch the videos for the stuff you really don't understand. Then go back through your old Bootcamp tests for the subjects you want to do better in and see if you can do better the second time around. Also, Chad had videos for QR which were pretty helpful, too!

 

[SladerJ]

@hellofuturedentists How was the Gen chem section in terms of calculation based questions? I've always been very strong in conceptual based questions but I'm not so great with calculations(Lots of conversions and variables and the like).

 

[hellofuturedentists]

Hmm. From what I remember, any math was very simple (it helps to round or use scientific notation) and any necessary equations were the basic ones (∆H change, ∆E change, etc).

 

[pannekm12]

I feel for you, my test is the 25th and I received almost similar grades to you on my 2007 DAT last week.

Bio: 18
GC: 21
OC: 18
PAT: 18
RC: 23
QR: 19
AA: 20

This past week I have been doing a ton of Bootcamp supplemented with a little Feralis and Khan Academy for OC. The stress is unreal though.

 

[SladerJ]

@pannekm12 Stress is the biggest enemy right now, so I'm in the same boat. Best of luck!

 

[Mr.Mike]

Hello everyone,

I am taking my DAT on June 27th(which is one week from today.)

I just took the 2007 DAT practice test and received these scores:

Bio: 20
GC: 17 🙁
OC: 25
PAT:21
RC: 21
QR:19

My course of action for the next week (besides remaining calm and sane) is going to be to hitting my weak spots (*cough cough GC, QR cough*) using DAT Destroyer, Math Destroyer, Bootcamp, Chads, and Feralis. I want to try and get through each section of the Destroyer one more time, review all of Feralis Bio notes, and rewatch all of Chads videos for GC. Is there anything else I could be doing that would help me?
Thanks!!

Hey,
My honest opinion is you should reschedule and get all those numbers in the 20+ mark. My experience is that the DAT given today is harder than 2007 and 2009, ( the only exception being the QR on 2009 which i found to be harder). Good luck!

 

[Gunnabeadentist]

I got similar scores, and when I took the acutal thing the sciences were a touch harder. if you have the option to move your date to feel more ready then do it, if not well, your plan will work, but spend a good 6-8hrs a day this last week just getting in front of as many questions as you can