I thought I had a heart attack for a second before my scores posted...just sayin.
AA = 19
TS = 19
BIO = 19
GC = 22 👍
OC = 17
RC = 21
QR = 18
PAT= 22
Overall I am really happy with my scores. I say this with the following in mind.
I am in my second week of taking Orgo 1
I have only taken Cellular and Organismal Biology
I took Gen Chem 1 in the Spring semester and tested out of Gen Chem 2.
So I have only sat in lectures for 3 science classes after coming back to school to complete my pre-requisites ('06 Management Grad). I am 28 and have a Overall GPA of 3.2 and that includes about 28 credits of post-bacc pre-reqs at a 4.0.
Materials: Chad's GC & OC, DAT Destroyer, Math Destroyer, Kaplans BB, Topscore, Crack DAT for PAT & RC, Cliffs AP Bio, several biology outlines from SDN.
Schedule: about 10 weeks at 8-10 hours a day using DentalWorks Study plan. The nice thing for me was that my classes were directly related to my DAT studying so that was nice. I had been working to teach myself O-chem for about 5 months...ah well.
BIO: I got pretty lucky I guess with the selection of questions I had because I don't have a great bio background. Some pretty random stuff on there, but nothing too crazy. I definitely think that using the outlines and making flashcards is the way to go. I just think that trying to read all of the books is to daunting a task for anyone. I think Topscore is a pretty solid indicator of score here, because they take questions on their tests from Campbell's. I made a couple of stupid mistakes that I would love to have back, but such is life.
GC: I knew that I did really well on this section. My guess is that I got 3 wrong, but I couldn't tell you how. I finished Chem thinking I would have a 25 or higher in it. Destroyer and Chad...that's all really. Destroyer is quite a bit harder than the real thing and Chad is great for telling you where the tricks come in.
OC: Ugh! I had more theoretical stuff than I would of liked. I felt like I had a good grasp on reactions from Chad's videos and Destroyer. All the studying in the world can't make up for actually learning it though. Destroyer and Chad are meant to be reinforcers of learned information, not substitute teachers. If I were to retake in August after taking Orgo 1 & 2 I think this could have also been a low 20's score.
RC: I did not get Piano'd. I got three nice reads and was able to finish them in plenty of time (3 minutes to spare) I basically did search and destroy mixed with a full skim in the first 5 minutes. I think Crack DAT is representative of this section more than Topscore because Topscore is all S&D and no inference questions where Crack DAT incorporates some inference.
PAT: Crack DAT is harder in every section than the real thing. Hole punching is no where near as difficult on the real thing. Pattern folding is easier, angles are easier, keyholes are easier...Crack DAT is top notch in preparing for the PAT.
QR: Math Destroyer....did 5 tests and Topscore did the 3 tests. I did better in the practice tests than on the actual, but I kinda figured I would get what I got. I didn't really care about the complicate sin, cos, tan stuff and just clicked a guess on the 4 questions I had like that. Story problems were fine for me. Just plug and chug mostly. The thing with QR, IMO, is that you realize that you're close to seeing your score and you almost stop caring so much. If you have researched at all you have it in your mind that you don't really need a great math score and you just want to see your OTHER scores. Rushing occurs where a clearer head would help.
I am applying June 1 to my instates (State of Michigan) and a couple others...is the 17 gonna be a huge problem do ya think? I sure as hell hope not.
AA = 19
TS = 19
BIO = 19
GC = 22 👍
OC = 17
RC = 21
QR = 18
PAT= 22
Overall I am really happy with my scores. I say this with the following in mind.
I am in my second week of taking Orgo 1
I have only taken Cellular and Organismal Biology
I took Gen Chem 1 in the Spring semester and tested out of Gen Chem 2.
So I have only sat in lectures for 3 science classes after coming back to school to complete my pre-requisites ('06 Management Grad). I am 28 and have a Overall GPA of 3.2 and that includes about 28 credits of post-bacc pre-reqs at a 4.0.
Materials: Chad's GC & OC, DAT Destroyer, Math Destroyer, Kaplans BB, Topscore, Crack DAT for PAT & RC, Cliffs AP Bio, several biology outlines from SDN.
Schedule: about 10 weeks at 8-10 hours a day using DentalWorks Study plan. The nice thing for me was that my classes were directly related to my DAT studying so that was nice. I had been working to teach myself O-chem for about 5 months...ah well.
BIO: I got pretty lucky I guess with the selection of questions I had because I don't have a great bio background. Some pretty random stuff on there, but nothing too crazy. I definitely think that using the outlines and making flashcards is the way to go. I just think that trying to read all of the books is to daunting a task for anyone. I think Topscore is a pretty solid indicator of score here, because they take questions on their tests from Campbell's. I made a couple of stupid mistakes that I would love to have back, but such is life.
GC: I knew that I did really well on this section. My guess is that I got 3 wrong, but I couldn't tell you how. I finished Chem thinking I would have a 25 or higher in it. Destroyer and Chad...that's all really. Destroyer is quite a bit harder than the real thing and Chad is great for telling you where the tricks come in.
OC: Ugh! I had more theoretical stuff than I would of liked. I felt like I had a good grasp on reactions from Chad's videos and Destroyer. All the studying in the world can't make up for actually learning it though. Destroyer and Chad are meant to be reinforcers of learned information, not substitute teachers. If I were to retake in August after taking Orgo 1 & 2 I think this could have also been a low 20's score.
RC: I did not get Piano'd. I got three nice reads and was able to finish them in plenty of time (3 minutes to spare) I basically did search and destroy mixed with a full skim in the first 5 minutes. I think Crack DAT is representative of this section more than Topscore because Topscore is all S&D and no inference questions where Crack DAT incorporates some inference.
PAT: Crack DAT is harder in every section than the real thing. Hole punching is no where near as difficult on the real thing. Pattern folding is easier, angles are easier, keyholes are easier...Crack DAT is top notch in preparing for the PAT.
QR: Math Destroyer....did 5 tests and Topscore did the 3 tests. I did better in the practice tests than on the actual, but I kinda figured I would get what I got. I didn't really care about the complicate sin, cos, tan stuff and just clicked a guess on the 4 questions I had like that. Story problems were fine for me. Just plug and chug mostly. The thing with QR, IMO, is that you realize that you're close to seeing your score and you almost stop caring so much. If you have researched at all you have it in your mind that you don't really need a great math score and you just want to see your OTHER scores. Rushing occurs where a clearer head would help.
I am applying June 1 to my instates (State of Michigan) and a couple others...is the 17 gonna be a huge problem do ya think? I sure as hell hope not.
