So i just finished my dat couple hours ago and the following are my scores
Pat 27
Qr 27
Rc 22
Bio 21
Gc 26
Oc 27
Ts 23
Aa 25
Idk how i did so well.... Got lucky i guess
Anyways my feedback on the study material. Dat destroyer is harder and to a certain point, an overkill imo. It definitely prepares u for it but dont stress over it too much. I literally went over the destroyer ONCE. and i did HORRIBLE. i was literally getting 40% of them wrong. It wasnt even getting it wrong because i just had no idea. But im not saying u shouldnt do it. You should go over it at least once and familiarize urself with the terms and concepts. Im just saying dont be too scared cuz destroyer IS harder (at least in my opinion). Go over them and take notes on what you dont know. and keep shortening down that set of notes by rewriting what you dont have memorized over and over again.
For bio i used cliff and barrons. I was about to go over feralis but decided to use alan's notes instead. and then i decided to not use the notes at all. Its alot better to just make ur own. So i studied cliff and barrons and then solved destroyer. Took another set of notes for destroyer. and then summarized all the notes again. Bio was pretty hard, got stuck on the first 2 problems and guessed like 7 of them. I was expecting like an 18 but I guessed well.. i guess.
For oc and gc chads video was good. Like i said, i was pretty intimidated by destroyer problems because chad doesnt go into that much detail and i was running out of time (cramming everything in 3-4wks). When i was working on orgo destroyer, i couldnt even solve half of it. I went over it once, took down notes and just reread the notes over and over again. Instead of trying to overwhelm myself with all the destroyer material, i tried to solidify what i alrdy knew from chad's.
RC, I suck at reading, never got over 600 on SATs either. My weakness...I was scared of RC because i was always running out of time but i got easy passages about bone fracture, antibiotics, and ginseng. I took microbio this summer so antibiotic passage was ezpz. Huge break for me.
PAT, Not to be cocky about this but I didnt really prepare for it. I only did 2007, 2009 sample tests and that was it. Punch holes and folding were actually harder than the sample tests imo. I always got a couple wrong with the angles on practice sets but.. 27!
QR, im a math minor, strongest subject. Math minor is whats keeping my gpa up. Tried couple of math destroyer problem sets and didnt rly do much after that.
I took the 2007 and 2009 the day before the test. 2007 is actually pretty easy. Got 30s for gc and oc. 2009 qr is just...no. its not gonna be that hard. ALSO 2009 sample is FULL with errors. got me going crazy with couple of problems. poor wordings as well. I would just recommend skipping 2009 qr. For 2009 i got bio 23 gc 23 oc 20 ts 21 pat 24 rc 17.
My recommendation is, Keep taking notes. Take notes on questions that you dont know. And then take notes on the notes you took if u dont have it memorized. and just review those notes over and over again. Whats in your head isn't gonna go away so easily so dont waste time reviewing what you alrdy know.
Anyways, if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask
Pat 27
Qr 27
Rc 22
Bio 21
Gc 26
Oc 27
Ts 23
Aa 25
Idk how i did so well.... Got lucky i guess
Anyways my feedback on the study material. Dat destroyer is harder and to a certain point, an overkill imo. It definitely prepares u for it but dont stress over it too much. I literally went over the destroyer ONCE. and i did HORRIBLE. i was literally getting 40% of them wrong. It wasnt even getting it wrong because i just had no idea. But im not saying u shouldnt do it. You should go over it at least once and familiarize urself with the terms and concepts. Im just saying dont be too scared cuz destroyer IS harder (at least in my opinion). Go over them and take notes on what you dont know. and keep shortening down that set of notes by rewriting what you dont have memorized over and over again.
For bio i used cliff and barrons. I was about to go over feralis but decided to use alan's notes instead. and then i decided to not use the notes at all. Its alot better to just make ur own. So i studied cliff and barrons and then solved destroyer. Took another set of notes for destroyer. and then summarized all the notes again. Bio was pretty hard, got stuck on the first 2 problems and guessed like 7 of them. I was expecting like an 18 but I guessed well.. i guess.
For oc and gc chads video was good. Like i said, i was pretty intimidated by destroyer problems because chad doesnt go into that much detail and i was running out of time (cramming everything in 3-4wks). When i was working on orgo destroyer, i couldnt even solve half of it. I went over it once, took down notes and just reread the notes over and over again. Instead of trying to overwhelm myself with all the destroyer material, i tried to solidify what i alrdy knew from chad's.
RC, I suck at reading, never got over 600 on SATs either. My weakness...I was scared of RC because i was always running out of time but i got easy passages about bone fracture, antibiotics, and ginseng. I took microbio this summer so antibiotic passage was ezpz. Huge break for me.
PAT, Not to be cocky about this but I didnt really prepare for it. I only did 2007, 2009 sample tests and that was it. Punch holes and folding were actually harder than the sample tests imo. I always got a couple wrong with the angles on practice sets but.. 27!
QR, im a math minor, strongest subject. Math minor is whats keeping my gpa up. Tried couple of math destroyer problem sets and didnt rly do much after that.
I took the 2007 and 2009 the day before the test. 2007 is actually pretty easy. Got 30s for gc and oc. 2009 qr is just...no. its not gonna be that hard. ALSO 2009 sample is FULL with errors. got me going crazy with couple of problems. poor wordings as well. I would just recommend skipping 2009 qr. For 2009 i got bio 23 gc 23 oc 20 ts 21 pat 24 rc 17.
My recommendation is, Keep taking notes. Take notes on questions that you dont know. And then take notes on the notes you took if u dont have it memorized. and just review those notes over and over again. Whats in your head isn't gonna go away so easily so dont waste time reviewing what you alrdy know.
Anyways, if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask
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