A quick advice here

[aznnytezx]

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I am taking animal behavior and ecology over the summer. Taking biochem over the fall semester with some research about plants. My question is.. Does these biology classes cover a lot on the DAT. I am saying, should I take my DAT after I have taken all these classes, or should I just end up taking it on September or October? What do yall think? THANKS!

 

[aznnytezx]

anyone?

 

[Kingsta2426]

Yes Biochemistry will be a TREMENDOUS help and i think ecology will be too but not as much

 

[R1Guy]

I am taking animal behavior and ecology over the summer. Taking biochem over the fall semester with some research about plants. My question is.. Does these biology classes cover a lot on the DAT. I am saying, should I take my DAT after I have taken all these classes, or should I just end up taking it on September or October? What do yall think? THANKS!

I honestly don't think biochem is going to help you with the DAT much at all. I didn't have a single biochem question on my organic section.

I also do not think animal behavior or ecology is going to help you on the bio section. To do well on the bio section all you need to do is get an AP bio book (I used Barons) and keep reviewing it until you know it like the back of your hand. There were only two questions on my bio section that were not covered in Barons.

Best of luck.

 

[aznnytezx]

Thanks for the advice!

I honestly don't think biochem is going to help you with the DAT much at all. I didn't have a single biochem question on my organic section.

I also do not think animal behavior or ecology is going to help you on the bio section. To do well on the bio section all you need to do is get an AP bio book (I used Barons) and keep reviewing it until you know it like the back of your hand. There were only two questions on my bio section that were not covered in Barons.

Best of luck.

 

[dymm]

Taking ten extra bio classes may or may not help you answer those 1-2 "weird/random/out-there" questions on the DAT bio section, and I guess it's up to the individual to decide.

As for your question, I can imagine biochem helping if the class you are taking focuses on glycolysis, citric acid cycle, electron transport chain, etc... As bio majors we've all heard of those topics and know what they kind of do.. but it's amazing how much more you can learn and actually remember stuff by taking a actual biochem class. I wish I took biochem before my DAT, because it would be free points for me if the DAT asked questions on those topics.

Ecology could also help for BIO since the topic does get tested on the DAT. However, reading the Cliffs BIO may suffice.

One class that helped me for BIO was "Anatomy and physiology I and II", even though there's only a handful of questions on that topic on the DAT.

 

[diene]

I haven't taken the DAT, but I do not think it will help much. The depth of biochem is wayyyy beyond the scope of the DAT. For example, for cellular respiration, knowing the overall idea is important for the DAT vs. in biochem you have to memorize enzymes and mechanism for every step (at least i had to).

 

[Kingsta2426]

yes they are correct its not nearly as detailed as biochem but in biochem you go into detail in dna replication, trnaslation, transcription, tca cycle, glycolysis, electron transport chain, proteins, hemoglobin ect so you will learn a good majority of the stuff on the dat bio