Achiever is Destroying me!

[SodiumChanel]

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Hello!

Is it worth it to use the Achiever as a study material or just to see where you are? This program is destroying me. I took notes from Chads and went through the Destroyer twice. The first time with Destroyer was rough but the second time going through the Destroyer was much better and I was getting about 70% correct. But I am getting as low as 12~13 on the Achiever.

Any advice would be greatly appreciate it! Thanks so much and good luck to those who are taking the DAT soon!

 

[free99]

Post your achiever scores, it'll be easier to make suggestions after seeing them. Are you getting a 12 AA or 12 on an individual section?

 

[SodiumChanel]

Post your achiever scores, it'll be easier to make suggestions after seeing them. Are you getting a 12 AA or 12 on an individual section?

Achiever Scores:

bio/general chem/organic chem/Total Science
Test 1: 14/15/18/16
Test 2: 15/14/14/15
Test 3: 14/15/19/16
Test 4: 12/13/15/14

 

[thesellsword]

Aim for 16+ in all sections. Your real score will be 3-4 points higher. RC is super hard. +6 on that lol.

 

[SodiumChanel]

Aim for 16+ in all sections. Your real score will be 3-4 points higher. RC is super hard. +6 on that lol.

does that apply for PAT section as well?

 

[thesellsword]

does that apply for PAT section as well?

If you want a 20+, then yes. If you're fine with getting from 17-19 then a 13-15 on Achiever PAT would cut it I suppose.

 

[babowc]

Achiever scores CAN be lower by an X-amount, but I wouldn't take it easy just because you scored a 17 on achiever.
Try different tests, like TSP or ADA 2009 DAT, for a more accurate gauge of where you stand.

I got 14-16 on achiever OC, and I scored 16 on actual. Piss poor performance.

 

[SodiumChanel]

Thanks so much for all your replies!

I noticed that the questions on DAT Qvault are more directly a fact driven question while the Achiever questions are more applied knowledge kind of questions. Is the actual DAT more similar to the Qvault? I know that many people said Qvault Bio was great but I wonder if that's because it leads students to cover more material or because the way they question/word it is very similar to the actual exam.

Hrmm...any thoughts will be greatly appreciated it!

 

[EggLoop]

What resources did you use to study bio? It might be worth it to purchase Qvault to see a breakdown of which areas you are weak on to focus your studying.