Achiever vs Real DAT Poll

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Im curious to this poll as well. Im using Achiever and took the first SNS and got a 17. Im taking my exam in less than 2 wks. Im just hoping what people have already answered is true, cuz i need to be 3 pts above.
 
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This poll results seem to tell that you are now likely to get 3 points or higher across the board instead of just on the Total Science score like it used to be. The new Achiever must have had the reading and math sections bring up the Academic Average on the real thing.
 
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dds10 said:
How do you guys find Achiever RC compared to the actual RC?
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I heard it used to be easier than the real thing, but has lately been revised to get everyone ready for any version of reading section (especially those with lots of tone and inference questions and long passages) on the DAT.
 
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mine comes new with windows 7 and i got a message saying "achiever cannot be installed on systems with JRE version smaller than 1.5" when i tried to install the software.

anyone here had the same problem?
 
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Baquettes said:
mine comes new with windows 7 and i got a message saying "achiever cannot be installed on systems with JRE version smaller than 1.5" when i tried to install the software.

anyone here had the same problem?
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I got the same thing but mine was on an XP laptop. You just need to download the latest Java application from www.java.com and and you should fine after that. Hope this helps.
 
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Part of the reasons Windows 7 operates faster than Vista is that it doesn't come loaded with many applications (where Java is one of them) till you are really going to need them. This would significantly free up your system memory.
 
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MTSup said:
Part of the reasons Windows 7 operates faster than Vista is that it doesn't come loaded with many applications (where Java is one of them) till you are really going to need them. This would significantly free up your system memory.
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You would not have these problems on a Mac, would you?
 
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Hey folks, I sometime turned off the timer to see how much more time I would need to finish the tests ... but you get to choose 1.5 x or 2.0 x of the standard time allotted on the achiever too. Are these selections there for a specific purpose?
 
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I think achiever has that option for those who dont feel ready to take the tests and finish it with the normal allotted time. Also, once the time runs out, the test automatically ends so you won't be able to finish the rest of the test.
 
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BRoyUW said:
I think achiever has that option for those who dont feel ready to take the tests and finish it with the normal allotted time. Also, once the time runs out, the test automatically ends so you won't be able to finish the rest of the test.
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yup, that's the feature i used to make sure i finished the tests and know what my true weaknesses were.
 
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Rising Stars said:
Hey folks, I sometime turned off the timer to see how much more time I would need to finish the tests ... but you get to choose 1.5 x or 2.0 x of the standard time allotted on the achiever too. Are these selections there for a specific purpose?
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This timer feature is actually meant for students with learning disability where ADA would actually grant them extended hours on the DAT. Didn't know it could also be used for those not ready to take the tests but need extra time to finish them ...
 
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