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Hey everybody, I've a regular here on SDN as far as looking at posts and breakdowns, but decided to make an account because I seriously feel like you guys could help me out with advice. I'm planning on taking the DAT the first week of September and have been studying since June. So far, I read through Cliffs AP Bio, took a lot of bootcamp exams, made it through Orgo and Gen Chem destroyer twice, did some math destroyer, and am 4/5 of the way through bio destroyer. I also watched Chads videos on Gen Chem.
So basically, after taking bootcamp tests to assess myself, I'm in the following ranges over many exams:
Orgo: 24-29
GChem: 18-23
Bio: 16-18
PA: 17-20
QR: 18-22
RC: 16-18
I did two achiever exams and got 16AA/16TS and 17AA/16TS on them and gave up on the program because of difficulty level.
Both Chems I feel very good with. Perception seems fine, and QR should be better after I tackle math destroyer more, which i get usually 11-14 problems wrong in when timed. They're the same types of questions that I get wrong, and that should be easily improved. However the QR scores on bootcamp can be deceiving and worrying because a 21/40 was 19. I'm familiar with how they score so it makes sense though.
The biggest concerns I have and that I need advice in most are Biology and Reading Comp. After I'm done with the bio portion of the destroyer, I should feel better about it, but does anyone have any advice? Also, Reading Comp is just impossible to me. If I read all the way through, I rush and miss questions. If I skim and write down the main ideas of each paragraph, I am able to finish, but at this point, I'm out of resources to take practice tests from. I used that method on my last RC on bootcamp and got a 19 and have no idea if it was just luck because I found those passages easy. Any advice would be helpful!
And also when should I take the 2007 and 2009 ADA exams? Soon? Or closer to the actual test date?
So basically, after taking bootcamp tests to assess myself, I'm in the following ranges over many exams:
Orgo: 24-29
GChem: 18-23
Bio: 16-18
PA: 17-20
QR: 18-22
RC: 16-18
I did two achiever exams and got 16AA/16TS and 17AA/16TS on them and gave up on the program because of difficulty level.
Both Chems I feel very good with. Perception seems fine, and QR should be better after I tackle math destroyer more, which i get usually 11-14 problems wrong in when timed. They're the same types of questions that I get wrong, and that should be easily improved. However the QR scores on bootcamp can be deceiving and worrying because a 21/40 was 19. I'm familiar with how they score so it makes sense though.
The biggest concerns I have and that I need advice in most are Biology and Reading Comp. After I'm done with the bio portion of the destroyer, I should feel better about it, but does anyone have any advice? Also, Reading Comp is just impossible to me. If I read all the way through, I rush and miss questions. If I skim and write down the main ideas of each paragraph, I am able to finish, but at this point, I'm out of resources to take practice tests from. I used that method on my last RC on bootcamp and got a 19 and have no idea if it was just luck because I found those passages easy. Any advice would be helpful!
And also when should I take the 2007 and 2009 ADA exams? Soon? Or closer to the actual test date?
