Any success with longer study plans?

[pberg]

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I'm seeing anywhere from 2 week study plans to 10 week study plans, but has anyone had success with long term plans (I'm talking 3+ months)?

A little background: I work 30+ hours/week, I've been out of undergrad for a while, and my GPA was pretty low. We'll leave it at that. I'm worried that I'll have to refresh and even relearn lots and lots of material, and anything less than a few months will not be enough time to even cover this stuff.

Thank you - pberg

 

[Glimmer1991]

I'm seeing anywhere from 2 week study plans to 10 week study plans, but has anyone had success with long term plans (I'm talking 3+ months)?

A little background: I work 30+ hours/week, I've been out of undergrad for a while, and my GPA was pretty low. We'll leave it at that. I'm worried that I'll have to refresh and even relearn lots and lots of material, and anything less than a few months will not be enough time to even cover this stuff.

Thank you - pberg

I studied for 3 months, but I didn't have any other obligations. I studied about 4.5 hours a day. My breakdown is in my signature. Yes--I would say I had success with my longer study plan. 🙂

 

[Ferneezy]

The reason so many stress compressed review times is to maximize retention of the material. In my case I studied last summer for a month, dropped it for five months, then did brute force review for ten days until my exam.

At 3 months or more you run the very real risk of losing hold of the things you reviewed on the front end. But your circumstances are your circumstances.

Do what you can with the time you can afford but I would strongly suggest investing in a practice test not only to gauge your content knowledge but also to acclimate yourself to the format and conditions of the exam.

 

[pberg]

The reason so many stress compressed review times is to maximize retention of the material. In my case I studied last summer for a month, dropped it for five months, then did brute force review for ten days until my exam.

At 3 months or more you run the very real risk of losing hold of the things you reviewed on the front end. But your circumstances are your circumstances.

Do what you can with the time you can afford but I would strongly suggest investing in a practice test not only to gauge your content knowledge but also to acclimate yourself to the format and conditions of the exam.

So, do you feel maybe a one or two month "easy but complete review" of the entirety of the sciences would be good, and then maybe a two or three week crash course right after, along with QR, RC, and PAT would work better? Thanks!

 

[Ferneezy]

i dunno. i guess that would all depend on how comfy you feel with each subject.

 

[hope_to_match]

I haven't taken the test yet but have been studying for a little over 2 months now. I don't feel as though I am forgetting what I learned earlier. I guess because I make sure to review random topics every day as I am learning new things and make sure to review my notes at the end of each week for all subjects (maybe not entirely but at least parts of it).

 

[pberg]

I haven't taken the test yet but have been studying for a little over 2 months now. I don't feel as though I am forgetting what I learned earlier. I guess because I make sure to review random topics every day as I am learning new things and make sure to review my notes at the end of each week for all subjects (maybe not entirely but at least parts of it).

How long do you plan to study, or have you set a date? I love just studying whatever I feel that day, but how do you make sure you're covering everything completely? Thanks.

 

[athomas]

I worked 40-50hrs/week and studied for a little over 2 months. You can check out my breakdown in glimmer's collection for what materials I used

 

[aznnytezx]

I am going to take my DAT in a month and half. I am kinda just starting right now, but with full dedication. I think I can do it. I am the guy that have great long term memory from many years ago, but great short term memory (~1.5 week). So I am not going try to study too long, I am going to study enough to store all in my short term.

 

[hope_to_match]

How long do you plan to study, or have you set a date? I love just studying whatever I feel that day, but how do you make sure you're covering everything completely? Thanks.

first i started with PAT because i had no idea what the section is all about and was doing one test a week form CDP. Now started with Achiever doing one test every two weeks (takes longer for me to review achiever because it's harder). Then I moved on to math (always hated it never was good at it so I knew I needed a lot of time to learn it). I watched Chad's videos, then did his quizes now working on MAth destroyer. Then I watched all of Chad's for GC (took me about a week, because I started reviewing biology at the same time). After I was done with Chad's for GC i did all of his quizzes. Have been reviewing his notes and redoing his quizes since then (also finished GC destroyer first time about 1.5 weeks ago). Now I am reviewing OC with Chad (almost done watching his videos). I have been reviewing bio since I started PAT (Since its so random I felt that I also needed a lot of time to fully grasp and memorize concepts). I make sure to review my notes every week so that the material that I learned earlier (for example GC) doesn't just disappear from my memory- by doing random questions, quizes and reviewing notes it stays in my long term memory. hope this helps...and to answer your question about how i make sure i cover everything? Well I got all the materials I needed so I just work with them 🙂