What was your strategy for taking on the PAT? That seems to be the area where I'm lacking the most. Luckily science and maths is my strong suit. Really worried about the PAT though.
This is from my breakdown:
I used bootcamp as my only prep material for this section
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Keyholes: I always considered every answer choice before, by the process of elimination, narrowing it down to one. What helped me the most were the explanations at the end of each test. Read them thoroughly!
TFE: This section might seem intimidating at first. What worked for me was using the 2 views given to try to visualize what the the object might look like before moving on to the answer choices.
Angles: This one was tough, but I think that was only because bootcamp's angles are somewhat tougher than the real test. Overall, with practice, its nothing to be feared of. I just compared two angles at a time to figure out the order. I read about all the different strategies like the hills method, the rapid eye method, etc.. I personally just looked at them and used my intuition.
Hole punching: I used the "tic -tac-toe", or what ever, method. Look it up! I breezed through this section on the real DAT.
Cube Counting: Just tally up all the cubes based on their sides "painted" and THEN answer the questions.
Pattern Folding: Bootcamp's explanations for this section are a must read. There were a few problems where I didn't even know where to begin but after reading the tips given in the explanation it began to make a lot of sense.
PAT on the real exam was pretty much on the level of Bootcamp. The angles and pattern folding were a bit easier. There were a few weird keyhole and TFE problems but, by being meticulous in my preparation, I never felt lost and was able to reason through most of them."