Attacking the BIOLOGY SECTION FOR THE DAT

[aznnytezx]

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Okay, I read that it is good to read AP Barrons Biology along with Cliff's or Cliff's and KBB.

My question is, can Cliff's be sufficient for a 21+ on Biology, along with QVAULT, Destroyers, and several practice problems? I feel that I am a really slow reader, and I am asking because I would either read Cliff's twice or read cliff's once and do several practice problems as oppose to reading Barrons or KBB. I also feel Barron's information is not sufficient at all. Please give me any feedbacks.

 

[tillerybass]

Cliffs all the way. Get concepts down and then familiarize yourself with more specific stuff. Barron's plus cliffs is a perfect combination. Barron's really only for A&P stuff

 

[PreDentNJ]

i have the same prob aznny.. reading kbb and cliffs is too much..

Has anyone had success with only reading through just cliffs and doing destroyer/qVault??

 

[aznnytezx]

I am half way done with Cliff's, but we all know that the first half of cliff's is kinda basic/easy. I think the later ones are going be tough, what I have been doing is reading cliff's and then just read an outline after that. My whole plan is to keep attacking biology, and maybe use flash cards such as Anki to help me remember some important key concepts.

 

[PreDentNJ]

alans notes have been helping too for bio, but thats geared for kbb..

 

[andrewhntran]

Cliff's to me was the best resource, 80% of the questions on my DAT could be easily found in the book. I also read KBB once, went over destroyer bio 3 times, and listened to MCAT osmosis bio several times, it's very helpful. Now I only read Cliffs once and went over Ferralis's notes several times (which was the best summary of Cliffs). Big thanks to whoever typed it up.

 

[aznnytezx]

How did you do on the DAT for bio ? So, cliff's is only 80%

 

[aznnytezx]

Thanks for the response !

 

[Glimmer1991]

Cliff's is good, but I can assure that Barron's AP bio is an easier read. I'd go through Cliff's one time and then go through Barron's. It's basically the same info; however, it sometimes help things to "stick" if you see them presented in two different ways.

 

[andrewhntran]

How did you do on the DAT for bio ? So, cliff's is only 80%

I got a 30 for bio, I know it sounds fishy but I'll post a break down and a pic of my scores as soon as I'm done with my application, still working on my PS !

 

[aznnytezx]

So, it would it be worth reading more than Cliff's along with the notes ?

 

[itsmesmoothe]

I would say Cliff's + some Barron's would be pretty good, though if you are limited on time I'd go straight to QVault and work on that. But with time, definitely go over some other reads.

 

[aznnytezx]

Did Y'all used flash cards for studying?

 

[Kingsta2426]

Reads Cliffs once, go through all of Destroyer and Qvault problems. Read the solutions thoroughly of each question you got wrong. Make a list of the concepts/topics you are having difficulty with and reread in Cliffs. Dont skim over any destroyer questions that seem random - you need to know every question in that book, trust me.