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Took the DAT this past Friday and was pretty bummed. I was hoping to score way higher but obviously that did not happen. I know my scores aren't bad but I put in so much work and thought I deserved better. (Studied from early June to mid-August) I'm considering a retake. Here are my scores:
PAT: 20
QR: 18
RC: 20
BIO: 20
GC: 19
OC: 20
TS: 20
AA:19
I think what hurt me the most was taking the DAT before taking any bio pre-reqs. I began studying for the DAT without having any prior knowledge of biology. I did not even know what the nucleus did. Destroyer was my main study source for biology and it shot my score up to a 20.
Here's a brief description of how I studied for each section:
PAT (20): Bootcamp generators.. enough said. One of my angles was cut off, which tripped me out. Also, one of my shapes on the pattern folding section was like half shaded. I couldn't tell if it was white or shaded so whoever made that shape had no chill.
QR (18): I knew my score was going to suckkk. I simply had no motivation to do well in this section. The last math class I took was pre-calc and I took it 5 years ago. Math Destroyer and the Destroyer QC questions kept me alive in this section. I didn't finish the math destroyer. I just casually went through it. If I went through the whole thing at least once I definitely would have scored higher.
RC (20): BYU4You method... enough said. I got a trippy passage on depth perception.. I felt like I was in the movie Inception. Almost walked out of the room lol.
BIO (20): Destroyer AF. With my bio background, I should not have scored any higher than a 16. I dedicated a solid month of my studying time to biology. For about a week and a half, 8-10 hours a day, it was all about bio destroyer. I made a flash card for every. single. question. I also wrote down every single bit of information. I would go home mentally and physically drained from this. Often times I would have to ice my hand from the pain of writing so much information down. Once I finished I dedicated every day to studying these cards. Side note: my first time through bio destroyer, I did not know A SINGLE QUESTION. My first practice test score was so low and pathetic, Bootcamp wouldn't even tell me my actual score. It just said <13 lmao.
Long story short, Destroyer carried me to a 20. I was stupid for taking this test before my bio pre-reqs since it took away time that could have been spent on other subjects, but I will say that destroyer enabled me to score higher than some bio majors who take this exam. (I'm a non science major)
GC (19): Chad's videos for life. I haven't taken gen chem in 5 years. I went through the destroyer and after going through it once, I ignored gen chem and went hard on bio. This was a mistake because I forgot some gen chem. I should have done questions from every subject everyday.
OC (20): Destroyer and Chad prepared me so well for this section. I scored up to 27 on my Bootcamp tests. I did amazing in my O chem classes in school. TBH idk what happened here. The test scared me ****less... nothing in bootcamp compared to my test. I didn't know I had weaknesses in o chem, but this test must have exposed every single one.
Final notes:
TAKE YOUR PRE-REQS BEFORE YOU TAKE THIS THING PLEASE! I studied pretty hard for this thing. 8-12 hours per day. I was 100% detached from society. Much of this time was spent struggling to desperately learn biology. If I have to re-take it, I will come back much stronger, with 4+ bio classes under my belt. Side note: consider using Feralis notes instead of wikipedia to look up bio facts. Type what you're looking for in the search bar. It will usually tell you just the right amount of info you need to know for the DAT.
Shout out to the GOAT (@Ari Rezaei ) although I didn't score how I was dreaming I would score, bootcamp came in way too clutch.
Shout out to everyone on SDN for giving helpful advice throughout this process. I met some pretty cool people on here.
Time to get back to the gym.. AUNTY OUT
PAT: 20
QR: 18
RC: 20
BIO: 20
GC: 19
OC: 20
TS: 20
AA:19
I think what hurt me the most was taking the DAT before taking any bio pre-reqs. I began studying for the DAT without having any prior knowledge of biology. I did not even know what the nucleus did. Destroyer was my main study source for biology and it shot my score up to a 20.
Here's a brief description of how I studied for each section:
PAT (20): Bootcamp generators.. enough said. One of my angles was cut off, which tripped me out. Also, one of my shapes on the pattern folding section was like half shaded. I couldn't tell if it was white or shaded so whoever made that shape had no chill.
QR (18): I knew my score was going to suckkk. I simply had no motivation to do well in this section. The last math class I took was pre-calc and I took it 5 years ago. Math Destroyer and the Destroyer QC questions kept me alive in this section. I didn't finish the math destroyer. I just casually went through it. If I went through the whole thing at least once I definitely would have scored higher.
RC (20): BYU4You method... enough said. I got a trippy passage on depth perception.. I felt like I was in the movie Inception. Almost walked out of the room lol.
BIO (20): Destroyer AF. With my bio background, I should not have scored any higher than a 16. I dedicated a solid month of my studying time to biology. For about a week and a half, 8-10 hours a day, it was all about bio destroyer. I made a flash card for every. single. question. I also wrote down every single bit of information. I would go home mentally and physically drained from this. Often times I would have to ice my hand from the pain of writing so much information down. Once I finished I dedicated every day to studying these cards. Side note: my first time through bio destroyer, I did not know A SINGLE QUESTION. My first practice test score was so low and pathetic, Bootcamp wouldn't even tell me my actual score. It just said <13 lmao.
Long story short, Destroyer carried me to a 20. I was stupid for taking this test before my bio pre-reqs since it took away time that could have been spent on other subjects, but I will say that destroyer enabled me to score higher than some bio majors who take this exam. (I'm a non science major)
GC (19): Chad's videos for life. I haven't taken gen chem in 5 years. I went through the destroyer and after going through it once, I ignored gen chem and went hard on bio. This was a mistake because I forgot some gen chem. I should have done questions from every subject everyday.
OC (20): Destroyer and Chad prepared me so well for this section. I scored up to 27 on my Bootcamp tests. I did amazing in my O chem classes in school. TBH idk what happened here. The test scared me ****less... nothing in bootcamp compared to my test. I didn't know I had weaknesses in o chem, but this test must have exposed every single one.
Final notes:
TAKE YOUR PRE-REQS BEFORE YOU TAKE THIS THING PLEASE! I studied pretty hard for this thing. 8-12 hours per day. I was 100% detached from society. Much of this time was spent struggling to desperately learn biology. If I have to re-take it, I will come back much stronger, with 4+ bio classes under my belt. Side note: consider using Feralis notes instead of wikipedia to look up bio facts. Type what you're looking for in the search bar. It will usually tell you just the right amount of info you need to know for the DAT.
Shout out to the GOAT (@Ari Rezaei ) although I didn't score how I was dreaming I would score, bootcamp came in way too clutch.
Shout out to everyone on SDN for giving helpful advice throughout this process. I met some pretty cool people on here.
Time to get back to the gym.. AUNTY OUT
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