Barron's Book, Williams and Wilkins????

[Beagle]

Has anyone used these books? I have them, they are from 1999. Just wondering if I should bother with them. I bought them a long long time ago
The barrons book is called "how to prepare for the DAT" and the Williams and Wilkins is called "Complete preparation for the DAT"
Any thoughts???

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[markymark]

i used them. do you, by any chance, have the kaplan books? i found the kaplan book to be helpful as a review and the barron's and the other book as a source of practice questions.

 

[Kung Foo]

The Barrons review was the first DAT review book I used - so i was pretty much taking its word as gospel for a while. However after using a few other books (including a horrendous orange DAT prep book that they're pushing in the SDN bookstore) the Barrons was the best source of information, although the science review section in kind of incomplete. I think I have the 1999 version as well, and it was fine for the DAT last year. Let's face it - you can never have too many practice tests. The best part of the Barrons book, however, are the informational sections at the beginning of the book (written by a "real" recent dental school admittee) which were super helpful as I tried to muddle though my personal statement, application and generally figuring out where I wanted to attend dental school.
The Kaplen "big red book" looked really helpful, however I didn't know it existed until after I had taken my DAT.

Good Luck!

 

[Kung Foo]

The Barrons review was the first DAT review book I used - so i was pretty much taking its word as gospel for a while. However after using a few other books (including a horrendous orange DAT prep book that they're pushing in the SDN bookstore) the Barrons was the best source of information, although the science review section in kind of incomplete. I think I have the 1999 version as well, and it was fine for the DAT last year. Let's face it - you can never have too many practice tests. The best part of the Barrons book, however, are the informational sections at the beginning of the book (written by a "real" recent dental school admittee) which were super helpful as I tried to muddle though my personal statement, application and generally figuring out where I wanted to attend dental school.
The Kaplen "big red book" looked really helpful, however I didn't know it existed until after I had taken my DAT.

Good Luck!

 

[Beagle]

Kung Foo
Did you find the PAT section adequate in the Barrons book?

 

[Cary]

I thought the Barren's PAT explinations were great. I gives some hints and rules to follow that I found very helpful.

 

[iflossdaily]

Barron's is great for the General Chem section. Kaplan and Shaum's books were great for the bio. Kaplan also makes a prep book specifically for O-chem which I found helpful.