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(Please, if I have said anything I was not supposed to, just let me know and I will remove it. I tried to read this over to make sure nothing is being revealed.)
21 PAT
17 QR ( 🙁 )
22 RC
24 Bio
21 GC
21 OC
22 TS
21 AA
Gunna be a pretty short breakdown cause I just got back from my test and I am super exhausted.
Disclaimer: I am not a very hard studying student. I did not spend 10-12 hours a day studying. I spent about 2 months, maybe 4-5 hours a day. I did not expect to do amazing but I did expect to do good enough which is what ended up happening. Take my advice with a grain of salt because I am a Biology major and I did not burn through Destroyer like many people do. I found it demoralizing and pushed me away from studying. Although that may be true for me, if you can master the Destroyer book, you are set to do well on this test.
PAT: I used Bootcamp for the most part. It's basically the same difficult you will get on the actual exam. I GOT 3 ROCKS IN MY KEYHOLE PROBLEMS. As you can imagine, I am pretty furious about that. Most people don't even get one. Otherwise, everything else was fair and straightforward. Do Bootcamp, and you will do fine.
QR: I SUCK at Math. There is no way around it. I spent a ton of time on Math and it just did not pay off as much. I should have definitely focused here a lot more than other sections. Timing was a big issue for me as 70% of my questions were Math Destroyer level word problems. Definitely concerned about this score.
RC: RC was easy. I would just like to note that the formatting of the RC passages is a little different from what I practiced. My passages were broken down into 7-10 paragraphs instead of the 16-18 I was used to from practice. This made my method of writing a little title for each paragraph not as effective, so I winged it and switched to writing a few short bullet points for each paragraph and referencing them. This section isn't that bad if you are a decent reader.
Bio: Random. There is nothing else to say. It is an extremely random section. No matter how much you prepare there is still a slight chance you will get hit with something you never covered. Don't stress too much. Know the big topics and you should be able to make educated guesses about the rest.
GC: Not what I really expected. I did all of Chad's videos + quizzes multiple times and felt very confident but I get some very strange questions that weren't in Chad's videos... Not upset with this grade but disappointed I didn't do better.
OC: Same as GC. My only gripe with this section was that I only got 2 reactions as questions. Nothing on isomers. 1 question on lab technique (those are the three subjects I focused most on for OC). Goes to show there is a lot of chance when it comes to this test depending on what you get asked.
Overall I am happy. I am concerned about my QR score and how it will affect my application but besides that score I am okay. I don't think I should retake my test to bring my QR up 2-3 points with the way the rest of my scores are. I have a 3.80 GPA and tons of extracurricular (research, volunteering, shadowing, working etc.) so I am hoping I will be good to get into my top choice of Stony Brook. Any advice or thoughts on my score and my chances are welcome. Any questions are welcome as well.
Have a great weekend everyone!
21 PAT
17 QR ( 🙁 )
22 RC
24 Bio
21 GC
21 OC
22 TS
21 AA
Gunna be a pretty short breakdown cause I just got back from my test and I am super exhausted.
Disclaimer: I am not a very hard studying student. I did not spend 10-12 hours a day studying. I spent about 2 months, maybe 4-5 hours a day. I did not expect to do amazing but I did expect to do good enough which is what ended up happening. Take my advice with a grain of salt because I am a Biology major and I did not burn through Destroyer like many people do. I found it demoralizing and pushed me away from studying. Although that may be true for me, if you can master the Destroyer book, you are set to do well on this test.
PAT: I used Bootcamp for the most part. It's basically the same difficult you will get on the actual exam. I GOT 3 ROCKS IN MY KEYHOLE PROBLEMS. As you can imagine, I am pretty furious about that. Most people don't even get one. Otherwise, everything else was fair and straightforward. Do Bootcamp, and you will do fine.
QR: I SUCK at Math. There is no way around it. I spent a ton of time on Math and it just did not pay off as much. I should have definitely focused here a lot more than other sections. Timing was a big issue for me as 70% of my questions were Math Destroyer level word problems. Definitely concerned about this score.
RC: RC was easy. I would just like to note that the formatting of the RC passages is a little different from what I practiced. My passages were broken down into 7-10 paragraphs instead of the 16-18 I was used to from practice. This made my method of writing a little title for each paragraph not as effective, so I winged it and switched to writing a few short bullet points for each paragraph and referencing them. This section isn't that bad if you are a decent reader.
Bio: Random. There is nothing else to say. It is an extremely random section. No matter how much you prepare there is still a slight chance you will get hit with something you never covered. Don't stress too much. Know the big topics and you should be able to make educated guesses about the rest.
GC: Not what I really expected. I did all of Chad's videos + quizzes multiple times and felt very confident but I get some very strange questions that weren't in Chad's videos... Not upset with this grade but disappointed I didn't do better.
OC: Same as GC. My only gripe with this section was that I only got 2 reactions as questions. Nothing on isomers. 1 question on lab technique (those are the three subjects I focused most on for OC). Goes to show there is a lot of chance when it comes to this test depending on what you get asked.
Overall I am happy. I am concerned about my QR score and how it will affect my application but besides that score I am okay. I don't think I should retake my test to bring my QR up 2-3 points with the way the rest of my scores are. I have a 3.80 GPA and tons of extracurricular (research, volunteering, shadowing, working etc.) so I am hoping I will be good to get into my top choice of Stony Brook. Any advice or thoughts on my score and my chances are welcome. Any questions are welcome as well.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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