Campbells?!?!

[yankeefan86]

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So I have Cliff's bio, Barrons Ap bio books, and Campbells. I finished reading Cliffs AP bio and Im almost finished taking the notes on it. But I feel my bio section is still not that strong. Some of the bio destroyer questions just look unfamilar to me even with reading Cliffs. So my plan was to start reading Campbells. I started yesterday and there is a TON of material. I plan on taking the DAT in mid/late may. Do you guys think I can read Campbells in this short timespan while retaining the knowledge im reading?

 

[Kahr]

I highly recommend against attempting to read through the entirety of Campbell's. You should put in more effort to mastering the chemistries and improving reading and math speed.

If you are bent on trying to destroy the bio section and using Campbell's. Try evaluating those topics you feel you need more thorough information on, and read those topics in Campbell's. You will hear/read an endless torrent of suggestions for what to read in Campbell's, and no doubt it will add up to 100s and 100s of pages of dense information, which is why I suggest you base what you read on your own personal feelings.

You may find this chapter breakdown by Wizi to be helpful:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=782308

Recently I saw 1800RAW who just took the DAT recommend reading over ecology (a very manageable section of Campbell's), and well as animal form and function (a very large section that would best be picked through rather than read through completely based on time considerations).

There is also a file someone composed of a few odd chapters (18-21) with some esoteric information of possible value, that would be an easy one to read through (chromosome21's post):
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=783353

Regarding Destroyer, take the bio section with a grain, it is very specific and of questionable overall value to the DAT bio section.

 

[dentalWorks]

So I have Cliff's bio, Barrons Ap bio books, and Campbells. I finished reading Cliffs AP bio and Im almost finished taking the notes on it. But I feel my bio section is still not that strong. Some of the bio destroyer questions just look unfamilar to me even with reading Cliffs. So my plan was to start reading Campbells. I started yesterday and there is a TON of material. I plan on taking the DAT in mid/late may. Do you guys think I can read Campbells in this short timespan while retaining the knowledge im reading?

I dunno how much of a power reader you are... but

sfoksan (spelling?), he scored I think a perfect 30 in biology and he did study the entire campbell, he was reading like 200 pages a day.... Hes an exceptional reader tho, hes the only SDN member I am aware of who got a 28 in RC while having the piano passage and he actually thought the passage wasn't hard so....

If you think you can read that fast and comprehend that much, go for it.... otherwise, I agree w/ Khar, ur time could be used more wisly mastering the 2 chemistry sections

 

[wall1two]

I highly recommend against attempting to read through the entirety of Campbell's. You should put in more effort to mastering the chemistries and improving reading and math speed.

If you are bent on trying to destroy the bio section and using Campbell's. Try evaluating those topics you feel you need more thorough information on, and read those topics in Campbell's. You will hear/read an endless torrent of suggestions for what to read in Campbell's, and no doubt it will add up to 100s and 100s of pages of dense information, which is why I suggest you base what you read on your own personal feelings.

You may find this chapter breakdown by Wizi to be helpful:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=782308

Recently I saw 1800RAW who just took the DAT recommend reading over ecology (a very manageable section of Campbell's), and well as animal form and function (a very large section that would best be picked through rather than read through completely based on time considerations).

There is also a file someone composed of a few odd chapters (18-21) with some esoteric information of possible value, that would be an easy one to read through (chromosome21's post):
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=783353

Regarding Destroyer, take the bio section with a grain, it is very specific and of questionable overall value to the DAT bio section.

the answers for the bio questions in destroyer are insightful, great flash-card material for anki

 

[yankeefan86]

thanks guys. Ill probably just stick with the Cliff's AP bio, but read the major topics in campbells that im having trouble with.

 

[prsndwg]

I dunno how much of a power reader you are... but

sfoksan (spelling?), he scored I think a perfect 30 in biology and he did study the entire campbell, he was reading like 200 pages a day.... Hes an exceptional reader tho, hes the only SDN member I am aware of who got a 28 in RC while having the piano passage and he actually thought the passage wasn't hard so....

If you think you can read that fast and comprehend that much, go for it.... otherwise, I agree w/ Khar, ur time could be used more wisly mastering the 2 chemistry sections

I remember him reading the whole book and posting about it last year🙄

 

[Kahr]

the answers for the bio questions in destroyer are insightful, great flash-card material for anki

That is precisely what I've already done actually. Though I only made anki cards for the stuff I didn't know too well.