Canadians:

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How'd it go??

I wasn't prepared to carve that, but it didn't turn out too bad.

 

[pbure]

bio was a bit tough..rest was fine. did very well on chem and reading comp

 

[Ital91]

how did it compare to the november dat for people who wrote that one too? Was the carving design fairly simple. I feel like we lucked out on the november test.. it wasnt too bad

 

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the carving had two complicated ends - a fluted triangle on one end and a fluted square on the other

i agree that bio was hard

 

[Ital91]

wow that is a really difficult carving. I find it difficult to get the alignment right with squares. I cant imagine many people finishing that carving early. I know for a fact I wouldnt be able to finish that and I scored well on the carving in november.

 

[dent hopefule]

OMG...I thought I was good at carving (I usually finish within 25 mins) but today.....I dunno..I didn't expect two fluted ends!!!!!!!!! didn't get enuff time to finish.....actually as a matter of fact, I was running out of time for most of the sections...this is really weird b'cuz when I did multiple Kaplan DAT exams I always finished either on time or b4 time.......I'm worried abt the scoressss

 

[pbure]

bio was rough..i specialized in cell and molecular bio...studied my *** off..still found that 5-7 questions were very difficult..arrrghhh

 

[tamkhan]

bio was a bit tough..rest was fine. did very well on chem and reading comp

Your scores are fine. Why did you retake it?

 

[pbure]

because they would have expired next year..wrote them in nov 2004

 

[StillTeething]

The carving was exceptionally harder than the november dat, even my moderators were 'gasping' at the complexity of it. That being said, I found myself done with several minutes to spare, but I must admit, the carving itself caught me off guard. Did anyone else notice that the carving design in the 'side view' was incorrect? It appeared as if there were no cut surfaces and it made it seem as if it were a double fluted end.

I studied very hard for the sciences section and I felt that chem was considerably easier than any prep test I had written previous. This being my second DAT, I felt that there was a greater emphasis on developmental biology and genetics on both the november and february tests. I'm unsure if it was because I prepared more for sciences, or if several of my courses coincided with the test, but I felt that they both went very well.

Perceptual has, and will always be, my favourite section. I prepared using topscore pro, Kaplan, IQ publications (A,B,C), and several miscellaneous tests. Every section was comparable to the prep materials available out there. In my opinion, the only noticeable difference from the february DAT was that the angles were easier this time around.

The reading comp was exactly how a RC test should be: focused on relevant scientific issues. The first two passages were very cut and dry, allowing a majority of ones time to be spent on the third passage.

Its hard to make an accurate guess in regards to one's scores, so I wont bother. Congrats to all of the Canadians, depending on where you live:

1. Enjoy your spring break.

or

2. Start catching up on that mound of homework/assignments that you've been ignoring to prepare for the DAT.

and most importantly

3. Take extra care to clean up all of that soap that you've undoubtedly blown into every crevice of your home.