cant sleep :(

[marina1285]

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Its 3:13 am and i am basically laying here with my lap top reading threads and refreshing this page every couple minutes. I've now reached an all time low and I just thought you guys should know about it...

There's a small mountain of DAT material by my bed that probably would come up to my knees if I stood up. this is completely irrelevant to anything in this forum other than the fact that I feel sick to my stomach every time I think about retaking this ridiculous exam.

So the actual point of this post is I want to hear some strategies from those retaking the exam. What are you going to do differently? Whats your plan of action? how are you going to practice test conditions if you've already used up your topscores and achievers and destroyers and all that other garbage that's laying next to me in constant reminder that the next three months of my life are going to be a nightmare.

ughh sorry what a useless post, i'm just feeling a little overwhelmed.

 

[doc3232]

Its 3:13 am and i am basically laying here with my lap top reading threads and refreshing this page every couple minutes. I've now reached an all time low and I just thought you guys should know about it...

There's a small mountain of DAT material by my bed that probably would come up to my knees if I stood up. this is completely irrelevant to anything in this forum other than the fact that I feel sick to my stomach every time I think about retaking this ridiculous exam.

So the actual point of this post is I want to hear some strategies from those retaking the exam. What are you going to do differently? Whats your plan of action? how are you going to practice test conditions if you've already used up your topscores and achievers and destroyers and all that other garbage that's laying next to me in constant reminder that the next three months of my life are going to be a nightmare.

ughh sorry what a useless post, i'm just feeling a little overwhelmed.

There is lower, try seconds 😀

 

[Deontologist]

Its 3:13 am and i am basically laying here with my lap top reading threads and refreshing this page every couple minutes. I've now reached an all time low and I just thought you guys should know about it...

There's a small mountain of DAT material by my bed that probably would come up to my knees if I stood up. this is completely irrelevant to anything in this forum other than the fact that I feel sick to my stomach every time I think about retaking this ridiculous exam.

So the actual point of this post is I want to hear some strategies from those retaking the exam. What are you going to do differently? Whats your plan of action? how are you going to practice test conditions if you've already used up your topscores and achievers and destroyers and all that other garbage that's laying next to me in constant reminder that the next three months of my life are going to be a nightmare.

ughh sorry what a useless post, i'm just feeling a little overwhelmed.

Its 4.51 in the morning and I lay here in the bed with my laptop atop my tummy & I so want to call it a tummy-top!! Besides me is my cat purring at her loudest and as I write this she gives me a cold look with her sleepy eyes as if she is mocking my failures..!! In the right hand corner of my queen size bed lies a mountain of book that contains N+1 DAT books where N is the number of books in your mountain. Right in the middle of stack sits destroyer with its spiral sticking out from both the ends in syn fashion, coming towards me, as if it wants to get attention and reading for one more time. Someone might wonder what reactions I carried out on my destroyer to destroy its symmetry??

I took DATs on same day as You .. 09/02..(got frapped), did amazingly bad than expected and there are little hopes left now. To add salt to the wound, my Girlfriend's dad denied her daughter from marrying a looser...😱.!! Did he implied I am a big time looser..?? I feel like double looser with the title of looser being awarded to me. I so want to prove him wrong and kill DATs the next time I take it. By the time of december 2 - when I can retake it, most of the school's deadline would have passed. Also, looking at the books, there is no way I want to study all that again..but I guess I would have to.!! It makes me equally sick as you. . I am working on a strategy on how to approach it second time but I am not clear yet. May be somebody on here can help us out..lol.

In such depressing and low times, its pacifying to know that you are not the only one facing your lowest..!! Reading your post made me feel better - definitely not because you are suffering but because now I know that its not only me in this world who cannot sleep. Hope this helps you too.

Since we are so helpless to our situation, there is no one that can help us but ourselves. We have to keep ourselves high inspite of the lows because falling to the low will only take us to abysmal lowest. So lets cheer up and sleep (together ...if you want.. 😀). Morning tomorrow will be a new beginning...!!

Ughhh...A useless reply by one looser to useless post by other...!! Sorry to waste SDN space.

 

[doc3232]

Its 4.51 in the morning and I lay here in the bed with my laptop atop my tummy & I so want to call it a tummy-top!! Besides me is my cat purring at her loudest and as I write this she gives me a cold look with her sleepy eyes as if she is mocking my failures..!! In the right hand corner of my queen size bed lies a mountain of book that contains N+1 DAT books where N is the number of books in your mountain. Right in the middle of stack sits destroyer with its spiral sticking out from both the ends in syn fashion, coming towards me, as if it wants to get attention and reading for one more time. Someone might wonder what reactions I carried out on my destroyer to destroy its symmetry??

I took DATs on same day as You .. 09/02..(got frapped), did amazingly bad than expected and there are little hopes left now. To add salt to the wound, my Girlfriend's dad denied her daughter from marrying a looser...😱.!! Did he implied I am a big time looser..?? I feel like double looser with the title of looser being awarded to me. I so want to prove him wrong and kill DATs the next time I take it. By the time of december 2 - when I can retake it, most of the school's deadline would have passed. Also, looking at the books, there is no way I want to study all that again..but I guess I would have to.!! It makes me equally sick as you. . I am working on a strategy on how to approach it second time but I am not clear yet. May be somebody on here can help us out..lol.

In such depressing and low times, its pacifying to know that you are not the only one facing your lowest..!! Reading your post made me feel better - definitely not because you are suffering but because now I know that its not only me in this world who cannot sleep. Hope this helps you too.

Since we are so helpless to our situation, there is no one that can help us but ourselves. We have to keep ourselves high inspite of the lows because falling to the low will only take us to abysmal lowest. So lets cheer up and sleep (together ...if you want.. 😀). Morning tomorrow will be a new beginning...!!

Ughhh...A useless reply by one looser to useless post by other...!! Sorry to waste SDN space.

Your writing is so nice that I thought you were a gal until the whole
marrying thing.

Bingo to the bold 🙂
It is all on your shoulders

To the red...No comment. 😱

 

[ucla2134]

guys guys SDN=PROFESSIONAL. Never forget that, it is not a dating site.

Back to the point, you guys are far from a loser. A loser is a person who even doesn't try.
Patience is virtue!

 

[polarmolar]

I have seen so many retaker posts in just the last month or two that have been 20's+. Everything happens for a reason. Just imagine yourself walking out of prometric with those 20's.

 

[TeamGuo]

I know how you guys feel, I spent the entire August re-studying for the DAT. And still, I haven't cleared up my stuff yet since in the worst case senerio, some schools might ask for a retake.

Anyways, I wanted to sharea what I did different the second time around.

First time around, I took it in my sophomore year so I really didn't have any strong foundations to start off. This time around, I have taken few of the upper level science courses which helped me a great deal in grasping the material quicker when I was studying. Ex. I took histo just this summer which covered a lot of physio.

I know you guys just took the DAT like me, so you have a good 3 months before you retake, I would recommend taking some good bio/chm courses in the fall semester if you can.

Last year, I didn't read **** but this year I read up on Cliffs AP, Shaums, and some school text about 3 times. If you spend good amount of time per day, you can get through each of the book in a week, and then the second time it will be faster and then so on. By the third time, you should only focus on your weak topics, don't bother reading about the cell cycle again if you already know it. For two and a half weeks I just read and read, then for my last week and a half, I mixed it with doing problems.

You'll know when you take a practice exam whether if you are ready or not, if you are getting over 20s on your practice exams then you probably will end up with a 20 or above. Don't bother retaking the DAT if you score anything below a 20, for TS of course, you might get lucky and pull a miracle but we all know we are not that lucky.

Anyways, this post is getting way too long, all I really wanted to say was good luck! kk 👍

Don't give up! since there are people that get accepted even in July!

 

[Chesnok]

Guys don't worry about the DAT and wasting your nervous system cells is not worth it. So just get up tomorrow morning and set up a plan what you wanna do; if you don't feel comfortable studying for the test just do it thenext day OR even you may take it when you're not taking any classes. Keep up the good work.
Good luck.

 

[pasionatdentist]

Future Dentists!!! Failing the DAT is not end of the world. Based on your maturity level as a professional future dentist, you should handle the situation smoothly and start working on your weakness!! 👍