Comparing TopScore, Acheiver, Kaplan, Princeton tests, with the Real DAT

[ToshibaBlue]

First off, I am really sorry, and truly apologize for this post. It might seem really redundant because we talk about this in almost all the forums.

We all stress Top Score, Achiever, Kaplan, Destroyer and anything else, but can we have this one thread that can compare each section of the test form the providers to the real DAT?

Side note:
I took Kaplan's tests, they weren't that bad. PAT was especially easy for me, however, QR was hard. Then I took DAT Achiever, the PAT was ridiculous. Is this what the real DAT is like? I went from 21 at Kaplan to 15 in Achiever (maybe it's b/c I took it at midnight and have the munchies, but I'm sure, I would have made a 20 from Kaplan DAT in my sleep.)

Don't hate me for this post, I've went and comb through the other threads and read for comparisons. Maybe this will make it easier for others to just go to this one for answers.

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[glkdds]

Follow this link:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=426175

This person can give you the low down on each section. I found it very helpful.

 

[ToshibaBlue]

Thanks glkdds!
I also just came across this one: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=444018
This person talked about Acheiver and Topscore.

 

[StayinNCali]

I can give you a numerical comparison to Topscore. Here are SOME stats from the 3 of us who studied together for 2 months and another friend:
First Line= Which Person
2nd Line= 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Topscore- followed by their actual scores on the real DAT. I offer this info because Topscore is the nearest to the real thing as far as predicting scores.... but for some of us it was pretty accurate and others did much better on the real thing. Of course you might also notice that none of us scored higher than an 18 on the real QR because we all took the test with a glitch in it during late August.

---Person#1-- Person #2 -- Person#3 -- Person #4

----2/3/Act -- 1/2/3/Act. -- 2/3/Act --- 3/Act

Bio 20/19/20 -- 21/21/18/19 -- 21/20/24 -- 19/20

Che 17/17/25 -- 19/18/18/18 -- 19/20/20 -- 16/18

Och 19/18/21 -- 18/19/21/23 -- 23/23/23 -- 19/20

PAT 23/23/24 -- 23/24/23/21 -- 23/22/21 -- 22/21

QR 19/21/16 19/18/20/17 17/22/17 18/16

RC 23/22/21 -- 18/18/20/20 -- 21/20/17 -- 20/19

TS 19/18/21 -- 19/20/19/20 --

AA 20/19/21 -- 19/19/19/19--