I always thought reading these were interesting and usually helpful so here's my breakdown, even though I'm a little disappointed in my scores.
PAT: 19
QR: 18
RC: 18
BIO: 19
GCHEM: 22
OCHEM: 27
Bio: random as hell like everyone says. There were some stuff that I should have known, but forgot. I used Cliffs for this and ran through Destroyer once. Cliffs is pretty good. If I had actually studied the human development chapters more, I would have done better. There wasn't too much focus on phylums, which surprised me. I'm also a biochem major so I thought I could wing this section. Oh boy was I wrong.
Chem: Pretty straight forward. I used Destroyer and Kaplan BB for this, although I don't think Kaplan helped as much as Destroyer. A couple of calculations but they all "worked."
Ochem: Probably the easiest thing ever. I used Destroyer, my textbook, and anything I could get my hands on. Destroyer is very good for this section. If you did well in your ochem classes, this section should be cake. Someone posted http://www.teststudyguide.com/DAT/dat-sections.aspx in some thread I was reading. I looked through it and saw there was no C13 NMR so I didn't study for it. Guess what the first problem of the ochem section was? 😱
Side note: I finished the science section in 1 hour.
PAT: Wow. I ran out of time. I didn't think it was too terribly difficult but I had like 8 minutes for the last section. My pacing for the test was terrible. Also, I was getting really nervous towards the end and forgot if the patterns folded into or out of the screen. 🙁 There were maybe 3-4 WTF questions. I used CDP for this section, which I highly recommend.
Reading: Umm I never practiced the reading, so I wasn't sure of the format coming into the test. I don't think it was too bad. Once again, pacing was an issue and I ran out of time.
Math: Not too bad I guess. I heard a lot of dental schools don't care about this section. I still ran out of time, and literally clicked B/C for the last 10 problems.
My recommendations/ tips for future test takers:
1) Learn to pace yourself. This killed me.
2) Make sure you click correctly. My computer was acting weird or something and sometimes it would click and sometimes it would deselect the answer I picked. I didn't have enough time to go back to see if all the questions were answered.
3) Destroyer is enough for chem/ochem sections.
4) I think if you learn all of Cliff's AP, you'll be ok for bio.
PAT: 19
QR: 18
RC: 18
BIO: 19
GCHEM: 22
OCHEM: 27
Bio: random as hell like everyone says. There were some stuff that I should have known, but forgot. I used Cliffs for this and ran through Destroyer once. Cliffs is pretty good. If I had actually studied the human development chapters more, I would have done better. There wasn't too much focus on phylums, which surprised me. I'm also a biochem major so I thought I could wing this section. Oh boy was I wrong.
Chem: Pretty straight forward. I used Destroyer and Kaplan BB for this, although I don't think Kaplan helped as much as Destroyer. A couple of calculations but they all "worked."
Ochem: Probably the easiest thing ever. I used Destroyer, my textbook, and anything I could get my hands on. Destroyer is very good for this section. If you did well in your ochem classes, this section should be cake. Someone posted http://www.teststudyguide.com/DAT/dat-sections.aspx in some thread I was reading. I looked through it and saw there was no C13 NMR so I didn't study for it. Guess what the first problem of the ochem section was? 😱
Side note: I finished the science section in 1 hour.
PAT: Wow. I ran out of time. I didn't think it was too terribly difficult but I had like 8 minutes for the last section. My pacing for the test was terrible. Also, I was getting really nervous towards the end and forgot if the patterns folded into or out of the screen. 🙁 There were maybe 3-4 WTF questions. I used CDP for this section, which I highly recommend.
Reading: Umm I never practiced the reading, so I wasn't sure of the format coming into the test. I don't think it was too bad. Once again, pacing was an issue and I ran out of time.
Math: Not too bad I guess. I heard a lot of dental schools don't care about this section. I still ran out of time, and literally clicked B/C for the last 10 problems.
My recommendations/ tips for future test takers:
1) Learn to pace yourself. This killed me.
2) Make sure you click correctly. My computer was acting weird or something and sometimes it would click and sometimes it would deselect the answer I picked. I didn't have enough time to go back to see if all the questions were answered.
3) Destroyer is enough for chem/ochem sections.
4) I think if you learn all of Cliff's AP, you'll be ok for bio.
