DAT Achiever - RC Realistic?

[adizzle87]

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For those who have done Achiever's RC and taken the DAT, how do the two compare? I just did RC for my first time and got a 21, but this is really surprising since I usually really suck at reading. I know Achiever is pretty darn hard with its PAT but how is the RC compared to the real one?

I also have the online Kaplan course, are those good for RC as well? Any other sources you guys reccomend? Thanks

 

[DiscoBalls]

DAT achiever RC is easier than the actual DAT, except one article about economics, I think its on the second test. On achiever 1 and 3 I only got one wrong which were like 28 or 29's. On 2 I got ~22. On the actual DAT I got a 25

 

[klutzy1987]

DAT aciever is way too easy. On the DAT i got piano and i got a 18, on achiever i got 22 22 25.

 

[DrillerC]

Personally I thought they were comparable. I did score higher on the RC than on the Achiever's though.

Maybe I just got lucky.

 

[shinbone86]

Depending on what version you get. I got a tough QR section, so I guess the RC was made less difficult. People say the actual exam is harder because search and destroy doesn't work as well anymore. That's true but the inference questions aren't too bad as long as u have a gist of what the passage is talking about.
I got an 18, 19, and a 23 on the 3 Achiever practice exams and a 21 on the real exam. You should get somewhere in the 20s guaranteed with your practice test scores.

 

[DividedByZero]

DAT aciever is way too easy. On the DAT i got piano and i got a 18, on achiever i got 22 22 25.

I was getting mid 20s on RC too in Achiever and got Piano'd with an 18 as well. Definitely sucks.