DAT Bio help!

[rdd215]

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Hello!

I am taking the DAT in about 2.5 weeks and I am still struggling to get a good grip on the Bio section. There is just too much material and I am feeling super overwhelmed. To anyone that has taken the DAT already, any suggestions for Bio?

Thanks!

 

[dhk2131]

go through destroyer, make notes on what you didn't understand and read said areas in cliff's ap bio/barron's ap bio.

take dat bootcamp exams and datquestionoftheday to fill in kinks.

bio is just a race against time to gain exposure to as many things as you can. try to get a good grasp of major ideas (like respiration and photosynthesis etc because they focus on details as opposed to knowing some random disease that you probably never heard about). your best bet is to either read through a lot of textbooks and get familiar with some things you have never heard about (at least SOME kind of exposure) or do A LOT of practice problems.

i have my DAT next week, and i still am not sure if i'm ready for bio. just have to have a good enough foundation to at least make educated guesses for the random questions i suppose.

 

[rdd215]

go through destroyer, make notes on what you didn't understand and read said areas in cliff's ap bio/barron's ap bio.

take dat bootcamp exams and datquestionoftheday to fill in kinks.

bio is just a race against time to gain exposure to as many things as you can. try to get a good grasp of major ideas (like respiration and photosynthesis etc because they focus on details as opposed to knowing some random disease that you probably never heard about). your best bet is to either read through a lot of textbooks and get familiar with some things you have never heard about (at least SOME kind of exposure) or do A LOT of practice problems.

i have my DAT next week, and i still am not sure if i'm ready for bio. just have to have a good enough foundation to at least make educated guesses for the random questions i suppose.

Great thanks so much! Good luck on your DAT 🙂

 

[valkyrie08]

Khan Academy or youtube for subjects you don't understand. Chad also has free bio videos! Good luck!

 

[BWA1991]

Craig Savage! He had an awesome YouTube channel!

 

[7amsho]

I am in the same boat 🙁 I have been scoring 21+ on all sections, 19-20 on RC and 17-19 on bio.. I have exposed myself to many questions but I still get some that I just don't know...

 

[shyfox9p]

Why don't you do baron's diagnostic test? It will tell you what you are weak on, and you focus on that rather than rereading everything.