DAT Bio question

[jirotrom]

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Does the DAT ever ask about Scientific experiments or who the scientist were on the bio section?

 

[Parle G]

I highly doubt it. They are limited to 40 questions for the biology section and I would assume they would ask questions relating to specific areas in biology which seem to be important, than asking who discovered what.

 

[vindicate]

Does the DAT ever ask about Scientific experiments or who the scientist were on the bio section?

The real question is, do you want to take a risk?

It may not come up, but is knowing the material hard to do? Is it worth spending time on to eliminate that risk of not studying and it popping up?

Keep in mind that not everything people comment on these forums are to help you. Some people like discouraging others, or sabotage their competitors (so my years as a undergrad taught me)

 

[jwillison]

I have never been asked about specific experiments in the Biology portion of the DAT (both practice and the real thing). I have found that they ask about Lammarck's theory of evolution fairly often so make sure you at least know that. I have never been asked for a specific date of an experiment or anything that nit-picky though. Good luck.

 

[Div2388]

The real question is, do you want to take a risk?

It may not come up, but is knowing the material hard to do? Is it worth spending time on to eliminate that risk of not studying and it popping up?

Keep in mind that not everything people comment on these forums are to help you. Some people like discouraging others, or sabotage their competitors (so my years as a undergrad taught me)

While I somewhat understand where you are coming from, your suggestion is flawed. If a person were to use this point of view in regards to everything biology, then yes, knowing the material would be near impossible. The subject of biology is infinite. Our burden in taking the DAT is picking and choosing what we think we should know out of the endless sea of knowledge that exists.

Who first figured out how sponges reproduce and what method did that person use to determine that process? Would remembering that name and process be hard? No, but doing that for every experiment ever conducted (even just the major ones) WOULD be hard and would be waste of time.

Conclusion: I have not taken the DAT yet, but from the endless amount of breakdowns I have read, the Biology section tests you more on general knowledge than specifics. Names of scientists sounds pretty darn specific to me. I would say that your time is better spent elsewhere.

Side note: I read that having Barron's AP Bio or Cliff's AP Bio down well will earn you a semi-decent score and neither of those are crazy specific. Hope this helps. Oops, I mean I HOPE THIS DOESN'T HELP AND I HOPE YOU FAIL AND NEVER GET INTO DENTAL SCHOOL AND I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL!

 

[dentalWorks]

its biology... not "history of biology"... You won't get any redundant questions about who discovered what, these kinds of questions DO NOT test the applicants ability to apply biological concepts.

If they start asking questions about who discovered what, they might as well throw some astronomy and nuclear physics in it as they are just as related to biology