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I wanted to post a breakdown after reading many helpful breakdowns along the way.
I took the exam after my sophomore year and I'm glad I'm done! I only took Orgo 1/2, Bio1/2, GC1/2, and the labs for all. It is not necessary to finish Biochemistry, physio, etc.
Before I start here are the Scores:
22AA 21TS 21PAT 30OC (Loving that orgo haha)
I started my studying on May 10th and took my exam August 15th. I decided to take the Kaplan course and heres my review... not worth the $!!! I think the course was helpful, and the best part was a total of 5+ full length DAT exams. The downside is the value. I would say DAT BOOTCAMP at around $100 was wayyyy more valuable.
Materials:
Dat Bootcamp (10/10): No doubt the best way to study for PAT. I took all the section tests and reviewed them a second time. I didn't retake the exams as full lengths because that would simply be Recall. My bootcamp averages fluctuated around a 20 in every subjects.
DAT Destroyer: (10/10): Destroyer was solid. I didn't finish the bio but great for GC/Orgo. It tests the material at a way higher level than on the real DAT.
Math Destroyer (10/10): solid book with ample amounts of practice tests
Chads videos (10/10): I owe my GC Score to Chad. His gc videos are amazing. I didn't need to watch the Orgo but I heard there solid as well. Didn't touch the bio video. Orgo rxn sheets are solid.
DAT Genius (8/10): Good free resources on
their website.
Cliffs AP BIO: (9/10): good book. Worth a read before starting any condensed notes like feralis.
Feralis Notes (8/10): These notes are solid but the DAT was so vague. Feralis goes very in depth which is great but do not get sidetracked. THINK BIG PICTURE.
RusselDw Notes (8/10): solid notes, less dense and easier to read compared to Feralis.
Kaplan Full length Exams (7/10)
Kaplan Course (5/10)
Kaplan blue book (4/10): not bad to start bio review
Kaplan lesson book (2/10)... This book sucks
ADA 2007/2009 Exams (10/10): These exams
were great practice. The 2009 (mail in exam) had some errors but overall my scores were similar to these exams. 2007 score - 23 AA 2009 Score - 21AA
Shoutout to Ari from DATBC @Ari Rezaei , the OrgoMan Team @orgoman22 , Russeldw @russelldw , Feralis @FeralisExtremum , and even Kaplan!
Some final Notes: Don't worry about your practice scores just focus on progress! I killed orgo because i was a TA and got A's in orgo 1/2 and used destroyer. On Bootcamp I scored around 20-22 range so don't get discouraged.
Bio is tough to study. I think ORGO/GC are the highest yield subjects per study time. Bio has huge coverage so you never know what you are going to get in my opinion. RC was never my strength so I'm ok with that score. Overall... DAT IS OVER LETS PARTY!
Some Practice Scores: (FL = Full Length Kaplan Tests)
Diagnostic Kaplan: 16
FL1: 17AA
Fl2: 18AA
Fl3: 20AA
Fl4: 22AA
FL5: 20 AA
2007ADA: 23AA
2009 ADA: 21AA
Real Test: 22AA
Good luck! Remember Diagnostics suck but its a start!
I can answer any questions if you guys have about prep, scores, etc.
I took the exam after my sophomore year and I'm glad I'm done! I only took Orgo 1/2, Bio1/2, GC1/2, and the labs for all. It is not necessary to finish Biochemistry, physio, etc.
Before I start here are the Scores:
22AA 21TS 21PAT 30OC (Loving that orgo haha)
I started my studying on May 10th and took my exam August 15th. I decided to take the Kaplan course and heres my review... not worth the $!!! I think the course was helpful, and the best part was a total of 5+ full length DAT exams. The downside is the value. I would say DAT BOOTCAMP at around $100 was wayyyy more valuable.
Materials:
Dat Bootcamp (10/10): No doubt the best way to study for PAT. I took all the section tests and reviewed them a second time. I didn't retake the exams as full lengths because that would simply be Recall. My bootcamp averages fluctuated around a 20 in every subjects.
DAT Destroyer: (10/10): Destroyer was solid. I didn't finish the bio but great for GC/Orgo. It tests the material at a way higher level than on the real DAT.
Math Destroyer (10/10): solid book with ample amounts of practice tests
Chads videos (10/10): I owe my GC Score to Chad. His gc videos are amazing. I didn't need to watch the Orgo but I heard there solid as well. Didn't touch the bio video. Orgo rxn sheets are solid.
DAT Genius (8/10): Good free resources on
their website.
Cliffs AP BIO: (9/10): good book. Worth a read before starting any condensed notes like feralis.
Feralis Notes (8/10): These notes are solid but the DAT was so vague. Feralis goes very in depth which is great but do not get sidetracked. THINK BIG PICTURE.
RusselDw Notes (8/10): solid notes, less dense and easier to read compared to Feralis.
Kaplan Full length Exams (7/10)
Kaplan Course (5/10)
Kaplan blue book (4/10): not bad to start bio review
Kaplan lesson book (2/10)... This book sucks
ADA 2007/2009 Exams (10/10): These exams
were great practice. The 2009 (mail in exam) had some errors but overall my scores were similar to these exams. 2007 score - 23 AA 2009 Score - 21AA
Shoutout to Ari from DATBC @Ari Rezaei , the OrgoMan Team @orgoman22 , Russeldw @russelldw , Feralis @FeralisExtremum , and even Kaplan!
Some final Notes: Don't worry about your practice scores just focus on progress! I killed orgo because i was a TA and got A's in orgo 1/2 and used destroyer. On Bootcamp I scored around 20-22 range so don't get discouraged.
Bio is tough to study. I think ORGO/GC are the highest yield subjects per study time. Bio has huge coverage so you never know what you are going to get in my opinion. RC was never my strength so I'm ok with that score. Overall... DAT IS OVER LETS PARTY!
Some Practice Scores: (FL = Full Length Kaplan Tests)
Diagnostic Kaplan: 16
FL1: 17AA
Fl2: 18AA
Fl3: 20AA
Fl4: 22AA
FL5: 20 AA
2007ADA: 23AA
2009 ADA: 21AA
Real Test: 22AA
Good luck! Remember Diagnostics suck but its a start!
I can answer any questions if you guys have about prep, scores, etc.
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