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Hello,
Have never posted here but have used many of your tips to help prepare for the exam. Thanks a lot to those who contribute! I decided to try to repay the favor and tell about my experience. I'm pretty satisfied with my scores (except for GC 😕)
PAT: 21
QR: 30
RC: 21
Biology: 20
GC: 19
OC: 27
Science Average: 21
Academic average : 23
To prepare, I used KBB, the free quizzes on DATqault, a few of Chad's videos for ochem, Baron's AP, and various practice problems I found browsing online.
For QR, I tutored a HS student in Algrebra 2 and Trig last year. If you have the time, find a book at the library that can help you review these topics, as I found they covered everything I ran across in QR.
OC: Rather than memorizing, try to actually understand how/what reactions occur. Spend the most time understanding the basic principles, such as elimination/ addition/ substitution/ electrophilicity patterns etc.. Once you have a fundamental understanding of the principles, you can apply them to various reactions.
RC: I tried the search/ destroy method that some of you have sworn by and just couldn't use it well. Reading the entire passage and maybe jotting a word or 2 down for each paragraph's subject seemed to work best for me.
Bio: So many random questions. The majority of questions were straightforward and pretty simple. However, a few random questions appeared involving rather obscure ecological terms that I hadn't encountered in any of my practices. Oh well....
Feel free to ask any particular questions!
Have never posted here but have used many of your tips to help prepare for the exam. Thanks a lot to those who contribute! I decided to try to repay the favor and tell about my experience. I'm pretty satisfied with my scores (except for GC 😕)
PAT: 21
QR: 30
RC: 21
Biology: 20
GC: 19
OC: 27
Science Average: 21
Academic average : 23
To prepare, I used KBB, the free quizzes on DATqault, a few of Chad's videos for ochem, Baron's AP, and various practice problems I found browsing online.
For QR, I tutored a HS student in Algrebra 2 and Trig last year. If you have the time, find a book at the library that can help you review these topics, as I found they covered everything I ran across in QR.
OC: Rather than memorizing, try to actually understand how/what reactions occur. Spend the most time understanding the basic principles, such as elimination/ addition/ substitution/ electrophilicity patterns etc.. Once you have a fundamental understanding of the principles, you can apply them to various reactions.
RC: I tried the search/ destroy method that some of you have sworn by and just couldn't use it well. Reading the entire passage and maybe jotting a word or 2 down for each paragraph's subject seemed to work best for me.
Bio: So many random questions. The majority of questions were straightforward and pretty simple. However, a few random questions appeared involving rather obscure ecological terms that I hadn't encountered in any of my practices. Oh well....
Feel free to ask any particular questions!
