DAT Breakdown 7/3/2017 (24AA, 22TS, 21PAT)

[Dentindebt]

First of all, thank you for all the helpful post about the DAT, I learned a lot from this community

Bio (21): I spent the most time on this subject because DAT is known for being super random with bio. I read Cliff's Note AP Bio, the MCAT Bio book from Kaplan, Feralis's note anddid all of BootCamp's subject tests and went over them twice. I over prepared for bio because I figured that would be the first subject, if I killed it then I would have a good momentum for the rest of the test. Well, that didn't happen haha. But I'm still very happy with my score.

GC (26): I did not spend a lot of time studying for this because I had a pretty strong background already. I only did BC to study for this. The day before the exam, I read over all the chapter outlines from Mike's video on BC.

OC (21): This is the worst science out of the 3 to study for me. Honestly, I did not watch Chad's videos (I should have), I just used the cheat sheet from masterorganicchemistry.com and orgo test on BC. I just had to suck it up and blindly memorized all the mechanisms.

PAT (21): DAT BC is the best tool to study for this. Do all 10 subject tests, learn from your mistake and you should be golden. I only did 4 out of the 10 and that prepared me really already (my average was 19 on BC, the real test was easier in my opinion).

RC (23): THIS WAS THE WORST SECTION: I honestly do not understand how I got a 23, my average on BC was 19/20. I just hate rc so much I always get so tired during that section . I usually tried to spend 15-18 mins on each passage so that I would have extra time to go back and double check. On the real test, I spent 22 mins on the first one and I was not confident with my answers at all (I wanted to scream), miraculously I went into superhuman mode for the third passage by search-and-destroy and had 8 mins left to check my answers for the first passage. Yes, I spent half of my time on 1 of the passage. I despised this section, I'm glad it is over.

QR (28): "I passed Calc 2 why do I even need to study for this section?" - my cocky self before I started studying for this section. I was so so wrong. Again, BC tests all the way! I hate probabilities and stats, that was my weakest area and word problems were challenging. I know a lot of people (ehem Kaplan teachers) say to not use the calculator on every problem but that was exactly what I did .

I procrastinated so much. I postponed my test twice haha. I studied a little bit here and there but never really made a schedule. I cramped a lot during the last week:
Monday: skimmed Cliff's, skimmed BC tests.
Tuesday: skimmed past GC tests on BC and did the last 3
Wednesday: made sure I could rewrote that cheat sheet from masterorganicchemistry.com in my sleep. Skimmed past OC tests on BC. Did the last 2 tests.
Thursday: Last review for total science
Friday: PAT, PAT, PAT
Saturday: relax, calm myself down.
Sunday: read Feralis's note, chapter outlines for gc and oc on mike's videos.
Monday: exam

Good luck everybody! Make sure to drink water before the test and during break so you can stay hydrated. You know more than you think you do

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[artist2022]

Congratulations on your scores!! Excellent GC and QR!

 

[knewstance]

Awesome scores! You are one of the few to do well without using any destroyer products!

 

[FeralisExtremum]

Great breakdown - if you could go back and study differently for the biology section, what would you have changed?

 

[Dentindebt]

Great breakdown - if you could go back and study differently for the biology section, what would you have changed?

I would definitely spend less time on physiology. Reading the MCAT Bio was an overkill so i would focus more on cell bio. I only skimmed Cliff's, I should have read it more carefully. But then again, each version is different so idk :/. There was a lot of broad questions so don't get bug down if DAT Destroyer is giving you a hard time . I didn't want Destroyer to destroy my confidence so I didn't use it but I bet you are more prepared then I was

 

[tyjacobs]

First of all, thank you for all the helpful post about the DAT, I learned a lot from this community

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Bio (21): I spent the most time on this subject because DAT is known for being super random with bio. I read Cliff's Note AP Bio, the MCAT Bio book from Kaplan, Feralis's note anddid all of BootCamp's subject tests and went over them twice. I over prepared for bio because I figured that would be the first subject, if I killed it then I would have a good momentum for the rest of the test. Well, that didn't happen haha. But I'm still very happy with my score.

GC (26): I did not spend a lot of time studying for this because I had a pretty strong background already. I only did BC to study for this. The day before the exam, I read over all the chapter outlines from Mike's video on BC.

OC (21): This is the worst science out of the 3 to study for me. Honestly, I did not watch Chad's videos (I should have), I just used the cheat sheet from masterorganicchemistry.com and orgo test on BC. I just had to suck it up and blindly memorized all the mechanisms.

PAT (21): DAT BC is the best tool to study for this. Do all 10 subject tests, learn from your mistake and you should be golden. I only did 4 out of the 10 and that prepared me really already (my average was 19 on BC, the real test was easier in my opinion).

RC (23): THIS WAS THE WORST SECTION: I honestly do not understand how I got a 23, my average on BC was 19/20. I just hate rc so much I always get so tired during that section . I usually tried to spend 15-18 mins on each passage so that I would have extra time to go back and double check. On the real test, I spent 22 mins on the first one and I was not confident with my answers at all (I wanted to scream), miraculously I went into superhuman mode for the third passage by search-and-destroy and had 8 mins left to check my answers for the first passage. Yes, I spent half of my time on 1 of the passage. I despised this section, I'm glad it is over.

QR (28): "I passed Calc 2 why do I even need to study for this section?" - my cocky self before I started studying for this section. I was so so wrong. Again, BC tests all the way! I hate probabilities and stats, that was my weakest area and word problems were challenging. I know a lot of people (ehem Kaplan teachers) say to not use the calculator on every problem but that was exactly what I did .

I procrastinated so much. I postponed my test twice haha. I studied a little bit here and there but never really made a schedule. I cramped a lot during the last week:
Monday: skimmed Cliff's, skimmed BC tests.
Tuesday: skimmed past GC tests on BC and did the last 3
Wednesday: made sure I could rewrote that cheat sheet from masterorganicchemistry.com in my sleep. Skimmed past OC tests on BC. Did the last 2 tests.
Thursday: Last review for total science
Friday: PAT, PAT, PAT
Saturday: relax, calm myself down.
Sunday: read Feralis's note, chapter outlines for gc and oc on mike's videos.
Monday: exam

Good luck everybody! Make sure to drink water before the test and during break so you can stay hydrated. You know more than you think you do

Congrats on the fantastic scores!!!!

 

[Dentindebt]

Thanks for the support!