DAT Breakdown 7/5/16 AA: 27

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DAT BREAKDOWN 7/5/16
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Glad to be done and be able to usher in summer and some relaxation!

I’ll keep this very brief so those of you procrastinating can get back to studying. :eyebrow:

If you have any questions, DM me or post in the comments and I’ll do my best to try and get back to you!

AA: 27

Bio: 26

- Breadth over depth; relatively easy questions over a large range of topics. For this section, it’s better to know a little about a lot rather than a lot about a little.

Materials: Destroyer 2016 (1.5X), Feralis’ Notes (1X), Russelldw Notes (2X)


Gen Chem: 24

- To be totally honest, this is the score I’m most disappointed in. I had a lot of weird, funky, conceptual ones/application. No exceedingly difficult calculations.

Materials: Destroyer 2016 (1.25X), Chad’s Videos (1X)


Organic: 30

- Pretty basic. No confusing reactions.

Materials: Destroyer 2016 (.5X), Chad’s Videos (1X)


QR: 30

- Not bad. Math and logic puzzles. Generally speaking, if you think logically about a problem you can eliminate most of the answers right off the bat.

Materials: Destroyer 2016 (.25X), Math Destroyer 2016 (.5X)


Reading: 25

- Nothing too difficult. Some terribly worded questions meant to throw you off, though.


Perceptual: 21

- Apparently I’m just not that great at visualizing things--and the clarity was sub-par.

Materials: Bootcamp



I took all the Bootcamp practice tests. Didn’t really take the ’07 or ’09 DAT with any thoroughness (flew through the sciences in <30 min).


In my opinion, Bootcamp, Chad, Destroyer are excellent. I really liked Russelldw’s notes; easy to understand and just thorough enough. And Feralis’, well, they’re thorough and well put together. Great resource!


Time spent studying: ~ 2 weeks or so. Yeah, was a long two weeks


S/O To Ari (@Ari Rezaei) , Chad, Dr. Romano and Nancy (@orgoman22) , Feralis (@FeralisExtremum) and Russelldw (@russelldw) —couldn’t have done as well as I did without you all.


Again, if you have any questions I'd be more than happy to expand on anything!
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Ardwan said:
That's what I plan on using combined with BYU4YOU's balanced approach. Glad it works, as it has brought up my practice RC by 3 points.
Other than the practice exams, did you do any review of Destroyer or Chad's quizzes or especially any bio stuff?
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Primarily destroyer--I ran through the questions quickly and just brushed up on things I wasn't very familiar with across all subjects.

I only did Chad's immediately after watching the videos. I never returned to them


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rich123321 said:
Sounds similar to me I guess. Although, a HUGE part of doing well on the DAT really does depend on the questions that the computer pulls from the test bank. I am 100% convinced that indeed pure luck plays a role into getting a better score
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We're taking the DAT the same day. And I have a feeling you're right about that lol
 
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I posted this in another thread but it definitely applies here as well.

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rich123321 said:
Sounds similar to me I guess. Although, a HUGE part of doing well on the DAT really does depend on the questions that the computer pulls from the test bank. I am 100% convinced that indeed pure luck plays a role into getting a better score
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thats why people who are shooting for 30 in sections try to master that subject... to answer anything that the computer throws at you
 
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He's already feralis 2.0 as far as I'm concerned (maybe better because he only took 2 weeks!). That other dude who said he got a 28 has no evidence (don't see why he can't post it tbh). DMikes is the baws man :D!
 
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LuckBloodandSweat said:
He's already feralis 2.0 as far as I'm concerned (maybe better because he only took 2 weeks!). That other dude who said he got a 28 has no evidence (don't see why he can't post it tbh). DMikes is the baws man :D!
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Worry about yourself bud.
 

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wezleesun` said:
are you talking about rockstar123 or something? he studied for 2 years lol
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I referred to Dmikes as Feralis 2.0. Well I guess zhngbrg really is since the scores are insanely similar and he also got a 28 but Dmikes baws for getting a 27 in 2 weeks ^__^
 
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you're just some kind of a genius. Who studies for a DAT for only 2 weeks and gets a 27? No one, but you.
 
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You are so smart! Congratulations!
Russelldw Notes, I can't find them anywhere , do I have to buy them?
and what did you mean by 1x 2x or 0.5 x?
 
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Faefly said:
You are so smart! Congratulations!
Russelldw Notes, I can't find them anywhere , do I have to buy them?
and what did you mean by 1x 2x or 0.5 x?
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Thank you!

You can find @russelldw notes in his breakdown. No need to buy them!

edit: here's the link to his notes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-AFtN9IXBKyGvhkjakS_sxbyvv6is7yRcVU9Mmh89LQ/edit

By 1X or 2X i was referring to how many times I went through/completed that resource.


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This always pops up. A piece of me always dies when I realize how dumb I am compared to the true geniuses out there.
 
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LuckBloodandSweat said:
This always pops up. A piece of me always dies when I realize how dumb I am compared to the true geniuses out there.
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When I look at my 21/21 and then other people on SDN I'm like damn. Then there's the people not on SDN and I am highly appreciative of my 21/21. It's not flashy, but other people would kill for it.
 
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DMikes said:
I flew through the bootcamp tests pretty quick, didn't double check my work at all.
I did much better on the real thing!

Bio/GC/OC/RC/QR/PAT/AA
Test 1: 23 22 21 22 20 19 22
Test 2: 18 21 21 21 22 21 21
Test 3: 19 24 24 24 30 20 24
Test 4: 19 23 24 26 23 21 23
Test 5: 23 20 22 22 30 20 23
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were these scores the scores that showed up at the end of the test? - the, "you did better than 89.9% of students taking this test"

or the raw scores - as in a 24 in bio would be 38/40 correct
 
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