I am not a science major so I had to work a little harder at studying for the DAT as compared to the science majors. My scores are:
Bio-22
Ochem-20
Gen Chem-20
PAT-21
QR-20
Reading-22
AA-21
To me, my scores are pretty average, at least from what I keep seeing people post. However, when I first started studying, my tests scores were horrible!!(Around 15's). I wanted to let people know who aren't science majors the materials I used since I haven't seen bio or gen chem in three years.
Biology- Kaplan, Cliffs, Barrons(mostly just to see if anything was different in that book as compared to Kaplan and Cliffs and to use it just as a review), and DAT Destroyer( This to me was a must! Super broad and tons of ridiculously hard questions but the explanations in the back for each question made the book so worth it!! ). Also Chad's videos were awesome! He doesn't have them for every topic but he covered probably 10 of the questions that were on my test.
General Chemistry- I used the same books as Bio. The DAT Destroyer does a good job of incorporating all of them formulas. However, on my DAT I only had 8 problems that needed to be mathematically solved. 22 of them were concept questions. I wish I would've focused more on concepts vs. formulas(you still need to know all of them but I did a ridiculous amount of practice problems!) Wish I would've gotten Chad's videos but I discovered them only two days before my test.
Ochem- I used Kaplan and DAT Destroyer. None of the predicted the product questions were as hard as the Destroyer books. I also didn't have any IR questions which I spent a lot of time memorizing(don't quote me on that, that may just have been the version of my test).
QR- DAT Destroyer. Biggest thing is to remember it is a test of time. All of the problems are basic but some require more time. Skip those and go to the ones that you can do right away! Luckily I didn't have too many word problems. I only had one that was a word problem and had no idea how to solve it!
Reading- Crack the DAT Reading. I bought the 5 test version. I used the Kaplan method of writing down main ideas of each paragraph. This method worked well for me.
PAT- Crack the PAT!! I bought 10 practice tests! IMO, angle ranking was easier! However hole punching was way more difficult. Many folds I'd never seen before. Key Holes and Pattern Folding each had really hard ones and then really easy ones. TFE had some really easy ones and then some that you could not use event theory on and had to visualize the image(So be able to count events but when you can't, be able to visualize!) Cube Counting only had about 15 cubes as compared to CRACK the PAT having sometimes up to 40 cubes.
Overall, this is a veryyy important test which you already know! However, don't stress too much!! Keep your confidence up. I bought that DAT Achiever and found it to be a horrible study material to use! I was getting horrible scores (sometimes as low as 15-16 and each 13's on bio!!>this was only a week before the test too!) It didn't teach me anything! All it did was ruin my confidence. I wish I would've gotten DAT Bootcamp or Top Score given what I've recently read on here! However, the DAT is very doable and once it's done it is an amazing feeling!
Bio-22
Ochem-20
Gen Chem-20
PAT-21
QR-20
Reading-22
AA-21
To me, my scores are pretty average, at least from what I keep seeing people post. However, when I first started studying, my tests scores were horrible!!(Around 15's). I wanted to let people know who aren't science majors the materials I used since I haven't seen bio or gen chem in three years.
Biology- Kaplan, Cliffs, Barrons(mostly just to see if anything was different in that book as compared to Kaplan and Cliffs and to use it just as a review), and DAT Destroyer( This to me was a must! Super broad and tons of ridiculously hard questions but the explanations in the back for each question made the book so worth it!! ). Also Chad's videos were awesome! He doesn't have them for every topic but he covered probably 10 of the questions that were on my test.
General Chemistry- I used the same books as Bio. The DAT Destroyer does a good job of incorporating all of them formulas. However, on my DAT I only had 8 problems that needed to be mathematically solved. 22 of them were concept questions. I wish I would've focused more on concepts vs. formulas(you still need to know all of them but I did a ridiculous amount of practice problems!) Wish I would've gotten Chad's videos but I discovered them only two days before my test.
Ochem- I used Kaplan and DAT Destroyer. None of the predicted the product questions were as hard as the Destroyer books. I also didn't have any IR questions which I spent a lot of time memorizing(don't quote me on that, that may just have been the version of my test).
QR- DAT Destroyer. Biggest thing is to remember it is a test of time. All of the problems are basic but some require more time. Skip those and go to the ones that you can do right away! Luckily I didn't have too many word problems. I only had one that was a word problem and had no idea how to solve it!
Reading- Crack the DAT Reading. I bought the 5 test version. I used the Kaplan method of writing down main ideas of each paragraph. This method worked well for me.
PAT- Crack the PAT!! I bought 10 practice tests! IMO, angle ranking was easier! However hole punching was way more difficult. Many folds I'd never seen before. Key Holes and Pattern Folding each had really hard ones and then really easy ones. TFE had some really easy ones and then some that you could not use event theory on and had to visualize the image(So be able to count events but when you can't, be able to visualize!) Cube Counting only had about 15 cubes as compared to CRACK the PAT having sometimes up to 40 cubes.
Overall, this is a veryyy important test which you already know! However, don't stress too much!! Keep your confidence up. I bought that DAT Achiever and found it to be a horrible study material to use! I was getting horrible scores (sometimes as low as 15-16 and each 13's on bio!!>this was only a week before the test too!) It didn't teach me anything! All it did was ruin my confidence. I wish I would've gotten DAT Bootcamp or Top Score given what I've recently read on here! However, the DAT is very doable and once it's done it is an amazing feeling!