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Congrats on your awesome scores, especially the PAT! You killed that section! You've worked so hard, and it's paid off!

As far as school suggestions... What are your in-state schools? These scores are at/above average everywhere, and in-state is WAY cheaper!
 
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Good scores, especially the PA. Glad to see the bad quality didn't throw you off.

Your science scores are exactly the same as mine the 1st time I took it.Just like you, I walked away thinking what the heck both times for the bio section.

Being finished is a great feeling.
 
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Ive been waiting for this breakdown after seeing all your posts leading up to your exam

CONGRATZ U KILLED IT!

Which practice tests were the most similar to the real thing?
and is CDP all I need for the PAT section? How about RC practice? Thanks in advance and once again U KILLED IT!
 
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amiresma said:
Haha, Thank you!

To be honest none of the practice exams I took were in particular close to the real thing,
But I would say Topscore was the closest for sciences, There was one problem taken exactly from the 2009 practice exam in the bio section. but the rest of it was nothing like 2009 or 2007.

It was just a really weird test.

And yea, for my PAT, CDP was more than enough, the images on CDP were actually better than the real exam. If you can score where I was, I think you will be more than prepared,
I used the Line of Symmetry method for hole punches, and making a row 0-5 and counting all the cubes before answering the questions for that image. point mehod is great for sharp angles (basically instead of focusing on the actual angle, just look which figure is the sharpest looking (thats the smallest one).

RC = TopScore was really good practice for my test, I used S&D for the whole thing. Achiever is ridiculous, I didn't bother to do the last one for RC. also stick with computer based RC, paper is too different in terms of functionality. ( I had the 2007/2009 printed copy)

I did a practice test every other test leading up to the exam, switching off between achiever and Top Score, and I did a PAT everyday either from CDP or achiever. and constantly reviewed notecards in between everyhting,

*NOTECARDS are a must for the whole process, I though I wouldn't need them, but there's just so much information, you will start to forget as you study, so any iffy topics, or any problem you get wrong goes on a card, I reviewed these while walking to classes, and any free time I had.

I deleted facebook, No talking to friends haha, nothing, just sat in my room, all day everyday. My visions actually gotten a little worse from this whole process haha.

Last but not least, the QR section calculator sucks haha, it does the job, but it lags out, I was pushing the same number 2-3 times to get it to register sometimes, also its so small i couldn't tell the equal sign from the minus sign.
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Wow, thanks so much
this is eye opening
Great info
Notecards everywhere I go now haha
Congratz again 👍

Chads Ochem... know it and im set? I have a weak ochem background
 
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Congrats! Enjoy the next couple of weeks getting back to not having to study every waking moment of your day. I agree with you on the breakdown of the chemistry sections. Gen Chem is quite simple...or it just seems simple because of the amount of studying we put toward the section.
 
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GatorD said:
Nice!! Congrats on your score!
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AFlo1770 said:
Congrats! Enjoy the next couple of weeks getting back to not having to study every waking moment of your day. I agree with you on the breakdown of the chemistry sections. Gen Chem is quite simple...or it just seems simple because of the amount of studying we put toward the section.
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nirjar2212 said:
Congrats!! That 26 in PAT is awesome!

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biomolecmed said:
Solid scores. Well done.
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Thanks everyone!, I'm glad its over.
 
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amiresma said:
Chads G chem is great, his ochem is not fully comprehensive in my opinion. My main resource here was Organic Chemistry Third edition by Janice Gorzynski Smith. At the end of every chapter there is a great summary with all the properties and reactions you need to know, combined with chads your set.

Since you have a weak background, its going to take longer for you to prepare for that section, you have to make sure you can do all the reactions, recognize the reagents and properties. I think this textbook is great for that, Do you have an ochem textbook?
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I do have an ochem txt book but It would take forever to go thru it....
 
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Do you feel like the bio questions are getting harder and more in depth?

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