DAT breakdown

[toothlove12]

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So i took my DAT today for the first time
PAT:17
Bio: 19
gen chem: 23
orgo: 19
total science:20
QR: 16
reading comp: 25
academic avg: 20

I was hoping to do better, but it is what it is. I cant change it, gotta work with it and be happy i didnt fail.....
i applied in late june, schools are waiting for my scores. 2 of my schools (the 2 of which i really want to get into) didn't start reviewing applications at all until september 1st. What do you guys think?! ugh
im not that pleased with myself, PAT is a **** show for me but UGGHHHHH i dont even want to think about it. QR was another **** show. UGH x 2.
any input? if you want a breakdown i can do one, my scores arent that fantastic though.

 

[Barns318]

So i took my DAT today for the first time
PAT:17
Bio: 19
gen chem: 23
orgo: 19
total science:20
QR: 16
reading comp: 25
academic avg: 20

I was hoping to do better, but it is what it is. I cant change it, gotta work with it and be happy i didnt fail.....
i applied in late june, schools are waiting for my scores. 2 of my schools (the 2 of which i really want to get into) didn't start reviewing applications at all until september 1st. What do you guys think?! ugh
im not that pleased with myself, PAT is a **** show for me but UGGHHHHH i dont even want to think about it. QR was another **** show. UGH x 2.
any input? if you want a breakdown i can do one, my scores arent that fantastic though.

wow.. great scores especially RC25!
my DAT is in less than a week but.. im still practice my RC now

 

[chickensoupdr]

great RC score! what method did you use? i need some serious help! 😱
Thanks!

 

[toothlove12]

i realized while doing practice tests, the only way i could do well on reading comp was to read the whole passage in its entirety. That doesnt necessarily mean i read every specific detail however i keep the main points of each paragraph in the back of my head and where to find the answer if the question comes up, id also remember where certain target words were located (as in, toward the end of the passage? or toward the middle or beggining?) so i could scroll faster to the answer. Then after i read the whole passage and got a feel for it i went and answered the question, and did a sort of search and destroy method from there.
I honestly didnt think i did that well on reading comp after i finnished that section, i was down to the wire and the section actually expired time and it just moved me to the QR section, i had just hit my answer to the last question thankfully. So if you dont read fast this method might not work for you.
I scored 21's on all 3 topscore reading comp practice tests and those are the only practice i used for this section
goodluck!

 

[toothlove12]

Also my passages were surprisingly not that long. the first one was long with 17 paragraphs, the 2nd was 8 and the last one was 9. so maybe i lucked out

 

[dentalWorks]

that 25 in RC outweighs both the pat and QR times a 100. Seriously, those are amazing scores, i'd be VERY happy