Dat coming up, any advice?

[Lola1923]

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Taking my DAT in a little over a week...kind of concerned about QR and PAT. Here are my scores on bootcamp so far. Any advice?

Bio: 23, 19, 19, 20

GC: 21, 18, 18, 23

OC: 19, 19, 21, 18

PAT: 17, 19, 18, 18

RC: 17, 17, 18, 19

QR: 17, 17, 18, 19

 

[Lola1923]

Taking my DAT in a little over a week...kind of concerned about QR and PAT. Here are my scores on bootcamp so far. Any advice?

Bio: 23, 19, 19, 20

GC: 21, 18, 18, 23

OC: 19, 19, 21, 18

PAT: 17, 19, 18, 18

RC: 17, 17, 18, 19

QR: 17, 17, 18, 19

^^ forgot to mention, aiming to get a 20..I've heard the real test is a bit easier than bootcamp?

 

[super frank]

^^ forgot to mention, aiming to get a 20..I've heard the real test is a bit easier than bootcamp?

It all depends on which test you get.

For me:
Bio - harder than BC
GC - similar to BC
OC - slightly easier than BC
PAT - harder than BC
RC - much easier than BC
QR - similar to BC

 

[slee8]

I found the PAT section to be somewhat easier than the Bootcamp version. I was getting 19-20 on all the tests and I got a 23 on the actual thing.

For me the QR section was slightly harder than the BC tests.

Your science scores look really solid, so go into your exam with confidence!

 

[redhotchiligochu]

^^ forgot to mention, aiming to get a 20..I've heard the real test is a bit easier than bootcamp?

We've all had different experiences but, I personally thought the BC Bio was too easy and the BC PAT was much harder than the the actual DAT. I'd say for your PAT, expect around 1-5 points higher on the actual DAT.

FWIW, on my actual DAT my lowest score was Bio and my highest score was PAT.

For QR, don't overthink the problems, and I'd recommend doing the work by hand as much as you can, because believe it or not, using the on-screen calculator take longer! Idk just my experience.