DAT completed! 8/17/09

[r3dr0s3s]

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Just finished the test today, THANK GOODNESS!! I've been pushing this test back forever for fear of standardized tests.


PAT 18
QR 19
RC 21
Bio 18
GC 23
OC 20
TS 20
AA 20

--PAT seemed harder to me on the test, but I think that's because I was freaking out about running out of time on the natural sciences section. I used CrackDAT PAT, but the Hole punching looked a lot different. The holes were smaller and the folds looked odd.

--QR is super rushed. You really have to do all the easy problems first then at the last 5 mins put in random answers and then work from there.

--RC SEARCH and DESTROY!! There were some weird questions though, like it would have 2 sentences and the answers would be A. Both are true, B. Both are false. C. One is true, the other is false.

--Bio seemed really random. I wasn't that prepared for this section and you can tell by my score ;p I used AP Cliffs and Kaplan BB.

--GC I didn't really study for this section much, but that's because I tutored gchem in college and on my year off. Just do TOPscore, and see what you do wrong there so you won't repeat the same mistakes 🙂

--OC I used Kaplan BB as a guide and for mechanisms I didnt know, I just used my old OChem book.

Here are my TOPscore scores 4 days before test day.
Test #2
AA 20
Bio 18
Chem 19
OChem 21
PAT n/a (i took a crackDAT pat instead--23)
QR 19
RC 21

Good luck everyone!!


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[BiomajorPreDent]

nice scores

Congrats

 

[prsndwg]

can you please elaborate on the RC.. I dont get what you mean by A and the B ...

congrates on the score..

 

[r3dr0s3s]

RC-- I highly RECOMMEND taking TOPscore practice test. I felt like the RC was VERY similar.

I had 3 weird RC questions. The first one was like this.

1. Blue whales are great swimmers because they have huge eyes.

A. The first part is true, but the second part is not the correct reason.
B. The first part is true, and the second part is the correct reason.
C. Both statements are false.
D. (something to that effect of above..)

2. Graving docks are where floating boats are built.
Weather is something engineers need to consider when constructing a bridge.

A. Both statements are true.
B. The first is true, but the second is false.
C. They are both false.
D. The first is false, the second is true.

 

[orangutan777]

solid scores gl with the rest of the process!

 

[Emmie]

r3dr0s3s: You didn't actually see a "blue whale" question, or did you?

 

[mashimlro]

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[r3dr0s3s]

Haha, no there was no blue whale question, but this is part of the reading comprehension, so all the answers should be found in the passage 🙂

I actually had 1 non-bio related passage about floating bridges.