DAT DESTROYER

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So I'm just starting dat destroyer and these questions are so difficult in my opinion. I have got most of them wrong and it's starting to worry me a lot since my exam is in one month. I am taking each question I get wrong and understanding why it is wrong but it still worries me a lot. Has anyone else experienced this?


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Sounds like what I was going through a month ago. I would miss around 50-60% my first time through, then I'd go through the ones I missed and missed about 50-60% of those. You are not alone. The DAT Destroyer will destroy you. It is meant to be more difficult then your exam. Just keep pushing through and you won't regret it.
 
I'm in the same boat
I felt pretty confident after Chads and Feralis, but damn.. It's like every other question I'm totally wrong :bang:
 
Sounds like what I was going through a month ago. I would miss around 50-60% my first time through, then I'd go through the ones I missed and missed about 50-60% of those. You are not alone. The DAT Destroyer will destroy you. It is meant to be more difficult then your exam. Just keep pushing through and you won't regret it.
Quick question say for example you did questions and after checking them the ones you got wrong now do you do those questions again with looking over supplementary material like videos etc or a textbook or do you still try to solve it a second time without any resource?
 
I did the questions again and again. If it was something my mind couldn't grasp clearly using the limited amount of information then I would do a simple search and 9 times out of 10 it clears it up for me. I did not do it for all the questions because of time constraints.
 
I did the questions again and again. If it was something my mind couldn't grasp clearly using the limited amount of information then I would do a simple search and 9 times out of 10 it clears it up for me. I did not do it for all the questions because of time constraints.
so basically on the second time of working out a question you got wrong you still tried to solve it without help? I plan to have somebody grade the questions without putting the right answer. so i can work it out and try to get it right
 
Quick question say for example you did questions and after checking them the ones you got wrong now do you do those questions again with looking over supplementary material like videos etc or a textbook or do you still try to solve it a second time without any resource?

I would just mark it, read the solution and make sure I understand it, and then move on. I would then come back to it my second time around. Don't overthink your strategy, just go through it in a way that works for you. Do whatever you need to do to ingrain the concepts in your head.


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I know how that feels...how I feel answering a lot of the Destroyer questions:

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Keep practicing, 1 month is a lot of time.
 
So I'm just starting dat destroyer and these questions are so difficult in my opinion. I have got most of them wrong and it's starting to worry me a lot since my exam is in one month. I am taking each question I get wrong and understanding why it is wrong but it still worries me a lot. Has anyone else experienced this?


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The point of the DAT destroyer is to learn from the explanations and to understand the wrong answers also. Don't worry about how much you get wrong at first just use that as a way of learning
 
Can you please clarify because I am using destroyer 2016 has their been a recent change to DAT?
The latest update for the DAT changes were January 26th. I took my DAT in February 2016 and used the 2015 Destroyer and am happy with my scores. It covered everything I would have needed to know. Hope this helps!
 
The latest update for the DAT changes were January 26th. I took my DAT in February 2016 and used the 2015 Destroyer and am happy with my scores. It covered everything I would have needed to know. Hope this helps!
Was the chemistry on the real DAT more straightforward and not as complex as the destroyer questions?
 
Was the chemistry on the real DAT more straightforward and not as complex as the destroyer questions?
Yeah it was much more straightforward than Destroyer. Don't think of it as a way to assess how you're doing, but more as a study tool. Bootcamp is more the "style" of questions you'll see. GC was the only destroyer section I only went through once and turned out to be the only science I had below 25. So def go through it enough to where you really understand the concepts and questions that it goes over.
 
dat destroyer has everything you need for the sciences. i took my test a week ago and scored a 23 ts. make sure you dont just use it as practice tests. its meant to teach you so you need to read the answers especially for the bio.
 
dat destroyer has everything you need for the sciences. i took my test a week ago and scored a 23 ts. make sure you dont just use it as practice tests. its meant to teach you so you need to read the answers especially for the bio.
How did you use it just wondering? And anything you could have changed while using it?
 
How did you use it just wondering? And anything you could have changed while using it?
first go through it slowly and make notes. if you dont understand something in the answer get that concept down better by going to youtube or a textbook. never skip a question as being to hard or to easy make sure everything makes sense. with the bio its extremely important to know everything it says in the answers bec even a side note can end up on the test. i took a practice test in the begining and scored a 14 on the bio. i only used destroyer and i got a 23 on the dat.
 
first go through it slowly and make notes. if you dont understand something in the answer get that concept down better by going to youtube or a textbook. never skip a question as being to hard or to easy make sure everything makes sense. with the bio its extremely important to know everything it says in the answers bec even a side note can end up on the test. i took a practice test in the begining and scored a 14 on the bio. i only used destroyer and i got a 23 on the dat.
No feralis? Or are you referring to just pure assessment material and not study materials? Though technically destroyer isn't an assessment lol
 
No feralis? Or are you referring to just pure assessment material and not study materials? Though technically destroyer isn't an assessment lol
first go through it slowly and make notes. if you dont understand something in the answer get that concept down better by going to youtube or a textbook. never skip a question as being to hard or to easy make sure everything makes sense. with the bio its extremely important to know everything it says in the answers bec even a side note can end up on the test. i took a practice test in the begining and scored a 14 on the bio. i only used destroyer and i got a 23 on the dat.
No ferrilas or cliffnotes?
 
No feralis? Or are you referring to just pure assessment material and not study materials? Though technically destroyer isn't an assessment lol
i only used destroyer and if i had trouble with the concept i used youtube. for the bio i found the ap cliffnotes to be super helpful if i didnt understand something. but don't use cliffnotes as a primary source. destroyer has everything for bio. just if you see some question on action potentials or something and you feel like you dont have the a strong foundation then read up about it in cliffnotes and then go back to destroyer for the more detailed facts you need to know.
 
i only used destroyer and if i had trouble with the concept i used youtube. for the bio i found the ap cliffnotes to be super helpful if i didnt understand something. but don't use cliffnotes as a primary source. destroyer has everything for bio. just if you see some question on action potentials or something and you feel like you dont have the a strong foundation then read up about it in cliffnotes and then go back to destroyer for the more detailed facts you need to know.
Lmao I'm dying. I'm watching a video on that right now because I need to brush up on it after getting a action potential wrong in destroyer just now. Thanks for the response
 
Lmao I'm dying. I'm watching a video on that right now because I need to brush up on it after getting a action potential wrong in destroyer just now. Thanks for the response
no problem just know its possible bec i dont think anyone knew less bio than me. i never even learned about action potentials so i did it all from scratch using destroyer and cliffnotes.
 
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