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- May 23, 2012
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Bio: 20
Gen chem: 20
Org chem: 20
RC : 20
QR: 18
PAT : 19
TS: 20
AA: 20
First of all, I want to thank SDN for providing best source of information and also to those people who had posted great breakdowns and it inspired me a lot. I know my score isnt that great but my breakdown might help someone. I studied for 3 months around 6 to 8 hrs a day.
A little background about myself: I am a foreign trained dentist and DAT and all these undergrad subjects I studied like 12 years before so studying for DAT at this point was a lot difficult for me. Biology was not the hardest part for me but for both the chemistry and math I almost had a zero knowledge. That's where SDN helped by providing a lot of information for what materials to use. There are many great breakdowns on this site which was really helpful for me as I was starting everything from scratch.
TEST DAY: I really liked my prometric centre and the staff was very polite.I used 15 mins tutorial to draw the grid for hole punching,writing few formulas for math trignometry which i revised just before entering the test room.
BIO: I used Reece and Campbell's biology, Biological Science by Scott Freeman 3rd edition, went through kaplan blue book which is totally useless.and destroyer.
Real test was a lot easier.No random questions .. some questions were so basic that I was surprised..I had four taxonomic questions which were easy. Overall the book biological science covers everything you need to know for this test and its also easy to read compared to Reece and Campbell.
Gen Chem: As everyone said I used Chad's videos and DAT Destroyer(4 times). It is the most useful resource for the chemistry. I also went through kaplan blue book which is a good review tool compared to biology.
Test was easy but few questions like 2 or 3 were not covered in chad and i even don't know what the answer was.Rest of the questions were sample calculations which you have to set up and conceptual questions..nothing too hard..
Org Chem: My weakest section was this. When I first started reviewing chad I couldn't understand a word. So I went through Organic chemistry as a second language for both the semesters. This is a great review book and supplementing with Chad was enough for getting good score.I also used DAT destroyer(2 times),memorized the road maps which was useful for predicting products.
Real test was easy with very simple reactions.Nothing was complicated.
QR: Too hard.I used Math destroyer..did all the 13 test.
Real test was a lot harder. questions were on par with Math Destroyer.I had too many word problems and which required a lot of calculation. I couldnt finish on time. I had 12 questions left which I marked so I selected all C's...with 1 min left.Only 2 or 3 geometry questions and a few probability ones.
The test which I got was impossible to finish in 45 mins but I still managed to get 18 and I am happy about it.
RC: I didnt do anything for this. Very easy science passages.
PAT: I am not really good at this.I used CDP 10 test version.
Keyholes were easier compared to CDP. Infact I had 2 questions which were straightly taken from CDP.
Top frond end was same level difficulty with CDP. 2 or 3 were bizarre and I couldnt understand it.
Angles were a little difficult but not as hard as CDP like you have to differentiate between 4 or 5 degrees.they were doable.
Hole punching was easiest on my test..no half holes,nothing of the sort...very easy..simple folds.may be thats the reason I could pull a 19.
Cube counting was easy compared to CDP..no illusion type questions..very few cubes to count the sides may be around 10 cubes per figure.
Pattern folding was harder than CDP. too many shaded figures.
I finished PAT with 2 mins left.
I wish this would help someone and I am really happy to be done with this test..Also pardon my english as its my second language. I wish you guys a good luck with the test and I believe if I can score this being not an undergrad,,you guys would totally rock the test.
Gen chem: 20
Org chem: 20
RC : 20
QR: 18
PAT : 19
TS: 20
AA: 20
First of all, I want to thank SDN for providing best source of information and also to those people who had posted great breakdowns and it inspired me a lot. I know my score isnt that great but my breakdown might help someone. I studied for 3 months around 6 to 8 hrs a day.
A little background about myself: I am a foreign trained dentist and DAT and all these undergrad subjects I studied like 12 years before so studying for DAT at this point was a lot difficult for me. Biology was not the hardest part for me but for both the chemistry and math I almost had a zero knowledge. That's where SDN helped by providing a lot of information for what materials to use. There are many great breakdowns on this site which was really helpful for me as I was starting everything from scratch.
TEST DAY: I really liked my prometric centre and the staff was very polite.I used 15 mins tutorial to draw the grid for hole punching,writing few formulas for math trignometry which i revised just before entering the test room.
BIO: I used Reece and Campbell's biology, Biological Science by Scott Freeman 3rd edition, went through kaplan blue book which is totally useless.and destroyer.
Real test was a lot easier.No random questions .. some questions were so basic that I was surprised..I had four taxonomic questions which were easy. Overall the book biological science covers everything you need to know for this test and its also easy to read compared to Reece and Campbell.
Gen Chem: As everyone said I used Chad's videos and DAT Destroyer(4 times). It is the most useful resource for the chemistry. I also went through kaplan blue book which is a good review tool compared to biology.
Test was easy but few questions like 2 or 3 were not covered in chad and i even don't know what the answer was.Rest of the questions were sample calculations which you have to set up and conceptual questions..nothing too hard..
Org Chem: My weakest section was this. When I first started reviewing chad I couldn't understand a word. So I went through Organic chemistry as a second language for both the semesters. This is a great review book and supplementing with Chad was enough for getting good score.I also used DAT destroyer(2 times),memorized the road maps which was useful for predicting products.
Real test was easy with very simple reactions.Nothing was complicated.
QR: Too hard.I used Math destroyer..did all the 13 test.
Real test was a lot harder. questions were on par with Math Destroyer.I had too many word problems and which required a lot of calculation. I couldnt finish on time. I had 12 questions left which I marked so I selected all C's...with 1 min left.Only 2 or 3 geometry questions and a few probability ones.
The test which I got was impossible to finish in 45 mins but I still managed to get 18 and I am happy about it.
RC: I didnt do anything for this. Very easy science passages.
PAT: I am not really good at this.I used CDP 10 test version.
Keyholes were easier compared to CDP. Infact I had 2 questions which were straightly taken from CDP.
Top frond end was same level difficulty with CDP. 2 or 3 were bizarre and I couldnt understand it.
Angles were a little difficult but not as hard as CDP like you have to differentiate between 4 or 5 degrees.they were doable.
Hole punching was easiest on my test..no half holes,nothing of the sort...very easy..simple folds.may be thats the reason I could pull a 19.
Cube counting was easy compared to CDP..no illusion type questions..very few cubes to count the sides may be around 10 cubes per figure.
Pattern folding was harder than CDP. too many shaded figures.
I finished PAT with 2 mins left.
I wish this would help someone and I am really happy to be done with this test..Also pardon my english as its my second language. I wish you guys a good luck with the test and I believe if I can score this being not an undergrad,,you guys would totally rock the test.
