I'm proud of my scores 🙂
PAT: 24 (98.1)
QR: 22 (97.9)
RC: 25 (97.0)
Bio: 20 (88.0)
GC: 24 (97.7)
OC: 24 (95.7)
TS: 22 (95.6)
AA: 23 (98.7)
pat: crack dat pat. very good practice. on the real test, keyholes were harder (i felt crack dat pat keyhole's were way too straightforward and simple). a lot of the keyhole questions were about shapes/sizes/proportions. angles were WAY easier on the DAT. TFE, cube counting and hole punching were all similar to CDP. I felt pattern folding was slightly harder on the DAT.
qr: math destroyer. i did the first 10 problem sets. the questions were pretty straight forward. i didn't have time to finish 2 problems. one of them was a dilution/molarity problem just like on cdm.
rc: i just used the one from 2007 sample test. on the DAT, the rc was literally a joke. i think i got lucky on the passages. i just read the passages and took down notes on each paragraph. 2 of my passages were easy reading, so this was
bio: i used cliffs, which is good enough. however the questions on the test made me go WTF. they were so random, i haven't seen most of them before. just make good educated guesses, because chances are, other people also don't know the answers.
for chemistry, i just used chad's videos and did dat destroyer problem sets (just like everyone else). that's literally all you need. i honestly think you could get a 20+ just by using chad's videos.
I think I have a good shot at getting into dental school. I have 3.48 gpa, and my science gpa is a little higher. However, I'm taking a class at a community college JUST to get my second letter.
Also, my extracurriculars are pretty bad. I worked as a dental assistant for a summer, interned at a pharmaceutical company in china for a summer, and am working at tech support for routers. I also went to mexico for a weekend with my sister's medical school. However, none of these are really long term, and i don't have like the "volunteered for 2 years at habitat for humanity" and stuff like that. No real leadership positions. I've done research for 2 months in ecology (which was fun). I'm going to spend the next 6 or so months until applications start to really get my extracurricular going
I did some good volunteer work in high school that i'm going to put down in my apps. Even though they were a long time ago, i think it's worth it (such as going to Thailand and Mexico with my church).
Anyways, hopefully my breakdown helped some of you guys. I had the BIGGEST grin on my face while driving home that day.
PAT: 24 (98.1)
QR: 22 (97.9)
RC: 25 (97.0)
Bio: 20 (88.0)
GC: 24 (97.7)
OC: 24 (95.7)
TS: 22 (95.6)
AA: 23 (98.7)
pat: crack dat pat. very good practice. on the real test, keyholes were harder (i felt crack dat pat keyhole's were way too straightforward and simple). a lot of the keyhole questions were about shapes/sizes/proportions. angles were WAY easier on the DAT. TFE, cube counting and hole punching were all similar to CDP. I felt pattern folding was slightly harder on the DAT.
qr: math destroyer. i did the first 10 problem sets. the questions were pretty straight forward. i didn't have time to finish 2 problems. one of them was a dilution/molarity problem just like on cdm.
rc: i just used the one from 2007 sample test. on the DAT, the rc was literally a joke. i think i got lucky on the passages. i just read the passages and took down notes on each paragraph. 2 of my passages were easy reading, so this was
bio: i used cliffs, which is good enough. however the questions on the test made me go WTF. they were so random, i haven't seen most of them before. just make good educated guesses, because chances are, other people also don't know the answers.
for chemistry, i just used chad's videos and did dat destroyer problem sets (just like everyone else). that's literally all you need. i honestly think you could get a 20+ just by using chad's videos.
I think I have a good shot at getting into dental school. I have 3.48 gpa, and my science gpa is a little higher. However, I'm taking a class at a community college JUST to get my second letter.
Also, my extracurriculars are pretty bad. I worked as a dental assistant for a summer, interned at a pharmaceutical company in china for a summer, and am working at tech support for routers. I also went to mexico for a weekend with my sister's medical school. However, none of these are really long term, and i don't have like the "volunteered for 2 years at habitat for humanity" and stuff like that. No real leadership positions. I've done research for 2 months in ecology (which was fun). I'm going to spend the next 6 or so months until applications start to really get my extracurricular going
I did some good volunteer work in high school that i'm going to put down in my apps. Even though they were a long time ago, i think it's worth it (such as going to Thailand and Mexico with my church).
Anyways, hopefully my breakdown helped some of you guys. I had the BIGGEST grin on my face while driving home that day.
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