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Wow. What a relief.
Numerous times I had to be told to just do it and believe in myself. Even by some of the people on here!
I also thought to myself that I wouldn't be posting a breakdown, but that has changed. I read so many that I just mainly want to share my experience rather than my scores.
I feel I am an average student (3.5OGPA, 3.4SGPA) and honestly feel like I put in so much effort compared to peers and receive similar results when they don't try as hard, but hey that's life I guess, and as long as the outcome is positive that's all that matters! A little struggle never hurt anybody.
This was a rocky road, most definitely. From girlfriend drama, to being kicked out of our lease early from a shady landlord and having to move, to having to dedicate time with family, etc. There were times were I wanted to cry from frustration, and other times where I just thought, "Wow, this is actually kind of fun learning all of this stuff!"
PAT: 17
QR: 21
Reading: 23
Bio: 20
GC: 24
OC: 24
TS: 22
AA: 22
Okay, I'm going to post what I did in chronological order. I'd say I studied for a total of 1 month time, basically all day everyday... even weekends. That is the time I'd say I ACTUALLY studied, but I technically started around June 24th. However, I hung out with my girlfriend and friends many times, went to a baseball game, celebrated 4th of July, etc. etc. I also had my 21st Birthday, but it was hard for me to celebrate because I was so nervous. But we will be celebrating this weekend!!!
I read the AP Cliffs 3rd edition very early on, and basically rewrote the whole book. The rewriting was a huge waste of time, because I never referred back to my notes at all.
I was also doing Chad's Videos/Quizzes for OC/GC/QR and taking notes on them. I at first watched the videos, then did the quiz. My scores were pretty well because I probably just remembered it all right there when the memory was fresh. I would recommend watching the videos and just reviewing the notes, and once you are finished with all the videos then you can go ahead and take the quizzes.
I then went on DAT Bootcamp, because I've heard good things firstly from word of mouth and a lot on here. I took a GC practice test and scored a 16. Wow... I knew I was ****ed!! I then reread my Chad's notes and did all respective quizzes again.
I started doing random section tests on DAT Bootcamp and just getting a feel for everything.
I then ordered DAT Destroyer about 3 weeks out from my test. I completed OC/GC in about a week and a half, and only did about 150 questions in Bio. The questions I missed I would write in a notebook, and I also found this to be a waste because I never went back to it. But who knows, maybe it helped force it into my mind.
For Math, I have always been pretty good, although I can't stand it. I did 5 Math destroyers and just kinda skimmed over the answers. I didn't really remember many formulas but I have a talent of looking at the questions and making a very good educated guess on math tests on what it should be, lmao.
And for PAT........... man oh man. This was the biggest headache for me and as you can see I am not very good at it. I kept trying my best, whining on the forums, reading tutorials, watching videos, but I just couldn't get the hang of it. I can't really rank how the real PAT compared to Bootcamp, because that is what I used, because each and every test I took of PAT I just wanted to go to my room and cry. I can't tell you how many times I told my friends/girlfriend/parents that I am just going to push it back or cancel!! I will say that I felt really pressured for time in this section, and this was the only section I felt this way.
The last week I took all 5 tests on Bootcamp for similar testing situations. I wrote the incorrect answers in a notebook with explanations, and this was actually helpful to me. I went through all of them last night, along with the Chad's notes and some quizzes.
So I thought I was going to make this short and sweet but I've always been pretty long winded. I'll bold this part because I bet none of you will read all of it, so this will be the most beneficial:
The calculator worked with the numbers on the keyboard. I tested this during the tutorial.
I read someone's breakdown saying they pushed the letter for the answer choice. It worked for me, but didn't in the tutorial. I didn't really use this until the PAT, where I skipped to the angles first, and chose C for everything else.
As I said, I didn't really force anything to memory for mathematics. Clearly, I would not suggest this. However... ALL OF MY CONVERSIONS WERE GIVEN TO ME!!! (km to mi, cm in a ft, etc.)
Lastly, as I just was talking to my Mom I remembered this.... I studied on my last day before the test and I am very happy I did!! This helped my answer 2 questions involving Henderson-Hasselbach that I honestly didn't even have memorized the day before the test! I also was trying to remember the electrolysis BS equation and I kept repeating that.... and didn't get it.
I was just going to post my scores and ask if anyone had questions but now maybe you will have more idea on what to ask me. I was definitely most worried about Bio and PAT before my test, and they were my lowest scores.
17 IN PAT WILL NOT HOLD ME BACK, WILL IT???
Thanks! Time to sip in this bottle I purchased on the way back from the Prometric 🙂
Numerous times I had to be told to just do it and believe in myself. Even by some of the people on here!
I also thought to myself that I wouldn't be posting a breakdown, but that has changed. I read so many that I just mainly want to share my experience rather than my scores.
I feel I am an average student (3.5OGPA, 3.4SGPA) and honestly feel like I put in so much effort compared to peers and receive similar results when they don't try as hard, but hey that's life I guess, and as long as the outcome is positive that's all that matters! A little struggle never hurt anybody.
This was a rocky road, most definitely. From girlfriend drama, to being kicked out of our lease early from a shady landlord and having to move, to having to dedicate time with family, etc. There were times were I wanted to cry from frustration, and other times where I just thought, "Wow, this is actually kind of fun learning all of this stuff!"
PAT: 17
QR: 21
Reading: 23
Bio: 20
GC: 24
OC: 24
TS: 22
AA: 22
Okay, I'm going to post what I did in chronological order. I'd say I studied for a total of 1 month time, basically all day everyday... even weekends. That is the time I'd say I ACTUALLY studied, but I technically started around June 24th. However, I hung out with my girlfriend and friends many times, went to a baseball game, celebrated 4th of July, etc. etc. I also had my 21st Birthday, but it was hard for me to celebrate because I was so nervous. But we will be celebrating this weekend!!!
I read the AP Cliffs 3rd edition very early on, and basically rewrote the whole book. The rewriting was a huge waste of time, because I never referred back to my notes at all.
I was also doing Chad's Videos/Quizzes for OC/GC/QR and taking notes on them. I at first watched the videos, then did the quiz. My scores were pretty well because I probably just remembered it all right there when the memory was fresh. I would recommend watching the videos and just reviewing the notes, and once you are finished with all the videos then you can go ahead and take the quizzes.
I then went on DAT Bootcamp, because I've heard good things firstly from word of mouth and a lot on here. I took a GC practice test and scored a 16. Wow... I knew I was ****ed!! I then reread my Chad's notes and did all respective quizzes again.
I started doing random section tests on DAT Bootcamp and just getting a feel for everything.
I then ordered DAT Destroyer about 3 weeks out from my test. I completed OC/GC in about a week and a half, and only did about 150 questions in Bio. The questions I missed I would write in a notebook, and I also found this to be a waste because I never went back to it. But who knows, maybe it helped force it into my mind.
For Math, I have always been pretty good, although I can't stand it. I did 5 Math destroyers and just kinda skimmed over the answers. I didn't really remember many formulas but I have a talent of looking at the questions and making a very good educated guess on math tests on what it should be, lmao.
And for PAT........... man oh man. This was the biggest headache for me and as you can see I am not very good at it. I kept trying my best, whining on the forums, reading tutorials, watching videos, but I just couldn't get the hang of it. I can't really rank how the real PAT compared to Bootcamp, because that is what I used, because each and every test I took of PAT I just wanted to go to my room and cry. I can't tell you how many times I told my friends/girlfriend/parents that I am just going to push it back or cancel!! I will say that I felt really pressured for time in this section, and this was the only section I felt this way.
The last week I took all 5 tests on Bootcamp for similar testing situations. I wrote the incorrect answers in a notebook with explanations, and this was actually helpful to me. I went through all of them last night, along with the Chad's notes and some quizzes.
So I thought I was going to make this short and sweet but I've always been pretty long winded. I'll bold this part because I bet none of you will read all of it, so this will be the most beneficial:
The calculator worked with the numbers on the keyboard. I tested this during the tutorial.
I read someone's breakdown saying they pushed the letter for the answer choice. It worked for me, but didn't in the tutorial. I didn't really use this until the PAT, where I skipped to the angles first, and chose C for everything else.
As I said, I didn't really force anything to memory for mathematics. Clearly, I would not suggest this. However... ALL OF MY CONVERSIONS WERE GIVEN TO ME!!! (km to mi, cm in a ft, etc.)
Lastly, as I just was talking to my Mom I remembered this.... I studied on my last day before the test and I am very happy I did!! This helped my answer 2 questions involving Henderson-Hasselbach that I honestly didn't even have memorized the day before the test! I also was trying to remember the electrolysis BS equation and I kept repeating that.... and didn't get it.
I was just going to post my scores and ask if anyone had questions but now maybe you will have more idea on what to ask me. I was definitely most worried about Bio and PAT before my test, and they were my lowest scores.
17 IN PAT WILL NOT HOLD ME BACK, WILL IT???
Thanks! Time to sip in this bottle I purchased on the way back from the Prometric 🙂