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Hi everyone!
So I took my DATs today and it was a pretty good experience overall. Im super excited about being able to type one of these up for everyone, s maybe I can help everyone out the same way people helped me out while I was studying. I've been studying for a while, but I didnt start the SUUUPER serious not-talk-to-anyone-and-not-have-a-lifeness until the month before. At the beginning of spring break is when i started studying like insane-os and only taking breaks to study for class exams.
The following are my scores:
Biology: 20
GC: 21 😀
OC: 20
RC: 22
PAT: 18😡
QR: 16 😎
TS: 21
AA: 20
First off, before I go into some detail..i would like to tell every single person who is currently going crazy with studying that it'll all be ok, and that it'll be worth it at the end. BUT MOST OF ALL...i want to tell people not to stress. Honestly, it is NOT as bad as it seems. I kept on reading all these breakdowns with how awesomely awesome people were doing and how competitive applying to dental school is getting and i'd fliiiiiip out when i'd see my practice topscore scores or how i was doing with Destroyer OC. But seriously, it wasn't that bad. People say that Biology is random...which i understand...but at the same time, it really wasn't out-of-the-ordinary random. It's the same random that you would find on like topscore...except easier, i think. I was getting 17's and 18's in Biology on topscore. I got a 17 THE DAY BEFORE. Honestly, I thought i was going to cry and I ended up freaking out and being stressed instead of just staying chill and studying. haha.
SO:
BIO: 👍 I studied Barron's AP Biology and thought it was pretty great. I'm preettttttyyyy sure that there were a couple of questions that were straight up EXACTLY like the questions at the end of Barron's. So that was great! I was dreading plant questions, but there wasnt anything too hard. I tried memorizing the different types of plant tissues and what not and thank goodness i didnt, because i didnt have any questions about it and that wouldve just wasted brain space. haha. Other than Barrons, I read through alans notes and these other notes that float around here with alans notes, and i thought those were pretty good too. oh, i also did destroyer...and i didnt think that it was allllll that relevant. Its absolutely awesome for other stuff, but not really bio. All in all, i honestly think that the best prep for this section is to just have some good, upper-level biology classes like physiology, cell biology, BIOCHM!, and microbiology.
GC:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! in ten zillion years i never wouldve thought that my highest science scores would be GC. SERIOUSLY. I went from getting freaking 13s on practice kaplan exams to a 21 on the real thing!!! AMAZING! I basically had to learn it from scratch since it has been a while, and Chad was definitely awesome in making that process go as smoothly as possible. destroyer was the bestest in reinforcing stuff that chad talked about. So those 2 together were a definite great combo. One last thing...I would DEFINITELY try to keep an eye out for anything that Chad says they try to trick you with, because I spotted some of those during my exam. just saying. 🙄
OC: Basically the same as GC, except couple that with having a pretty good orgo background. There was one reaction-type question that I honestly had no clue what was going on..but other than that, I'd say it was fine. I watched Chad's videos, studied the ACS orgo book that I had to study for my ACS final last year, and then did destroyer questions. I thought it was a good combination. I would take notes on the stuff i got wrong in both ACS and destroyer and then I'd go over my notes and make notecards on those.
PAT: BLAH! CDP is definitely the perfect indicator of how you'll do on this...i kept on getting 18s. On test #9 I got a 19...but i got 18s on basically all of the other ones. So yeah, practice practice practice i guess.
angles are annoying. TFE ill NEVER understand. And basically thats all it takes for you to get an 18. Ill take this score because Im happy with all my other scores, and I dont think its THAT bad. 😴
RC: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Maaaan...all i can say is that i remember this was one of the lowest sections on my ACTs. I was dreading this section, and tried my best to avoid it. I get nervous during this part of the exam and that coupled with the adrenaline rush of S&D is too crazy for me. I was so nervous about this, but BAM! 2 reading samples I already knew a lot about. It was the bestest thing EVER! 😍
QR: I got math destroyer, and went through about 5 exams. Didnt really do much at all for this section. Honestly, I was shooting for a 16, and thats exactly what i got. hahaha. but i DO know is that if you understand the questions in math destroyer, youre basically in an awesome place to get an 18+ in this section.
well look at me, here i thought i wouldnt be one of those people who write on and on for forever...but just one last thing...DONT STRESS ABOUT THIS! youll do much better if you take a deep breath and just do your best. remember that! 🙂
Overall, I'm realllyyy happy with my scores. I know maybe they're not as cool as all the 23+s we've got going on up in here...buut im thankful for my scores!
Kinda wish that PAT was a 19, but hopefully that wont hurt me too much? Is there anyone out there who was kinda in the same situation that I was in? Did it come up during interviews or anything?
Oh, Ive got a pretty solid academic background with great upper level sciences and 3.7ish sGPA.
So I took my DATs today and it was a pretty good experience overall. Im super excited about being able to type one of these up for everyone, s maybe I can help everyone out the same way people helped me out while I was studying. I've been studying for a while, but I didnt start the SUUUPER serious not-talk-to-anyone-and-not-have-a-lifeness until the month before. At the beginning of spring break is when i started studying like insane-os and only taking breaks to study for class exams.
The following are my scores:
Biology: 20
GC: 21 😀
OC: 20
RC: 22
PAT: 18😡
QR: 16 😎
TS: 21
AA: 20
First off, before I go into some detail..i would like to tell every single person who is currently going crazy with studying that it'll all be ok, and that it'll be worth it at the end. BUT MOST OF ALL...i want to tell people not to stress. Honestly, it is NOT as bad as it seems. I kept on reading all these breakdowns with how awesomely awesome people were doing and how competitive applying to dental school is getting and i'd fliiiiiip out when i'd see my practice topscore scores or how i was doing with Destroyer OC. But seriously, it wasn't that bad. People say that Biology is random...which i understand...but at the same time, it really wasn't out-of-the-ordinary random. It's the same random that you would find on like topscore...except easier, i think. I was getting 17's and 18's in Biology on topscore. I got a 17 THE DAY BEFORE. Honestly, I thought i was going to cry and I ended up freaking out and being stressed instead of just staying chill and studying. haha.
SO:
BIO: 👍 I studied Barron's AP Biology and thought it was pretty great. I'm preettttttyyyy sure that there were a couple of questions that were straight up EXACTLY like the questions at the end of Barron's. So that was great! I was dreading plant questions, but there wasnt anything too hard. I tried memorizing the different types of plant tissues and what not and thank goodness i didnt, because i didnt have any questions about it and that wouldve just wasted brain space. haha. Other than Barrons, I read through alans notes and these other notes that float around here with alans notes, and i thought those were pretty good too. oh, i also did destroyer...and i didnt think that it was allllll that relevant. Its absolutely awesome for other stuff, but not really bio. All in all, i honestly think that the best prep for this section is to just have some good, upper-level biology classes like physiology, cell biology, BIOCHM!, and microbiology.
GC:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! in ten zillion years i never wouldve thought that my highest science scores would be GC. SERIOUSLY. I went from getting freaking 13s on practice kaplan exams to a 21 on the real thing!!! AMAZING! I basically had to learn it from scratch since it has been a while, and Chad was definitely awesome in making that process go as smoothly as possible. destroyer was the bestest in reinforcing stuff that chad talked about. So those 2 together were a definite great combo. One last thing...I would DEFINITELY try to keep an eye out for anything that Chad says they try to trick you with, because I spotted some of those during my exam. just saying. 🙄OC: Basically the same as GC, except couple that with having a pretty good orgo background. There was one reaction-type question that I honestly had no clue what was going on..but other than that, I'd say it was fine. I watched Chad's videos, studied the ACS orgo book that I had to study for my ACS final last year, and then did destroyer questions. I thought it was a good combination. I would take notes on the stuff i got wrong in both ACS and destroyer and then I'd go over my notes and make notecards on those.
PAT: BLAH! CDP is definitely the perfect indicator of how you'll do on this...i kept on getting 18s. On test #9 I got a 19...but i got 18s on basically all of the other ones. So yeah, practice practice practice i guess.
angles are annoying. TFE ill NEVER understand. And basically thats all it takes for you to get an 18. Ill take this score because Im happy with all my other scores, and I dont think its THAT bad. 😴
RC: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Maaaan...all i can say is that i remember this was one of the lowest sections on my ACTs. I was dreading this section, and tried my best to avoid it. I get nervous during this part of the exam and that coupled with the adrenaline rush of S&D is too crazy for me. I was so nervous about this, but BAM! 2 reading samples I already knew a lot about. It was the bestest thing EVER! 😍
QR: I got math destroyer, and went through about 5 exams. Didnt really do much at all for this section. Honestly, I was shooting for a 16, and thats exactly what i got. hahaha. but i DO know is that if you understand the questions in math destroyer, youre basically in an awesome place to get an 18+ in this section.
well look at me, here i thought i wouldnt be one of those people who write on and on for forever...but just one last thing...DONT STRESS ABOUT THIS! youll do much better if you take a deep breath and just do your best. remember that! 🙂
Overall, I'm realllyyy happy with my scores. I know maybe they're not as cool as all the 23+s we've got going on up in here...buut im thankful for my scores!
Kinda wish that PAT was a 19, but hopefully that wont hurt me too much? Is there anyone out there who was kinda in the same situation that I was in? Did it come up during interviews or anything?
Oh, Ive got a pretty solid academic background with great upper level sciences and 3.7ish sGPA.
