Hi everyone,
I took my DAT today and here are my scores. I am sad about my RC. What do you guys think of my chances? MY GPA is 3.69 and I was engineering major.
AA 21
TS 21
Bio 20
GC 21
OC 24
RC 18
PA 20
QR 19
I used all the resources that were recommended on this forum. I want to thank members of this forum for providing information. Please feel free to ask me if you have any questions or concerns.
I used the following text books for my test:
Bio: Cliffs AP, kaplan blue book, and destroyer. I definitely recommend Cliffs AP. Questions are random and you need to know almost every detail. AP biology really helps. I read Cliffs almost everyday to make sure that I remember subjects for my test. Kaplan is not enough, and destroyer is just a good way to push you and study more. Questions on destroyer are harder than real DAT, but don't rely too much on destroyer. I just got one similar question from destroyer.
G-Chem: Kaplan is a really good source for G-Chem. I also used my own lecture notes. Last week I used kaplan flash cards to make sure that I remember some of the equations. G-Chem questions on DAT IMO are more conceptual and less calculating.
O-Checm: Kaplan is a good source. But I think the best way to learn is to write all the reactions and summarize them. O-Chem is straight forward and as long as you memorize the reactions you are fine. Destroyer is also helpful to practice and I worked on destroyer O-Chem questions almost everyday.
RC: I was out of time. I am a slow reader and I could not finish the last passage. I wish I had more time. I guess I need to put some explanation with regard to my RC on my application. Passages are longer than Top Scores and Kaplan practice passages.
PA: I used Kaplan and top score and I think Top score is helpful and it is very similar to the real one.
QR: It is really hard. Just do lots of practice but QR on real DAT is much harder and I think the only thing that I can recommend is not to give up and keep going. There are some super hard questions, but also you find some easy questions. If you could not get the answer for any question do not erase your answer because when you go back you spend less time to find the answer. I used Kaplan, top score and destroyer for this section.
I studied for two months 4-5 hours everyday and last week I just took topscore practice exams and reviewed my flashcards. Hope this help you out.
Thank you and Good luck to everybody!!!
I took my DAT today and here are my scores. I am sad about my RC. What do you guys think of my chances? MY GPA is 3.69 and I was engineering major.
AA 21
TS 21
Bio 20
GC 21
OC 24
RC 18
PA 20
QR 19
I used all the resources that were recommended on this forum. I want to thank members of this forum for providing information. Please feel free to ask me if you have any questions or concerns.
I used the following text books for my test:
Bio: Cliffs AP, kaplan blue book, and destroyer. I definitely recommend Cliffs AP. Questions are random and you need to know almost every detail. AP biology really helps. I read Cliffs almost everyday to make sure that I remember subjects for my test. Kaplan is not enough, and destroyer is just a good way to push you and study more. Questions on destroyer are harder than real DAT, but don't rely too much on destroyer. I just got one similar question from destroyer.
G-Chem: Kaplan is a really good source for G-Chem. I also used my own lecture notes. Last week I used kaplan flash cards to make sure that I remember some of the equations. G-Chem questions on DAT IMO are more conceptual and less calculating.
O-Checm: Kaplan is a good source. But I think the best way to learn is to write all the reactions and summarize them. O-Chem is straight forward and as long as you memorize the reactions you are fine. Destroyer is also helpful to practice and I worked on destroyer O-Chem questions almost everyday.
RC: I was out of time. I am a slow reader and I could not finish the last passage. I wish I had more time. I guess I need to put some explanation with regard to my RC on my application. Passages are longer than Top Scores and Kaplan practice passages.
PA: I used Kaplan and top score and I think Top score is helpful and it is very similar to the real one.
QR: It is really hard. Just do lots of practice but QR on real DAT is much harder and I think the only thing that I can recommend is not to give up and keep going. There are some super hard questions, but also you find some easy questions. If you could not get the answer for any question do not erase your answer because when you go back you spend less time to find the answer. I used Kaplan, top score and destroyer for this section.
I studied for two months 4-5 hours everyday and last week I just took topscore practice exams and reviewed my flashcards. Hope this help you out.
Thank you and Good luck to everybody!!!
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