Hey guys I took my test earlier today and was looking to get y'alls input on where I stand! First of all, this is the second time I took it. The first time I took it I got:
January 2012:
PAT: 18
QR: 14
RC: 21
BIO: 18
GC: 20
OC: 19
TS: 19
AA: 18
Today (June 23)
PAT: 19
QR: 18
RC: 21
BIO: 20
GC: 20
OC: 20
TS: 20
AA: 20
I'm not gonna do much of a breakdown since a lot of people have posted some good ones already but I'll provide my general thoughts for each section as well as what I used to prepare!
BIO: KBB, Cliffs, Destroyer, Qvault, Alan's notes
I was actually happy with my bio score because I kept thinking I would get a bunch of random questions buttt in my opinion, all questions were pretty fair game. I feel like I only got 2-3 WTF questions. KBB is good to get down the basics but you should defiantly pull from other resources like your college textbooks. Cliffs was really helpful to condense everything down and hit the main topics covered. Destroyer is also a MUST for bio, I even feel like 1-2 questions were the exact same on the real thing. I read Alan's notes a couple of times the week before and thought it was a good outline as well.
GC & OC: Chad's, Qvault, Destroyer
These two are all you need to nail down these sections! If you memorize the roadmaps on destroyer and understand everything Chad says, you're golden!
PAT: CDP
Well I kept averaging a 22 on CDP but the real thing was harder than CDP. Keyholes was alright, maybe 1-2 weird shapes. TFE WAS SO HARD!! Like seriously, there were 4-5 shapes that kept me thinking "how in the world do you get a shape like that!?" Angles...well in my opinion is a hit or miss--just keep practicing for this section and train your eyes to be able to tell even a 1 degree difference. Hole punching and pattern folding, however, were easier than CDP. No weird shapes and images were clear.
RC: Qvault
Didn't study for this at all. I'm a bio major and have done a lot of scientific reading in my college classes, am a fast reader in general, and have just always been pretty decent at it. I did a couple of Qvault RC sections and felt comfortable with this part.
QR: Destroyer and Qvault
Never has, nor do I think will ever be my strongest area...lol as you can tell from my January 2012 scores...PLUS what frustrated me the MOST on this part was that there were 3 inequality questions in which you could absolutely not tell if the sign was "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "less than", "less than or equal to". I'm not even kidding, the inequality sign was BLURRED/FUZZY!!!!! So obviously, how can you correctly solve the problem without knowing what the sign is saying?! When I finished my test and took the end of test survey, I wrote in the comments section about this and how they should fix that but who knows if the test makers actually read that stuff? lol Anyways destroyer really did help me out tremendously as well as qvault so I recommend both for this part as well.
haha well that turned out to be longer than I thought. But anyways, thanks a lot to SDN, all of ya'll really helped me out with my exam and I couldn't have done it without ya'll! I would appreciate it if ya'll could tell me what my chances are to get in this cycle. My stats are:
-DAT: (see above)
-Biology major
-cGPA: 3.6
-sGPA: 3.5
-TONS of shadowing and extracurriculars, 150+ volunteer hours, and work experience.
-I also submitted my application today. Do ya'll think it's still relatively early..ish? lol If so, will that help me out too?
-Finally, I'm a Texas resident and therefore want to go to any one of the 3 schools here! They are my first choice lol but I've also applied to 10 out of state schools.
Thank you guys and any feedback is greatly appreciated! Also, I'm selling my materials, message me if interested. I have:
KBB, Destroyer, Qvault subscription (valid til August 5ish I believe), Cliffs
January 2012:
PAT: 18
QR: 14
RC: 21
BIO: 18
GC: 20
OC: 19
TS: 19
AA: 18
Today (June 23)
PAT: 19
QR: 18
RC: 21
BIO: 20
GC: 20
OC: 20
TS: 20
AA: 20
I'm not gonna do much of a breakdown since a lot of people have posted some good ones already but I'll provide my general thoughts for each section as well as what I used to prepare!
BIO: KBB, Cliffs, Destroyer, Qvault, Alan's notes
I was actually happy with my bio score because I kept thinking I would get a bunch of random questions buttt in my opinion, all questions were pretty fair game. I feel like I only got 2-3 WTF questions. KBB is good to get down the basics but you should defiantly pull from other resources like your college textbooks. Cliffs was really helpful to condense everything down and hit the main topics covered. Destroyer is also a MUST for bio, I even feel like 1-2 questions were the exact same on the real thing. I read Alan's notes a couple of times the week before and thought it was a good outline as well.
GC & OC: Chad's, Qvault, Destroyer
These two are all you need to nail down these sections! If you memorize the roadmaps on destroyer and understand everything Chad says, you're golden!
PAT: CDP
Well I kept averaging a 22 on CDP but the real thing was harder than CDP. Keyholes was alright, maybe 1-2 weird shapes. TFE WAS SO HARD!! Like seriously, there were 4-5 shapes that kept me thinking "how in the world do you get a shape like that!?" Angles...well in my opinion is a hit or miss--just keep practicing for this section and train your eyes to be able to tell even a 1 degree difference. Hole punching and pattern folding, however, were easier than CDP. No weird shapes and images were clear.
RC: Qvault
Didn't study for this at all. I'm a bio major and have done a lot of scientific reading in my college classes, am a fast reader in general, and have just always been pretty decent at it. I did a couple of Qvault RC sections and felt comfortable with this part.
QR: Destroyer and Qvault
Never has, nor do I think will ever be my strongest area...lol as you can tell from my January 2012 scores...PLUS what frustrated me the MOST on this part was that there were 3 inequality questions in which you could absolutely not tell if the sign was "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "less than", "less than or equal to". I'm not even kidding, the inequality sign was BLURRED/FUZZY!!!!! So obviously, how can you correctly solve the problem without knowing what the sign is saying?! When I finished my test and took the end of test survey, I wrote in the comments section about this and how they should fix that but who knows if the test makers actually read that stuff? lol Anyways destroyer really did help me out tremendously as well as qvault so I recommend both for this part as well.
haha well that turned out to be longer than I thought. But anyways, thanks a lot to SDN, all of ya'll really helped me out with my exam and I couldn't have done it without ya'll! I would appreciate it if ya'll could tell me what my chances are to get in this cycle. My stats are:
-DAT: (see above)
-Biology major
-cGPA: 3.6
-sGPA: 3.5
-TONS of shadowing and extracurriculars, 150+ volunteer hours, and work experience.
-I also submitted my application today. Do ya'll think it's still relatively early..ish? lol If so, will that help me out too?
-Finally, I'm a Texas resident and therefore want to go to any one of the 3 schools here! They are my first choice lol but I've also applied to 10 out of state schools.
Thank you guys and any feedback is greatly appreciated! Also, I'm selling my materials, message me if interested. I have:
KBB, Destroyer, Qvault subscription (valid til August 5ish I believe), Cliffs
