I meant to upload my scores earlier, but i guess it didn't go through on my first try. Here is my breakdown. Thank you studentdoctors.net. I lurked around the website quite a bit and got tremendous amount of helpful tips!
PAT 22 (93.4)🙂
QR 22 (97.9) 🙂
RC 19 (52.2) 🙁
Bio 22 (95.9) 😎
GC 26 (98.8) 😎
OC 24 (95.7) 😎
TS 23 (97.8) 😎
AA 23 (98.7) 😎
GC/OC: Chad's videos and DAT destroyer. These are the only things I used for these sections. I did the DAT destroyer twice and Chad's videos once (with detailed notes). I memorized the road maps for Orgo (in the DAT destroyer); when I say memorized, i meant I pulled out the specific reactions that I was stumped on (perhaps, 30% of the reactions seemed out of the blue when I first read through the road maps)
QR: Math destroyer; I was barely getting 1-5 wrong on the practice exams, but I think I was just too tired near the end of the actual exam.
Bio: I spent probably 50% of my studying time on Bio.
--------Materials: Cliff's, DAT destroyer, Kaplan Blue Book (I pretty much memorized everything in these three books). Taxonomy: I went into the exam with detailed knowledge of taxonomy (I spent about 2-3 full days just studying taxonomy). I would say there was 2 detailed taxonomy question and 2 general taxonomy question (like is this in the plant, fungi, etc... kingdom).
PAT: CRACK DAT PAT; I was surprised with my actual score. On my practice 10 exams, I got 17/18/18/20/20/18/17/21/20/22/22. Furthermore, my computer screen froze, but the time kept on ticking away (nervous breakdown at this time); I lost 6 minutes and therefore only had 54 minutes to do the PAT. That being said, I was pretty much guessing on a whim on the last couple questions.
Practice Exams: Topscore 1,2,3/ Kaplan free diagnostic test online/ Kaplan online exam (that came with the Kaplan)
Topscore 1: (AA,TS,PAT, RC, Bio, GC, OC) 20/20/19/20/21/18/20
TS 2: 23/23/21/20/26/19/28
TS 3: 21/20/21/21/18/21/23
Kaplan diagnostic test: AA/TS/PAT => 22/22/21
Kaplan online (that came with Kaplan): did problems just for practice, no timing, etc...
Crack DAT PAT: 17/18/18/20/20/18/17/21/20/22/22
I took the practice exams in ~2 week intervals. Treated each practice exam like an actual one, by getting a good night sleep, take the previous day off, and rewarding myself with the rest of the day with whatever I wanted to do.
Hope this helps! Let me know if you need any tips 🙂
PAT 22 (93.4)🙂
QR 22 (97.9) 🙂
RC 19 (52.2) 🙁
Bio 22 (95.9) 😎
GC 26 (98.8) 😎
OC 24 (95.7) 😎
TS 23 (97.8) 😎
AA 23 (98.7) 😎
GC/OC: Chad's videos and DAT destroyer. These are the only things I used for these sections. I did the DAT destroyer twice and Chad's videos once (with detailed notes). I memorized the road maps for Orgo (in the DAT destroyer); when I say memorized, i meant I pulled out the specific reactions that I was stumped on (perhaps, 30% of the reactions seemed out of the blue when I first read through the road maps)
QR: Math destroyer; I was barely getting 1-5 wrong on the practice exams, but I think I was just too tired near the end of the actual exam.
Bio: I spent probably 50% of my studying time on Bio.
--------Materials: Cliff's, DAT destroyer, Kaplan Blue Book (I pretty much memorized everything in these three books). Taxonomy: I went into the exam with detailed knowledge of taxonomy (I spent about 2-3 full days just studying taxonomy). I would say there was 2 detailed taxonomy question and 2 general taxonomy question (like is this in the plant, fungi, etc... kingdom).
PAT: CRACK DAT PAT; I was surprised with my actual score. On my practice 10 exams, I got 17/18/18/20/20/18/17/21/20/22/22. Furthermore, my computer screen froze, but the time kept on ticking away (nervous breakdown at this time); I lost 6 minutes and therefore only had 54 minutes to do the PAT. That being said, I was pretty much guessing on a whim on the last couple questions.
Practice Exams: Topscore 1,2,3/ Kaplan free diagnostic test online/ Kaplan online exam (that came with the Kaplan)
Topscore 1: (AA,TS,PAT, RC, Bio, GC, OC) 20/20/19/20/21/18/20
TS 2: 23/23/21/20/26/19/28
TS 3: 21/20/21/21/18/21/23
Kaplan diagnostic test: AA/TS/PAT => 22/22/21
Kaplan online (that came with Kaplan): did problems just for practice, no timing, etc...
Crack DAT PAT: 17/18/18/20/20/18/17/21/20/22/22
I took the practice exams in ~2 week intervals. Treated each practice exam like an actual one, by getting a good night sleep, take the previous day off, and rewarding myself with the rest of the day with whatever I wanted to do.
Hope this helps! Let me know if you need any tips 🙂
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