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I figured I should post one of these since I got a lot of help and advice from these forums. Thanks everyone! Here are my scores.
PAT: 21 (83.1)
QR: 23 (97.0)
RC: 28 (99.7)
BIO: 23 (97.4)
GC: 24 (96.1)
OC 23 (93.4)
TS: 23 (97.5)
AA: 24 (99.4)
Here's my breakdown.
Materials:
Kaplan Course, Cliffs AP bio, math destroyer, CDP, destroyer, Chad's videos.
Chad, CDP and math destroyer are a must have. I thought cliff's and the kaplan review notes book (not in stores) was more than enough. Destroyer will prepare you the best, as long as you use it as a study guide (not individual tests), but don't expect to get 80% correct the first time through. I did about 75 questions on GC and OC, and all the bio questions.
PAT - CDP is the best. I did the 10 test version. I started with scores around 18 and 19 and finished the last 5 tests with mid 20's. IMO, if you don't get 15/15 on cube counting you need more practice. I also did the Kaplan course. Kaplan is garbage for angles, and CDP is the same as the real test. Both CDP and kaplan were good for keyholes. I thought CDP was easier because the lines of the shapes were t0o clear and defined, whereas I actually had some trouble on the real test. I think you can get 11 or 12 TFE by using the line counting method on CDP, but questions on kaplan and the real test could not always be done with that method. Kaplan hole punch is much, much easier than CDP. I thought kaplan was on par with 2007/2009 practice DAT's, but my DAT was harder like CDP. Pattern folding was about the same as CDP and kaplan and the practice DAT's. Just get a lot of practice.
QR - Use math destroyer. I did the first 5 tests in around 1:20 - 1:35, always getting at least 15 wrong. After that, I was finishing in about an hour, and getting 5 or 6 wrong. The 2007/2009 DAT were the same difficulty as mine. I never tried to do math destroyer in 45 minutes, but you will learn it really quickly. I did read kaplan's 1000 pg review book that came with the course (can't buy in stores). It was useful for general studying.
RC - I read a lot of articles, many science, on my phone. I wasn't concerned with this section as I am a pretty fast reader. I just did the kaplan reading tests and then any sections included in a full test. I would just concentrate on reading a lot of science articles at first, and then take practice sections as it gets closer to familiarize yourself with the format of this section.
Bio - I read Cliff's and read the kaplan review notes book. Both were really good, but cliff's doesn't have many pictures. I did all the destroyer questions, not so much for practice, but for studying. The types of questions in destroyer won't show up on the DAT due to their format, but I found it a good way to gauge how much I know. I didn't spend much time on bio. It was pretty basic, not much ecology or plants other than general/basic info. There was some more complicated questions regarding physiology and biochemistry.
GC: Just use Chad's videos to study. Take notes. I've heard he misses a few small topics or details, but I didn't have any questions that I didn't understand. Not much calculation on the real DAT. Calculation questions on the DAT are usually set up, not actually solving for a specific number. Destroyer will definitely prepare you for this, thought Destroyer is much more difficult.
OC: Not close to as hard as destroyer. Use Chad to study. He does skip some topics and details, but generally it seems like you will only get 1 or 2 of those problems on the test. I didn't have any like that. OC was not a strong subject for me when I took the courses (except for lab). The first semester of OC is more tested on than the second. The second semester questions are that complicated and answers can be narrowed down fairly easily if you learn how to push electrons correctly and electrophiles and nucleophiles.
BTW, these are just my opinions on the materials used.
Good luck everyone!
PAT: 21 (83.1)
QR: 23 (97.0)
RC: 28 (99.7)
BIO: 23 (97.4)
GC: 24 (96.1)
OC 23 (93.4)
TS: 23 (97.5)
AA: 24 (99.4)
Here's my breakdown.
Materials:
Kaplan Course, Cliffs AP bio, math destroyer, CDP, destroyer, Chad's videos.
Chad, CDP and math destroyer are a must have. I thought cliff's and the kaplan review notes book (not in stores) was more than enough. Destroyer will prepare you the best, as long as you use it as a study guide (not individual tests), but don't expect to get 80% correct the first time through. I did about 75 questions on GC and OC, and all the bio questions.
PAT - CDP is the best. I did the 10 test version. I started with scores around 18 and 19 and finished the last 5 tests with mid 20's. IMO, if you don't get 15/15 on cube counting you need more practice. I also did the Kaplan course. Kaplan is garbage for angles, and CDP is the same as the real test. Both CDP and kaplan were good for keyholes. I thought CDP was easier because the lines of the shapes were t0o clear and defined, whereas I actually had some trouble on the real test. I think you can get 11 or 12 TFE by using the line counting method on CDP, but questions on kaplan and the real test could not always be done with that method. Kaplan hole punch is much, much easier than CDP. I thought kaplan was on par with 2007/2009 practice DAT's, but my DAT was harder like CDP. Pattern folding was about the same as CDP and kaplan and the practice DAT's. Just get a lot of practice.
QR - Use math destroyer. I did the first 5 tests in around 1:20 - 1:35, always getting at least 15 wrong. After that, I was finishing in about an hour, and getting 5 or 6 wrong. The 2007/2009 DAT were the same difficulty as mine. I never tried to do math destroyer in 45 minutes, but you will learn it really quickly. I did read kaplan's 1000 pg review book that came with the course (can't buy in stores). It was useful for general studying.
RC - I read a lot of articles, many science, on my phone. I wasn't concerned with this section as I am a pretty fast reader. I just did the kaplan reading tests and then any sections included in a full test. I would just concentrate on reading a lot of science articles at first, and then take practice sections as it gets closer to familiarize yourself with the format of this section.
Bio - I read Cliff's and read the kaplan review notes book. Both were really good, but cliff's doesn't have many pictures. I did all the destroyer questions, not so much for practice, but for studying. The types of questions in destroyer won't show up on the DAT due to their format, but I found it a good way to gauge how much I know. I didn't spend much time on bio. It was pretty basic, not much ecology or plants other than general/basic info. There was some more complicated questions regarding physiology and biochemistry.
GC: Just use Chad's videos to study. Take notes. I've heard he misses a few small topics or details, but I didn't have any questions that I didn't understand. Not much calculation on the real DAT. Calculation questions on the DAT are usually set up, not actually solving for a specific number. Destroyer will definitely prepare you for this, thought Destroyer is much more difficult.
OC: Not close to as hard as destroyer. Use Chad to study. He does skip some topics and details, but generally it seems like you will only get 1 or 2 of those problems on the test. I didn't have any like that. OC was not a strong subject for me when I took the courses (except for lab). The first semester of OC is more tested on than the second. The second semester questions are that complicated and answers can be narrowed down fairly easily if you learn how to push electrons correctly and electrophiles and nucleophiles.
BTW, these are just my opinions on the materials used.
Good luck everyone!
