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Hey everyone, I've been a lurker here for a couple of weeks and just finished the DAT a few hours ago and thought I would post my stats and thoughts.
PAT 24 (98.1)
QR 20 (94.0)
RC 22 (84.4)
BIO 19 (76.6)
GC 23 (95.4)
OC 23 (94.4)
TS 21 (91.6)
AA 21 (93.4)
It actually went better than I was anticipating. I studied heavily for 6-8 hours a day for 4 straight weeks before the exam. I used Destroyer, Kaplan BB, Cliffs AP Bio, CDP, Topscore, and Achiever.
PAT: CDP was a lifesaver here, granted some of the problems on the real DAT were much harder than CDP, CDP helped a lot with timing and just getting good practice with each problem type. Really, the key to this section is repetition. The more often you see the shapes, folds, or angles, the easier it will be for your brain to decipher them on the real test.
QR: I am an engineering major so I was expecting a decent score here. I honestly didn't study this section very much at all. I got some pretty basic problems that were easily solved with the onscreen calculator, a few trig problems, and then probably 3-4 problems that I had a hard time with. Overall, not bad at all.
RC: I was lucky here, one of the passages related to an area I've been involved in with my undergraduate research. I used search and destroy on specific questions and had to read more in depth for the tone questions. Topscore RC was very similar.
BIO: Biology is a complete crapshoot. Either you know it, or you don't. Sometimes you can eliminate obvious wrong answers, which still leaves 2-3 possible answers, and then it is all guesses. This section was again, similar to Topscore where you would have a couple really easy questions followed by a few that you don't recognize anything.
GC: Pretty basic. Maybe 5-8 calculation problems, like the ideal gas law, or M1V1=M2V2 most of the others involved just knowing principles of general chemistry (electronegativity, solubility, trends of the periodic table, etc.) Destroyer will prepare you well for this section.
OC: Arguably the easiest of the sciences to master. I had a few synthesis problems, and aldol condensation reactions, but otherwise was pretty basic material that would be covered easily in a college level OC course.
So there is a short breakdown of the exam. I am a bio-engineering major with a 3.8 GPA and 3.6 sGPA. I plan on applying to 8-10 schools. Hope I get in!!
PAT 24 (98.1)
QR 20 (94.0)
RC 22 (84.4)
BIO 19 (76.6)
GC 23 (95.4)
OC 23 (94.4)
TS 21 (91.6)
AA 21 (93.4)
It actually went better than I was anticipating. I studied heavily for 6-8 hours a day for 4 straight weeks before the exam. I used Destroyer, Kaplan BB, Cliffs AP Bio, CDP, Topscore, and Achiever.
PAT: CDP was a lifesaver here, granted some of the problems on the real DAT were much harder than CDP, CDP helped a lot with timing and just getting good practice with each problem type. Really, the key to this section is repetition. The more often you see the shapes, folds, or angles, the easier it will be for your brain to decipher them on the real test.
QR: I am an engineering major so I was expecting a decent score here. I honestly didn't study this section very much at all. I got some pretty basic problems that were easily solved with the onscreen calculator, a few trig problems, and then probably 3-4 problems that I had a hard time with. Overall, not bad at all.
RC: I was lucky here, one of the passages related to an area I've been involved in with my undergraduate research. I used search and destroy on specific questions and had to read more in depth for the tone questions. Topscore RC was very similar.
BIO: Biology is a complete crapshoot. Either you know it, or you don't. Sometimes you can eliminate obvious wrong answers, which still leaves 2-3 possible answers, and then it is all guesses. This section was again, similar to Topscore where you would have a couple really easy questions followed by a few that you don't recognize anything.
GC: Pretty basic. Maybe 5-8 calculation problems, like the ideal gas law, or M1V1=M2V2 most of the others involved just knowing principles of general chemistry (electronegativity, solubility, trends of the periodic table, etc.) Destroyer will prepare you well for this section.
OC: Arguably the easiest of the sciences to master. I had a few synthesis problems, and aldol condensation reactions, but otherwise was pretty basic material that would be covered easily in a college level OC course.
So there is a short breakdown of the exam. I am a bio-engineering major with a 3.8 GPA and 3.6 sGPA. I plan on applying to 8-10 schools. Hope I get in!!
