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Well, I'm happy everything is over, so now I can rest.
Here's the breakdown:
PAT 23
QR 17 🙁
RC 19
Bio 20
GChem 21
OChem 23
TS 21
AA20
So here are my general feelings about the test after literally just getting home about an hour ago from the prometric center.
Biology - it wasn't too bad, only a few random "know it or don't know it". The materials I used with were Cliff's AP Bio which I thought was one of the most helpful in terms of information depth and easiness to read , Kaplan Blue Blook ( I really only read it once cause I thought it was a bit too general), Destroyer, TopScore, and some old Kaplan exams.
GChem - only had like 5-6 calculations, the rest was mainly conceptual and understanding trends. I think I skimmed Kaplan Blue Book once, but Destroyer really nailed it on this one.
OChem - again, I skimmed through the Kaplan Blue Book, the rest I mainly focused on Destroyer and my old textbook for reactions that weren't covered in destroyer.
PAT - nothing too tricky here except maybe one or two crazy folding questions . If you have TopScore, I was averaging about exactly the same on the PAT on topscore as I did on the real thing. Surprisingly, the angles weren't too shabby either. Barron's DAT book helped give the basics for this section, I'd recommmend using it.
RC - I spent too much time on the first passage, but it's definately doable. It's definitely nothing like TopScore though since Topscore didn't ask very many "tone" questions or inference questions. Some of the time it wouldn't explicitly have the answers with the same wording in the passage,but you had to have a more general grasp of the passage and understand what was going on.
QR - ugh...well I'll admit I didn't spend nearly enough time on it as I should have. Anyway, know how to do alot of word problems...I thought I had at least 20 maybe more. There were 2-3 probabilities and some random question on ellipses that I didn't know. Just try to spend some time on it and not put it off like alot of people including me.
Overall, for the sciences I think the main study aids I used were Cliff's AP Bio and DAT Destroyer. For the PAT, barron's does a good job of giving you the foundation, after that it's just practice practice practice. For Topscore, I scored about 2 points higher on the sciences on the real thing than Topscore, exactly the same on PAT, and QR and RC were completely different for me. Anyway, I hope I helped!
I'm pretty pleased overall except for probably the QR, but I'll admit I should have spent some time on it. My Cum. gpa is 3.81 and science gpa is a smidge higher. I'm applying to about 10-15 schools, but I'd like to stay in Texas which is where I'm from. I wish you all luck on your DATs and your future endeavors!
Here's the breakdown:
PAT 23
QR 17 🙁
RC 19
Bio 20
GChem 21
OChem 23
TS 21
AA20
So here are my general feelings about the test after literally just getting home about an hour ago from the prometric center.
Biology - it wasn't too bad, only a few random "know it or don't know it". The materials I used with were Cliff's AP Bio which I thought was one of the most helpful in terms of information depth and easiness to read , Kaplan Blue Blook ( I really only read it once cause I thought it was a bit too general), Destroyer, TopScore, and some old Kaplan exams.
GChem - only had like 5-6 calculations, the rest was mainly conceptual and understanding trends. I think I skimmed Kaplan Blue Book once, but Destroyer really nailed it on this one.
OChem - again, I skimmed through the Kaplan Blue Book, the rest I mainly focused on Destroyer and my old textbook for reactions that weren't covered in destroyer.
PAT - nothing too tricky here except maybe one or two crazy folding questions . If you have TopScore, I was averaging about exactly the same on the PAT on topscore as I did on the real thing. Surprisingly, the angles weren't too shabby either. Barron's DAT book helped give the basics for this section, I'd recommmend using it.
RC - I spent too much time on the first passage, but it's definately doable. It's definitely nothing like TopScore though since Topscore didn't ask very many "tone" questions or inference questions. Some of the time it wouldn't explicitly have the answers with the same wording in the passage,but you had to have a more general grasp of the passage and understand what was going on.
QR - ugh...well I'll admit I didn't spend nearly enough time on it as I should have. Anyway, know how to do alot of word problems...I thought I had at least 20 maybe more. There were 2-3 probabilities and some random question on ellipses that I didn't know. Just try to spend some time on it and not put it off like alot of people including me.
Overall, for the sciences I think the main study aids I used were Cliff's AP Bio and DAT Destroyer. For the PAT, barron's does a good job of giving you the foundation, after that it's just practice practice practice. For Topscore, I scored about 2 points higher on the sciences on the real thing than Topscore, exactly the same on PAT, and QR and RC were completely different for me. Anyway, I hope I helped!
I'm pretty pleased overall except for probably the QR, but I'll admit I should have spent some time on it. My Cum. gpa is 3.81 and science gpa is a smidge higher. I'm applying to about 10-15 schools, but I'd like to stay in Texas which is where I'm from. I wish you all luck on your DATs and your future endeavors!
