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WOO, I have only posted here a few times but I loved reading these posts, and they were extremely helpful, so here goes.

PAT: 23
RC: 25
Bio: 22
Gchem: 24
Ochem: 21
QR:17
TS: 23
AA: 22
*and if someone could explain why my 24 in gchem was 98.5% and someone elses 24 was 96.2%? if we took it on the same day shouldn't it all be the same?

Bio: I honestly thought that this would be harder than what I got, only a few questions I was thrown off by, but other than that pretty basic. I'm almost positive about 10 questions were word for word on some Kaplan test. For this I used Cambell, Cliffs AP, Kaplan, and Destroyer. I'm a biology major, and I have to say that between Cliffs and Cambell, along with knowledge from my Genetics class, I could have gotten this score. I thought destroyer didn't do much, and Kaplan just reinforced cliffs.

Gchem: I was always terrible at Gchem. I used ACS study guide to get a good grasp of basics, then destroyer and kaplan to polish up. Destroyer was amazing for this, but waaay harder. The only thing that threw me off on this section was I didn't have to do any calculations larger than finding moles from grams and MW, and I wasn't used to setting up problems. For this section, if you know the basics you will do well.

Ochem:Not sure how I pulled this off, but the section was very basic, not many tricks at all. I used destroyer, and knew the roadmaps cold. I didn't get any carb/AAS questions, which is good because that was my weakest point. Kaplan is good for this section, and destroyer was waay overkill, but like I said the roadmaps, and the concepts it reinforced helped.

RC: I didn't study for this at all, I just have been reading all of my life. I would read a question, read till I found the answer, then go to the next question and repeat. The tone questions were very easy too, and there were only 2 or 3 per passage. I don't think time is an issue here because I read each passage through at least once, and still had 20 minutes left to check stuff again.

PAT: WEll, this section was a TON easier than CDP, at least the angles, cubes, and hole punching. I would say angles are a little harder than kaplan, but the rest is about the same. If you are getting in the 20's on CDP then you should have no problem here.

QR: this ticked me off, I ran out of time because I spent too much time on a question I didn't know, and at the end when I was filling in answers I saw 3 questions that I easily could have answered in under a minute each, but oh well. I didn't really study much for this other than go over trig identities, and permutations. The section wasn't too bad, I just didn't manage time effectively.

overall I'm very pleased with my results, now I just have to pester my LOR writers to get their LOR's in so I can submit my ap. . I will post my kaplan and TS practice tests when I have more time, but feel free to ask questions. Hopefully I can help people as much as I was helped.
 
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Great scores congrats. Were there alot of trig identities? As far as Bio, I have 3 weeks until the DAT, would it be worth buying the large campbell book to peruse or not enough time?
 
Great scores congrats. Were there alot of trig identities? As far as Bio, I have 3 weeks until the DAT, would it be worth buying the large campbell book to peruse or not enough time?

I only had 2 I think, and they were very basic ( I had all the double angle formulas memorized but didn't need them). AS for the Bio, it depends on your background. If you have a good biology background (major, etc) then I wouldn't worry. I used the campbell book to go over embryology and review genetics only, but with the exception of 3 or 4 questions, I think cliffs and kaplan covered it, but I'm also a bio major. If you do get the book, I would recommend only read the chapters which you are having difficulty with, just to save time.
 
Every test has their own percentiles due to different questions. Although you both scored 24 one test might've had more test takers scoring 24 than the other.

Nice scores, I hope I don't carbohydrate and amine questions for orgo...those are my weak points.
 
does the dental school that you scores get sent to know if yo got FRAPD or PIANO'd, do they get to see how well you did relative to other test takers with the same format exam? what do they get sent basically?
 
RC: I didn't study for this at all, I just have been reading all of my life. I would read a question, read till I found the answer, then go to the next question and repeat. The tone questions were very easy too, and there were only 2 or 3 per passage. I don't think time is an issue here because I read each passage through at least once, and still had 20 minutes left to check stuff again.


Hey ozzie, so when you read the question and yet say the answer was 3/4 through the passage , you would answer it, but then for the next question would u have to go back to find the answer (say now that this question's answer was in the second paragraph or did you remember the passage that well that you never needed to look back through the passage?

its soundlike you didnt get the piano one and good job overall!
 
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