DAT Done 7/13/2011

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mle005

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Ok, so the DAT was long and it was doable.

AA:22
Bio:22
Gchem:29
Ochem: 23
PAT: 21
RC: 16 yikes!!!!!!!!!!
QR: 18 yikesss!!!!!!!!

Overall, it was long. I have mixed feeling about my results and considering retaking, but not sure yet. My RC and QR are low not because the sections are hard, but because I had a lack of sleep the day before due to excitement and nervousness. By the break, I felt like i was goiing to crash and take a nap due to two hours of sleep the night before. (Get a lot of rest, you will need it).

Science:
Gchem= practice, practice, practice. The problem will be very familiar to what you guys do in practice. I got a lot more calculation problems, but nevertheless, it was straight forward.

Bio: it was pretty hard not going to lie, was pretty lucky to get a 22, because I marked literally half of the problem set. Lucky, my guessing skills was on point today.

Ochem: it was just like gchem, know all your reactions and basically know how to apply them. Nothing to hard, but I feel that I should have done better because I am usually better at ochem than gchem.

PAT:
I used crack PAT, which is a must have. Before, I used to hear how much harder crack is to the actual thing, but time has changed. On crack I ranged from 23-27. The keyhole are much harder on the actual thing, and angle always kills me, so therefore I'm pretty sure that is what brought my score down.

RC:
By this time I wanted to pass out, I just starred at the screen not knowing what to do and this section had a lot of tone questions. Therefore, I guessed my way through it. Usually, I do well on it as when I practiced, I usually average 20+

QR:
Pretty straight forward and easy just was not up for it and that stupid single click calculator is dumb and time consuming. Literally, you have to click every button on the calculator, instead of using the key pad.

Overall, it wasn't too bad, biggest advice is to get sleep the night before anyway possible. In the first half of the test, I was running on adrenaline and by the break it did not last. 🙂
 
Congrats man. Those scores aren't anything you should have mixed feelings about. The RC score stands out a lil..but the other sections are so high it's hard to recommend a retake. What does your cGPA and sGPA look like?
 
2 hours of sleep and a 29 in GC, awesome job! Now maybe I should implement this technique and hope to pull off the same thing...
 
GPA is a 3.92 which is great, but im worry that some schools has a standard of minimum of 17 in every sections but not 100 percent sure yet. first choice of school is ucsf and would really like to be admitted there.
 
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