Finally done!
PA 27 (99.7)
QR 23 (98.8)
RC 20 (64.3)
Bio 20 (88.0)
GC 24 (97.7)
OC 27 (98.7)
TS 22 (95.6)
AA 23 (98.7)
All of every single section has been more difficult that I expected.
Especially, my Bio section was really difficult, and after going through it, I felt very depressed that I believe I performed much worse than I could have done on the later sections.
BIO
I have used Cliff's AP, qvault, destroyer, allan's note, topscore, and I also used Khan academy to first get familiarized with bio material before reading Cliff's. On qvault and topscore, I perhaps averaged around 21, and since people say that they usually get 1~2 higher on the actual, I thought I would get 'at least' 21. But, as I said, bio was very difficult that I have to be satisfied with my score. I am not saying that there were a few extremely difficult questions, but rather most of problems were quite confusing and deviated from what I learned from the studying materials.
PA
I used CDP and topscore (just for the keyhole). I usually averaged around 25 on CDP, sometimes 29, usually not below 25. I would say, just doing CDP is not enough, at least take a look at Topscore keyhole sections. The real one is more about "proportionally" discriminating the answer, which makes it a lot more difficult. Fortunately, angle raking was easier than CDR, and I was allowed to touch the screen. For cube counting and hole punching, people say that they are easier on real DAT, but I didn't think so. Perhaps it's because the quality of the image. On CDP the problems images are crystal clear, but on real DAT, the holes are quite small, which confused me "oh, this may be the 1/3 punching that peopled talked about" when it wans't really. And, pattern folding, was way much more difficult that CDP. I usually never got wrong on CDP pattern folding, but the real one has some crazy problems that I couldn't quite solve. I believe the key to PAT is to select "most probable" answer. What I mean by this is that you don't have time to think up the perfectly matching key image. Remember this is multiple choice problems, so looking at the answer choices helps you a lot to get start. And, eliminate one by one, by finding single clue that says it's not the answer. Overall, PAT was more difficult that I thought (except angle ranking), but if you master CDP and keyhole on topscore, you will do well.
OC
Used destroyer, Chad, and the whole organic textbook from the lecture.
OC wasn't too difficult, but I wouldn't say it was as easy as I thought. Perhaps, because everyone said OC is really easy, I found it relatively somewhat more difficult. I would say it is easy to get over 20, but not easy to get 30. Briefly cover lab techniques as well.
GC
Destroyer and Chad. It is important that you fully understand the concept, since it's not solely focused on problem solving like destroyer. When people say that they have gone over destroyer three times, I was mislead that it wasn't enough that I just went over it twice. Rather than spending your effort going over destroyer three times, focus on understanding concept. Going over destroyer once is just enough for problem solving.
RC
First of all, I am very happy with my score, since I rarely got above 20 in practice tests. Used qvault, topscore, and CDR for practice. I would say topscore would be best representative of the real RC section, not CDR. CDR contains more tone questions and the questions that you have to really read the passage. Rather, the real RC would have worked better for the SND.
QR
QR was "on average" as difficult as math destroyer. There were more number of easier questions, but a few of more difficult ones. Timing it always important for this section. I believe I could have done much better on this section, if I wasn't distracted by how I performed on BIO, OC, and GC. Practice using the calculator, it looks identical to the window calculator.
In general, I found DAT much more difficult that what I expected. Don't believe too much when people say whatever is very easy on DAT. It's better for you to find that it's easy on your own, first of all after studying hard for all the sections. : )
PA 27 (99.7)
QR 23 (98.8)
RC 20 (64.3)
Bio 20 (88.0)
GC 24 (97.7)
OC 27 (98.7)
TS 22 (95.6)
AA 23 (98.7)
All of every single section has been more difficult that I expected.
Especially, my Bio section was really difficult, and after going through it, I felt very depressed that I believe I performed much worse than I could have done on the later sections.
BIO
I have used Cliff's AP, qvault, destroyer, allan's note, topscore, and I also used Khan academy to first get familiarized with bio material before reading Cliff's. On qvault and topscore, I perhaps averaged around 21, and since people say that they usually get 1~2 higher on the actual, I thought I would get 'at least' 21. But, as I said, bio was very difficult that I have to be satisfied with my score. I am not saying that there were a few extremely difficult questions, but rather most of problems were quite confusing and deviated from what I learned from the studying materials.
PA
I used CDP and topscore (just for the keyhole). I usually averaged around 25 on CDP, sometimes 29, usually not below 25. I would say, just doing CDP is not enough, at least take a look at Topscore keyhole sections. The real one is more about "proportionally" discriminating the answer, which makes it a lot more difficult. Fortunately, angle raking was easier than CDR, and I was allowed to touch the screen. For cube counting and hole punching, people say that they are easier on real DAT, but I didn't think so. Perhaps it's because the quality of the image. On CDP the problems images are crystal clear, but on real DAT, the holes are quite small, which confused me "oh, this may be the 1/3 punching that peopled talked about" when it wans't really. And, pattern folding, was way much more difficult that CDP. I usually never got wrong on CDP pattern folding, but the real one has some crazy problems that I couldn't quite solve. I believe the key to PAT is to select "most probable" answer. What I mean by this is that you don't have time to think up the perfectly matching key image. Remember this is multiple choice problems, so looking at the answer choices helps you a lot to get start. And, eliminate one by one, by finding single clue that says it's not the answer. Overall, PAT was more difficult that I thought (except angle ranking), but if you master CDP and keyhole on topscore, you will do well.
OC
Used destroyer, Chad, and the whole organic textbook from the lecture.
OC wasn't too difficult, but I wouldn't say it was as easy as I thought. Perhaps, because everyone said OC is really easy, I found it relatively somewhat more difficult. I would say it is easy to get over 20, but not easy to get 30. Briefly cover lab techniques as well.
GC
Destroyer and Chad. It is important that you fully understand the concept, since it's not solely focused on problem solving like destroyer. When people say that they have gone over destroyer three times, I was mislead that it wasn't enough that I just went over it twice. Rather than spending your effort going over destroyer three times, focus on understanding concept. Going over destroyer once is just enough for problem solving.
RC
First of all, I am very happy with my score, since I rarely got above 20 in practice tests. Used qvault, topscore, and CDR for practice. I would say topscore would be best representative of the real RC section, not CDR. CDR contains more tone questions and the questions that you have to really read the passage. Rather, the real RC would have worked better for the SND.
QR
QR was "on average" as difficult as math destroyer. There were more number of easier questions, but a few of more difficult ones. Timing it always important for this section. I believe I could have done much better on this section, if I wasn't distracted by how I performed on BIO, OC, and GC. Practice using the calculator, it looks identical to the window calculator.
In general, I found DAT much more difficult that what I expected. Don't believe too much when people say whatever is very easy on DAT. It's better for you to find that it's easy on your own, first of all after studying hard for all the sections. : )
