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Hey guys, I am glad to say that I am finally done!!! Much thanks to the members of SDN who posted their breakdowns! To briefly introduce myself, I am a rising senior majoring in biology at a a university near Boston. I started studying in mid may, and here are my scores:
PAT: 22
QR:23
RC:21
Bio:24
GC:27
OC:22
TS:24
AA:23
PAT(22): I started studying for this section last fall using Crack DAT PAT. I've read how some members didn't find it to be quite useful. Although CRACK DAT is definitely easier than the real exam, it still laid a good foundation for me. I used BOOTCAMP to further enhance my skills. BOOTCAMP was definitely more challenging than the real exam, but it without a doubt it took me to the next level.
My scores on Bootcamp exams ranged from 19-21.
QR(23): For this section, I used Math and DAT Destroyer, Bootcamp, and chad's quizzes(his quizzes were great for permutation, combination and probability). On Math Destroyer, I would get on average 34/40 not timed. Bootcamp, and math destroyer were great LEARNING TOOLS. Don't stress out over the scores that you get on these. The real exam was much simpler, nothing like math destroyer or bootcamp 🙂
RC(21): this was section that worried me the most. I've tried S&D, vanilla method, reading the whole passage, but I could not just seem to find the one that worked the best. On the actual exam, I ended up just doing S&D, and thankfully it worked out! On the real exam,the passages were shorter than any of bootcamp exams, the questions were quite simple;however, I did get about 4 of those both statements true/not questions.
GC(27): I went through Chad's videos once, and took very detailed notes. I went through his quizzes at least 25 times, and actually a week before the test, his quizzes were pretty much all I did to review. I also made note cards on questions that I got wrong. I used DAT destroyer, which in my opinion is a must. The questions are challenging and frustrating, but I would be lying if I said it was an overkill. I went through the questions twice. First time I went through it, I solved about 30-40 problems a day and I would redo the problems that I got wrong on the same day. If got the question wrong twice, I would take notes on it. I was on avg getting about 10 questions wrong per 30 questions. I went through bootcamp exams twice as well, also making notecards out of the questions that I got wrong or didn't fully understand but somehow guessed the right answer.
On the real exam, the questions were very very very similar to bootcamp questions, nothing too complicated, just basic concepts. I feel like for this section, as long as you have chad's quizzes down, you should be fine🙂
OC(22): same preparation as GC. Again, nothing too complicated on the real exam, but it was a bit more challenging than any of the bootcamp exams I have taken.
Bio(24): Despite being a bio major, I still struggled a lot. The sheer amount of info for this section overwhelmed me. To prepare, I went through Feralis notes 3 times, alan's notes once, read through cliff notes (3rd ed) once, and tried to expose myself to as much questions possible. I solved DAT Destroyer, bootcamp and qvault. All three were great and I can't really say which one is better than the other. I solved Destroyer a total of three times. First time around, I was only getting half of the questions right which was really discouraging. Second time around, about 70 percent. Third time around, I got 90% of the questions right. Destroyer was great in a sense that it required you to really know the information. DAT qvault was way too detailed but again, like destroyer, it was a great learning tool. Bootcamp was very representative of the real exam, which was,as many have posted before, random, BUT DOABLE! A week leading up to the exam, I just went over the notecards that I had made on qvault,bootcamp, and feralis notes, and actually read the answer key in the destroyer. And breadth over depth!
Here are my practice scores:
BOOTCAMP
bio: 17,17,19,22,18
GC: 23,20,21,25, 19
OC: 23,21.21.21,21
PAT: 20, 20,19,21, 19, 21,21,21,20,21
QR: 22, 22,21,22,19
RC:17,15,19,20,20
Qvault bio: 15, 17, 20, 20,17, 18, 18, 20, 18, 18
ADA 2007 (taken three days before the exam)
GC: 26 OC: 30, bio: 23 RC: 20 QR: 23 PAT: 23
ADA 2009( taken 2 weeks before the exam)
GC: 21 OC: 25 Bio: 23 QR: 23 RC: 17
It was a long and hard process. I think I cried like every other day lol.
I would like to end the breakdown by saying I am nothing special. If I can do it, then any of you fellow future dentists can as well!!!!! Don't let the practice scores on any material discourage you, that was probably the critical mistake I made while studying for this exam. Practice scores are merely practice scores, they are not real indications of how well you are going to do on the exam. Rather, your desire and motivation to learn from them should be an indication of how well you will do. Congrats to those who are done, and to those who are yet to take it, feel free to message me with any questions and best of luck and keep marching on!
PAT: 22
QR:23
RC:21
Bio:24
GC:27
OC:22
TS:24
AA:23
PAT(22): I started studying for this section last fall using Crack DAT PAT. I've read how some members didn't find it to be quite useful. Although CRACK DAT is definitely easier than the real exam, it still laid a good foundation for me. I used BOOTCAMP to further enhance my skills. BOOTCAMP was definitely more challenging than the real exam, but it without a doubt it took me to the next level.
My scores on Bootcamp exams ranged from 19-21.
QR(23): For this section, I used Math and DAT Destroyer, Bootcamp, and chad's quizzes(his quizzes were great for permutation, combination and probability). On Math Destroyer, I would get on average 34/40 not timed. Bootcamp, and math destroyer were great LEARNING TOOLS. Don't stress out over the scores that you get on these. The real exam was much simpler, nothing like math destroyer or bootcamp 🙂
RC(21): this was section that worried me the most. I've tried S&D, vanilla method, reading the whole passage, but I could not just seem to find the one that worked the best. On the actual exam, I ended up just doing S&D, and thankfully it worked out! On the real exam,the passages were shorter than any of bootcamp exams, the questions were quite simple;however, I did get about 4 of those both statements true/not questions.
GC(27): I went through Chad's videos once, and took very detailed notes. I went through his quizzes at least 25 times, and actually a week before the test, his quizzes were pretty much all I did to review. I also made note cards on questions that I got wrong. I used DAT destroyer, which in my opinion is a must. The questions are challenging and frustrating, but I would be lying if I said it was an overkill. I went through the questions twice. First time I went through it, I solved about 30-40 problems a day and I would redo the problems that I got wrong on the same day. If got the question wrong twice, I would take notes on it. I was on avg getting about 10 questions wrong per 30 questions. I went through bootcamp exams twice as well, also making notecards out of the questions that I got wrong or didn't fully understand but somehow guessed the right answer.
On the real exam, the questions were very very very similar to bootcamp questions, nothing too complicated, just basic concepts. I feel like for this section, as long as you have chad's quizzes down, you should be fine🙂
OC(22): same preparation as GC. Again, nothing too complicated on the real exam, but it was a bit more challenging than any of the bootcamp exams I have taken.
Bio(24): Despite being a bio major, I still struggled a lot. The sheer amount of info for this section overwhelmed me. To prepare, I went through Feralis notes 3 times, alan's notes once, read through cliff notes (3rd ed) once, and tried to expose myself to as much questions possible. I solved DAT Destroyer, bootcamp and qvault. All three were great and I can't really say which one is better than the other. I solved Destroyer a total of three times. First time around, I was only getting half of the questions right which was really discouraging. Second time around, about 70 percent. Third time around, I got 90% of the questions right. Destroyer was great in a sense that it required you to really know the information. DAT qvault was way too detailed but again, like destroyer, it was a great learning tool. Bootcamp was very representative of the real exam, which was,as many have posted before, random, BUT DOABLE! A week leading up to the exam, I just went over the notecards that I had made on qvault,bootcamp, and feralis notes, and actually read the answer key in the destroyer. And breadth over depth!
Here are my practice scores:
BOOTCAMP
bio: 17,17,19,22,18
GC: 23,20,21,25, 19
OC: 23,21.21.21,21
PAT: 20, 20,19,21, 19, 21,21,21,20,21
QR: 22, 22,21,22,19
RC:17,15,19,20,20
Qvault bio: 15, 17, 20, 20,17, 18, 18, 20, 18, 18
ADA 2007 (taken three days before the exam)
GC: 26 OC: 30, bio: 23 RC: 20 QR: 23 PAT: 23
ADA 2009( taken 2 weeks before the exam)
GC: 21 OC: 25 Bio: 23 QR: 23 RC: 17
It was a long and hard process. I think I cried like every other day lol.
I would like to end the breakdown by saying I am nothing special. If I can do it, then any of you fellow future dentists can as well!!!!! Don't let the practice scores on any material discourage you, that was probably the critical mistake I made while studying for this exam. Practice scores are merely practice scores, they are not real indications of how well you are going to do on the exam. Rather, your desire and motivation to learn from them should be an indication of how well you will do. Congrats to those who are done, and to those who are yet to take it, feel free to message me with any questions and best of luck and keep marching on!
