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Hey guys so I took my test, and am very relieved thats its all done.
GPA: 3.75
sGPA:3.68
AA: 20
TS: 20
Bio: 21
Chm:20
OC: 20
RC: 20
QR: 19
PAT:21
I started studying end of May.
Bio: not as random as I had thought, but it was tough. I felt many questions where pretty general and not very specific. i also feel that this section really depends on one's bio background. I used Cliffs AP and Destroyer, Topscore. I had Kaplan BB but did not use it (dont know why). I am scared of textbooks so I really just tried to learn cliffs really well. I went through cliffs 2 times, and tried to understand key concepts (photosynthesis, plants, cell resp..).
Chem: I thought this section was easy, but I guess i made some careless mistakes. I went through Kaplan BB first then went through Destroyer 3 times. Destroyer is great, (I used a calculator in destroyer)
Ochem: I thought I would made higher than a 20. I only used Kaplan BB, and looked at Destroyer's Ochem section and got scared and never did it. I had O-Chem Destroyer odyssey and went through a couple chapters that went over conceptual things, like acidity/basicity, aromatics, spec, but none of the reactions. The reactions on the real one are basic, but make sure you know conceptual things very well.
PAT: Used CDP, and it was good. My test scores were around 21-23. I felt like angle were not bad, but for hole punches I was tricked out by some folds. Keyholes were not bad (pretty comparable to CDP), the TFE were same as CDP, but i felt like the pattern folding were a little harder than CDP.
QR: I used DAT destroyer's section for math (not the book), and it was alright. I felt like my math was pretty solid before hand, and it allll about time. I just tried to fly through problems, and skip the long word problems. I was making 19-20 on CDP and never could get above a 20. I was very scared of this section, by reading on here last week.
RC: Not bad, I used search and destroy. One passage had more inference/tone questions than the other passages. There are definitely more tone/inference questions than Topscores tests.
Topscore test scores
Test #1(9 days before test)
TS:17
AA:18
Bio:20
Chem:14
OC:17
QR:20
RC:20
PAT:20
Test #2 (6 days before)
TS:20
AA:20
BIO:19
Che:19
OC:19
RC:20
QR:20
PAT:23
Test #3 (3 days before):
TS: 19
AA: 20
BIO: 19
CH: 18
OC:19
RC:18
QR:24
PAT: 20
Hope that helps!!!! Good luck studying and thanks everyone for alll of you help.
Remeber to focus in the test center and I think a big part is to be confident and
not nervous...If you have any questions, i can try to answer them, SORRY for the
sloppy not so good breakdown its getting late.
Hey guys so I took my test, and am very relieved thats its all done.
GPA: 3.75
sGPA:3.68
AA: 20
TS: 20
Bio: 21
Chm:20
OC: 20
RC: 20
QR: 19
PAT:21
I started studying end of May.
Bio: not as random as I had thought, but it was tough. I felt many questions where pretty general and not very specific. i also feel that this section really depends on one's bio background. I used Cliffs AP and Destroyer, Topscore. I had Kaplan BB but did not use it (dont know why). I am scared of textbooks so I really just tried to learn cliffs really well. I went through cliffs 2 times, and tried to understand key concepts (photosynthesis, plants, cell resp..).
Chem: I thought this section was easy, but I guess i made some careless mistakes. I went through Kaplan BB first then went through Destroyer 3 times. Destroyer is great, (I used a calculator in destroyer)
Ochem: I thought I would made higher than a 20. I only used Kaplan BB, and looked at Destroyer's Ochem section and got scared and never did it. I had O-Chem Destroyer odyssey and went through a couple chapters that went over conceptual things, like acidity/basicity, aromatics, spec, but none of the reactions. The reactions on the real one are basic, but make sure you know conceptual things very well.
PAT: Used CDP, and it was good. My test scores were around 21-23. I felt like angle were not bad, but for hole punches I was tricked out by some folds. Keyholes were not bad (pretty comparable to CDP), the TFE were same as CDP, but i felt like the pattern folding were a little harder than CDP.
QR: I used DAT destroyer's section for math (not the book), and it was alright. I felt like my math was pretty solid before hand, and it allll about time. I just tried to fly through problems, and skip the long word problems. I was making 19-20 on CDP and never could get above a 20. I was very scared of this section, by reading on here last week.
RC: Not bad, I used search and destroy. One passage had more inference/tone questions than the other passages. There are definitely more tone/inference questions than Topscores tests.
Topscore test scores
Test #1(9 days before test)
TS:17
AA:18
Bio:20
Chem:14
OC:17
QR:20
RC:20
PAT:20
Test #2 (6 days before)
TS:20
AA:20
BIO:19
Che:19
OC:19
RC:20
QR:20
PAT:23
Test #3 (3 days before):
TS: 19
AA: 20
BIO: 19
CH: 18
OC:19
RC:18
QR:24
PAT: 20
Hope that helps!!!! Good luck studying and thanks everyone for alll of you help.
Remeber to focus in the test center and I think a big part is to be confident and
not nervous...If you have any questions, i can try to answer them, SORRY for the
sloppy not so good breakdown its getting late.
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