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I am new here and just found out about this network forum from my friend a few weeks ago. I really appreciate the advice people give about how to prepare for this exam. That being said I would like to display my take on this exam. I thought it was hard and tiring lol. Maybe it was my nerves and having to wake up early, but overall I thought it was kinda hard. here are my scores:
PAT 20
QR 19
RC 21
BIO 21
Chem 20
OC 20
Bio was random as everyone says and its hard to prepare for it because the scope is so broad. I used everything possible Schaums, Destroyer, topscore, achiever, CDP. I would say that you should study in detail the topics Kaplan lists as important.
Chem and Ochem were straightforward. I would suggest that Destroyer and Kaplan combined are more than enough. Just do problems to solidify the concepts.
PAT was fun because it was a section I didnt have to really study for. CDP and achiever was the best way to prepare for this and I guess origami as a hobby would help lol just to visualize folding. Angles on the actual test was harder but the other sections were about the same difficulty as CDP except hole punching on CDP is harder.
RC was fun. I was never good at RC because I am a slow reader. Kaplan's map is perfect but i suggest that you dont write too much down and save more for answering questions. I found it better that I read as fast as I could trying to pick out keywords to denote the authors tone like but and however and future. I made a map in my head about what the overall message was and for each paragraph i only wrote keywords like names and dates.
QR I didnt really prepare for this as well as I should have because I spent more time studying the sciences. I suggest that you spend the time because it is important and many questions i was like ok B looks good lol.
My GPA is good and now hopefully I may get some interviews.
I think the best advice to give is that to not dwell on questions. Skip like the first bio question and answer one you know first to build confidence. Once you finish a section move on and dont think about whether you did well or not. Make sure you look away from the screen at times because my eyes started to twitch. Wake up and go for a jog to get blood going and eat during the break. I would also like to thank greenwave for his helpful guides. If anyone has questions feel free to PM me
PAT 20
QR 19
RC 21
BIO 21
Chem 20
OC 20
Bio was random as everyone says and its hard to prepare for it because the scope is so broad. I used everything possible Schaums, Destroyer, topscore, achiever, CDP. I would say that you should study in detail the topics Kaplan lists as important.
Chem and Ochem were straightforward. I would suggest that Destroyer and Kaplan combined are more than enough. Just do problems to solidify the concepts.
PAT was fun because it was a section I didnt have to really study for. CDP and achiever was the best way to prepare for this and I guess origami as a hobby would help lol just to visualize folding. Angles on the actual test was harder but the other sections were about the same difficulty as CDP except hole punching on CDP is harder.
RC was fun. I was never good at RC because I am a slow reader. Kaplan's map is perfect but i suggest that you dont write too much down and save more for answering questions. I found it better that I read as fast as I could trying to pick out keywords to denote the authors tone like but and however and future. I made a map in my head about what the overall message was and for each paragraph i only wrote keywords like names and dates.
QR I didnt really prepare for this as well as I should have because I spent more time studying the sciences. I suggest that you spend the time because it is important and many questions i was like ok B looks good lol.
My GPA is good and now hopefully I may get some interviews.
I think the best advice to give is that to not dwell on questions. Skip like the first bio question and answer one you know first to build confidence. Once you finish a section move on and dont think about whether you did well or not. Make sure you look away from the screen at times because my eyes started to twitch. Wake up and go for a jog to get blood going and eat during the break. I would also like to thank greenwave for his helpful guides. If anyone has questions feel free to PM me
