Hey everyone,
I took my DAT a few weeks ago, and thank Gd it's over and went well.
I went on a little vacation right after and recently got back, so sorry for the delay.
Here is the breakdown:
PAT 20
QR 15
RC 21
BIO 21
GC 25
OC 23
TS 23
AA 21
Bio - I mainly used the DAT Destroyer as well as AP Bio Cliffs. Destroyer was right on the money in terms of the questions, and Cliffs help clear up any areas that I required clarification. Make sure to go through Destroyer thoroughly and more than once, and make sure you read all the choices and explanation, that is where the wealth of info really is.
GC and OC I used my class notes as well as Destroyer and Topscore. Class notes allowed me to review before I jumped in to practice questions. Destroyer gave a great amount of practice. It also was really helpful in terms of the roadmaps which helped me master the reactions as well as get practice for sequence style questions.
PAT - I used Crack DAT PAT, and topscore, and while studying I found the angles to be fine (I would get abt 13/15 angle questions correct) and Top Front End to be the hardest part of the PAT. My actual DAT was the opposite. I found TFE to be fine, and angles were real tricky. Maybe my eyes were getting tired by then? One important heads up for this section, I had 6 cubes, as opposed to 4/5 that I had in most practice exams, which threw me off on time a little, so be prepared for that.
I used 7 out of 15 break minutes to use the bathroom, drink some water and have a cereal bar. One tip I got from a friend that I didn't use was to write down all the math formulas during my break in a corner of my board so that I would have a quick reference, I didnt end up doing that because I just wanted to get the test over with.
RC - I never really used search and destroy or any of those methods in practice tests, so I never really learned them. I would just read the passage and refer back to it when looking for a question. However by the time I got to Rc and saw how tiny the font was for the passages, my eyes were too exhausted, and they seemed so long. So I pretty much ended up using search and destroy.
QR - Here is the story with the 15 in math. First off let me state that math is one of my favorite subjects, and I have succeeded in it all my life. I even took Calculus in high school and did well on AP Calc AB and BC (5, and 3 respectively (btw does anyone know if dental schools accept APs in case they require 2 semesters of math?)). I was getting 18-21 in practice test in math. Pretty much by the end of the exam I was exhausted, my back was hurting, and I got stuck on a few longer problems, so I ran out of time. The worst part is I didn't end up putting in answer choices for A LOT of questions, which I really regret not being more careful about. I kind of kicked myself in the head. Make sure you don't make the same mistake, put an answer for all questions!! Do you guys think this will destroy my chances?
Goodluck!
I took my DAT a few weeks ago, and thank Gd it's over and went well.
I went on a little vacation right after and recently got back, so sorry for the delay.
Here is the breakdown:
PAT 20
QR 15
RC 21
BIO 21
GC 25
OC 23
TS 23
AA 21
Bio - I mainly used the DAT Destroyer as well as AP Bio Cliffs. Destroyer was right on the money in terms of the questions, and Cliffs help clear up any areas that I required clarification. Make sure to go through Destroyer thoroughly and more than once, and make sure you read all the choices and explanation, that is where the wealth of info really is.
GC and OC I used my class notes as well as Destroyer and Topscore. Class notes allowed me to review before I jumped in to practice questions. Destroyer gave a great amount of practice. It also was really helpful in terms of the roadmaps which helped me master the reactions as well as get practice for sequence style questions.
PAT - I used Crack DAT PAT, and topscore, and while studying I found the angles to be fine (I would get abt 13/15 angle questions correct) and Top Front End to be the hardest part of the PAT. My actual DAT was the opposite. I found TFE to be fine, and angles were real tricky. Maybe my eyes were getting tired by then? One important heads up for this section, I had 6 cubes, as opposed to 4/5 that I had in most practice exams, which threw me off on time a little, so be prepared for that.
I used 7 out of 15 break minutes to use the bathroom, drink some water and have a cereal bar. One tip I got from a friend that I didn't use was to write down all the math formulas during my break in a corner of my board so that I would have a quick reference, I didnt end up doing that because I just wanted to get the test over with.
RC - I never really used search and destroy or any of those methods in practice tests, so I never really learned them. I would just read the passage and refer back to it when looking for a question. However by the time I got to Rc and saw how tiny the font was for the passages, my eyes were too exhausted, and they seemed so long. So I pretty much ended up using search and destroy.
QR - Here is the story with the 15 in math. First off let me state that math is one of my favorite subjects, and I have succeeded in it all my life. I even took Calculus in high school and did well on AP Calc AB and BC (5, and 3 respectively (btw does anyone know if dental schools accept APs in case they require 2 semesters of math?)). I was getting 18-21 in practice test in math. Pretty much by the end of the exam I was exhausted, my back was hurting, and I got stuck on a few longer problems, so I ran out of time. The worst part is I didn't end up putting in answer choices for A LOT of questions, which I really regret not being more careful about. I kind of kicked myself in the head. Make sure you don't make the same mistake, put an answer for all questions!! Do you guys think this will destroy my chances?
Goodluck!
