Dat Done 8/20
Started by Ramil
Hey check my threads out. I was feeling the same way you were and then I started asking around after I bombed my dat. I am taking it again on the 2nd of september and the people on this forumn are great. They helped sooooo much and I feel really confident going into this test. All I have to say is you have to put in the time and study. I sucked at bio, so I read the whole cambells book. Wish me well on my test, but hang in there, it could only get better
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here i will be honest with you guys....i took kaplan course from may to june..i took no summer school and i studied here and there. i have a problem sitting my ass down and studying alone. i just get bored i don't know why. Honestly i studied 2 weeks very hard before the test..i mean everyday. i just used the kaplan stuff. i think their bio section sux bad. the PAT is ok, the holepunching is difinitly harder on the real test. By the way i'm an immigrant who moved to the U.S 6 years ago, so no matter how hard i try on my RC hahahaha all i can do is smile when i see the passage cuz i know i'm screwed by mothernature.
im also an immigrant and terrible at reading. but some how i got through the DAT.
i also have the same problem i cant sit my ass down and study. USE CAFFINE it works for some people.. im sure since you got low scores this time you will already have enough motivation to do better and study for longer periods of times... you need to have focus for minimum of 2 hours to not get tired on the DAT. and then break and then some more....... practice this with topscore and achiever.
study schedule??
Study Kaplan, GC, OC, QR, RC and PAT........ although some of it is not like the real test, it isn't too bad.
Now its time to study Bio.... I read Schuam's biology review cover to cover... but the AP cliffs book is also good enough ... schuam's goes into minute detail(not needed)
after you do this.. sign up for DAT again (i don't know how long the study listed above will take you)
after you sign up for dat.... do topscore, and achiever (don't let their scores discourage you, as I was scoring 15-18 avg on all the sections)
understand why you got the questions wrong on topscore and achiever
once you have done the first two tests in Topscore and Achiever... start practicing on the DAT destroyer book (it will really destroy your confidence... but i found it a valuable study source. I was missing 5 out of 10 questions in it) finish the entire destroyer... keep pushing the DAT date back if you have to.
once you have finished the destroyer... do the last test on topscore and achiever. then take the DAT later that week.
some how you will have to sit your ass down and study for extended periods of time.... the study listed above took me about 1 year to do...
since you dont have the test takeing stamina... it hurts your other scores which come later in the test, like OC or QR or even RC.. once you get used to reading for extended periods of time, your overall score will improve. I did this by forcing my self to read anything i could get my hands on, from reading novels and news, to reading SDN and schuam's.
Good luck...
i also have the same problem i cant sit my ass down and study. USE CAFFINE it works for some people.. im sure since you got low scores this time you will already have enough motivation to do better and study for longer periods of times... you need to have focus for minimum of 2 hours to not get tired on the DAT. and then break and then some more....... practice this with topscore and achiever.
study schedule??
Study Kaplan, GC, OC, QR, RC and PAT........ although some of it is not like the real test, it isn't too bad.
Now its time to study Bio.... I read Schuam's biology review cover to cover... but the AP cliffs book is also good enough ... schuam's goes into minute detail(not needed)
after you do this.. sign up for DAT again (i don't know how long the study listed above will take you)
after you sign up for dat.... do topscore, and achiever (don't let their scores discourage you, as I was scoring 15-18 avg on all the sections)
understand why you got the questions wrong on topscore and achiever
once you have done the first two tests in Topscore and Achiever... start practicing on the DAT destroyer book (it will really destroy your confidence... but i found it a valuable study source. I was missing 5 out of 10 questions in it) finish the entire destroyer... keep pushing the DAT date back if you have to.
once you have finished the destroyer... do the last test on topscore and achiever. then take the DAT later that week.
some how you will have to sit your ass down and study for extended periods of time.... the study listed above took me about 1 year to do...
since you dont have the test takeing stamina... it hurts your other scores which come later in the test, like OC or QR or even RC.. once you get used to reading for extended periods of time, your overall score will improve. I did this by forcing my self to read anything i could get my hands on, from reading novels and news, to reading SDN and schuam's.
Good luck...
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your story sounds very similar to my experience last year around this time. I studied my %$&*! off this summer and scored much much higher than I ever thought I would. If dentistry is something you really want then you can make yourself put in the time and get that score up. Don't get discouraged but use this as a learning experience. I wish you the best of luck and let me know if you have any questions as I would be glad to help out.
you guys are the best thank you all so much for helping me out. I really love dentistry, i cant let a number ruin how i feel about this career.
how do i get destroyer and all that stuff. By the way my weak areas in PAT are hole punching and paper folding....i got raped... and also guys how often can i take the DAT??? is it every 3 months? and do you guys think i should still send my application in or no.
how do i get destroyer and all that stuff. By the way my weak areas in PAT are hole punching and paper folding....i got raped... and also guys how often can i take the DAT??? is it every 3 months? and do you guys think i should still send my application in or no.
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yes i did do 3 practice tests...that were on the online portion of the kaplan course.....honestly i didn't study enough, i studied hard the two weeks before the exam. i'm attneding CSU stanislaus currently and i will get my B.S in bio next year.
your scores simply show that you werent ready! you just have to put the time and study more materials and not just kaplan!, how come you didnt study destroyer? and a nice logo by the way! ive got a 330ci myself! what nationality are you from?
yes 90 days for a retake. I would try to study with a study partner, maybe that will help ya out. Thats what I needed so I wouldn't drift off at times😀
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Get more study materials for the sciences, like schaums, or cliffs, get Crack DAT! I also used old textbooks from college to help. Good luck!👍
