So I retook the DAT's yesterday. Im happy for the most part, just hope its good enough for the dental schools. So here it is
Last Year ---------Today
PAT 21 (93%) -------PAT 23 (99%)
QR 17 (64%) --------QR 17 (63%)
RC 16 (17%) --------RC 21 (80%)😀
Biology 20 (87%) ----Biology 19 (75%)
G-Chem 17 (49%)----G-Chem 19 (70%)
O-Chem 20 (81%)----O-Chem 23 (93%)
TS 19 (77%)---------TS 20 (84%)
AA 18 (63%)---------AA 20 (84%)
My GPAs are...
Overall: 3.48
Science: 3.35
I'm hoping the increase in some of the scores will give me a better chance in this cycle. Any feed back would be helpful. I submitted my app August 1st. I applied to 13 schools, 5 in cali (im a cali resident). I just re submitted my dat scores, im hoping it gets to all the school in time. So what do you guys think of my chances??😳
So here is my breakdown:
Bio
I looked at Kaplan blue book and destroyer. Both really helpful but I honestly think this is one section you can fully be prepared for. For the most part kaplan was good enough but there were some questions on there that were just way out there. I suggest some more outside material like Cliffs, seems like everybody says good things about it. But best advice i can give on this sections is know kaplan inside out and ull be able to get a 19/20 easy.
GChem
I think destroyer was pretty good for this section. I never liked gchem so its just not my thing but like i said destroyer helped me the most here. For the most part of the exam it was mathmatical based questions so that ate up alot of time.
OChem
I thought this was the eaiest section. I read over kaplan alot but once again destroyer was key hear. the road maps were a good refresher and helped make a foundation for all the reactions. There were a few Cnmr and some questions about using the correct instrument in a ochem lab. all in all kaplan and destroyer are enough for this sections.
PAT
The best way to prepare for this is just doing alot of practice questions. You start to see a little bit of a pattern after awhile. I thought the PAT was alot easier this time around then last time.
QR
Cant offer much advice on this section. Math just isnt my thing. One thing i could sy is that there were a good amount of word problems so be prepared for those.
RC
This was the main reason i retook the DAT. I think where i went wrong in the first test was that i used kaplans method. It didnt work for me. This time around i just read through it and answered the questions at the end. This method helped out alot with the ethics and tone questions.
Materials used:
Kaplan blue book, Topscore, Destroyer.
So thats my two cents. If any one has any questions I'd love to help out. hope to hear from you guys.
Last Year ---------Today
PAT 21 (93%) -------PAT 23 (99%)
QR 17 (64%) --------QR 17 (63%)
RC 16 (17%) --------RC 21 (80%)😀
Biology 20 (87%) ----Biology 19 (75%)
G-Chem 17 (49%)----G-Chem 19 (70%)
O-Chem 20 (81%)----O-Chem 23 (93%)
TS 19 (77%)---------TS 20 (84%)
AA 18 (63%)---------AA 20 (84%)
My GPAs are...
Overall: 3.48
Science: 3.35
I'm hoping the increase in some of the scores will give me a better chance in this cycle. Any feed back would be helpful. I submitted my app August 1st. I applied to 13 schools, 5 in cali (im a cali resident). I just re submitted my dat scores, im hoping it gets to all the school in time. So what do you guys think of my chances??😳
So here is my breakdown:
Bio
I looked at Kaplan blue book and destroyer. Both really helpful but I honestly think this is one section you can fully be prepared for. For the most part kaplan was good enough but there were some questions on there that were just way out there. I suggest some more outside material like Cliffs, seems like everybody says good things about it. But best advice i can give on this sections is know kaplan inside out and ull be able to get a 19/20 easy.
GChem
I think destroyer was pretty good for this section. I never liked gchem so its just not my thing but like i said destroyer helped me the most here. For the most part of the exam it was mathmatical based questions so that ate up alot of time.
OChem
I thought this was the eaiest section. I read over kaplan alot but once again destroyer was key hear. the road maps were a good refresher and helped make a foundation for all the reactions. There were a few Cnmr and some questions about using the correct instrument in a ochem lab. all in all kaplan and destroyer are enough for this sections.
PAT
The best way to prepare for this is just doing alot of practice questions. You start to see a little bit of a pattern after awhile. I thought the PAT was alot easier this time around then last time.
QR
Cant offer much advice on this section. Math just isnt my thing. One thing i could sy is that there were a good amount of word problems so be prepared for those.
RC
This was the main reason i retook the DAT. I think where i went wrong in the first test was that i used kaplans method. It didnt work for me. This time around i just read through it and answered the questions at the end. This method helped out alot with the ethics and tone questions.
Materials used:
Kaplan blue book, Topscore, Destroyer.
So thats my two cents. If any one has any questions I'd love to help out. hope to hear from you guys.
