You did great! Don't take this the wrong way, but if you could do it all over, how would you have prepared differently for math and bio?
My main problem with Bio is that I have never taken a lot of the plant bio, taxonomy, evolution, etc classes. Because of this, I had a lot to learn on my own. If I could do it all over again, I would have made more flash cards that contained more detail regarding these subjects.
For math, I relied too much on DatQvault, which was a good source, but didn't prepare me enough. I should have used Math Destroyer more in my studies, because the QR section of the real DAT highly resembled MD.
Whattt... 29 on the PAT?!?!? Dudeeeee, what is your secret?
For the PAT, I just used CDP and found the techniques that worked best for me to get the best scores possible.
Great scores.. Congratulation..I have four more days to go..Do you have any last minute advice? Did you use topscore or achiever and if you did what is your opinion on those practice tests? Also, do you think studying Chemistry solely on Chad and Destroyer was enough for prepration? One last question, what was your strategy for RC?
Just keep studying in your weak areas. I didn't use Topscore or Achiever, I just used CDP and DatQvault for practice tests. I thought that DatQvault was great in most areas. For the RC, I thought that DatQvault was right on. I was averaging a 21 on the practice tests, and got a 20. For OC and GC, I also thought that it portrayed very similar types of questions as to what will be seen on the DAT. Interestingly, I was averaging a 19 on GC and a 20 on OC, and got a 23 and 28. The Bio section was also accurate, I averaged a 17-19 and got an 18. I just felt that the QR section was very misleading. I was averaging 21-22 on the practice tests, and got a 18. The questions on the real DAT were a lot harder, resembling more of Math Destroyer.
For the OC and GC sections, I watched Chad's videos one time through and I took very good notes on his outlines. Then I just did Destroyer a lot! Between those 2 things, and the DatQvault, I felt VERY prepared for the OC and GC sections. And those are the 2 sections that saved my score.
For RC, I basically used a form of Search and Destroy. While I was searching for 1-2 different questions, I would read the passage to get an overall idea. So I would be answering questions and reading at the same time. I think the key here is to do what works for you. Reading Comprehension is more of a skill that is developed overtime, and there really isn't a BEST way to cram/quickly prepare for this section.
