DAT DONE, AA=23, but QR=17

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Took my DAT today, here's the breakdown

PAT: 23
QR: 17
RC: 24
BIOL: 26
GCHEM: 20
OCHEM: 26
TS: 23
AA: 23

So, i think overall the scores are good, but does having a QR of 17 hurt my application? any thoughts? (i'm not gloating -- i really would like input from anyone who has had a wide score spread).

thanks
 
I dont think it should really matter much b/c it was your only weakness and you did pretttty well on your other sections! Congrats!
 
Practice Test - Kaplan Online Test - taken 8-17-09 (i took the course, these scores were pretty consistent throughout my studying)

BIOL: 18
GCHEM: 15 - i haven't taken chemistry in over 5 years
OCHEM: 20
PAT: 24
RC: 22
QR: 16 - i never realized how heavily i relied on calculators 🙁
TS: 18
AA: 18

i think the practice tests were generally "harder" than the DAT i took today. However, i definitely ran out of time on QR and just punched in random letters for at least 8 problems.
 
how did u study for bio... congrats on gr8 scores///

kaplan course. yes, the lectures are a complete waste of time, but the online materials are pretty good. i also supplemented the biol with Barron's AP.

i bought a bunch of practice tests off of ebay too.

in all, i think i took 11 practice tests before the actual test.
 
ok, so i took the kaplan course, and it has it's good and bad points. i won't go too deeply into it as other forums already explore this topic (i will, however, reiterate that the in-class lectures are a waste of time), so here's what i did:

Biology: All of the kaplan online workshops and flashcards + Barron's AP Biology. Kaplan's biology isn't too thorough though. supplement with Barron's or some other Anatomy/Physiology book.

GenChem: Kaplan was enough for me - i haven't done genchem in 5 years or so, and i thought it covered all the bases.

Ochem: Kaplan was so so, but i just finished second semester Ochem, so i had to study my a** off for the ACS exam. the ACS Studyguide is definately topnotch DAT practice.

PAT: kaplan. pretty standard i'm sure. i used to be an engineering and drafter, so all the angles and 3d stuff is second nature. Kaplan angles are too easy though - on test day, there were angle questions in which every angle seemed to be identical. so definitely use CrackthePat or whatever to supplement.

RC: This is defininately one of Kaplan's strong points. the passages imo were definately more challenging than the passages i had test day.

QR: i didn't spend too much time studying for this section as my score reveals. just kaplan, but there are definately better sources (DAT Destroyer).

i also took the Barron's Dat Full-Length tests - good, tough questions.
 
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