PAT: Harder than topscore. Some weird figures.
Keyholes: Some weird figures which I had not seen before but was fine. Comparative to topscore.
Angle ranking: I had the natural for this thing and this is probably what must have saved my scores. I did not use any of the techniques people have said but I just look at the angle and lines and I am able to figure it out and so I didnt change much here and went in with my way.
TFE: Way harder than topscore. People are right when they say you have to imagine the figures now. You cannot figure out using dashed lines and solid lines or counting. It just doesnt work.
Pattern folding: very weird fold and were hard to make out how they have been folded. With that said there were few of them and majority were fine.
Cube counting: Was fine just used the counting method
Folding: This was hard too but mixed with a few simple ones.
I had practised topscore 3-4 times, kaplan blue book, ada 2007. However I did not have the money to spend for crack dat but it is doable without it if you practise alot.
Biology: Totally random like others have said. You need upper level courses for them. Study plant biology, taxonomy, genetics, physiology, embryology. Very few were straight forward compared to the other test I have done. I did topscore, destroyer, kaplan, 3 free datqvault and scored 21 or above in all. Lab questions asking for radioactivity (I was open mouth when I saw this). Topscore is way way easier than the test. Maybe it was my test but even with research background I had questions which I did not know. None of the regular concepts were tested. Dont go in with Allans notes. I knew most of the biology stuff in and out but not much did it show up, except a couple. I would infact say that your class notes are not enough for this section. Maybe it was my test.
Gen Chem: Yes you have to calculate few questions rather than just set it up in equational form as others have said. Lab questions 2-3 and I havent taken the labs yet 🙁. I was like What? You have to know your stuff inside out not just know the formulas or how to solve them. Because most problems I had not seen before in destroyer or topscore. Oh and interestingly you had to calculate everything backward which I found weird. So be prepared to solve and do it fast since time is of essence. I was consistently scoring 21 or 22 on topscore so my score actually dropped.
Orgo: I havent taken orgo as of yet but this section was the easiest but it did have lab questions too. I had not done mass spec as Chad has not covered it so I must have missed it. Chad is great and me not having done orgo and pulling 19 was fine. I was scared of this section but it is easy and doable. I did destroyer, topscore, kaplan blue book, ada 2007. Not much to say here.
Reading: I was good at it and did not have problems with it from the start. Topscore is easier. Most of the questions were search and destroy but some were definitely tone questions. So I had to read the entire passage to answer them. I was getting around 22 on topscore but my scores are lower in the test. The key again is timing so practise. I barely barely finished on time although I dont have a problem with english.
Perceptual ability: Ok. This was a surprise for me. 90% were word problems. Back to back without breaks. In between they throw 1-2 simple questions. I did go through Chads videos and it helped, but not much. Had couple of stats, graphs, area under the curve, conversions (know all- I thought they would test only the usuall ones and provide the rest but I was totally wrong. You have to know all the conversion). Topscore is way easier than this. The word problems took some time for me to solve as most of them you had to construct equations and solve them out, so I had a hard time keeping up with the time and had to rush in the end. I did use the calculator and it worked fine for me without any lags or problems so go ahead and use it. Trig was straight forward. Know word problems back and forth coz they often reverse it on you and be quick. I did not do Maths destroyer as I was doing fine with it on topscore/ destroyer but I was wrong. I was getting around 21 on topscore but the exam was way harder. Do not expect too see simple algebra or rearranging. Most of it was setting them up first using word problems and then solving it.
I dont intend to discourage but at least for my test, most of the questions were ones not covered in destroyer or topscore, kaplan blue book or the ada 2007. I read most of the stuff more my class notes which was way too much for the test (didnt want to take any chances) but apparently didnt help much. Maybe it was my test.
I have had alot of help on this forum so if you have any questions please feel free to ask. I want to thank everyone who answered my questions and helped me out through everything. Overall I am disappointed and very worried right now if I would get any interview call as I really dont want to go through this again.
Thanks.
