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thanks to all for answer questions and giving advice. to give back i can give a little feedback and answer any questions anyone has.
i havnt been outta my room for two months and it finally is over, good or bad.
Last night I couldnt even sleep. It was horrible. Plus I froze! My entire lower back hurt like hell during the entire exam 😡. But the atmosphere at the prometrics center was good and calming, I was able to relax and concentrate (Culver city, CA).
PAT 19😱
QR 19🙁
RC 17🙁
Bio 18🙁
Ochem 21
Gchem 21
AA: 19
TS: 20
Bio: So freaking random. Like I have seen here previously, there were only few questions that were straight out of my notes. there were like 6 genetics Qs, which I hate. Overall this was the hardest section. I spent most time studying for this section and felt like I had a good grasp.
Gchem: Few tough calculations but overall wasnt too bad. Boosted up my confidence after I got depressed from marking about 10 Qs in bio. Just general chem stuff, acidity, baseicity, properties. G chem stuff, if you study, you should do well because it cannot be as BROAD as bio is.
Ochem: Wasnt too difficult either. Few 3 or 4 step reaction sequesnce. Basic properties. Again, if you study your reactions and properties of compounds you will be fine. I would suggest that you learn the names of reactions... claisen, aldol etc. I had like 5 Qs where it referred to reactions by name. Know nomenclature!!
PAT: Definitely more difficult than topscore, except cubes. I had like 5 and 4 of em were pretty simple. Hole punching was pretty complex. I drew the boxes on my scratch paper and tried to fill as many holes as I worked my way back. Angles are just angles, some r almost identical. Pattern folding was okay. This section was my strength and i didnt deliver to my expectations🙁
RC: SnD + Reading. Normal topics but this section was my weakness so 17 is understandable even though I expected hire...
QT: Again another section that I was very comfortable in. I was hoping to get at least mid 20 but... know algebra! and sometimes use your brain to eliminate obvious answers. I had tons of word problems that took time to sketch out. This section isnt crazy though, just study your algebras and trig functions, know the formulas for volumes areas.. etc you will be fine. Move quickly to answer as many easy questions as you can.
**The stupid calculate would drive me CRAZY! every time I had to press clear to type in new numbers and I couldnt use the keypad to put number in. So i would always do a sequence of calculations few time because I would forget to clear every single time. when you are practicing, use your mouse to click on the numbers and clear just so you get used to this system.
I used sucky material from Princeton Review. Their stuff had TONS of mistakes. Sometimes when i got something wrong, I couldnt trust their answers and it was very frustrating. I took 3 topscores and 1 acheiver, even though I purchased 5... I know achiever sounds tough, but if you have time, DO all of em. It is really good practice.
I also got Barrons... another stupid book with stupid tests full of mistakes. avoid!
My studying was interrupted midway and so I ran out of time. So dont let anything get between U and preparing. One month extensive studying u will be fine! Let me know if you have any questions.
i havnt been outta my room for two months and it finally is over, good or bad.
Last night I couldnt even sleep. It was horrible. Plus I froze! My entire lower back hurt like hell during the entire exam 😡. But the atmosphere at the prometrics center was good and calming, I was able to relax and concentrate (Culver city, CA).
PAT 19😱
QR 19🙁
RC 17🙁
Bio 18🙁
Ochem 21
Gchem 21
AA: 19
TS: 20
Bio: So freaking random. Like I have seen here previously, there were only few questions that were straight out of my notes. there were like 6 genetics Qs, which I hate. Overall this was the hardest section. I spent most time studying for this section and felt like I had a good grasp.
Gchem: Few tough calculations but overall wasnt too bad. Boosted up my confidence after I got depressed from marking about 10 Qs in bio. Just general chem stuff, acidity, baseicity, properties. G chem stuff, if you study, you should do well because it cannot be as BROAD as bio is.
Ochem: Wasnt too difficult either. Few 3 or 4 step reaction sequesnce. Basic properties. Again, if you study your reactions and properties of compounds you will be fine. I would suggest that you learn the names of reactions... claisen, aldol etc. I had like 5 Qs where it referred to reactions by name. Know nomenclature!!
PAT: Definitely more difficult than topscore, except cubes. I had like 5 and 4 of em were pretty simple. Hole punching was pretty complex. I drew the boxes on my scratch paper and tried to fill as many holes as I worked my way back. Angles are just angles, some r almost identical. Pattern folding was okay. This section was my strength and i didnt deliver to my expectations🙁
RC: SnD + Reading. Normal topics but this section was my weakness so 17 is understandable even though I expected hire...
QT: Again another section that I was very comfortable in. I was hoping to get at least mid 20 but... know algebra! and sometimes use your brain to eliminate obvious answers. I had tons of word problems that took time to sketch out. This section isnt crazy though, just study your algebras and trig functions, know the formulas for volumes areas.. etc you will be fine. Move quickly to answer as many easy questions as you can.
**The stupid calculate would drive me CRAZY! every time I had to press clear to type in new numbers and I couldnt use the keypad to put number in. So i would always do a sequence of calculations few time because I would forget to clear every single time. when you are practicing, use your mouse to click on the numbers and clear just so you get used to this system.
I used sucky material from Princeton Review. Their stuff had TONS of mistakes. Sometimes when i got something wrong, I couldnt trust their answers and it was very frustrating. I took 3 topscores and 1 acheiver, even though I purchased 5... I know achiever sounds tough, but if you have time, DO all of em. It is really good practice.
I also got Barrons... another stupid book with stupid tests full of mistakes. avoid!
My studying was interrupted midway and so I ran out of time. So dont let anything get between U and preparing. One month extensive studying u will be fine! Let me know if you have any questions.
