finally took the dreaded DAT. Here are my breakdowns.
PA 18 /54.2
QR 21 /96.4
RC 20/ 64.3
Bio 24/ 98.9
GC 24/97.7
OC 27/ 98.7
TS 25/ 99.5
AA 23/ 98.7
Overall I am happy, scoring what I thought I would score. However, I am disappointed in my PAT score(wanted a 20 minimum), but I guess it could be worse. From what I have noticed, the DAT is kinda whack. They ask extremely easy questions sometimes and they ask random hard questions. Very unpredictable....
PAT: Sources used. top score( a lil bit), dat achiever (a lil bit), cdp mostly. cdp is a very useful source as it is the best way to gain practice and see progress in your perceptual ability. PAT i feel very uncomfortable with bc I dont see the same repetition of questions. every problem is different.
i know people want to see how the real compares to the cdp and other programs. cdps keyholes are easier(More obvious what right answer is). TFE is nearly identical(and cdp helped me the most with this). Hole punching is easier than cdp and angles were slightly easier. pattern folding is harder again bc cdp makes answer choices more obvious. What messed me with was my cube counting and this is what separated me from the 20 that I wanted. when I hit the next button, I lost track of which figure that I used and didnt realized that they switched figures in my state of stress. stupid mistake, I was like......wait I thought I answered this before. too bad, bc i nailed cubes on practice tests.
Reading: Used CDR and did one top score test. I actually scored a 29 in a top score test which I knew was an aberration. I was never a crazy reader and my real score was the real representation of where I was at. CDR is the best practice as a lot of those passages match the style and question types you see.
Biology: get your hands on as many sources as possible. For reading material get cliffs bio and barrons ap bio. if you have time try to find someoe who has condensed the campbells book. a lot of practice tests(top score for sure directly gets questions from this book) I did destroyer, datqvault, and all of topscore tests for questions.. Do not get upset if any practice tests here. no single practice test can be a representative of the real dat. in fact the more you get wrong in practice tests the more you can add to your knowledge base. I averaged a lil over a 20 in datqvault and did all three top score tests with a 19,21, 18. I can not emphasis enough how good of a resource DAT Destroyer is here. So many random questions were from there near verbatim. datqvault also helped, but dont remember specific questions that it helped here.
Gen Chem: questions ranged from extremely easy to really random. DAT Destroyer is definitely good here, but the real test doesnt go into the extend of calculation problems. very few keq kind of problems on real test, sort of wanted more of that bc thats what i focused on. there were a lot of random conceptual questions. real whack honestly. did all three top score tests as well.
O chem: Do Destroyer and Chads videos. I should have added that to gen chem. specificially there was a lab question directly from destroyer about separating isomers. very typical questions that you normally see. now too hard honestly.
QR: this is the most mysterious questions. they take easy high school math and nobody that i have seen posting has been scoring like perfect. this section is WAY harder than anything I have seen on practice tests. I used CDM and Destroyer, both which were helpful. Destroyer is helpful for speciifc statistic questions. I was getting perfect scores in CDM and getting 28-30. the problems that were put on the real thing were much harder and it was much harder to manage time.
well thats all folks. feel free to post and give me feedback. I am applying to a ton of schools, need to finalize my app still crossing my fingers that ill get in this cycle even tho its very late.
PA 18 /54.2
QR 21 /96.4
RC 20/ 64.3
Bio 24/ 98.9
GC 24/97.7
OC 27/ 98.7
TS 25/ 99.5
AA 23/ 98.7
Overall I am happy, scoring what I thought I would score. However, I am disappointed in my PAT score(wanted a 20 minimum), but I guess it could be worse. From what I have noticed, the DAT is kinda whack. They ask extremely easy questions sometimes and they ask random hard questions. Very unpredictable....
PAT: Sources used. top score( a lil bit), dat achiever (a lil bit), cdp mostly. cdp is a very useful source as it is the best way to gain practice and see progress in your perceptual ability. PAT i feel very uncomfortable with bc I dont see the same repetition of questions. every problem is different.
i know people want to see how the real compares to the cdp and other programs. cdps keyholes are easier(More obvious what right answer is). TFE is nearly identical(and cdp helped me the most with this). Hole punching is easier than cdp and angles were slightly easier. pattern folding is harder again bc cdp makes answer choices more obvious. What messed me with was my cube counting and this is what separated me from the 20 that I wanted. when I hit the next button, I lost track of which figure that I used and didnt realized that they switched figures in my state of stress. stupid mistake, I was like......wait I thought I answered this before. too bad, bc i nailed cubes on practice tests.
Reading: Used CDR and did one top score test. I actually scored a 29 in a top score test which I knew was an aberration. I was never a crazy reader and my real score was the real representation of where I was at. CDR is the best practice as a lot of those passages match the style and question types you see.
Biology: get your hands on as many sources as possible. For reading material get cliffs bio and barrons ap bio. if you have time try to find someoe who has condensed the campbells book. a lot of practice tests(top score for sure directly gets questions from this book) I did destroyer, datqvault, and all of topscore tests for questions.. Do not get upset if any practice tests here. no single practice test can be a representative of the real dat. in fact the more you get wrong in practice tests the more you can add to your knowledge base. I averaged a lil over a 20 in datqvault and did all three top score tests with a 19,21, 18. I can not emphasis enough how good of a resource DAT Destroyer is here. So many random questions were from there near verbatim. datqvault also helped, but dont remember specific questions that it helped here.
Gen Chem: questions ranged from extremely easy to really random. DAT Destroyer is definitely good here, but the real test doesnt go into the extend of calculation problems. very few keq kind of problems on real test, sort of wanted more of that bc thats what i focused on. there were a lot of random conceptual questions. real whack honestly. did all three top score tests as well.
O chem: Do Destroyer and Chads videos. I should have added that to gen chem. specificially there was a lab question directly from destroyer about separating isomers. very typical questions that you normally see. now too hard honestly.
QR: this is the most mysterious questions. they take easy high school math and nobody that i have seen posting has been scoring like perfect. this section is WAY harder than anything I have seen on practice tests. I used CDM and Destroyer, both which were helpful. Destroyer is helpful for speciifc statistic questions. I was getting perfect scores in CDM and getting 28-30. the problems that were put on the real thing were much harder and it was much harder to manage time.
well thats all folks. feel free to post and give me feedback. I am applying to a ton of schools, need to finalize my app still crossing my fingers that ill get in this cycle even tho its very late.
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. Great job dude! Taking mine soon.
