DAT DOne, what do I do about the math :(

[pauly11235]

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Happy to be done after 2.5 months of studying. This was my retake so I am pretty Happy.

DAT first time: 8/04/08 DAT 2nd times the charm: 8/20/09
PA: 17 ----->23
QR: 17 ----->16
RC: 17 ----->18
Bio: 17 -----> 20
G chem: 21 -----> 23
Orgo: 20 ----->26
TS: 19 ----->22
AA:18 -----> 21

BIO: very straightforward except for a few problems. Kind of rough on those few problems. It has always been the most random section. I used Destroyer, cliffs, top score, achiever, wikipedia.

G Chem: EASSYYYY! I dont know where I got the 2 questions wrong that brought be down to a 23 but eh. This is easier than topscore< way easier than achiever, Destroyer is the best for this section because it was so on target.

ORGO: the most random section on my test. Weird problems that I have never seen before. This has always been my strongest subject. If you know the concepts well in both orgo and g chem than you should not be doing too bad. They really can't trick you very hard on these sections.

The rest of the test was pretty easy except for that fact that I have never been a math guy. Honestly it's not hard, it's the timing.

Sources: Destroyer is what really gave me my science score. It's amazing. I also used cliffs AP BIO (great book for solidifying facts), Kaplan Blue book, Topscore, achiever, and a **** load of Wikipedia. Math destroyer was really good as well. Had a lot of very similar problems on my real test.

My Achiever tests were all 18AA, 19 sciences, 17-18 on PAT
Crack DAT PAT was amazing for the PAT. I had so many replica problems on my real test. 19-23 I average about a 21 on every test though. Real test is easier so don't worry about it. I thought the only hard part on PAT from the real test was the pattern folding. Everything is pretty simple especially cube counting, you shoul not be getting any wrong in cube counting.

My Top score all 3 AA were 21 so I thought it was very realistic to the real test disregarding math and reading becasue they are way easier on topscore. TOPscore test 3 (21/22/23) exactly the same as the real test.

Finally, I am just overal nervous about math. I know people here have had some toruble with it but I dont know what to do about it now. Do you think that it will be ok?

I am a NY resident, 3.5 GPA, 3.1 sGPA, over 400 hours of volunteering in dentistry and over 200 hours volunteer in hospitals and elsewhere.

thanks for the input guys!

 

[SilverTornado]

Niceee scores you killed the science!!

Quick q... what did you think was harder on the real DAT compared to topscore reading?

btw I dont think your qr is gonna be tooo much of a problem its the least imp section and u did really well everywhere else so dont worry about it.
Gluck with the rest of your application process =)

 

[WOAHHI]

Do you think achiever was worth it even though it was not like the real thing? Do the extra hard problems help at all or are they just annoying?

 

[SupArora]

pauly11235 :HI great scores. I just took my DAT but bombed PAT so will have to retake.. other than that y scores were pretty good. So u took your second DAT after an year right? I am confused what to do/// I am taking very hard classes this fall, so can't study for the DAT but at the same time dont wanna start from scratch next year. In your opinion what shud I do? I would appreciate your help.

 

[The Anhedonia]

nice scores 🙂

i too have a crummy QR score because i ran out of time.
your AA is more than enough to compensate though. congrats!👍

 

[pauly11235]

1st of all, the actual DAT reading i thought was muchhhhh harder than the topscore and achiever exams. achiever exams are good for reading and math but for 2 years in a row, i took topscore test number 3 in full and i got the same AA and TS on my real test as that test. so you guys should do that.

Honestly i would reccomend you tkae some normal classes in college like some biochem and genetics. ye it hard but a friend of mine who took those classes in undergrad studied like 80% less than me and did well too becasue he tok all those classes in school.

 

[The Anhedonia]

kaplan's RC is actually really good. i think their samples were much harder than the actual DAT.

 

[pauly11235]

I forgot to mention that I used some Mcat books as well. those really really help. You guys will fly by the actuall DAT in sciences. I had about 17 minutes left after i finished my last question. i guess i went back and changed the wrong answers though 🙁