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I cannot describe how I feel right now. I'm still in shock and sooo thankful.
First of all I want to say there is NO WAY I could have get these scores without the help of others and the breakdowns threads of this forum. In fact it would have been impossible, because I would have never found out about the best study material for this test, which is the number one important thing for this test. so thank you thank you thank you, no matter how many times I say it, still not enough!
Okay so this is the third time I have taken DAT and all I could say again it all depends on which prep material you studied. I only studied Kaplan for the first time and I got 17! I'm nothing especial, I'm not smart and most importantly I had anxiety problems since childhood and anxiety is YOUR biggest enemy when doing this test! sooo moral of story if I could do it, seriously anyone can do it, it just takes some hard work. you do not have to be super smart in order to do good on this test . you JUST have to work hard AND study the best prep materials.. (DAT DESTROYER and CHAD VIDEOS)
1st time
BIO 15
GEN 16
ORGO 19
PAT 16
RC 19
QR 15
AA 17
2nd time
BIO 19
GEN 18
ORGO 19
PAT 15
QR 14
AA 17
3rd time
BIO 19
GEN 23
ORGO 22
PAT 19
RC 19
QR 20
AA 21 😍
Bio: DAT Destroyer, AP cliff notes, alans notes, bangity notes(thank you so much bangity, you are awesome),DATQvault and CHAD Bio.
okay I know DAT Destroyer by heart and If I got 19 that just tells you how random and tough it could be. It was really random and I really don't know the key to this section, all I could say study as much as Bio materials as you can.
Gen Chem: DAT Destroyer, Chad Videos and quizes( Of course CHAD is going to be here 🙂 ), GenQuvault. Real DAT Gen Chem is much easier than DAT destroyer but you should def do destroyer as many times as you can because it just makes the questions in DAT easier and you will be more prepared. Def watch Chad videos and do the his quizes.
Organic Chemistry: DAT Destroyer, Chad videos and quizes, OrgoQvault. My favorite section, I actually thought I'm gonna get 30 on it haha I have done DAT destroyer several times, so this section was a piece of cake for me, (easiest section of the whole DAT!)
PAT: okay angles are probably the reason I got 19. It was easier than CDP but still hard. hole punching much easier than CDP. TFE little bit harder than CDP, I notice that they put the answers on top so you cant easily match the lines, probably the reason that It was hard for me, cause I always match the lines. Key holes, I heard alot of people say that its hard but it was actually not bad at all. cube counting, sooo much easier than CDP. folding i think it was similar to CDP.
Reading: I did like 3 Quvault test but I stopped cause the passages were too long(in real DAT its only 12-14 paragraphs), I did all the topscore Reading and its actually really similar to real DAT except add couple of tone questions. okay English is my second language so this section was tough again. I did search and destroy but before I started answering questions, I went to each paragraph and wrote down the key topic for each one, so when I see the questions, I know where to look for. I'm sooo happy for my Reading score, I expected to get lower.
QR: Math Destroyer, CHAD videos, Qvault
okay this was probably the toughest section for me since I always suck at math, I'm really good at algebra but world problems are my weakness! If you know math destroyer, you will do amazing in this section. The most important trick that I discovered for this section is to skippp the hard ones! I literally skipped any world problems that were too long and just did the algebra. For the world problems I probably would have figured out the answer but it just takes sooo much time.
I did all topscores practice tests( AA 19,20,20)
This is a huge accomplishment for me and I hope this will inspire other 3rd times takers. Today is probably the happiest day of my life and I have to keep reminding myself that I'm not dreaming.
First of all I want to say there is NO WAY I could have get these scores without the help of others and the breakdowns threads of this forum. In fact it would have been impossible, because I would have never found out about the best study material for this test, which is the number one important thing for this test. so thank you thank you thank you, no matter how many times I say it, still not enough!
Okay so this is the third time I have taken DAT and all I could say again it all depends on which prep material you studied. I only studied Kaplan for the first time and I got 17! I'm nothing especial, I'm not smart and most importantly I had anxiety problems since childhood and anxiety is YOUR biggest enemy when doing this test! sooo moral of story if I could do it, seriously anyone can do it, it just takes some hard work. you do not have to be super smart in order to do good on this test . you JUST have to work hard AND study the best prep materials.. (DAT DESTROYER and CHAD VIDEOS)
1st time
BIO 15
GEN 16
ORGO 19
PAT 16
RC 19
QR 15
AA 17
2nd time
BIO 19
GEN 18
ORGO 19
PAT 15
QR 14
AA 17
3rd time
BIO 19
GEN 23
ORGO 22
PAT 19
RC 19
QR 20
AA 21 😍
Bio: DAT Destroyer, AP cliff notes, alans notes, bangity notes(thank you so much bangity, you are awesome),DATQvault and CHAD Bio.
okay I know DAT Destroyer by heart and If I got 19 that just tells you how random and tough it could be. It was really random and I really don't know the key to this section, all I could say study as much as Bio materials as you can.
Gen Chem: DAT Destroyer, Chad Videos and quizes( Of course CHAD is going to be here 🙂 ), GenQuvault. Real DAT Gen Chem is much easier than DAT destroyer but you should def do destroyer as many times as you can because it just makes the questions in DAT easier and you will be more prepared. Def watch Chad videos and do the his quizes.
Organic Chemistry: DAT Destroyer, Chad videos and quizes, OrgoQvault. My favorite section, I actually thought I'm gonna get 30 on it haha I have done DAT destroyer several times, so this section was a piece of cake for me, (easiest section of the whole DAT!)
PAT: okay angles are probably the reason I got 19. It was easier than CDP but still hard. hole punching much easier than CDP. TFE little bit harder than CDP, I notice that they put the answers on top so you cant easily match the lines, probably the reason that It was hard for me, cause I always match the lines. Key holes, I heard alot of people say that its hard but it was actually not bad at all. cube counting, sooo much easier than CDP. folding i think it was similar to CDP.
Reading: I did like 3 Quvault test but I stopped cause the passages were too long(in real DAT its only 12-14 paragraphs), I did all the topscore Reading and its actually really similar to real DAT except add couple of tone questions. okay English is my second language so this section was tough again. I did search and destroy but before I started answering questions, I went to each paragraph and wrote down the key topic for each one, so when I see the questions, I know where to look for. I'm sooo happy for my Reading score, I expected to get lower.
QR: Math Destroyer, CHAD videos, Qvault
okay this was probably the toughest section for me since I always suck at math, I'm really good at algebra but world problems are my weakness! If you know math destroyer, you will do amazing in this section. The most important trick that I discovered for this section is to skippp the hard ones! I literally skipped any world problems that were too long and just did the algebra. For the world problems I probably would have figured out the answer but it just takes sooo much time.
I did all topscores practice tests( AA 19,20,20)
This is a huge accomplishment for me and I hope this will inspire other 3rd times takers. Today is probably the happiest day of my life and I have to keep reminding myself that I'm not dreaming.
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nice job! Congrats!
hopefully this will be my year!
