This was my 2nd time taking the DAT and i did a lot better 😀
here are my scores
PAT:25 😀
QR:16 (oops)
RC: 23
BIO:20
GC:19
OC:20
TS:20
AA:20
The first time around i did horrible in sciences. i based my studying around kaplan's review book(which i do not recommend). this time i borrowed my brother's MCAT princeton review book for gchem and bio. i thought they were awesome. of course it doesnt have any plant stuff in it but i just supplemented that with the kaplan review book. the princeton review books were short but in depth and really easy to understand. i felt like the kaplan review book was too general - didnt cover any specifics (if it did i felt like they were specifics you didn't need to know) i also used topscore pro for practice tests both times. my scores on topscore were of course a higher or the same (except for my PAT) topscore was a good simulation of the test setup but a little easier sciences. for RC like everyone says there were a few tone or "what did the author mean by..." type of questions per passage which topscore has none of. i didn't do much preparation for the RC and QR. i just took the practice tests in topscore. i probably should have practiced QR a little more, seeing as i got a 16 (10.9%) T.T horrible. i ran out of time with like 4 questions left so i had to guess. hopefully this wont hurt me too bad
for PAT i really just did 2 of the topscore practice tests. i actually scored lower on the topscore (20,23) than on the actual DAT. who knows, im not complaining. they seemed about the same difficulty level to me...
so what do u guys think my chances are for getting in SOMEWHERE? biggest problem is that my gpa is not so good 🙁
sci gpa: 2.9
overall: 3.1
i should probably add that i studied for about 2 and a half months before the test. about 4 hours ~5 days a week the first month and a half and then as much as i could, everyday (ranging from 6-7hrs) the 2nd month. I started taking my topscore practice tests 2 weeks before my exam date. I know everyone has said that you shouldn't wait till the end to take your practice tests, but this was my second time around, so i knew what the tests were like. The last 3-4 days before my test i basically just reviewed all my notes/flash cards. it was definitely not easy to study so much everyday during the summer(for the 2nd summer in a row), but it all paid off! 😀
here are my scores
PAT:25 😀
QR:16 (oops)
RC: 23
BIO:20
GC:19
OC:20
TS:20
AA:20
The first time around i did horrible in sciences. i based my studying around kaplan's review book(which i do not recommend). this time i borrowed my brother's MCAT princeton review book for gchem and bio. i thought they were awesome. of course it doesnt have any plant stuff in it but i just supplemented that with the kaplan review book. the princeton review books were short but in depth and really easy to understand. i felt like the kaplan review book was too general - didnt cover any specifics (if it did i felt like they were specifics you didn't need to know) i also used topscore pro for practice tests both times. my scores on topscore were of course a higher or the same (except for my PAT) topscore was a good simulation of the test setup but a little easier sciences. for RC like everyone says there were a few tone or "what did the author mean by..." type of questions per passage which topscore has none of. i didn't do much preparation for the RC and QR. i just took the practice tests in topscore. i probably should have practiced QR a little more, seeing as i got a 16 (10.9%) T.T horrible. i ran out of time with like 4 questions left so i had to guess. hopefully this wont hurt me too bad
for PAT i really just did 2 of the topscore practice tests. i actually scored lower on the topscore (20,23) than on the actual DAT. who knows, im not complaining. they seemed about the same difficulty level to me...
so what do u guys think my chances are for getting in SOMEWHERE? biggest problem is that my gpa is not so good 🙁
sci gpa: 2.9
overall: 3.1
i should probably add that i studied for about 2 and a half months before the test. about 4 hours ~5 days a week the first month and a half and then as much as i could, everyday (ranging from 6-7hrs) the 2nd month. I started taking my topscore practice tests 2 weeks before my exam date. I know everyone has said that you shouldn't wait till the end to take your practice tests, but this was my second time around, so i knew what the tests were like. The last 3-4 days before my test i basically just reviewed all my notes/flash cards. it was definitely not easy to study so much everyday during the summer(for the 2nd summer in a row), but it all paid off! 😀
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