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Hi, i have been on this forum last few months and thanks to those who answered my PM and questions. Also all the information that i got from SDN really helped me out.
I was very very nervous before my DAT today. I am a canadian applicant and took American DAT for my first time.

Here are my scores

Bio: 20
GC: 20
OC: 20
PAT: 19
RC: 22
QR: 16 😱😱
AA: 20
TS: 20

BIO: random but nothing too hard. I used cliff AP and destroyer. Seriously i memorized everyhting like hormones, plants and all little details. but it was true that the exam is not really detail-oriented. Try to learn things as a big picture. I guess it is really hard to tell since bio is broad and some questions can be very specific and some not.

Chem: not much calculation. 50% conceptual q's 50% calculations. Very simple. I think if you know kaplan, you should be fine.

OC: I had no NMR/IR questions surprisingly. I thought i really did good in this section. I had some lab tech questions tho. Study destroyer and go over each questions with understanding things, not just memorizing.
know your SN1/SN2/E1/E2

PAT: i really thought i knew every single questions. I was so sure that i would get above 23+ but ...

RC: English is my second language and i didn't do much practice or anyting for this section (there is actually nothing you can really do about this) though i worried about this section the most. I only did TS for this. I am really happy with my score (No FRAP or anything hard)

MATH: :scared: oh my......... im very disappointed. I have been really good at math.....many word problems like many people mentioned..know ur trig. I got some questions like finding an area of this and that. I had to guess on some but didnt expect that i would get below 18. I guess I shouldve practiced more. I only did destoryer for this.

My advice is study the information, all the concepts you need to learn and do practice questions. I really think DAT is that that that hard if you study. And dont get stuck in little little details in bio. If you know all the topics in bio and if you can explain that to someone briefly. I think you might be good. I memorized all those taxa, cell respiration, physiology part...got like 1-2 questions on them, and they were EASY.

I know my scores are not superb like others who got like 25 but I hope my post somewhat helps. If you have any question, feel free to ask.

school starts 2mrw for me .😎
 
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Hi, i have been on this forum last few months and thanks to those who answered my PM and questions. Also all the information that i got from SDN really helped me out.
I was very very nervous before my DAT today. I am a canadian applicant and took American DAT for my first time.

Here are my scores

Bio: 20
GC: 20
OC: 20

PAT: 19
RC: 21
QR: 16
😱😱
AA: 20
TS: 20

BIO: random but nothing too hard. I used cliff AP and destroyer. Seriously i memorized everyhting like hormones, plants and all little details. but it was true that the exam is not really detail-oriented. Try to learn things as a big picture. I guess it is really hard to tell since bio is broad and some questions can be very specific and some not.

Chem: not much calculation. 50% conceptual q's 50% calculations. Very simple. I think if you know kaplan, you should be fine.

OC: I had no NMR/IR questions surprisingly. I thought i really did good in this section. I had some lab tech questions tho. Study destroyer and go over each questions with understanding things, not just memorizing.
know your SN1/SN2/E1/E2

PAT: i really thought i knew every single questions. I was so sure that i would get above 23+ but ...

RC: English is my second language and i didn't do much practice or anyting for this section (there is actually nothing you can really do about this) though i worried about this section the most. I only did TS for this. I am really happy with my score (No FRAP or anything hard)

MATH: :scared: oh my......... im very disappointed. I have been really good at math.....many word problems like many people mentioned..know ur trig. I got some questions like finding an area of this and that. I had to guess on some but didnt expect that i would get below 18. I guess I shouldve practiced more. I only did destoryer for this.

My advice is study the information, all the concepts you need to learn and do practice questions. I really think DAT is that that that hard if you study. And dont get stuck in little little details in bio. If you know all the topics in bio and if you can explain that to someone briefly. I think you might be good. I memorized all those taxa, cell respiration, physiology part...got like 1-2 questions on them, and they were EASY.

I know my scores are not superb like others who got like 25 but I hope my post somewhat helps. If you have any question, feel free to ask.

school starts 2mrw for me .😎


maybe my math is off but... 20+20+20+21+16 / 5 = 19.4 which would be a 19 not a 20AA
 

No offense doc....but are you ever gonna take this exam? Haven't you been putting it off for like a while now? You joined SDN a month before me and look at how many posts you have...you're either wasting so much time on these boards and thus not getting much studying in...and that's what's causing you to feel not ready.......or.....you're very much ready but too much of a ***** to take this simple exam. 1700+ posts from someone who hasn't even taken the actual exam yet, or hasn't been through the whole application process yet...!

Sorry I'm comin off harsh but I can see through you. Stop congratulating people every damn second of your days for their performances on the DAT and take this stupid exam. Good luck brother. Hopefully you are wise - and won't take my words in the wrong way and whine about this like an immature kid. But you probably will, seeing you're not mature enough to have taken this exam yet...No really bro, I'm just tryin to help, and I mean this in the best of intentions. I'm just trying to open your eyes.
 
Nice scores livehard, dont worry to much about the QR just go ahead with the app the 22 in RC should make up for it
 
No offense doc....but are you ever gonna take this exam? Haven't you been putting it off for like a while now? You joined SDN a month before me and look at how many posts you have...you're either wasting so much time on these boards and thus not getting much studying in...and that's what's causing you to feel not ready.......or.....you're very much ready but too much of a ***** to take this simple exam. 1700+ posts from someone who hasn't even taken the actual exam yet, or hasn't been through the whole application process yet...!

Sorry I'm comin off harsh but I can see through you. Stop congratulating people every damn second of your days for their performances on the DAT and take this stupid exam. Good luck brother. Hopefully you are wise - and won't take my words in the wrong way and whine about this like an immature kid. But you probably will, seeing you're not mature enough to have taken this exam yet...No really bro, I'm just tryin to help, and I mean this in the best of intentions. I'm just trying to open your eyes.

ouch. that's hurt bro
 
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