DAT donezo...thoughts?

[copticbish]

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I'll keep this short and sweet. Scores:

PAT: 18
QR: 20
RC: 20
Bio: 21
Gen Chem: 20
Orgo: 22
TS: 21
AA: 21

Thanks to all the advice and help that SDN has provided. Here is the short breakdown by section:

Sciences: I used DAT Destroyer and Kaplan, and I was set. You're good with Destroyer, there were a couple of random questions in there but nothing too difficult.

PAT: Much more difficult than expected. CDP was easier (I was averaging like a 21-22) and on the 2009 sample ADA I got a 23, but still got an 18 today. Weird I know. How bad will this affect me when applying do you think?

RC: Easy compared to CDR. I could've done better but didn't manage my time well, so I had like 11 minutes for the entire last passage. CDR definetly helped me there, and was a bit harder than the real DAT.

QR: I used Math Destroyer and that got the job done. The calculator is tricky to use, but the math is actually quite simple. If you can do Math Destroyer, you can get a 20+ on this section.

These scores are good enough to get me into Dental School right? I have a 3.7 with a lot of shadowing and tons of extracirricular, as well as a medical mission trip.

To all you studying for the DAT-good luck!! Study hard, and you'll be rewarded in the end.

 

[sacapuntas]

I'll keep this short and sweet. Scores:

PAT: 18
QR: 20
RC: 20
Bio: 21
Gen Chem: 20
Orgo: 22
TS: 21
AA: 21

Thanks to all the advice and help that SDN has provided. Here is the short breakdown by section:

Sciences: I used DAT Destroyer and Kaplan, and I was set. You're good with Destroyer, there were a couple of random questions in there but nothing too difficult.

PAT: Much more difficult than expected. CDP was easier (I was averaging like a 21-22) and on the 2009 sample ADA I got a 23, but still got an 18 today. Weird I know. How bad will this affect me when applying do you think?

RC: Easy compared to CDR. I could've done better but didn't manage my time well, so I had like 11 minutes for the entire last passage. CDR definetly helped me there, and was a bit harder than the real DAT.

QR: I used Math Destroyer and that got the job done. The calculator is tricky to use, but the math is actually quite simple. If you can do Math Destroyer, you can get a 20+ on this section.

These scores are good enough to get me into Dental School right? I have a 3.7 with a lot of shadowing and tons of extracirricular, as well as a medical mission trip.

To all you studying for the DAT-good luck!! Study hard, and you'll be rewarded in the end.

Good work, your scores are definitely good enough to get you into DS. Very solid.

Can you recommend a section in PAT to work on for the last day before the test, maybe the one that was hardest compared to CDP?

 

[copticbish]

PAT-I definetly recommend working through keyholes and tfe. I thought those 2 sections were much harder on the real DAT than on CDP. Angle ranking was about the same, Keyholes was easier I thought, and Pattern Folding was about the same.

 

[Philippines03j]

Great job! Congrats on being done. 👍

 

[thejamespark]

hey man GOOD JOB!!
you mentioned that CDR was very helpful but if u dont mind me asking what was the reading like?
straight forward answers where u can mostly S&D? or a lot of inference type... etc...
i'm struggling in this section... any tip would help! thanks!

 

[kevinrho]

Those are great scores! you don't even have anything under 20 for the Academic Section. I think you are set! job well done!

 

[copticbish]

hey man GOOD JOB!!
you mentioned that CDR was very helpful but if u dont mind me asking what was the reading like?
straight forward answers where u can mostly S&D? or a lot of inference type... etc...
i'm struggling in this section... any tip would help! thanks!

RC on the real DAT was very easy for me, I just ran out of time toward the end. they are all straight forward with a very few inference/tone questions. I outlined then used S&D for the questions, just pace yourself. I spent so much time on the first 2 passages that by the 3rd I only had 11 minutes to read and answer all the questions, not enough time, but I did well enough to get a 20.

All the passages for me were science related. Any other questions, feel free to ask

 

[Blue87Fiero]

Did you do Achiever at all? I am getting 15's on there RC part and I am getting pissed. On Topscore I can get a 20 or 21 and around a 18 or 19 TS. Any thoughts?

 

[copticbish]

I never did Achiever or Top Score. I just simply did 6 CDR exams and just briefly outlined each paragraph and wrote down keywords. I'm not sure how different it is, but I'd recommend studying the sciences and PAT because those are more important

 

[sacapuntas]

Would you say most of your bio questions were topics you expected? Things you would find in Cliffs AP for example?

 

[copticbish]

Yeah definitely. Everything in the sciences was so straight forward. It's stuff you'd find in Cliffs, DAT Destroyer made me more than prepared. Some of the questions were worded weird, but it wasn't bad at all. I was surprised at my score in GChem (20) cause I thought I did better, but I got a 22 in ochem, so I'm not complaining. I would recommend doing like 5-10 practice question before you enter the exam (at home for example) just do your brain gets used to answering questions and then you go into the exam ready to fire away, and your brain is already warmed up. That actually helped me a lot.

 

[Dotoday]

Congratulations! Nicely done!

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