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I finally got myself to take the DAT again on Monday...
The first time I took it, I didn't study much. A week or two at the most...
I was really worried that I would do worse... funny thing was, although I took one last summer, I could not remember a thing about the test. I think that I was freaking out more this time because I knew that I had to do better. Any how, like everyone had said, it really wasn't that bad. I like to thank everyone who has given me great advises on SDN.
Just relax! Breathe! Focus! Oh, take a light snack (sneaker bar for quick ATP!) and a light jacket (it could be freezing at your location!).
Here are my scores:
BIO/CHEM/ORG/RC/QR/PAT/AA/TS
23/23/21/19/18/18/21/22
20/19/23/16/17/16/19/20-last summer's DAT
Well, I did improve little with some studying... I used to be really good at math, but I just can't believe that it's bring me down... it must be the old age... I just hope that this is good enough with my low GPA...
Here are my practice test scores :
BIO CHEM ORG PAT RC QR
Topscore 1 18 18 19 19 17 18
Kaplan CD 19 18 19 19 22
DAT Achiever 1 16 17 17 16 20
Topscore 2 18 17 18 21 21 19
Topscore 3 19 16 19 20 20 18
Kaplan SubTest 1 21 17 18
Kaplan SubTest 2 20 19 18
Kaplan SubTest 5 22 16 17
I also briefly read through High Yield Bio, AP Kaplan bio, Blue Kaplan all sections (most important study material), bought DAT audio because I was on the road a lot, but seemed waste of money... just record your own notes! I think that key was I took good notes while I was studying. I wrote down key things and organized them really well. Thought about the questions that I missed on the practice test in my head while doing house work and palying with the kids.
Bio: Very general... On most of the questions, you can narrow it down very easily. I had few questions that were straight of the topscore!!! Make sure you go over all the test!!! Even the questions that you got right!! I had the sea urchin question as well. I think that I had that question last year as well, but not the same test! Not that I remember anything from it... No embryology, no ecology, no plants... I got strong on these sections too... : ( Acutally, I was freaking out that I am going to do horrible... some questions were so general that you just don't bother studying stuff like that... )
Chem: Again, really really general. Not much calculations at all!!! Know the basics though!!! Make sure you understand osmosis!!! You may think that you do, but when they worded certain way, you will be tricked!
Org: not much synthesis at all... I didn't study much here at all... that's why myh score went down... I'm more strong on the reactions, but more on general stuff. I had questions on chiral center, E1, SN2, stereochemistry...etc... no complicated reactions...
PAT: my weak area... I did improve little... It wasn't too bad... I thought I did better though...
RC: I thought I did better here too... : (
QR: Again, I was really disappointed... I had 5minutes left too... I had really bad cold... may be I misunderstood some of the word problems... : ( Very basic math...
Put in some time, anyone can do well. I had to study with two young kids around me...
It was so hard for me to motivate myself to study... I thought about just giving up so many times!!! I just had so many bad things happening around me as well. Whenever I'm down, I would watch a movie that inspires me... someone accomplishing something impossible. Or think of someone who is really inspiring... My kids mitivote me as well!
Wow, I wrote a essay! Thanks again for all of y'all's posts!
The first time I took it, I didn't study much. A week or two at the most...
I was really worried that I would do worse... funny thing was, although I took one last summer, I could not remember a thing about the test. I think that I was freaking out more this time because I knew that I had to do better. Any how, like everyone had said, it really wasn't that bad. I like to thank everyone who has given me great advises on SDN.
Just relax! Breathe! Focus! Oh, take a light snack (sneaker bar for quick ATP!) and a light jacket (it could be freezing at your location!).
Here are my scores:
BIO/CHEM/ORG/RC/QR/PAT/AA/TS
23/23/21/19/18/18/21/22
20/19/23/16/17/16/19/20-last summer's DAT
Well, I did improve little with some studying... I used to be really good at math, but I just can't believe that it's bring me down... it must be the old age... I just hope that this is good enough with my low GPA...
Here are my practice test scores :
BIO CHEM ORG PAT RC QR
Topscore 1 18 18 19 19 17 18
Kaplan CD 19 18 19 19 22
DAT Achiever 1 16 17 17 16 20
Topscore 2 18 17 18 21 21 19
Topscore 3 19 16 19 20 20 18
Kaplan SubTest 1 21 17 18
Kaplan SubTest 2 20 19 18
Kaplan SubTest 5 22 16 17
I also briefly read through High Yield Bio, AP Kaplan bio, Blue Kaplan all sections (most important study material), bought DAT audio because I was on the road a lot, but seemed waste of money... just record your own notes! I think that key was I took good notes while I was studying. I wrote down key things and organized them really well. Thought about the questions that I missed on the practice test in my head while doing house work and palying with the kids.
Bio: Very general... On most of the questions, you can narrow it down very easily. I had few questions that were straight of the topscore!!! Make sure you go over all the test!!! Even the questions that you got right!! I had the sea urchin question as well. I think that I had that question last year as well, but not the same test! Not that I remember anything from it... No embryology, no ecology, no plants... I got strong on these sections too... : ( Acutally, I was freaking out that I am going to do horrible... some questions were so general that you just don't bother studying stuff like that... )
Chem: Again, really really general. Not much calculations at all!!! Know the basics though!!! Make sure you understand osmosis!!! You may think that you do, but when they worded certain way, you will be tricked!
Org: not much synthesis at all... I didn't study much here at all... that's why myh score went down... I'm more strong on the reactions, but more on general stuff. I had questions on chiral center, E1, SN2, stereochemistry...etc... no complicated reactions...
PAT: my weak area... I did improve little... It wasn't too bad... I thought I did better though...
RC: I thought I did better here too... : (
QR: Again, I was really disappointed... I had 5minutes left too... I had really bad cold... may be I misunderstood some of the word problems... : ( Very basic math...
Put in some time, anyone can do well. I had to study with two young kids around me...
It was so hard for me to motivate myself to study... I thought about just giving up so many times!!! I just had so many bad things happening around me as well. Whenever I'm down, I would watch a movie that inspires me... someone accomplishing something impossible. Or think of someone who is really inspiring... My kids mitivote me as well!
Wow, I wrote a essay! Thanks again for all of y'all's posts!