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[Toothshucker]

To answer your question about chad's videos (from your thread in predental): I found them extremely useful and did not use the notes from kaplan for them. I watched his videos and took notes like I would in a college lecture, then study them. He also has some quizzes that you can take. He doesn't cover EVERYTHING, but seems to cover almost everything that is important and most likely to appear on the real DAT. I think the price is pretty good to for the amount of hours of lecture you get.

 

[Toothshucker]

I noticed some people use Chads, Topscore, and Campbells for Biology....

Cambells is the text book, I believe. It's a good resource, but a lot of material to read and memorize/learn. I used only Cliffs AP Biology and thought it covered the majority of the section. Bio is so broad, you never know what kind of random question you will get. Others used barrons.

You can find some threads about topscore vs achiever

 

[Toothshucker]

Thanks! I didn't use either. I used tests from kaplan course (the usefulness of it is debatable, but I thought the enormous amount of quizzes, tests, and problems were very helpful and the in class portion useless), DAT destroyer, Math Destroyer, CDP, Cliffs AP Bio, and Chad's videos.

 

[Philippines03j]

Check out the polls in my signature as they will give you a view of what others suggest for each section.

I would recommend getting top score pro in addition to DAT Achiever. Both are good but Top Score Pro will give you a more accurate estimation of your scores. DAT Achiever is more difficult but definitely a very useful resource.

Good luck👍

 

[Toothshucker]

Honestly, read all the stuff above. That's what I did. But see what all the materials are and figure out what combination of them will work best for you and your style of learning. Also, CDP is the best for PAT.

 

[phy241]

For chem, all you need is Chad's videos, watch them, take notes, do the quizzes multiple times. Once you think you understand it all, move onto DAT Destroyer. That's what I did, and I had no trouble on the chem section.

Bio: very random, but I think Cliff's AP Bio, Destroyer + physiology from Kaplan should be good. Also, I used datQvault and I thought the scores were pretty reflective of my actual performance, so I would recommend that, but at the very end, I would say around 2 weeks before your DAT.