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Do you want to score 19 or higher on the reading comprehension section of the DAT ? If the answer is yes, here?s how to do it. PRACTICE, PRACTICE AND PRACTICE.
There?s two parts to this. First, one needs to practice on daily basis for at least 30 days.
Second, you need to practice with accurate practice materials. Let me explain the second point. Just by reading two articles from Discover or Scientific American you are not going to improve your score. Although the articles from the above magazines are similar to the passages of the DAT, they do not contain the 17 questions that follow each article. In other words, just by reading a chapter of General Chemistry and memorizing some of the formulas, you?d not score high on the DAT unless you apply what you have learned by doing some problems. ( ask anyone who scored over 20 on the G-chem section of the DAT, they?ll tell you that they practiced and practiced ). Also keep in mind that there?s a major difference between the MCAT reading section and DAT reading section. 80% of the DAT questions are factual which is not true for MCAT.
The point is this: if you want to score 18 or higher on the reading section of the DAT and reading comprehension is your weakest area, you need to practice with the type of materials that are similar to the DAT. I?m sure you?ve already felt that there?s very few practice materials available for the reading section of the DAT. ( This is also true if you are taking the Kaplan course. ) The ultimate question is how to get good practice materials? The answer is simple: let?s make our own materials.
Here?s how to do it
1) Let?s form a study group whose members are truly committed to work hard and improve their scores.
2) Each member of the group must be determined to pick an article from the following magazines and write 17 multiple choice questions about it . And e-mail it to the rest of the group. You only do this once a week. By doing this you not only getting 6 passages back from the other members but soon you gonna figure out how those test writers write the questions and thus on the BIG DAY you?ll find it easier to find the answer because you know what to look for.
( Scientific American, Discover, American Scientists, Journal of the American Dental Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, and other Scientific magazines or journals )
3 ) Before, I write more about this and how we gonna do it , I want to know who is interested in this. I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT YOU NEED TO SPEND ABOUT 30 MINUTES A WEEK to write your passage. If you think you have the time and you really want to score 18 or higher on the reading section of the DAT PM or reply this post.
There?s two parts to this. First, one needs to practice on daily basis for at least 30 days.
Second, you need to practice with accurate practice materials. Let me explain the second point. Just by reading two articles from Discover or Scientific American you are not going to improve your score. Although the articles from the above magazines are similar to the passages of the DAT, they do not contain the 17 questions that follow each article. In other words, just by reading a chapter of General Chemistry and memorizing some of the formulas, you?d not score high on the DAT unless you apply what you have learned by doing some problems. ( ask anyone who scored over 20 on the G-chem section of the DAT, they?ll tell you that they practiced and practiced ). Also keep in mind that there?s a major difference between the MCAT reading section and DAT reading section. 80% of the DAT questions are factual which is not true for MCAT.
The point is this: if you want to score 18 or higher on the reading section of the DAT and reading comprehension is your weakest area, you need to practice with the type of materials that are similar to the DAT. I?m sure you?ve already felt that there?s very few practice materials available for the reading section of the DAT. ( This is also true if you are taking the Kaplan course. ) The ultimate question is how to get good practice materials? The answer is simple: let?s make our own materials.
Here?s how to do it
1) Let?s form a study group whose members are truly committed to work hard and improve their scores.
2) Each member of the group must be determined to pick an article from the following magazines and write 17 multiple choice questions about it . And e-mail it to the rest of the group. You only do this once a week. By doing this you not only getting 6 passages back from the other members but soon you gonna figure out how those test writers write the questions and thus on the BIG DAY you?ll find it easier to find the answer because you know what to look for.
( Scientific American, Discover, American Scientists, Journal of the American Dental Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, and other Scientific magazines or journals )
3 ) Before, I write more about this and how we gonna do it , I want to know who is interested in this. I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT YOU NEED TO SPEND ABOUT 30 MINUTES A WEEK to write your passage. If you think you have the time and you really want to score 18 or higher on the reading section of the DAT PM or reply this post.
