DAT in 8 days! [:<

[vlaura0214]

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I am literally counting down the days in fear and excitement--not really sure which emotion is winning at the moment! haha

I've been going through destroyer like a madwoman, but I'm honestly getting burnt out so quickly. I'm not sure if I should keep up trucking along or step back a bit. What do you guys think?

QVAULT:
Bio: 21, 22, 23, 21, 21, 20, 20, 19
GC: 20, 20, 21, 21, 21, 22
OC: 21, 17, 20, 21, 20, 21, 19, 22
RC: 24, 24, 21
QR: 24, 23, 19, 23

TOPSCORE #1
Bio 19
GC 17
OC 17
PAT 21
RC 22
QR 21
TS 18
AA 19

TOPSCORE #2
Bio 18
GC 19
OC 20
PAT 25
RC 22
QR 19
TS 19
AA 20

KAPLAN Full-length AA's: 21, 19, 18

My plan is to do a full length practice test every day up until the day before the test. Also going to finish my 2nd round of GC/OC Destroyer (halfway through 2nd time), do ALL of chad's quizzes for OC and GC, finish qvaults, and go over all of math destroyer again.Then I'm going to chill the day before the test. Too much? Too little?

Thank you for any help! I really appreciate it! I hope I can do well on the DAT.Maybe I will come back and do a friggin' sweet breakdown. If not, then.... I guess it will be more of a breakdown of what not to do for the DAT. haha!

 

[ushaseos]

Your plan is good! Practice as much as possible and you'll do well. I am glad to see I wasn't the only one to put up all my scores a set time before the test!

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=873878

 

[vlaura0214]

Eep! *goes off to snoop your breakdown*

Haha but in all seriousness, if I get scores like yours, I would die in happiness and then come back to life to attend dental school and such. xP

Your achiever scores are higher than your topscores! Wow! Do you think topscore is a good representation of the test? I'm all out of money, so I won't be able to try out achiever.

 

[Josh779]

I take mine in 12 days! It sounds like your in GREAT shape! I would honestly relax a little bit if I was getting scores that high. When I mean relax I mean taking a little longer study breaks and doing things other than study to keep your mind clear.

How is your PAT coming along?

 

[vlaura0214]

I'm too scared to step back. I don't want to regret not pushing myself to do well, and I really, really need a high score. I learn better by doing more problems and practicing more. But I am getting worn down. If only I had studied more productively in June, I could be more lenient now. D:

I'm using CDP and my scores are:
22, 21, 22, 23, 23, 22

I keep seeing people say it is harder than CDP. Like angle ranking is supposed to be on par with Chad's angles--ridiculously hard! Those things are the devil.

Good luck on your DAT!

 

[Josh779]

Well in that case keep going strong! Doesn't sound like your getting burnt out at all, so might as well keep studying. I'd say your in great shape though.

 

[vlaura0214]

Just took 2nd topscore test. Improved slightly on GC, OC, PAT (went down in BIO, QR), but I can't get over 21AA. Looked over mistakes and noticed a serious amount of careless mistakes. If I slow down, I run out of time. If I speed through, I make these kind of mistakes. Don't know how to improve on this. Test is on Thursday. D:

TOPSCORE #2
Bio 18
GC 19
OC 20
PAT 25
RC 22
QR 19
TS 19
AA 20

 

[tomhrxbfg]

I think from this point on you should focus on your bio and GC. Seems to me a bit odd that you score 18 on your 2nd topscore after you have taken some qvault and getting around 20. My suggestion is to focus on your weak area and understand them (eg. plants, animal diversity) instead of doing more tests. It is pointless to practice if you keep getting the same thing wrong. Just my two cents.

 

[vlaura0214]

Honestly? A number of very careless mistakes, where I was reading so fast that I just chose the first right answer I saw. Had 2 or 3 that had multiple right answers or I didn't choose the best right answer. I noticed I am very weak at specific taxonomy (Question about Monogenea and Trematoda--haha thought they were Nematodes b/c of the -toda, but turns out they're flukes D: ). So I will definitely be working on that. Thanks for the advice!

 

[tomhrxbfg]

Some of the questions are too specific on topscore, but I think the chart on qvault is good enough for the real dat. Make sure you memorize that chart and you will be set for the part

 

[vlaura0214]

Took a look at the charts today, and they are very useful! Thank you! I had no idea qvault had those. Also Trematoda was on there, so I really have no excuse now. haha