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it's been a long summer..
The Scores:
Biology: 28
General Chemistry: 23
Organic Chemistry: 30
Quantitative Reasoning: 24
Reading Comprehension: 23
PAT: 20
TS: 26
AA: 26
Biology: 28
I read through cliff's, but I don't think it was really necessary -- I'm a bio major and most of the same info is in Feralis. I did do Destroyer twice, but I think what really helped here was studying Feralis's Notes..when you're reviewing, make sure you keep quizzing yourself on different topics (I used flashcards) - it's easy to forget information during the time span of studying. Used bootcamp to test my knowledge + additional study tool.
I thought this was the hardest of the three sciences. I felt really sad going through the questions because I wasn't confident on a lot of questions. It was a mix of easy and hard questions. Did have quite few questions on embryological development and a few on diversity. There were photosynthesis/cellular respiration questions -- very basic though. I felt like my test was a pretty good mix of different topics, not too concentrated in any topic.
General Chemistry: 23
I watched Chad's videos once (took pretty and colorful notes lol) and did his quizzes twice. I also did some free quizzes on topics I felt weak in on his other site. I went through Destroyer twice. The second time I went through it, I wrote down the questions I missed again. This really helped me understand where I needed to focus on. Eventually I did those questions i got wrong again (except some because some I never understood them lol). Used bootcamp to test my knowledge + additional study tool.
This section was pretty straightforward -- know basics. Much easier than Destroyer. and also, whaaaaat, I actually ended up getting a question giving a volume of liquid and asking whether to use a pipet or buret. like why
Organic Chemistry: 30
I watched Chad's videos once and took the quizzes twice. Did the same thing with destroyer as i did for gen chem for orgo. Destroyer is a must for this section. Memorize those roadmapssss. I had flashcards for every reaction I saw/didn't recognize -- my pile of flashcards were hugeeee. Used bootcamp to test my knowledge + additional study tool.
This section was pretty straightforward. Nothing felt too difficult. Know basics well - SN1/SN2,E1,E2, reactions, acidity, sterochem, isomers, spectro.
Reading: 23
I would try to read a Science American article every few notes. I did all five practice tests on bootcamp. When my test was nearing closer, I would practice reading Science American articles and writing down notes as I read (to build up speed). The passages were pretty interesting to read -- I had a hard time fully focusing cause I was trying to finish on time lol. I did not spend time trying to understand the content of the passages -- I would just write down notes on each paragraph and keep a look out for words that could suggest the author's view on something. A lot of the questions were in order, but some were confusing -- generally, the questions were easier than bootcamp.
Quantitative Reasoning: 24
Chad's videos were a good foundation for concepts. I did the quantitative reasoning section in destroyer and wrote down the questions I got wrong. I repeated these questions later in my studying. I did Math Destroyer tests 1-10 once. Again, I just wrote down the questions I got wrong and eventually tried them again another day. If I got some wrong again, I would try those again another day until I got the right. I had flashcards for different equations and problems.
Definitely hard to finish this section - I had to throw in guesses. Math Destroyer will prepare you well for this section. Skip time-consuming questions and go back to them later. Rate questions were pretty simple (compared to the destroyer). There were probability questions - some trick. There was also algebra, trig, and geometry, and some statistics.
PAT:20
I only used Bootcamp for this section. In the beginning I watched different videos to learn how to tackle the different questions. I averaged 20 on the 10 practice pat tests. OOH, use time during the natural science portion to set up whatever you need for the pat.
Keyholes: I felt these were easier than Bootcamp. A couple of rock looking ones.
TFE: Easier than Bootcamp.
Angles: Felt like these were on par with bootcamp.
Hole Punching: A little easier than bootcamp -- no tricky folds. Some even had just two folds.
Cube Counting: Easier than bootcamp because not as many cubes usually.
Pattern Folding: Similar to bootcamp, maybe a little easier. The shading on the shapes were a light green -- not easy to see lol
I only ended up doing two full lengths tests -- I'm glad I did because bootcamp repeats questions and sitting through the actual test isn't that bad -- maybe endurance from studying all day? lol
but yaaaaaas, i'm freeeeee
The Scores:
Biology: 28
General Chemistry: 23
Organic Chemistry: 30
Quantitative Reasoning: 24
Reading Comprehension: 23
PAT: 20
TS: 26
AA: 26
Biology: 28
I read through cliff's, but I don't think it was really necessary -- I'm a bio major and most of the same info is in Feralis. I did do Destroyer twice, but I think what really helped here was studying Feralis's Notes..when you're reviewing, make sure you keep quizzing yourself on different topics (I used flashcards) - it's easy to forget information during the time span of studying. Used bootcamp to test my knowledge + additional study tool.
I thought this was the hardest of the three sciences. I felt really sad going through the questions because I wasn't confident on a lot of questions. It was a mix of easy and hard questions. Did have quite few questions on embryological development and a few on diversity. There were photosynthesis/cellular respiration questions -- very basic though. I felt like my test was a pretty good mix of different topics, not too concentrated in any topic.
General Chemistry: 23
I watched Chad's videos once (took pretty and colorful notes lol) and did his quizzes twice. I also did some free quizzes on topics I felt weak in on his other site. I went through Destroyer twice. The second time I went through it, I wrote down the questions I missed again. This really helped me understand where I needed to focus on. Eventually I did those questions i got wrong again (except some because some I never understood them lol). Used bootcamp to test my knowledge + additional study tool.
This section was pretty straightforward -- know basics. Much easier than Destroyer. and also, whaaaaat, I actually ended up getting a question giving a volume of liquid and asking whether to use a pipet or buret. like why
Organic Chemistry: 30
I watched Chad's videos once and took the quizzes twice. Did the same thing with destroyer as i did for gen chem for orgo. Destroyer is a must for this section. Memorize those roadmapssss. I had flashcards for every reaction I saw/didn't recognize -- my pile of flashcards were hugeeee. Used bootcamp to test my knowledge + additional study tool.
This section was pretty straightforward. Nothing felt too difficult. Know basics well - SN1/SN2,E1,E2, reactions, acidity, sterochem, isomers, spectro.
Reading: 23
I would try to read a Science American article every few notes. I did all five practice tests on bootcamp. When my test was nearing closer, I would practice reading Science American articles and writing down notes as I read (to build up speed). The passages were pretty interesting to read -- I had a hard time fully focusing cause I was trying to finish on time lol. I did not spend time trying to understand the content of the passages -- I would just write down notes on each paragraph and keep a look out for words that could suggest the author's view on something. A lot of the questions were in order, but some were confusing -- generally, the questions were easier than bootcamp.
Quantitative Reasoning: 24
Chad's videos were a good foundation for concepts. I did the quantitative reasoning section in destroyer and wrote down the questions I got wrong. I repeated these questions later in my studying. I did Math Destroyer tests 1-10 once. Again, I just wrote down the questions I got wrong and eventually tried them again another day. If I got some wrong again, I would try those again another day until I got the right. I had flashcards for different equations and problems.
Definitely hard to finish this section - I had to throw in guesses. Math Destroyer will prepare you well for this section. Skip time-consuming questions and go back to them later. Rate questions were pretty simple (compared to the destroyer). There were probability questions - some trick. There was also algebra, trig, and geometry, and some statistics.
PAT:20
I only used Bootcamp for this section. In the beginning I watched different videos to learn how to tackle the different questions. I averaged 20 on the 10 practice pat tests. OOH, use time during the natural science portion to set up whatever you need for the pat.
Keyholes: I felt these were easier than Bootcamp. A couple of rock looking ones.
TFE: Easier than Bootcamp.
Angles: Felt like these were on par with bootcamp.
Hole Punching: A little easier than bootcamp -- no tricky folds. Some even had just two folds.
Cube Counting: Easier than bootcamp because not as many cubes usually.
Pattern Folding: Similar to bootcamp, maybe a little easier. The shading on the shapes were a light green -- not easy to see lol
I only ended up doing two full lengths tests -- I'm glad I did because bootcamp repeats questions and sitting through the actual test isn't that bad -- maybe endurance from studying all day? lol
but yaaaaaas, i'm freeeeee
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