DAT MONDAY! I'm having a breakdown.

[Morena]

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So I have been studying for the past month for my retake. I have been using destroyer math destroyer CDP and achiever. Today I took achiever test 5, and my scores were terrible ( 17 bio 17gcem, 17 PAT, RC 18, math 19, Ochem 12 😱).... I couldn't even finish ochem cuz I ran out of time.
When I went to review my PAT, I basically bombed all the key hole and patterm folding ( got 3 and 4 right) so it really brought my score down. I'm rewriting because I got a 15 on the RC on the cDAT. I'm afraid this improvement in the achiever RC is because I have read these passages before and not because I'm actually getting better.
To be honest I don't think I can study any more than I have already.... I feel like maybe I just don't have what it takes.
I know I'm freaking out, this anxiety is killing me I just want to break down and cry. Any advise??

 

[bloop]

Hey girl, I've got my DAT Monday too and I've been freaking out so bad that everything's fuzzy in my head and I'm scared I don't know the stuff I studied anymore. But I'm pretty sure both of us are past our time to reschedule, so we have to make it work!

I know it's easier said than done, but you should try to relax as much as you can. When I was doing practice stuff yesterday all the stuff I got wrong was because of nerves and not thinking things through so that might be what's happening to you too. Keeping in mind that Achiever tests are supposedly harder than the real thing, you might be okay in the gen chem and bio. For orgo chem, at this point, you might try going through the roadmaps in Destroyer to brush up on reactions, unless it was the timing that throwing you off. I think CDP lets you also do specifically just keyhole and pattern folding practice, so you can maybe look at that too if you have time. Just keep your head up and be as chill as you can! If you walk into the DAT feeling bad about it, it could psych you out. But good luck, Monday! I'm right in there with you. 🙁

 

[ChapelHillT]

i don't have any experience with achiever, but from everything I've read on SDN it is much more difficult than the real thing. As the above poster said, study the destroyer roadmaps for orgo religiously. Spend the 1-3 hours (however many it takes for you) to memorize all the reagents, and that should significantly help your orgo score. Besides doing the roadmaps and realizing achiever is much harder, I'd say the MOST important thing for you to do at this point is relax. Your world won't stop turning if you don't make a good score Monday. You seem like a bright person that really wants this dentistry thing, so I'm sure you'll get there sooner or later. Just go to your test center knowing you've prepared your best the past month, have some confidence in what you know, brush off the ones you don't, and I'm sure you'll come out okay. Good Luck!

 

[sfoksn]

You will be fine.

Those practice test scores are not accurate representations of how you will do on the real DAT for sure.

I did like 4+ better in AA than any other practices I have taken.

Getting nervous will lower your score even more! Don't get nervous and just relax 🙂

Good luck!

 

[2PacClone23]

You will be fine.

Those practice test scores are not accurate representations of how you will do on the real DAT for sure.

I did like 4+ better in AA than any other practices I have taken.

Getting nervous will lower your score even more! Don't get nervous and just relax 🙂

Good luck!

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