DAT on Jan,12

[noshnosh]

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I have my exam in less than a week.I can not explain how I feel.I've gone up and down so many times during past few days(anxiety) and I've reached the point of numbness!!!!
I fell like I don't know anything,I feel like I'm going to pass out,once I walked into the center to take my exam.I've been studying for the past 2 months.I've gone through all of the resources out there,Destroyer,Achiever,Top score (except the last two tests which I saved for the last few days before exam),Kaplan,Princeton review but still after all I can't answer many Q from Kaplan and this freaking Achiever.
The princeton review is good but it look very easy compare to Achiever and topscore.All to all,I'm so nervous.I keep telling myself "so what even if you won't get a good score,you will take it again but still doesn't help the anxiety.
I have to get 20+ since I have low GPA.3.2
What should I do?

 

[tamkhan]

Reschedule to Jan 31st. You've gone through the test prep packages and guides, so at this point in time, there is nothing much you can do except to give yourself some extra time, just to boost up your confidence and morale.
I think there are a few spots open for Jan 31st as of now.

good luck

 

[MattH25]

Hang in there, you'll do fine. I usually have nerves of steel when it comes to test taking and I freaked out before the DAT. I was sick to my stomach as I sat down and clicked yes to confirm my information and begin the test. Give it a few minutes though and you'll settle down and start to get in your rhythm.

You've done all the correct things to prepare. Don't get frustrated and concerned over not knowing all the answers. No one knows everything. I got a few questions that i didn't know the answer but I did know what wasn't the answer. You'll usually be able to narrow it down to 2 or 3 choices and make an educated guess from there. At the end of the day a few incorrect answers are not going to make a huge difference in your AA and TS scores.

Also take advantage of your strengths to supplement your weak areas. I knew I was good in O. Chem and Gen Chem so by scoring high there I could make up for Bio and QR where I was not as prepared. RC should be a breeze, I read the passage first before I looked at any questions. I finished 15 minutes early and I would mark each paragraph # with what I felt it's key word or concept was on my white board so i could easily go back and double check if I was unsure of something. PAT was pretty close to Top Score (maybe slightly more difficult) except for angle discrimination which i felt was much more difficult so if you're good on Top Score you should be good on the real thing.

Overall just have faith in yourself, you know the material, you know how the test works and you know they are gonna try and trick you. Just put it aside and get to work.

 

[noshnosh]

Hang in there, you'll do fine. I usually have nerves of steel when it comes to test taking and I freaked out before the DAT. I was sick to my stomach as I sat down and clicked yes to confirm my information and begin the test. Give it a few minutes though and you'll settle down and start to get in your rhythm.

You've done all the correct things to prepare. Don't get frustrated and concerned over not knowing all the answers. No one knows everything. I got a few questions that i didn't know the answer but I did know what wasn't the answer. You'll usually be able to narrow it down to 2 or 3 choices and make an educated guess from there. At the end of the day a few incorrect answers are not going to make a huge difference in your AA and TS scores.

Also take advantage of your strengths to supplement your weak areas. I knew I was good in O. Chem and Gen Chem so by scoring high there I could make up for Bio and QR where I was not as prepared. RC should be a breeze, I read the passage first before I looked at any questions. I finished 15 minutes early and I would mark each paragraph # with what I felt it's key word or concept was on my white board so i could easily go back and double check if I was unsure of something. PAT was pretty close to Top Score (maybe slightly more difficult) except for angle discrimination which i felt was much more difficult so if you're good on Top Score you should be good on the real thing.

Overall just have faith in yourself, you know the material, you know how the test works and you know they are gonna try and trick you. Just put it aside and get to work.

Thanks,I will hang in there.I know for fact that I know all the materials,and I know that if I miss something isnot because of lack of knowledge about it,it just because I don't recall info when I'm nervous.I've experienced this because when I go back to the same Q and there is no time limit,I get it right in a matter of second.All to all,I've planned to go and knock it down.Worse to worse scenario will be a DAT of 13!!!!!
I figured,so what,then I know that I have to put 10 times effort to knock it down the next time!!!!
Right!
The only down side is my low GPA,otherwise I could get 18 or 19 and still get somewhere!
Although,I have plenty of work experience,voluntary,community service and right now I'm a researcher,so hopefully those bring me up a little bit.
Thank you guys for your tips.

 

[noshnosh]

Oh,by the way for RC,what I'm doing is to go straight to Qs and read them one by one and find the answer instead of going over the passage first,the result is not bad.I've got 18 on Achiever.I don't know whether Achiever is easier that the real thing as far as RC or if I can get the same result on the real thing as well!?