DAT One month away! NEED ADVICE!

[dent56171]

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I have 3 of mikes chapters left on orgo, finished all his chapters on general chem, and half way through material for bio (although I remember quite a bit of Bio from first time). I am retaking it in July. I have done 100 problems of gen chem and 160 of Biology on Destroyer. Haven't started destroyer for the organic chemistry part and only did 2 tests for math destroyer. I took organic chem #6 on BC and got a 17 and Biology #6 and got a 18. Is it possible to bring those scores up in a month with just practice and review? I'm hoping to get around a 20/21 in each of the sciences. I'm just super stressed and don't know if I will be able to raise my scores in 4 weeks.

What are suggestions or things I should do this last month?

 

[rebecca_chatul_tov]

I have about two weeks left before I have to sit for the exam. My life is weird and because of various work reasons I have been unable to have a normal study schedule (24 hour operations - two weeks on two weeks off) for like 4-5 months now. I have jettisoned destroyer and am basically just using BC to learn the exam. I am scoring 16-18 on everything except RC. I'm a solid 21 on that. If I get a 18 or 19 AA I will be fine with that. It's enough to get into a program somewhere. I sent my kids off the grandma's for a month and I'm just straight crammin 10-12 hours a day.

If I didn't have a job, kids or any other obligation I would just literally hole up in my room and pour over the material until I felt damn comfortable. When I was able to consistently get 20s on everything I would schedule my test for like two days later. If that's not an option for you I would focus on using BC to get comfortable with the material through repetition. That's what I'm doing. It's not the recommended way, but it's 'A' way to get it done.

 

[dent56171]

I have about two weeks left before I have to sit for the exam. My life is weird and because of various work reasons I have been unable to have a normal study schedule (24 hour operations - two weeks on two weeks off) for like 4-5 months now. I have jettisoned destroyer and am basically just using BC to learn the exam. I am scoring 16-18 on everything except RC. I'm a solid 21 on that. If I get a 18 or 19 AA I will be fine with that. It's enough to get into a program somewhere. I sent my kids off the grandma's for a month and I'm just straight crammin 10-12 hours a day.

If I didn't have a job, kids or any other obligation I would just literally hole up in my room and pour over the material until I felt damn comfortable. When I was able to consistently get 20s on everything I would schedule my test for like two days later. If that's not an option for you I would focus on using BC to get comfortable with the material through repetition. That's what I'm doing. It's not the recommended way, but it's 'A' way to get it done.

Yeah Im just trying to figure out if I should use destroyer and with a month left how to utilize it. Ive been averaging about 6/7 hrs a day for past month. Pretty much done with content only need to practice and review! Yeah im planning on doing 6/7 individual tests for bootcamp then doing them again a few weeks later to see how I held up the information. And using destroyer in between that, I just don't know if I'll have time for destroyer twice.

 

[rebecca_chatul_tov]

If you don't have a job or other commitments just dig deep and put in an extra hour per day. I tried going by the schedule to the letter, but that doesn't work for everyone. If you finish everything and feel like you can retain more info I say move on to the next day's outline and start on the next topics.

 

[dent56171]

If you don't have a job or other commitments just dig deep and put in an extra hour per day. I tried going by the schedule to the letter, but that doesn't work for everyone. If you finish everything and feel like you can retain more info I say move on to the next day's outline and start on the next topics.

I never really followed the schedule although I finished everything in it besides destroyer as im working on that right now, because some days id get more done and some id get less done. But I did all the videos and just basically need to practice and apply my knowledge now!

 

[Veni vidi vicii]

Did you just ask if you can bring your scores up in 4 weeks lol? You do realize some people only study for 3-4 weeks? So OF COURSE you have more than enough time to bring your scores up. You have enough time do destroyer multiple times as well as the bootcamp exams. Just keep practicing problems and learn from them, most people would love to be in your situation where they can spend a full month on just practice problems.

P.S. 4 weeks come on! You should know the answer lol

 

[dent56171]

Did you just ask if you can bring your scores up in 4 weeks lol? You do realize some people only study for 3-4 weeks? So OF COURSE you have more than enough time to bring your scores up. You have enough time do destroyer multiple times as well as the bootcamp exams. Just keep practicing problems and learn from them, most people would love to be in your situation where they can spend a full month on just practice problems.

P.S. 4 weeks come on! You should know the answer lol

haha I know, but I chemistry and QR is a weakness for me so I will definitely need to work on that along with finish content for orgo and bio. Thanks for your input.

 

[Veni vidi vicii]

haha I know, but I chemistry and QR is a weakness for me so I will definitely need to work on that along with finish content for orgo and bio. Thanks for your input.

I'm the same boat as you matter of fact where I'm doing problems right now. I finished bio destroyer and did about half of GC destroyer problems. It's great doing problems because this is when you really learn efficiently, you start remembering and pulling stuff from content review and form stronger neural connections. Just keep doing problems and you'll master any kind of problem they'll throw at you. I recommend your 1st time through destroyer just use it to learn, don't worry about how many you get wrong. Then the 2nd time do it as if you're keeping score.

Also, try doing the QR in destroyer then move on to math destroyer so you build a nice foundation. Good luck!