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[undecided0105]

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I was just wondering if anyone could reccomend purchasing Shaums Outline of Gereral/Organic/ and biological chemistry... or seperatly purchasing the outlines for organic chem and general chem. Also would anyone know where to purchace DAT achiever? Im not even sure what that is

 

[pre-dent]

I was just wondering if anyone could reccomend purchasing Shaums Outline of Gereral/Organic/ and biological chemistry... or seperatly purchasing the outlines for organic chem and general chem. Also would anyone know where to purchace DAT achiever? Im not even sure what that is

Hello,

Here is the wesite where you can purchase the DAT achiever from. I have not heard good things about Shaums. Maybe I'm wrong.

http://www.3tquest.com/page2.html

Mel 😀

 

[MaxL221]

Hello,

Here is the wesite where you can purchase the DAT achiever from. I have not heard good things about Shaums. Maybe I'm wrong.

http://www.3tquest.com/page2.html

Mel 😀

Are there any other sites or prep materials anyone recommends. I am in search of a problems/exams. I took kaplan and their study materials are great. However, I do not feel that they provided enough practice problems/exams. Are there any other sources that provide an abundent amount of practice problems/exams?

Please let me know!
Thanks!

 

[whiskeysour]

Are there any other sites or prep materials anyone recommends. I am in search of a problems/exams. I took kaplan and their study materials are great. However, I do not feel that they provided enough practice problems/exams. Are there any other sources that provide an abundent amount of practice problems/exams?

Please let me know!
Thanks!

this is what i'm using:

bio: kaplan blue book, cliffs for plant bio, and reading parts of campbells text.
chem: kaplan blue, and my text for additional problems
ochem: kaplans "orgo edge"
pat: barrons
qr: kaplan and princeton reviews GRE book
rc: figure out what strategy works for you by reading and answering as many passages as possible.

 

[Nazafarin]

How would you evaluate the effectiveness of DAT Achiever in preparing you for the actual DAT? Do you think its worth buying? Any inputs would be highly appreciated. 🙂

 

[dentistin2011]

How would you evaluate the effectiveness of DAT Achiever in preparing you for the actual DAT? Do you think its worth buying? Any inputs would be highly appreciated. 🙂

Definitely!!!

 

[pre-dent]

Are there any other sites or prep materials anyone recommends. I am in search of a problems/exams. I took kaplan and their study materials are great. However, I do not feel that they provided enough practice problems/exams. Are there any other sources that provide an abundent amount of practice problems/exams?

Please let me know!
Thanks!

Hello MaxL221,

Here is thread that was originally posted by Rook.

Conquered The Dat Today 05/23/2006!!


Hey All,

I CONQUERED THE DAT!!!

First off I would like to thank the people on SDN for their support and advice!


NO MORE HOLEPUNCHING or PATTERN FOLDING FOREVER!!!

As for my SCORES:

Biology: 26
G Chem: 29
O Chem: 29
Math: 22
Reading: 21
PAT: 20
TS: 29
AA: 25

I was so shocked!!

BIO:
Resources:
Kaplan Book from Class: Decent!
EXAM KRACKERS MCAT BIO: Great as a supplement to the Kaplan (Lacks Plants and Ecology).
CAMPBELL Biology Textbook 6th Ed. Priceless! Great explanations!

G Chem:
Kaplan: Decent!
Zumdahl - Chemistry Textbook: WONDERFUL!

O Chem:
Kaplan: Below average.
Bruice - Organic Chemistry Fourth Edition (PRICELESS)!!!

Extra:
Topscore:
Test 3:
Bio/Gchem/Ochem/ Math/ RC/ PAT
20/20/22/22/20/22

DAT Achiever (Very Difficult)
Bio/G Chem/O Chem:
17 18 19

IF YOU NEED ADVICE PLEASE DO NOT PM ME!
POST YOUR QUESTION AS A REPLY AND I WILL ANSWER. MANY PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT FROM YOUR QUESTIONS!


--------------------------------------------

This is very good advice. I suggest you go in the original thread and read all responses to this thread. You will get alot of GREAT ADVICE.

Mel 😀

 

[samiam0252003]

Well I'm taking the DAT june 30th, I'm taking the kaplan course, I've already went through the Barrons book and I'm about to get into the Kaplan blue book, I have my original textbooks from chem and orgo, and I'm afraid by the time I order Topscore from online, it'll be too late for me to use it because of shipping and delivery, so what would you recommend with only about 3.5 weeks to study?

Hello MaxL221,

Here is thread that was originally posted by Rook.

Conquered The Dat Today 05/23/2006!!


Hey All,

I CONQUERED THE DAT!!!

First off I would like to thank the people on SDN for their support and advice!


NO MORE HOLEPUNCHING or PATTERN FOLDING FOREVER!!!

As for my SCORES:

Biology: 26
G Chem: 29
O Chem: 29
Math: 22
Reading: 21
PAT: 20
TS: 29
AA: 25

I was so shocked!!

BIO:
Resources:
Kaplan Book from Class: Decent!
EXAM KRACKERS MCAT BIO: Great as a supplement to the Kaplan (Lacks Plants and Ecology).
CAMPBELL Biology Textbook 6th Ed. Priceless! Great explanations!

G Chem:
Kaplan: Decent!
Zumdahl - Chemistry Textbook: WONDERFUL!

O Chem:
Kaplan: Below average.
Bruice - Organic Chemistry Fourth Edition (PRICELESS)!!!

Extra:
Topscore:
Test 3:
Bio/Gchem/Ochem/ Math/ RC/ PAT
20/20/22/22/20/22

DAT Achiever (Very Difficult)
Bio/G Chem/O Chem:
17 18 19

IF YOU NEED ADVICE PLEASE DO NOT PM ME!
POST YOUR QUESTION AS A REPLY AND I WILL ANSWER. MANY PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT FROM YOUR QUESTIONS!


--------------------------------------------

This is very good advice. I suggest you go in the original thread and read all responses to this thread. You will get alot of GREAT ADVICE.

Mel 😀

 

[aggie.teacher]

I used Schaum's Biology only. I found the separate orgo and gen chem books tedious and I did better just taking lots of practice tests. I took 8 total: the 2 in the blue Kaplan book (paper and cd), 2 in Barron's (watch for errors), 3 on Top Score and the one in the ADA booklet when you register (it's online, too). Taking tests is the best way to prepare in my opinion. You learn where your weaknesses are and you can beef up in those areas without wasting your time on stuff you already know. They are all fairly representative of what you'll see on the real DAT. You're scores will probably even go up. Good luck!

Fighting Texas Aggie class of 2002
GPA 3.89 SGPA 3.5 DAT AA: 22, TS: 22, PAT: 24
Applying Baylor, San Antonio, Houston, Colorado, Oklahoma

 

[Nazafarin]

How would you rate the effectiveness of DAT achiever in preparing you for the DAT? Do you think its worth buying? Thanks for your help.

Hello MaxL221,

Here is thread that was originally posted by Rook.

Conquered The Dat Today 05/23/2006!!


Hey All,

I CONQUERED THE DAT!!!

First off I would like to thank the people on SDN for their support and advice!


NO MORE HOLEPUNCHING or PATTERN FOLDING FOREVER!!!

As for my SCORES:

Biology: 26
G Chem: 29
O Chem: 29
Math: 22
Reading: 21
PAT: 20
TS: 29
AA: 25

I was so shocked!!

BIO:
Resources:
Kaplan Book from Class: Decent!
EXAM KRACKERS MCAT BIO: Great as a supplement to the Kaplan (Lacks Plants and Ecology).
CAMPBELL Biology Textbook 6th Ed. Priceless! Great explanations!

G Chem:
Kaplan: Decent!
Zumdahl - Chemistry Textbook: WONDERFUL!

O Chem:
Kaplan: Below average.
Bruice - Organic Chemistry Fourth Edition (PRICELESS)!!!

Extra:
Topscore:
Test 3:
Bio/Gchem/Ochem/ Math/ RC/ PAT
20/20/22/22/20/22

DAT Achiever (Very Difficult)
Bio/G Chem/O Chem:
17 18 19

IF YOU NEED ADVICE PLEASE DO NOT PM ME!
POST YOUR QUESTION AS A REPLY AND I WILL ANSWER. MANY PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT FROM YOUR QUESTIONS!


--------------------------------------------

This is very good advice. I suggest you go in the original thread and read all responses to this thread. You will get alot of GREAT ADVICE.

Mel 😀

 

[Notoriousjae]

i have the schaums organic chem book. In my opinion it only seems to be good to use it as a supplement. I am using my old orgo text book as the primary source for studying. I believe rook also had the same book
Bruice - Organic Chemistry Fourth Edition (PRICELESS)!!!
In fact i'm pretty much using the same resources Rook used except for the MCAT exam crackers BIO.