Hello all. My only complaint of the test was they didn't let me bring my coffee into the exam room with me. That tall black coffee 1 splenda from starbucks is my saving grace. Without it, I am merely a student. The trend for my scores is almost exactly directly related to the amount of coffee in my system at the time of the test.
GPA 3.56 sGPA: 3.6
DAT Scores
Biology : 24
General Chemistry :24
Organic Chemistry : 19
Reading Comp : 24
Quant : 17
PAT: 17
TS: 22
AA: 22
Biology = Ridiculous. Here's where I devoted most of my studying time to. Kaplan BB, Ap Cliffs, Destroyer, Kaplan Subject Tests, and Top Score. It was very random, but easy random. The questions were very comprehensive, which means not a lot of recall but more thinking was required. Toward the end of my studying, I freaked myself out so much that I was actually studying Fungi reproduction from AP Cliffs. haha. Moral of the story, don't get too nutty in this section and focus of more overall function and cooperation within biology (how things relate to each other).
General Chemistry = 1. Watch Chad's Videos - great with Concepts
2. Go through Destroyer 1 or 2x
Organic Chemistry = Destroyer, some Kaplan BB. This section was easier than my score translates. I was sloppy on this section, I probably made silly mistakes. Know reactions SN1/SN2 E1/E2 , the usual.
Reading Comp = Didn't study for this really. I figured the amount of time I devoted to outlining and rereading Kaplan BB, AP Cliffs was enough search and destroy for me. I took Top Score was scoring decent also. I must have had three really easy passages. Search And Destroy. I had a few inference questions, but honestly, they aren't trying to trick you. You have 60 minutes with 3 passages. That is 20 minutes to read 12-20 paragraphs and answer a few simple questions, generally one paragraph/question. The main thing here was they will throw you some odd ball questions up front so you get all "OMG WTF" but just skip those that scare you and answer the other questions first.
That really goes for all the sections. I saw question placement was key for this test. They will always throw the more time consuming questions at you first to throw off your game, but don't fall for it.
PAT: Hit or miss for me really. I scored 17-20 on my CPD all 10 tests. Mostly 63-66 questions right. Today was not my day for this one, I would've liked to see at least an 18 here.
QR: I did TS/Destroyer/ Kaplan. Always getting 30+ questions right each time. Here, I don't know. A lot of word problems, nothing tricky, just collecting all the data, then solving was time consuming. I'm a solid math student, it's all a matter of practicing your speed here. Again, would've loved to see a higher number.
I'm not retaking. I know those 17s are killing me right now, but those 24s make me happy. I'm posting only to pay it forward. I came to this website for analysis and support,and it would be hypocritical of me not to return the favor for those who are still preparing.
Cheers!
GPA 3.56 sGPA: 3.6
DAT Scores
Biology : 24
General Chemistry :24
Organic Chemistry : 19
Reading Comp : 24
Quant : 17
PAT: 17
TS: 22
AA: 22
Biology = Ridiculous. Here's where I devoted most of my studying time to. Kaplan BB, Ap Cliffs, Destroyer, Kaplan Subject Tests, and Top Score. It was very random, but easy random. The questions were very comprehensive, which means not a lot of recall but more thinking was required. Toward the end of my studying, I freaked myself out so much that I was actually studying Fungi reproduction from AP Cliffs. haha. Moral of the story, don't get too nutty in this section and focus of more overall function and cooperation within biology (how things relate to each other).
General Chemistry = 1. Watch Chad's Videos - great with Concepts
2. Go through Destroyer 1 or 2x
Organic Chemistry = Destroyer, some Kaplan BB. This section was easier than my score translates. I was sloppy on this section, I probably made silly mistakes. Know reactions SN1/SN2 E1/E2 , the usual.
Reading Comp = Didn't study for this really. I figured the amount of time I devoted to outlining and rereading Kaplan BB, AP Cliffs was enough search and destroy for me. I took Top Score was scoring decent also. I must have had three really easy passages. Search And Destroy. I had a few inference questions, but honestly, they aren't trying to trick you. You have 60 minutes with 3 passages. That is 20 minutes to read 12-20 paragraphs and answer a few simple questions, generally one paragraph/question. The main thing here was they will throw you some odd ball questions up front so you get all "OMG WTF" but just skip those that scare you and answer the other questions first.
That really goes for all the sections. I saw question placement was key for this test. They will always throw the more time consuming questions at you first to throw off your game, but don't fall for it.
PAT: Hit or miss for me really. I scored 17-20 on my CPD all 10 tests. Mostly 63-66 questions right. Today was not my day for this one, I would've liked to see at least an 18 here.
QR: I did TS/Destroyer/ Kaplan. Always getting 30+ questions right each time. Here, I don't know. A lot of word problems, nothing tricky, just collecting all the data, then solving was time consuming. I'm a solid math student, it's all a matter of practicing your speed here. Again, would've loved to see a higher number.
I'm not retaking. I know those 17s are killing me right now, but those 24s make me happy. I'm posting only to pay it forward. I came to this website for analysis and support,and it would be hypocritical of me not to return the favor for those who are still preparing.
Cheers!
