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Before I continue with my opinions of how I did and all that, just wanna thank SDN and you all for answering my stupid questions.
Now the breakdown:
Bio/Chem/OChem/PAT/RC/QR/TS/AA
2009:
Biology: 17
Chemistry: 22
Organic Chemistry: 17
PAT: 19
RC: 24
QR: 17
TS: 18
AA: 19
2010:
Biology: 19
Chemistry: 21
Organic Chemistry: 18
PAT: 20
RC: 18
QR: 19
TS: 19
AA: 19
Thus:
2009: AA/TS/PAT = 19/18/20
2010: AA/TS/PAT = 19/19/20
Biology: When people said random, I knew kinda how they meant because I had taken this test before. But what the ****!? This test was totally random and asked some random crap! Of course, some stuff was straightforward but Id say about 1/3 of the questions were WTF or you had to think about it. I got this one picture about Sporangia and its like identify it, and I didnt know WTF that was! All in all, I improved a lot since last year, and I attribute that to the Thinkwell videos and a better understand of biology from my classes. Well, not really. Just Thinkwell. Watch his videos. Go through Kaplan, if you dont understand something, write it down on notepad, then go to the referenced ThinkWell video and watch it. It may get too detailed but its good. DAT Destroyer was useless for this.
Chemistry: Once again, DAT Destroyer is overkill and not really worth it. Just use CHAD and KAPLAN and you should be fine. In fact, Chad alone is good enough. Just do it. Pay it. Watch it. Live. Chad is the man and he will get you a 19+. I got a 22 last time so Im kinda pissed I lowered the score. I honestly dont remember what I could have missed but I did, so whatever
Organic Chemistry: SIGH! Once again, I do well below my expectation. Orgo is like one of my best sections on TopScore; I got like 19s all the time. I get it. I made notecards of the roadmaps in Destroyer and I memorized them. And I still got raped! Why you ask? Ill tell you why: Spectroscopy!!! Last test, I didnt have ANY!!! This time, I had like 2 NMRs, and 1 Carbon NMRs. It was so annoying. I didnt really know crap about it! I had like 1 IR too. If I had gotten my old test, I would have done better. Im really pissed that I did so well on the reactions, yet got owned on the NMR section. No lab techniques or anything either.
PAT: CDP is amazing for this. I got 19s and 20s on it and a 20 on the real thing. I got a 19 last time so it was improved. I had about 10 minutes leftover so I just went back and reviewed my marked questions. No surprises here. Keyholes were on par with CDP; same with TFE. Hole Punching was 2x easier. Cube counting was super easy. Pattern was also easy except a few.
RC: WHAT THE ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get a 24 last time, which was my HIGHEST score and I get a 18, which is now my LOWEST score. What happened? Ill ****ing tell you what happened: I got the PIANO PASSAGE!!! I didnt know what you guys were referring to. I knew it was a really hard passage but I really didnt think itd be that hard. I mean come on, its about pianos! The passage is super detailed and the questions require you to read each and every line carefully. It was impossible. Sad part is, I had two really easy passages before it (one about cell communication and another about Aspirin), and then BAM! I see the Piano passage. My heart stopped and I was like oh crap Im SOL!. But then I just tried my best but I got owned. I feel really bad about this section. I was getting 21s on Topscore. I can only imagine now what my AA would have been had I gotten a better RC score. Im so pissed about this. I mean, what are the odds of getting this passage?!?! Why did this happen to me? I hate my life. Who the hell loses 6 points on RC?!?
QR: Know your angles. Did the whole go through the easy stuff first, and hard stuff last approach and I got the 19 which is way better than my 17. Math was actually easier this time around than last time. Nothing crazy. Everything could have been solved had I had more time. Well maybe like 1-2, but still. Pretty nice.
Overall: Honestly, I dont know what to think. My scores improved everywhere except GC and RC (where I got PWNED). I dont know guys. My AADSAS GPA is about 3.3 with a science GPA of like 2.9. I know, its low but what can I do? I dont know. I applied to UNLV, Western, UCSF, USC, UCLA, UoP, ASDOH, NYU, Boston, Maryland, Harvard (lol). I really dont know what will happen. My #1 choice is probably Western or USC. Either way, I hope I get it. Its really frustrating and hard on me to know that I tried so hard, and yet didnt improve (at least from a AA-perspective), yet did better in every other section pretty much. Its hard. It really is. I hate the Piano passage. Im never gonna go near one again.
Oh and here are my scores from the practice tests:
CDP (Crack DAT PAT)
20/20/20/19/20
CDM (Crack DAT MATH)
17/19/20/17/19
Top Score 1
Bio/Chem/OChem/PAT/RC/QR/TS/AA
19/20/17/20/21/19/19/19
18/17/19/19/21/21/18/19
17/18/19 (just sciences)
Now the breakdown:
Bio/Chem/OChem/PAT/RC/QR/TS/AA
2009:
Biology: 17
Chemistry: 22
Organic Chemistry: 17
PAT: 19
RC: 24
QR: 17
TS: 18
AA: 19
2010:
Biology: 19
Chemistry: 21
Organic Chemistry: 18
PAT: 20
RC: 18
QR: 19
TS: 19
AA: 19
Thus:
2009: AA/TS/PAT = 19/18/20
2010: AA/TS/PAT = 19/19/20
Biology: When people said random, I knew kinda how they meant because I had taken this test before. But what the ****!? This test was totally random and asked some random crap! Of course, some stuff was straightforward but Id say about 1/3 of the questions were WTF or you had to think about it. I got this one picture about Sporangia and its like identify it, and I didnt know WTF that was! All in all, I improved a lot since last year, and I attribute that to the Thinkwell videos and a better understand of biology from my classes. Well, not really. Just Thinkwell. Watch his videos. Go through Kaplan, if you dont understand something, write it down on notepad, then go to the referenced ThinkWell video and watch it. It may get too detailed but its good. DAT Destroyer was useless for this.
Chemistry: Once again, DAT Destroyer is overkill and not really worth it. Just use CHAD and KAPLAN and you should be fine. In fact, Chad alone is good enough. Just do it. Pay it. Watch it. Live. Chad is the man and he will get you a 19+. I got a 22 last time so Im kinda pissed I lowered the score. I honestly dont remember what I could have missed but I did, so whatever
Organic Chemistry: SIGH! Once again, I do well below my expectation. Orgo is like one of my best sections on TopScore; I got like 19s all the time. I get it. I made notecards of the roadmaps in Destroyer and I memorized them. And I still got raped! Why you ask? Ill tell you why: Spectroscopy!!! Last test, I didnt have ANY!!! This time, I had like 2 NMRs, and 1 Carbon NMRs. It was so annoying. I didnt really know crap about it! I had like 1 IR too. If I had gotten my old test, I would have done better. Im really pissed that I did so well on the reactions, yet got owned on the NMR section. No lab techniques or anything either.
PAT: CDP is amazing for this. I got 19s and 20s on it and a 20 on the real thing. I got a 19 last time so it was improved. I had about 10 minutes leftover so I just went back and reviewed my marked questions. No surprises here. Keyholes were on par with CDP; same with TFE. Hole Punching was 2x easier. Cube counting was super easy. Pattern was also easy except a few.
RC: WHAT THE ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get a 24 last time, which was my HIGHEST score and I get a 18, which is now my LOWEST score. What happened? Ill ****ing tell you what happened: I got the PIANO PASSAGE!!! I didnt know what you guys were referring to. I knew it was a really hard passage but I really didnt think itd be that hard. I mean come on, its about pianos! The passage is super detailed and the questions require you to read each and every line carefully. It was impossible. Sad part is, I had two really easy passages before it (one about cell communication and another about Aspirin), and then BAM! I see the Piano passage. My heart stopped and I was like oh crap Im SOL!. But then I just tried my best but I got owned. I feel really bad about this section. I was getting 21s on Topscore. I can only imagine now what my AA would have been had I gotten a better RC score. Im so pissed about this. I mean, what are the odds of getting this passage?!?! Why did this happen to me? I hate my life. Who the hell loses 6 points on RC?!?
QR: Know your angles. Did the whole go through the easy stuff first, and hard stuff last approach and I got the 19 which is way better than my 17. Math was actually easier this time around than last time. Nothing crazy. Everything could have been solved had I had more time. Well maybe like 1-2, but still. Pretty nice.
Overall: Honestly, I dont know what to think. My scores improved everywhere except GC and RC (where I got PWNED). I dont know guys. My AADSAS GPA is about 3.3 with a science GPA of like 2.9. I know, its low but what can I do? I dont know. I applied to UNLV, Western, UCSF, USC, UCLA, UoP, ASDOH, NYU, Boston, Maryland, Harvard (lol). I really dont know what will happen. My #1 choice is probably Western or USC. Either way, I hope I get it. Its really frustrating and hard on me to know that I tried so hard, and yet didnt improve (at least from a AA-perspective), yet did better in every other section pretty much. Its hard. It really is. I hate the Piano passage. Im never gonna go near one again.
Oh and here are my scores from the practice tests:
CDP (Crack DAT PAT)
20/20/20/19/20
CDM (Crack DAT MATH)
17/19/20/17/19
Top Score 1
Bio/Chem/OChem/PAT/RC/QR/TS/AA
19/20/17/20/21/19/19/19
18/17/19/19/21/21/18/19
17/18/19 (just sciences)