PAT-22
QR-18
RC- 19
BIO- 18
GC- 17
OC- 16
TS- 17
AA- 18
Well I just got home from the DAT, and I am a little disappointed. The biggest issue I ran into was time... My OCHEM score suffered because I spent too much time deliberating on BIO and GEN CHEM. I ran out of time when it came to OCHEM, and had to guess on the final 5 or so questions. Also ran out of time on QR, but on most of my practice tests that seemed to happen so I wasn't too surprised. PAT never seemed to give me that much trouble. I have always struggled with reading and was happy with a 19. I felt like I did better than an 18 BIO and I wish I would have done better of offset my low chem scores in my TS score.
I used DAT BOOTCAMP, DAT DESTOYER and MATH DESTROYER, Coursesaver, Cliffs AP Bio, 2007 and 2009 Practice Tests. Ari's guide to DAT dominance.
Overall good materials, I didn't particularly like Destroyer and seemed much more difficult than the real DAT so over practicing problems that aren't very similar to the actual DAT seemed like a waste of time to me. I still worked through all of the problems twice and it just didn't seem very helpful. Bootcamp is great and so is course saver, I would highly recommend those. I would have liked to have more realistic complete practice test to really get my timing down and a larger breadth of question formats. I think my biggest weakness was not enough practice questions and overall practice tests. Maybe a little test anxiety too...
My GPA is fairly low (3.31) as well so I am planning on retaking the DAT. I plan on applying with these scores and GPA anyway to see if I can get some interviews. Does anyone have any advice or encouragement for a bummed out aspiring dentist? Thanks.
QR-18
RC- 19
BIO- 18
GC- 17
OC- 16
TS- 17
AA- 18
Well I just got home from the DAT, and I am a little disappointed. The biggest issue I ran into was time... My OCHEM score suffered because I spent too much time deliberating on BIO and GEN CHEM. I ran out of time when it came to OCHEM, and had to guess on the final 5 or so questions. Also ran out of time on QR, but on most of my practice tests that seemed to happen so I wasn't too surprised. PAT never seemed to give me that much trouble. I have always struggled with reading and was happy with a 19. I felt like I did better than an 18 BIO and I wish I would have done better of offset my low chem scores in my TS score.
I used DAT BOOTCAMP, DAT DESTOYER and MATH DESTROYER, Coursesaver, Cliffs AP Bio, 2007 and 2009 Practice Tests. Ari's guide to DAT dominance.
Overall good materials, I didn't particularly like Destroyer and seemed much more difficult than the real DAT so over practicing problems that aren't very similar to the actual DAT seemed like a waste of time to me. I still worked through all of the problems twice and it just didn't seem very helpful. Bootcamp is great and so is course saver, I would highly recommend those. I would have liked to have more realistic complete practice test to really get my timing down and a larger breadth of question formats. I think my biggest weakness was not enough practice questions and overall practice tests. Maybe a little test anxiety too...
My GPA is fairly low (3.31) as well so I am planning on retaking the DAT. I plan on applying with these scores and GPA anyway to see if I can get some interviews. Does anyone have any advice or encouragement for a bummed out aspiring dentist? Thanks.