I figured I'd chip in my scores and study habits from this experience - I know reading everyone else's experience helped me greatly, so I'll pay it forward.
As a preface, I took the Canadian DAT and this was my first time testing. I am currently doing my Masters degree in Biochemistry
Scores:
RC: 23
BIO: 21
CHEM: 28
TS: 23
AA: 24
PAT: 21
Study Materials:
Biology: Here I used a combination of Feralis notes + Cliffs AP 3rd Ed. This is the section I spent the most time on, and as you can see it was still my lowest score. You really need to know everything! A lot of the questions on the test can feel random, but I feel the two resources I used did cover everything I saw on the test. I used practice tests from IQ Publications to test my knowledge - I suppose it did the job, but I wish I had purchased Destroyer, it seems like a better testing resource.
Chemistry: I honestly didn't spend much time here - I teach a lot of first year chemistry labs, so the material was still fresh in my mind. Still, I went on Chad's videos and looked through the sections he goes over for general chemistry. I didn't actually watch the videos, but I his video titles as a study guideline. I used old class notes/textbooks/wikipedia to roughly cover all the material. I also used practice tests from IQ Publications - Again, I felt it did an okay job of pointing out my knowledge deficiencies, but Destroyer seems like a better resource.
RC: Again, I used IQ Publications. I feel the only way you can study for this section is to do practice tests, so I suppose it worked well enough for me. The IQ book does have a brief opening section which gives helpful tips on how to approach certain questions, so all and all it was a decent resource.
PAT: I used Crack the Dat PAT. I felt this prepared me well enough, though I would say the actual DAT was a little bit harder.
Thanks again to everyone here, you all helped motivate me to study hard. Cheers!
As a preface, I took the Canadian DAT and this was my first time testing. I am currently doing my Masters degree in Biochemistry
Scores:
RC: 23
BIO: 21
CHEM: 28
TS: 23
AA: 24
PAT: 21
Study Materials:
Biology: Here I used a combination of Feralis notes + Cliffs AP 3rd Ed. This is the section I spent the most time on, and as you can see it was still my lowest score. You really need to know everything! A lot of the questions on the test can feel random, but I feel the two resources I used did cover everything I saw on the test. I used practice tests from IQ Publications to test my knowledge - I suppose it did the job, but I wish I had purchased Destroyer, it seems like a better testing resource.
Chemistry: I honestly didn't spend much time here - I teach a lot of first year chemistry labs, so the material was still fresh in my mind. Still, I went on Chad's videos and looked through the sections he goes over for general chemistry. I didn't actually watch the videos, but I his video titles as a study guideline. I used old class notes/textbooks/wikipedia to roughly cover all the material. I also used practice tests from IQ Publications - Again, I felt it did an okay job of pointing out my knowledge deficiencies, but Destroyer seems like a better resource.
RC: Again, I used IQ Publications. I feel the only way you can study for this section is to do practice tests, so I suppose it worked well enough for me. The IQ book does have a brief opening section which gives helpful tips on how to approach certain questions, so all and all it was a decent resource.
PAT: I used Crack the Dat PAT. I felt this prepared me well enough, though I would say the actual DAT was a little bit harder.
Thanks again to everyone here, you all helped motivate me to study hard. Cheers!
