Yay, they're finally back!
I took the Canadian DAT, so no OC or QR (thankfully).
RC 23
Bio 24
GC 22
Sci 23
AA 23
PAT 20
In terms of strategies and feedback for Bootcamp and Romano that I hope you guys can find useful:
RC:
I did not practice heavily for this section, as I'm a good scanner (though I'm actually not great at reading out loud or following word-for-word). Honestly, two of the readings were biology based, so I could have scored half decently if I hadn't even read the article at all. RC is much easier on the real thing than it is on BC. BC had tricky 'related statements/valid statements' questions which I don't think I saw on the Canadian DAT at all. Also, as a Canadian, we get paper tests, so flipping from page to page is so much easier on the real thing. BC was a tiny little box with scrolling that didn't save your position between questions.
My natural strategy is to read the first 2-3 paragraphs quickly, look at the first 5 questions and kind of guess and use search-and-destroy. We have 50 minutes for 50 questions and I finished 8 minutes early.
Bio:
I found BC and Romano the best, but you do need to get every single bio resource you can get if you want to kill this section.The questions can be extremely random and broad. Again, get every MCAT, OAT, DAT bio question you can find.
GC:
Romano and BC are good for this. Not terribly complicated, but watch out for the occasional 'random' question that is fact based and not calculation based.
PAT:
Although my PAT is the lowest of my scores, I think the only reason they're good is because I used Bootcamp. Aside from a few Kaplan, Barron's and ADA practice exams (which were just warm-ups next to Bootcamp PAT), Bootcamp was my primary source of PAT practice. I'll be honest, I did not use Crack or other PAT practice, so I'm not in the best place to compare BC to those. I did practice the hell out of the materials I had (did each BC test 2-3 times). I was time pressured for this section, but the real DAT PAT is quite a bit easier than BC.
Good luck, guys! Post if you have any q's 🙂
I took the Canadian DAT, so no OC or QR (thankfully).
RC 23
Bio 24
GC 22
Sci 23
AA 23
PAT 20
In terms of strategies and feedback for Bootcamp and Romano that I hope you guys can find useful:
RC:
I did not practice heavily for this section, as I'm a good scanner (though I'm actually not great at reading out loud or following word-for-word). Honestly, two of the readings were biology based, so I could have scored half decently if I hadn't even read the article at all. RC is much easier on the real thing than it is on BC. BC had tricky 'related statements/valid statements' questions which I don't think I saw on the Canadian DAT at all. Also, as a Canadian, we get paper tests, so flipping from page to page is so much easier on the real thing. BC was a tiny little box with scrolling that didn't save your position between questions.
My natural strategy is to read the first 2-3 paragraphs quickly, look at the first 5 questions and kind of guess and use search-and-destroy. We have 50 minutes for 50 questions and I finished 8 minutes early.
Bio:
I found BC and Romano the best, but you do need to get every single bio resource you can get if you want to kill this section.The questions can be extremely random and broad. Again, get every MCAT, OAT, DAT bio question you can find.
GC:
Romano and BC are good for this. Not terribly complicated, but watch out for the occasional 'random' question that is fact based and not calculation based.
PAT:
Although my PAT is the lowest of my scores, I think the only reason they're good is because I used Bootcamp. Aside from a few Kaplan, Barron's and ADA practice exams (which were just warm-ups next to Bootcamp PAT), Bootcamp was my primary source of PAT practice. I'll be honest, I did not use Crack or other PAT practice, so I'm not in the best place to compare BC to those. I did practice the hell out of the materials I had (did each BC test 2-3 times). I was time pressured for this section, but the real DAT PAT is quite a bit easier than BC.
Good luck, guys! Post if you have any q's 🙂
