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I am having a really difficult time with the PAT and Organic sections of the DAT. I am taking the test this Saturday😱 , and wondering if anyone had any good tips for the PAT. I don't know if this is true but someone in a class of mine told me that the Kaplan course gives hints/tips for the PAT. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
 
-If you have trouble with the PAT then i suggest you getting the Barron's DAT book. This book is only good for the PAT, it has some great tips and tricks on different sections of the PAT and is well worth your $16 bucks. Since your DAT is on Saturday you could also get achiever and do the PAT section on those, Achiever helps you to visualize objects better. As for the organic section, the DAT only test you on the general-nothing too specific or detail as you can image with only 30 questions to cover Ochem 🙂. If you have the Kaplan blue book or white book then that should be plenty for you to ace that section. What you should do is study each reaction carefully, group them into certain categories rather than trying to memorize each one. i.e this reaction falls under carboxyl group and most reactions with carboxyl group reacts the same way, those with ketones, aldehydes, amides etc.. After doing that you should get a feel for the trend in the reaction mechanism and then go back to each reaction and find some scrap paper and rewrite them over and over again until you get it. Go over it about 4-5 times and you should be solid. Hope this helps! gluck with everything 🙂
 
For the box counting section before the test even starts put a chart on your table for 5 to 6 different diagrams, then only go over each diagram once and make a mark for each cube then put in your choices
 
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