Done with the DAT 6/23/05

[bosox_9]

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the results are in...

AA: 20
TS: 21
PAT: 19
BIO: 22
GC: 21
OC: 19
RC: 19
QR: 20

I'm happy with the scores. I used the Kaplan book and the subject tests, Barrons, and Schuams for Biology. I studied pretty hard for about 2 weeks. That being said, the DAT is VERY doable, just put in the time. I didn't want to spend my whole summer studying so I took it now (maybe not the best approach). For everyone stressing - as is custom here on SDN - there were no questions (even in Bio) that I had no idea on, more just general stuff. I'd be happy to answer any specific questions people have.

 

[dat_student]

AA: 20
TS: 21
PAT: 19
BIO: 22
GC: 21
OC: 19
RC: 19
QR: 20

great scores. congrats...as usual my question is how did you feel about RCT? Did you have a non-science passage?

 

[bosox_9]

great scores. congrats...as usual my question is how did you feel about RCT? Did you have a non-science passage?

All science topics for me. The three topics were (roughly) - Comets and Asteroids, Glutame receptor stuff, and human brain imaging (MRI, CT, MRA, etc.)

 

[dat_student]

All science topics for me. The three topics were (roughly) - Comets and Asteroids, Glutame receptor stuff, and human brain imaging (MRI, CT, MRA, etc.)

Thanks so much...I wish you the best of luck

 

[Blackstars]

All science topics for me. The three topics were (roughly) - Comets and Asteroids, Glutame receptor stuff, and human brain imaging (MRI, CT, MRA, etc.)

Excellent scores. You'll have no problem getting acceptances. Can you provide example of some of the general chemistry questions, especially the hard ones. Thank you

 

[bosox_9]

Excellent scores. You'll have no problem getting acceptances. Can you provide example of some of the general chemistry questions, especially the hard ones. Thank you

I had a few questions on entropy and Gibbs free energy, not really calculations just setting up an equation. A few on reaction kinetics, rates and orders. A couple bonding questions - angles, hybridization, pi and sigma bonds. A molality and molarity calculation. Titrations and dilutions. One or two ideal gas law questions. A mass percentage question. Honestly, no question or questions stood out as exceptionally difficult.

 

[Slash]

I studied pretty hard for about 2 weeks.

Congrats on the good scores! Just curious how many hours a day you put in studying during those two weeks? Did you read the kaplan book page by page or just work practice problems? I'm trying to devise my study plan....I have 4 weeks to go, and due to research committments I can't committ my time fully to DAT right now, I'll only have about two weeks to fully committ to DAT.

 

[bosox_9]

Congrats on the good scores! Just curious how many hours a day you put in studying during those two weeks? Did you read the kaplan book page by page or just work practice problems? I'm trying to devise my study plan....I have 4 weeks to go, and due to research committments I can't committ my time fully to DAT right now, I'll only have about two weeks to fully committ to DAT.

My study plan:

Mon - Fri: studied from 5 pm til midnight of 1 am
weekends: put in at least 10 hours a day

I read Kaplan, Barrons, and Schaums first. Then did all the practice problems I could find and read the explanations - this was key. Then I re-read all the books a second time while doing practice problems. Once you get a handle on the specifics, the real thing seems like a breeze because the topics are more general.

 

[SunnyD0119]

wow nice job....i'm takin mine in a 10 dyas
what'd you think of the orgo part....everyone says its easy but i'm a little worried about it

 

[IcemanDDS]

Holy crap better review some more gen chem...

 

[jeejeejiji]

with schaums bio..
I've recently been studying with that and find that
it really goes into detail..
did you memorize everything in detail in that book?

thanks ahead!! 🙂

 

[Comet208]

human brain imaging (MRI, CT, MRA, etc.)

How did you feel about this pasaage? i had this one and i found the questions to be very hard to answer.

 

[syn_apse]

How did you feel about this pasaage? i had this one and i found the questions to be very hard to answer.

holy **** i hope i get that passage seeing as how my last 4 years of research involved neuroimaging 🙂

 

[dat_student]

holy **** i hope i get that passage seeing as how my last 4 years of research involved neuroimaging 🙂

I also hope that I get that passage... 😉

 

[LMav]

the results are in...

AA: 20
TS: 21
PAT: 19
BIO: 22
GC: 21
OC: 19
RC: 19
QR: 20

I'm happy with the scores. I used the Kaplan book and the subject tests, Barrons, and Schuams for Biology. I studied pretty hard for about 2 weeks. That being said, the DAT is VERY doable, just put in the time. I didn't want to spend my whole summer studying so I took it now (maybe not the best approach). For everyone stressing - as is custom here on SDN - there were no questions (even in Bio) that I had no idea on, more just general stuff. I'd be happy to answer any specific questions people have.

Great scores. Congrats.

Did you have any questions on plant biology and embryology?

 

[dexadental]

I've been using Schaum's, have a DAT this Wednesday and feel it has a ton of info, that which probably won't be on the DAT. If something bears a similarity to my Kaplan studies, or from Topscore, I usually read it and try to learn it...the other stuff I just skim through...too much info...too little time...plus, this should be of aid for the reading comp section too! 😛

 

[bosox_9]

sorry i took so long to respond...hopefully this answers everyone's questions.

- the orgo part was much easier than kaplans. I must have made some stupid mistakes because I thought I missed maybe 2 or 3. The Kaplan book gives you EVERYTHING you need to know for this section - i had a bunch of pretty basic reactions.

- kaplan and schaums bio came up big for me as bio was my best score, but i have a lot of biology background anyway. I had one plant identification (can't remember exactly) but the answers were something like bryophyta, fern, angiosperm, gymnosperm. And yes, I had the infamous sea urchin question.

- the neuroimaging passage was suprisingly easy because i already knew a lot about most of the techniques from undergrad (MRI, PET, and CT especially). The passage that was really difficult was the glutamate receptor passage - lots of very technical jargon that made reading fast tough.

hope that helps party people.