Enough Time To Improve ?

[BLACKTEXASDOC]

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Hey guys Im registered to take the DAT in 8 days but Ive decided to push it back due to my horrible QR score. I literally just took the QR section and got a 14... Yeah. All my other sections are around 18 on Bootcamp and so I'm ok there. My Qvault averages for QR is around 16. Is 3-4 weeks enough time to improve from a 14 to a 17?

 

[DMikes]

3-4 weeks is plenty of time

 

[FeralisExtremum]

You could definitely improve a lot in 3-4 weeks. Is your issue mostly speed or not knowing the right techniques/formulas to use?

 

[Orka]

You have enough time, I would suggest focusing on content review and less on doing practice tests. Doing practice tests are useless and won't really improve your scores since you won't see any of those questions on the real DAT. Of course, the only exceptions are the PAT and RC where practice will help. Good luck.

 

[tyjacobs]

Hey guys Im registered to take the DAT in 8 days but Ive decided to push it back due to my horrible QR score. I literally just took the QR section and got a 14... Yeah. All my other sections are around 18 on Bootcamp and so I'm ok there. My Qvault averages for QR is around 16. Is 3-4 weeks enough time to improve from a 14 to a 17?

Yes, plenty of time. Go back and watch chad's QR videos or khan academy videos to boost your base knowledge. What practice exam materials for QR have you used so far?

 

[BLACKTEXASDOC]

You could definitely improve a lot in 3-4 weeks. Is your issue mostly speed or not knowing the right techniques/formulas to use?

Fundamentals really are my biggest weakness. I haven't taken a math course in almost 10 years!

 

[BLACKTEXASDOC]

Yes, plenty of time. Go back and watch chad's QR videos or khan academy videos to boost your base knowledge. What practice exam materials for QR have you used so far?

Thank you! Im starting Khan today!

 

[caffeine jitters]

Thank you! Im starting Khan today!

I personally found the Kahn academy lectures for DAT Bootcamp to be pretty unhelpful. I would try Chad; I don't have any exeperience for with him for QR, but people have had good results with him. Also - PRACTICE.

 

[DAT Destroyer]

Hey guys Im registered to take the DAT in 8 days but Ive decided to push it back due to my horrible QR score. I literally just took the QR section and got a 14... Yeah. All my other sections are around 18 on Bootcamp and so I'm ok there. My Qvault averages for QR is around 16. Is 3-4 weeks enough time to improve from a 14 to a 17?

Tough question, it all depends on you. Is it possible to improve from 14 to 17 in 4 weeks? Yes we have seen many students who have. .

Cover the basics first ( khanacademy is a good start ).
go over each topic until you understand it well, then move on to the next topic.
start with arithmetics ( addition, multiplication easy fractions etc...) then go to algebra. spend more time on this topic. It covers almost everything: simple functions, working with variables, word problems etc.... Then move on to basic probabilities and stats. Only when you understand the fundamentals you can start doing the math destroyer.

Once you know which type of problems you're struggling with, go through the math destroyer test by test and do those problems. The math destroyer is structured in a way that different variations of the same problem are asked ( for example: rate problems )
After a while you'll get a feel of how to solve each problem.

And then practice practice practice.
Another key thing: don't ignore the science for 4 weeks

Nancy

 

[FeralisExtremum]

Fundamentals really are my biggest weakness. I haven't taken a math course in almost 10 years!

That will make improving a lot easier once you review the fundamentals again to refresh your memory. What kind of content review are you currently going through? I found Chad's QR videos a good refresher, and used Khan Academy for extra practice on probability and statistics.

 

[DAT Destroyer]

Fundamentals really are my biggest weakness. I haven't taken a math course in almost 10 years!

This leads me to believe you are a non traditional student, is this correct?

 

[ItsaGreatDay]

That will make improving a lot easier once you review the fundamentals again to refresh your memory. What kind of content review are you currently going through? I found Chad's QR videos a good refresher, and used Khan Academy for extra practice on probability and statistics.

This! I too had been 10+yrs since a math course, so I was weak across the board with math... I initially worked through a precalc review book, and then QR section of Destroyer. I finally tried Chad's, and they helped SOOO much, he shows easier, faster ways to do things that finally clicked for me. Don't worry about your timing this far out, just working through the problems until you understand them

 

[Faefly]

I would advise you to start here
The Organic Chemistry Tutor he is a genius, he has videos for free
but you have to get his videos on vemo for 32 dollar.


But if you don't want to pay any thing, youtube is full of awesome math teachers.

I found this guy videos on word problems are brilliant, @GoGreenAndFloss at the forum suggested him, he is really good
he has about 15 videos on a word problem, each of them is like 15 minutes!
Very very thorough and they are free. Plus his way of talking is very entertaining, he has his own presenter to introduce him.
So here is the first video on Word problems

He has a lot of videos on algebra, even some on probability.

Fort Bend Tutoring

Honestly, when it comes to math, Khan is good if you know your basics, but if you want more you should look else where.

 

[BLACKTEXASDOC]

This leads me to believe you are a non traditional student, is this correct?

Yes I am a nontraditional student. Im getting around 80% correct on the algebra portion of the Datbootcamp tests. However, Im doing really bad on the Applied Math, Quantitate comparison and Stats and Probability.