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Before I begin, these are the sources I used:
Cliffs AP Biology 3rd edition
Chads videos for organic chem/General chem
DAT Destroyer 2018 edition
DAT Bootcamp
Crack DAT (PAT section only)
Yesterday I had taken the DAT for the first time. I can now officially say, I’m going to need to retake it. So with my experiences studying for the DAT, I had started studying in the beginning of May. I took the exam in the morning which I really shouldn’t have done. It might’ve played a factor in my score but the earliest I’d take full length exams was 11am. So any way, I had been studying since May nearly every single day. I had gone through chads videos twice, went through DAT bootcamp full length exams once, and went through the destroyer 1 time around and 2 times for organic chemistry. I’m very disappointed in myself because I know I could’ve done better. My enemy was myself on exam day because I was having problems processing my thoughts. I felt when I first started the exam I was marking so many biology questions. With biology, when I first attempted to write out the hardy Weinberg equation, my marker went dry (NOTE THAT THEY GIVE YOU A PAIR OF BLACK SHARPIES AND 2 PAPERS). You can not erase anything and if you need a new paper, you must raise the paper and wave it so they can switch it for you. I had a problem with where I had to go through a total of 6 markers until I had a good set. I personally learned my lesson from that knowing I should bring my own sharpies next time around. Also, the writing with the sharpies was very thick, not sure if everyone experiences that, but I wasn’t used to writing big just for a single math problem. With that being said, I feel that DAT destroyer could’ve been the most beneficial from the questions I got on the exam. I stopped using the destroyer around a week and half before. DAT bootcamp really didn’t help me that much with the questions they asked so I wouldn’t recommend going through their exams more than twice. Also, I only went through half the QR questions in the destroyer and did about only 4 exams on QR. I’m not sure exactly how to approach studying for the DAT next summer. If anyone has been in the same position as me and did better, your advice would be really helpful, thank you.
DAT score:
Bio 17
QR 15
Gen chem 18
Orgo 19
PAT 18
RC 21
TS 18
AA 18
Cliffs AP Biology 3rd edition
Chads videos for organic chem/General chem
DAT Destroyer 2018 edition
DAT Bootcamp
Crack DAT (PAT section only)
Yesterday I had taken the DAT for the first time. I can now officially say, I’m going to need to retake it. So with my experiences studying for the DAT, I had started studying in the beginning of May. I took the exam in the morning which I really shouldn’t have done. It might’ve played a factor in my score but the earliest I’d take full length exams was 11am. So any way, I had been studying since May nearly every single day. I had gone through chads videos twice, went through DAT bootcamp full length exams once, and went through the destroyer 1 time around and 2 times for organic chemistry. I’m very disappointed in myself because I know I could’ve done better. My enemy was myself on exam day because I was having problems processing my thoughts. I felt when I first started the exam I was marking so many biology questions. With biology, when I first attempted to write out the hardy Weinberg equation, my marker went dry (NOTE THAT THEY GIVE YOU A PAIR OF BLACK SHARPIES AND 2 PAPERS). You can not erase anything and if you need a new paper, you must raise the paper and wave it so they can switch it for you. I had a problem with where I had to go through a total of 6 markers until I had a good set. I personally learned my lesson from that knowing I should bring my own sharpies next time around. Also, the writing with the sharpies was very thick, not sure if everyone experiences that, but I wasn’t used to writing big just for a single math problem. With that being said, I feel that DAT destroyer could’ve been the most beneficial from the questions I got on the exam. I stopped using the destroyer around a week and half before. DAT bootcamp really didn’t help me that much with the questions they asked so I wouldn’t recommend going through their exams more than twice. Also, I only went through half the QR questions in the destroyer and did about only 4 exams on QR. I’m not sure exactly how to approach studying for the DAT next summer. If anyone has been in the same position as me and did better, your advice would be really helpful, thank you.
DAT score:
Bio 17
QR 15
Gen chem 18
Orgo 19
PAT 18
RC 21
TS 18
AA 18