Feralis BIO NOTES Results

[soccerfan01]

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Hey guys, my exam is in a month I have about 4 weeks to go, should I go ahead and memorize Feralis notes? In all honestly they seem a little too much? I just finished my general BIO study now I want to do a more in depth approach but I dont want to waste precious time, what should I be doing right now in terms of BIO for the other sections I am taking practice exams and building speed but this is the only thing that I am still trying to study?

 

[Syntav]

delete the sections of feralis you already know well, highlight and focus on the things you haven't seen before or don't feel comfortable with

 

[swindoll]

Cliff Notes>Ferralis notes in my opinion. Content is pretty much the same, but Cliff notes are MUCH easier to read! Also, read over the most important topics on anatomy/physiology (Check out humanbody.com!), and you're good to go! Good luck!

 

[soccerfan01]

Cliff Notes>Ferralis notes in my opinion. Content is pretty much the same, but Cliff notes are MUCH easier to read! Also, read over the most important topics on anatomy/physiology (Check out humanbody.com!), and you're good to go! Good luck!

Are you saying that cliffnotes and feralis notes are the exact same content? Also did you study with both feralis and cliffnotes if not which one did you study?

 

[FeralisExtremum]

You should be reading Cliff's (or some other primary source) regardless. The notes aren't meant to teach you the material, they are meant to compress the facts into an easier to memorize form with the addition of information from various other sources for things that were either left out of Cliff's completely or not explained in enough depth.

If it seems like the notes are too much, that's because they are. The notes are meant to be as comprehensive as possible and the DAT itself will never test on anything more than a fraction of the material, so even if you take every practice test there is out there you are never going to feel like "wow I really did need to memorize every detail of those notes". But I made the notes that way because almost anything from them potentially can show up on the real DAT, so I'd (personally) rather be overprepared than underprepared. But if you feel that you are adequately prepared without them, or that your studying time is more efficiently spent in other ways, it may not be worth keeping up with them. Ultimately it's a judgment call only you can make. Good luck.

 

[TheEpicFruitCake]

I took genetics in the summer and didn't really retain anything from my bio 2 class either. As a result, I actually read campbell to learn and used feralis as my notes to review. Some things that were emphasized in the textbook weren't mentioned in Feralis; HOWEVER, those things didn't show up on my DAT (except this random phys question) and it was still better than cliffs as a means of review after the initial learning by a long shot. You should use feralis + Cliffs imo. A combination is always the best. Also, feralis won't make a lick of sense if you don't have a decent background of knowledge. I remember trying to just pick up feralis and memorize it. That didn't go so well and I ended up wasting a week.

 

[soccerfan01]

Guys I read somewhere on this forum that feralis HIGH YIELD is really good but I can not find that anywhere what does this mean. And to clarify this person was saying that a "high yield" question has shown up on every practice test he has ever taken, any ideas?

 

[swindoll]

Are you saying that cliffnotes and feralis notes are the exact same content? Also did you study with both feralis and cliffnotes if not which one did you study?

Yes, pretty much. I used Cliff Notes only.

 

[ReTxMyBrain]

I suggest you read through Cliffs first and then use Feralis to supplement. If you already have a good Biology background, then you can skip straight to Feralis.

Cliffs is simply too basic; I can't really see how anybody can score 21+ on Biology with just Cliff Notes unless they have a really strong Biology background. In my opinion, Feralis isn't "a little too much." You should be familiar with almost (if not all) concepts/terms in Feralis if you really want to ace the Biology section.

 

[bc1002]

I would definitely study Cliffs very well and remember everything from it. If you are running short of time, just read through physiology and anatomy part of Ferralis.

 

[KineticFlow603]

I put off studying for biology 3 days before my test!!! I read the whole cliff in 3 days and made note cards and ended up with a 23. But I don't recommend this unless you are used to procrastination. This really helped me retain most of the information I read.