Finally... the DAT is done.

[potatochip86]

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[bco99]

Wow those are damn good scores. Nice work!

 

[hellofuturedentists]

Nice! I'm glad all your work paid off. And don't worry, I cried, too. I bet schools will be fighting for you because you're applying as a pizza.

 

[Tooth.be.told]

woww Congratulations! What method did you uses for reading?

 

[OSUkid]

Congrats! I want to get scores like those

 

[potatochip86]

😕

 

[Master Yoda]

Congrats! Job well done.

 

[Scarlet Knight]

Wow! Very impressive. Great job @potatochip86 !

 

[Dwight Beet Farm]

You just shook off mediocrity! Well done. Makes me want to get some pizza now

 

[cdp1210]

Nice scores! Ours are very similar except you smoked me in reading!

 

[DAT Destroyer]

View attachment 194058

Actual scores:
PAT 27
QR 22
RC 28
Bio 23
GC 27
OC 23
TS 24
AA 25

About me:
- 29 y.o. non-trad informal post-bacc with a non-science degree.

About studying:
- Materials: DAT destroyer, Math destroyer, Chad's for math and chems, Bootcamp, and Cliff's AP Bio. For my exam, these (plus some googling) were sufficient.
- Schedule: Dentalworks. 2 months @ 8 hours per day. If you've had a 9-5 before, this isn't bad. The first month was spent reviewing Chad's vids (QR, OC, GC) and Cliff's AP Bio. The following month was spent getting Destroyed, with Bootcamp practice tests sprinkled in for color.
- Crying: Haven't seen much on SDN about crying while studying for the DAT so I'll go ahead and put it out there that I watered the plants those first few days of Destroyer. Got more than half wrong the first time. Redid those the second time. Still got a bunch wrong, and redid those a third time. It's painful but it leaves you better than it found you. Used Chad's pdfs with destroyer. I printed them out and wrote my video and Destroyer notes all over them.
- Bootcamp: These were hard. The questions are asked in a very different style from the Destroyer. It was good practice in becoming flexible with accessing the info stored in your head, which was handy for the DAT. Each question is categorized by topic which aids targeted studying. I did two full lengths and then just the bio-chem-orgo stretches. I did one of these every few days and I'm glad I didn't wait till the end to take the practice tests because there was a lot to learn from them. At the very end, a few days before the exam, I retook them as full practice tests, and scored a lot better than the first time around. Nice little boost before the big day.

My first-time bootcamp scores:
PAT: 21 (test 1), 22 (test 3)
QR: 18, 23, 22, then switched solely to Math Destroyer
RC: 23, 20
Bio: 22, 22, 20, 22, 20
GC: 20, 19, 23, 18, 21
OC: 17, 21, 18, 21, 20

About the exam:
- Nothing was as hard as any of the study materials. My exam was very straightforward.
- This is the type of marker I received:View attachment 194059The ink flowed well, even without constant recapping.
- The calculator was fast and the keypad worked. You have the opportunity to try this out during the tutorial. If it's not working, try hitting the number lock key. My proctor said it was fine to take notes during the tutorial. I used this time to write my formulas.
- Following the tutorial, you go straight through bio, GC, and OC before getting to the review page. There are three options for review: all questions, marked questions, blank questions. Don't leave anything blank, in case you don't have time to return to them. Whenever I wasn't immediately sure how to proceed with a problem, I picked A, marked it, and moved on.
- For PAT, I did the Pick-A-and-mark method for all the keyhole and TFE problems as quickly as possible, as these were the sections that took me the longest in practice tests. After working through angles, hole-punch, cube-count, and pattern-fold, I got to the review page and hit "review marked" to work on those two sections. I ended up with enough time to agonize over which choice the "rock" could go through.
- After answering your marked questions, don't forget to unmark them. You can cycle through the marked questions repeatedly as time allows.

Studying for this exam was very stressful, and something of an emotional rollercoaster. I had to keep reminding myself that all the hours of honest effort I was putting in would be worth something in the end. Trust in the work you put in. Best of luck to everyone, and I hope to see some of you next fall.

Congratulations potatochip86 !

Amazing scores

The Destroyer has brought many students to tears and I have been told thrown and stomped on a few times. Although the Destroyer brought you to tears you plowed ahead and your persistence turned your feeling of defeat into victory!

Your detailed breakdown will help a lot of students and show them with the right study materials and dedication it is possible to slay the DAT beast.

Wishing you the very best.

Dr. Jim Romano and Nancy

 

[hroushaa]

View attachment 194058

Actual scores:
PAT 27
QR 22
RC 28
Bio 23
GC 27
OC 23
TS 24
AA 25

About me:
- 29 y.o. non-trad informal post-bacc with a non-science degree.

About studying:
- Materials: DAT destroyer, Math destroyer, Chad's for math and chems, Bootcamp, and Cliff's AP Bio. For my exam, these (plus some googling) were sufficient.
- Schedule: Dentalworks. 2 months @ 8 hours per day. If you've had a 9-5 before, this isn't bad. The first month was spent reviewing Chad's vids (QR, OC, GC) and Cliff's AP Bio. The following month was spent getting Destroyed, with Bootcamp practice tests sprinkled in for color.
- Crying: Haven't seen much on SDN about crying while studying for the DAT so I'll go ahead and put it out there that I watered the plants those first few days of Destroyer. Got more than half wrong the first time. Redid those the second time. Still got a bunch wrong, and redid those a third time. It's painful but it leaves you better than it found you. Used Chad's pdfs with destroyer. I printed them out and wrote my video and Destroyer notes all over them.
- Bootcamp: These were hard. The questions are asked in a very different style from the Destroyer. It was good practice in becoming flexible with accessing the info stored in your head, which was handy for the DAT. Each question is categorized by topic which aids targeted studying. I did two full lengths and then just the bio-chem-orgo stretches. I did one of these every few days and I'm glad I didn't wait till the end to take the practice tests because there was a lot to learn from them. At the very end, a few days before the exam, I retook them as full practice tests, and scored a lot better than the first time around. Nice little boost before the big day.

Good job!

My first-time bootcamp scores:
PAT: 21 (test 1), 22 (test 3)
QR: 18, 23, 22, then switched solely to Math Destroyer
RC: 23, 20
Bio: 22, 22, 20, 22, 20
GC: 20, 19, 23, 18, 21
OC: 17, 21, 18, 21, 20

About the exam:
- Nothing was as hard as any of the study materials. My exam was very straightforward.
- This is the type of marker I received:View attachment 194059The ink flowed well, even without constant recapping.
- The calculator was fast and the keypad worked. You have the opportunity to try this out during the tutorial. If it's not working, try hitting the number lock key. My proctor said it was fine to take notes during the tutorial. I used this time to write my formulas.
- Following the tutorial, you go straight through bio, GC, and OC before getting to the review page. There are three options for review: all questions, marked questions, blank questions. Don't leave anything blank, in case you don't have time to return to them. Whenever I wasn't immediately sure how to proceed with a problem, I picked A, marked it, and moved on.
- For PAT, I did the Pick-A-and-mark method for all the keyhole and TFE problems as quickly as possible, as these were the sections that took me the longest in practice tests. After working through angles, hole-punch, cube-count, and pattern-fold, I got to the review page and hit "review marked" to work on those two sections. I ended up with enough time to agonize over which choice the "rock" could go through.
- After answering your marked questions, don't forget to unmark them. You can cycle through the marked questions repeatedly as time allows.

Studying for this exam was very stressful, and something of an emotional rollercoaster. I had to keep reminding myself that all the hours of honest effort I was putting in would be worth something in the end. Trust in the work you put in. Best of luck to everyone, and I hope to see some of you next fall.