Perceptual Ability: 15
Quantitative Reasoning: 22
Reading Comprehension : 19
Biology: 18
Gen Chem: 20
Organic Chem: 19
TS : 20
AA: 19
Yes I know, these scores blow pretty hard, especially to SDN standards, however SDN standards are my driving force, and is a great milestone to achieve, which I will striving for on my retake.
Before I start, my low PAT score is my wrongdoing, I'm an idiot to succumbing to Kaplan's "Line counting will Work!" strategy, that completely screwed me during the DAT when I realized it didn't work at all, which screwed my timing with other sections. It works on CDP so watch out and don't make the same mistake I did. The angles were the hardest I've ever seen, keyhole was on a whole other level, I got 2 cubes that had illusions so that threw me off. I was scoring 17-18s on these tests, not great to begin with and guess I didn't practice it enough.
Bio was extremely frustrating. I spent a good amount of time on Bio, going through destroyer twice, doing qvualt and some bootcamp tests and the questions I barely had any questions on physiology,cell respiration, and barely any on the human systems, I would say half of my questions were covered in Cliffs, the other half not so much. I used Campbells a decent amount also, referring for any unclear concepts. Half of my questions were so random, like dinosaurs n stuff, and the other ones comprised of the literally the random horses**t I've ever seen on any practice test, maybe I just got an unlucky draw of questions, i don't know.
What boggles my mind is that this test is to enter a field of healthcare treating human beings, and physiology and cell respiration are basically just surface questions. I know a lot of people, including me, who have gone into detail in learning physio concepts, respiration, reproduction, and other topics that are more RELEVANT to the science thats in dentistry,but nothing like of those topics you studied intensively because of practice test questions came up really. A good chunk of questions that weigh heavily on your score are seriously these weird and random Bio questions, and it really doesn't reflect how much much you know about the "important stuff." I was doing pretty well in bootcamp and qvault bio, like 20-22s.To be honest, if I spent 2 days eating popcorn watching Animal Planet I would have fared better on Bio, but idk maybe that was just my test.
For Orgo and Chem, I would do Chad's videos and Destroyer multiple times .Had bootcamp and will use it more extensively the next time.
QR: I did 5 Math Destroyer Tests over the span of my studying but didn't touch math the last 2 weeks. The morning of the exam, I woke up early memorized the unit circle and any formula possible and just regurgitated it on my whiteboard. Use this link down here, and just know the "All Students Take Calculus" pneumonic and you should be good for most of the trig.
My question for you guys is that will Winterbreak ( a monthish) be enough for Round 2? I wanna go into it during the winter cause alot of the information is relatively fresh. For those who did really well on Bio do you have any foolproof ways to better in 1 months time? I will be a senior this year, and I want to apply early summer when the application opens up.I wasn't thinking about a retake initially, but my PAT is obviously lacking. Will these present scores be sufficient for atleast an entry to an SMP? Cum 3.0 Science 3.1
Quantitative Reasoning: 22
Reading Comprehension : 19
Biology: 18
Gen Chem: 20
Organic Chem: 19
TS : 20
AA: 19
Yes I know, these scores blow pretty hard, especially to SDN standards, however SDN standards are my driving force, and is a great milestone to achieve, which I will striving for on my retake.
Before I start, my low PAT score is my wrongdoing, I'm an idiot to succumbing to Kaplan's "Line counting will Work!" strategy, that completely screwed me during the DAT when I realized it didn't work at all, which screwed my timing with other sections. It works on CDP so watch out and don't make the same mistake I did. The angles were the hardest I've ever seen, keyhole was on a whole other level, I got 2 cubes that had illusions so that threw me off. I was scoring 17-18s on these tests, not great to begin with and guess I didn't practice it enough.
Bio was extremely frustrating. I spent a good amount of time on Bio, going through destroyer twice, doing qvualt and some bootcamp tests and the questions I barely had any questions on physiology,cell respiration, and barely any on the human systems, I would say half of my questions were covered in Cliffs, the other half not so much. I used Campbells a decent amount also, referring for any unclear concepts. Half of my questions were so random, like dinosaurs n stuff, and the other ones comprised of the literally the random horses**t I've ever seen on any practice test, maybe I just got an unlucky draw of questions, i don't know.
What boggles my mind is that this test is to enter a field of healthcare treating human beings, and physiology and cell respiration are basically just surface questions. I know a lot of people, including me, who have gone into detail in learning physio concepts, respiration, reproduction, and other topics that are more RELEVANT to the science thats in dentistry,but nothing like of those topics you studied intensively because of practice test questions came up really. A good chunk of questions that weigh heavily on your score are seriously these weird and random Bio questions, and it really doesn't reflect how much much you know about the "important stuff." I was doing pretty well in bootcamp and qvault bio, like 20-22s.To be honest, if I spent 2 days eating popcorn watching Animal Planet I would have fared better on Bio, but idk maybe that was just my test.
For Orgo and Chem, I would do Chad's videos and Destroyer multiple times .Had bootcamp and will use it more extensively the next time.
QR: I did 5 Math Destroyer Tests over the span of my studying but didn't touch math the last 2 weeks. The morning of the exam, I woke up early memorized the unit circle and any formula possible and just regurgitated it on my whiteboard. Use this link down here, and just know the "All Students Take Calculus" pneumonic and you should be good for most of the trig.
My question for you guys is that will Winterbreak ( a monthish) be enough for Round 2? I wanna go into it during the winter cause alot of the information is relatively fresh. For those who did really well on Bio do you have any foolproof ways to better in 1 months time? I will be a senior this year, and I want to apply early summer when the application opens up.I wasn't thinking about a retake initially, but my PAT is obviously lacking. Will these present scores be sufficient for atleast an entry to an SMP? Cum 3.0 Science 3.1
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