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I keep hearing in biology it's about a variety of topics which aren't focused so much on details or depth. Is this true? I only ask because feralis notes seem to be very detailed and specific at certain times, but still very good. So for someone who has taken the DAT and used feralis notes was going over those tiny details like knowing the polypherin head has a magnesium ion on it worth it. Or should I just know a variety biological things instead of knowing the specifics of each concept. I feel as though the DAT will throw random biology questions you've never heard of instead of very detailed biological questions in glycolysis for example. Advice would be appreciated.

 

[KoonS]

I keep hearing in biology it's about a variety of topics which aren't focused so much on details or depth. Is this true? I only ask because feralis notes seem to be very detailed and specific at certain times, but still very good. So for someone who has taken the DAT and used feralis notes was going over those tiny details like knowing the polypherin head has a magnesium ion on it worth it. Or should I just know a variety biological things instead of knowing the specifics of each concept. I feel as though the DAT will throw random biology questions you've never heard of instead of very detailed biological questions in glycolysis for example. Advice would be appreciated.

I took the exam twice and its breadth over depth for sure. Feralis notes is too details, so you should use Russel note for topics like plant, biological diversity...etc..

 

[tyjacobs]

I keep hearing in biology it's about a variety of topics which aren't focused so much on details or depth. Is this true? I only ask because feralis notes seem to be very detailed and specific at certain times, but still very good. So for someone who has taken the DAT and used feralis notes was going over those tiny details like knowing the polypherin head has a magnesium ion on it worth it. Or should I just know a variety biological things instead of knowing the specifics of each concept. I feel as though the DAT will throw random biology questions you've never heard of instead of very detailed biological questions in glycolysis for example. Advice would be appreciated.

If you want a 30 in bio youll need to know everything on feralis's notes because some questions are random and specific. If you want 20+ you still need to look at feralis's notes imo

 

[Michael_Scott]

I keep hearing in biology it's about a variety of topics which aren't focused so much on details or depth. Is this true? I only ask because feralis notes seem to be very detailed and specific at certain times, but still very good. So for someone who has taken the DAT and used feralis notes was going over those tiny details like knowing the polypherin head has a magnesium ion on it worth it. Or should I just know a variety biological things instead of knowing the specifics of each concept. I feel as though the DAT will throw random biology questions you've never heard of instead of very detailed biological questions in glycolysis for example. Advice would be appreciated.

yup extremely random. I studied some topics that was not even covered in undergrad. Need to really memorize most of the stuff in cliff's/Feralis...Also do Qvault Bio, it helped me score high on Bio!

 

[Crithu]

Knowing the general information about a wide range of topics is a good place to start and should get you a decent score. There are some questions on the DAT that are specific (a majority were general on my exam) in which knowing these details would be useful. It's all dependent on how well you want to do in this section.

 

[deleted738762]

Is it like a very minutiae like knowing the poryphrin ring has a magnesium atom inside it for chlorophyll A? Lol. I just want to know the degree of detail they are looking for if that makes sense.

 

[predent2151]

Don't get bogged with the nitty gritty. For example don't worry too much about how many NADH are produced in pyruvate oxidation. Know the process though. Barron's AP bio and Cliffs are both pretty good at generalizing and giving you the big picture. If you want to be prepared for the "random" questions get destroyer and do all 600 bio questions and know them well


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