Freaking out! Please give me advice!!!

[DDS19841984]

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I am scheduled to take the DAT this Thursday, and I dont know if I will do well at all. I keep putting it off, I was supposed to take it June 1st...

i did the online kaplan course...I am averaging around a 19 for my science section and 19 PAT... 19,18,17 on Crack PAT so far... just got some top scores and I am going to take this weekend... Just bought destroyer... been going through it tonight.. extremely difficult

I am a nontraditional student from a business background, so I feel that my DAT needs to be really high to make up for my like of science grades ( I only have the basics).. 3.72 GPA, 3.59 Science..

My #1 school choice is MCG... they average about 20/20

I know that taking the test so late is already bad... will taking it in September totally **** me? I am wondering if a week or two more to hit destroyer and some more cracks could really help my score? Its also scary b/c I sometimes freak on test and if I did I could get like a 16/16...

I was going to see how I did on the Topscore test this weekend... if I got 20AA i was going to take, if not I was going to wait... do you guys think that sounds ok? Whats the latest I could take it? Please, any and all advice is appreciated.... Im running on like 4 hours sleep and I am absolutely losing my mind...

 

[rdhdds1]

I am scheduled to take the DAT this Thursday, and I dont know if I will do well at all. I keep putting it off, I was supposed to take it June 1st...

i did the online kaplan course...I am averaging around a 19 for my science section and 19 PAT... 19,18,17 on Crack PAT so far... just got some top scores and I am going to take this weekend... Just bought destroyer... been going through it tonight.. extremely difficult

I am a nontraditional student from a business background, so I feel that my DAT needs to be really high to make up for my like of science grades ( I only have the basics).. 3.72 GPA, 3.59 Science..

My #1 school choice is MCG... they average about 20/20

I know that taking the test so late is already bad... will taking it in September totally **** me? I am wondering if a week or two more to hit destroyer and some more cracks could really help my score? Its also scary b/c I sometimes freak on test and if I did I could get like a 16/16...

I was going to see how I did on the Topscore test this weekend... if I got 20AA i was going to take, if not I was going to wait... do you guys think that sounds ok? Whats the latest I could take it? Please, any and all advice is appreciated.... Im running on like 4 hours sleep and I am absolutely losing my mind...

First off......congratulations on changing careers. Secondly, fricken RELAX!!!!!!!

I know that the DAT is stressful but by mentally whacking yourself out will not help your performance. As for post-poning, there is only a limit to the amount of time you have to take the DAT without post-poning yourself out of this cycle. Has your app been submitted? How about secondaries? September may not kill you as long as everything else in on track for your success.

Now onto the Destroyer. It is not the end all be all of study materials but it sure is worth every friggin penny they charge. How much time do you have unitl you are to take the DAT? A week? It is totally doable but you will need to be a hermit for the next several days.

The biggest key is this............if you are not mentally prepared and confident in your abilites then no amount of post-poning will help you.

Keep your chin high and dredge on bro. We are all here in the same boat.

 

[DDS19841984]

thanks man,
Yea, I work, but I can get tues and Wed off to study...

My app is completely finished, I sent everything off back in early june...

havent done the secondaries yet, waiting to see if my dat score warrants it...

basically everyhing is on hold for DAT...

thanks for the nice post... but do you think september postpones me out of the cycle?

 

[rdhdds1]

thanks man,
Yea, I work, but I can get tues and Wed off to study...

My app is completely finished, I sent everything off back in early june...

havent done the secondaries yet, waiting to see if my dat score warrants it...

basically everyhing is on hold for DAT...

thanks for the nice post... but do you think september postpones me out of the cycle?

I know you spent money on this cycle but you really need to decide what you want to do. Holding onto your secondaries will certainly hurt your chances for this cycles golden prize.

Submit them darn secondaries and get that out of the way.

As for September. I believe that you have already mentally whacked yourself out of the one next week. Your confident is not centered and you certainly are not mentally ready. Sorry to be so blunt.

I would post-pone for no more than 2 weeks. Get the Destroyer and live it, learn it, love it.

Tell your family, girlfriend or otherwise to leave you alone for the next week or two so you can become centered.

Do something fun this weekend and rejuvenate your desire for this test. It sucks I know I have been there once before but if this is what you want then let nothing step in your way.

"Only you can change your life. No one can do it for you."

 

[pidbull]

...to add, get proper sleep. It helps you to focus. Its about quality studying.

 

[ucla2134]

I am scheduled to take the DAT this Thursday, and I dont know if I will do well at all. I keep putting it off, I was supposed to take it June 1st...

i did the online kaplan course...I am averaging around a 19 for my science section and 19 PAT... 19,18,17 on Crack PAT so far... just got some top scores and I am going to take this weekend... Just bought destroyer... been going through it tonight.. extremely difficult

I am a nontraditional student from a business background, so I feel that my DAT needs to be really high to make up for my like of science grades ( I only have the basics).. 3.72 GPA, 3.59 Science..

My #1 school choice is MCG... they average about 20/20

I know that taking the test so late is already bad... will taking it in September totally **** me? I am wondering if a week or two more to hit destroyer and some more cracks could really help my score? Its also scary b/c I sometimes freak on test and if I did I could get like a 16/16...

I was going to see how I did on the Topscore test this weekend... if I got 20AA i was going to take, if not I was going to wait... do you guys think that sounds ok? Whats the latest I could take it? Please, any and all advice is appreciated.... Im running on like 4 hours sleep and I am absolutely losing my mind...

omg, i feel your pain. I am taking it in Sep.3 but the frigging bio and QR holding me back. I am losing sleep over bio, i do not know how to study for it. I forgot like 90% of bio in my undergrad. Argggggggg

By the way, i think you should sleep more. 4 hours of sleep make me cranky and not able to concentrate. Been there, totally sucks

 

[Andrew324]

Everything said so far looks good, but I have one more comment.

"I was going to see how I did on the Topscore test this weekend... if I got 20AA i was going to take"

I wouldnt be expecting any great scores on Topscore, every post I read people get 16s and 17s, its super hard and not accurate as a test score although I hear the material is good.

 

[cherr1pop]

Everything said so far looks good, but I have one more comment.

"I was going to see how I did on the Topscore test this weekend... if I got 20AA i was going to take"

I wouldnt be expecting any great scores on Topscore, every post I read people get 16s and 17s, its super hard and not accurate as a test score although I hear the material is good.

Yup, i agree to this. I'd say go take topscore now and see how you do. If you do well, then you know you're prepared. If you don't, then it'll be an awakening for you to go study. That's how I used topscore... It let me know which sections of the sciences/QR i wasn't very solid in... I did my last topscore test exactly a week before my real one so that I'd have plenty of time to go over material that I didn't know on the test...
Good luck!!!