Help...D-DAY is near

[Naz815]

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ok...well i've been reading posts on this site for about a month while i've been studying for the DAT's...and now I really need help, I've invested in DAT achiever, DAT destroyer, Kaplan (and the course), and Schuam's Bio. My test is in 8 days and I'm freaking out...any advice for someones who's going to be taking their exam in the near future??

hope to hear from anyone...

😕

 

[fancymylotus]

ok...well i've been reading posts on this site for about a month while i've been studying for the DAT's...and now I really need help, I've invested in DAT achiever, DAT destroyer, Kaplan (and the course), and Schuam's Bio. My test is in 8 days and I'm freaking out...any advice for someones who's going to be taking their exam in the near future??

hope to hear from anyone...

😕

Fear should be keeping you awake😀 Anyway, make sure you understand what youve been getting wrong on practice tests, and know the roadmaps in Destroyer and all the theory in chem..and reread everything as many times as you can.

 

[mikeable]

I would definitely focus on finishing anything practice tests that you haven't already done and going over the mistakes you made, especially on the NS and QR. then yeah, i would just reread kaplan or destroyer, whichever one you think is better. i didn't have destroyer and only went through the kaplan course and blue book. i had schaum's but i thought it was worthless!

most of all, be confident and semi-relaxed!

goodluck!

-mike

 

[uesider]

I'm taking it a week from tomorrow... I have to say I do not feel ready at ALL... there are tons of things left I still need to memorize. I don't know if I should postpone or not, if I do I won't be able to take it until end of September/early October, and I am going to start school again so won't have too much time to study. Part of me just wants to do the best I can and get it over with and hope for the best... part of me knows I should probably postpone... have others run into this issue? Or is everyone totally prepared before with no worries?!

Regarding your materials, Naz, I would try to NOT use all of those at once in your last week of studying. I think I am going to concentrate on Bio for the remainder of the week because I want to have that fresh in my brain, using Destroyer and Campbell's text. I also want to do about 3 practice tests to figure out timing. That's just what I'm doing, it's obviously not proven success but I think the key is to not get too overwhelmed with study material.

 

[Naz815]

lol...im def staying up at nights...lol in fear thanx for the great advice, i think im going to go over practice test for the next week, u think thats a good idea??

uesider...were in the same boat...ahhh...i don't think im going to use all the materials im pretty much done with the destroyer except the qc...i dont think u should postpone...just take it i did that last time and it got the best of me hope to hear from ya soon

 

[fancymylotus]

lol...im def staying up at nights...lol in fear thanx for the great advice, i think im going to go over practice test for the next week, u think thats a good idea??

uesider...were in the same boat...ahhh...i don't think im going to use all the materials im pretty much done with the destroyer except the qc...i dont think u should postpone...just take it i did that last time and it got the best of me hope to hear from ya soon

Go over everything as much as you can. You should be able to do alot of this stuff off of memory. Theres a bunch of crap you should have memorized. In no particular order:

biomes
solubility
math formulas(unless youre streetwolf who is a freaking math genius)
IR/NMR
N-cycle
kinetic theory
H-W

theres more but i cant think. anyway,youve got a solid chunk of time left. you'll be great 🙂 dont worry.

GO STUDY.

 

[uesider]

Well, I had to reschedule 🙁 I was scheduled to take it Aug. 11th, but I just took a Kaplan exam, scored a 12 on o-chem and a 14 on bio. Clearly my brain is on overload and cannot process info anymore. I'm taking a week off entirely to relax, then hitting the books again but not at such an insane pace as I had been doing. I totally burned out. I am now scheduling for end of September, which I realize hurts my chances for 2008 entry a ton, but I do just want to take this test once. I submitted my app May 31st, by the way, thinking I would have a great shot of getting everything in early. Now it looks like I'll be a late applicant 🙁 I haven't even started TopScore yet, I'm glad I have some time for that now. Good luck!

 

[Naz815]

well im still gunning for Friday...😱 <<< thats exactly how im feeling, im reviewing all notes now and did ok on the natural sci section in one of the achiever tests... starting QR tonight...so that should be intresting and going to be doing a WHOLE bunch of practice tests...hopefully ill be good for Friday...hang in there and don't let procrastination take the best of u!


🙂

 

[jay47]

Ok, if there is any other advice I can give you, it is just be confident and do your best. If you know that you have studied diligently and go into the test knowing that while you don't know everything, you studied as hard as you could.

 

[SanOnofre2002]

Don't study the day before. I crammed my way through college so I figured before the DAT it would be a late night as well. Someone convinced me not to study that day and I swear it helped. It was relaxing to be done with the prep and just stop. In fact I drank 2 beers to take the edge off. 24 hours later when I was done, I drank 2 dozen.
Good luck!