Heres my Top/front/end view strategy

[golfmontpoker]

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Well i wrote this out for Kokobean and he said it helped it out... So i thought i would post some advice on doing PAT.


Ok, If they are asking for the top view... Focus on the front view, the end view is not very helpful. Imagine pulling the object towards you so it falls. For example... You have a triangle on a table, and u are looking at it at a front view. Now put your finger on the tip and pull it towards you so it falls and now you are looking at the top view. Its kind of hard to imagine if you dont have much spatial ability.

Ok, now if they ask for the front view... Do the exact opposite as above, push the object back in its horizontal position. Focus on no more then 2 characteristics from the top view. And try put all your energy into thinking about how these 2 objects will change once "pushed" back up. Again, you gotta have an imagination with it

Now for the end view, my favorite definately dont focus to much on the top view, it wont help, focus on the front view. Now picture the same pyramid on the table, simple push it 90 degrees to the left. Once its turned, u should be able to imagine the shape. This is when the topview helps the most, the basic shape. Now for the little dotted lines. Count how many edges and angles are on the left side of the object from the front view. Now these will vanish once turned. However many u counted will be the number of dotted lines...

Hope this helps anyone out there, its kind of hard to explain spatial thinking, but hope this helps!

 

[jmick101]

Thats good poop. I took the DAT achiever PAT this morning and I didnt even get to cube counting before time expired. I have smoked Topscore, but DAT achiever has me questioning my manhood. I realize that I am going to have to learn some tricks like the ones you suggested. Thanks.

 

[armorshell]

Aciever's PAT is whacked, especially the hole punching section! Frackin' half holes 😡

 

[mo magic carpet]

Thats good poop. I took the DAT achiever PAT this morning and I didnt even get to cube counting before time expired. I have smoked Topscore, but DAT achiever has me questioning my manhood. I realize that I am going to have to learn some tricks like the ones you suggested. Thanks.

Try doing this,

I was so scared of PAT and still am i think so i forced my self to take a PAT exam every other day ever since May 20th or so.
The first thing i did was go thro DAT achiever and nothing else. I took a full test which i didnt finish (i got to the the last series of questions on cube counting) and ended up with a 15. I then looked over that test the next day, and so on till i was done with all three test. i got a 15, 17, 16.

The next thing i did was go through all the kaplan PAT i have over three days. I scored pretty well.

I then went back to the achiever tests and retook the test with no time limitation. I kno time is a biggy but you gotta do this so u can learn better i think. I ended up with 21, 21, 24.

Trust me, i learn something different everyday. Just keep with it. I know KSF sucks, but i took a test today and finished wit 15 minutes to spare and a 25.

 

[fancymylotus]

for some reason,i just CANT figure out the harder topfrontend questions. everything else is pretty much okay,keeping in mind that im in denial about the flat folding questions, but the topfrontend stuff really confuses me. and in kaplan,they were talking about counting events? huh. anyone else taking kaplan that can explain to me wth events are?

 

[FatalExtraction]

I wrote this out on another thread but it didnt get any replies...I too, would love to have this event thing clarified...

This is gonna sound CONFUSING since im writing it out....but hopefully someone knows what im talking about.... my kaplan teacher was telling us to do this line thing for the top-front-end portion. Let's say i needed a right projection and i have the top and the front view. He made up this thing where since u want the right projection, look at the front view and count the number of horizontal solid lines reaching the most right vertical line (named the surface)...these count as "events"...any kinks in the figure count as an event, and any dotted lines that reach the right most surface count as events as well. (half dotted lines that dont reach the surface dont count)...now just count how many horizontal solid lines there are in the answer choices and thats supposed to be the easy way to get the answer....ya so that sounds confusing to you im sure but it worked while i was in kaplan class...the only thing is, is that i was too busy studying everything else that i forgot exactly how this technique works and therefore i cant really use it....

does anyone know im talking about? or does anyone want to share any of their techniques for any part of the PAT section if they have any? Thank you for your time in reading this.

 

[jim85213]

I noticed that too. Are there half-holes on the actual DAT?

Aciever's PAT is whacked, especially the hole punching section! Frackin' half holes 😡

 

[armorshell]

I noticed that too. Are there half-holes on the actual DAT?

I've heard maybe on 1 or 2 questions, but that's not too hard to handle. My brain breaks down after about 3-4 halfhole problems in a row

 

[teefie]

I didnt have any half holes. but some say they have had one or two. Dont let achiever PAT get you down. It made me want to go tony montana on everyone. it is really good practice for the DAT. Once you take the real one your like holycrap this is son easy.