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just figured I'd give back and give my advice on DAT prep.
Chem
I used chads videos for the chems. I wanted relearn the material as quickly as possible so I did these videos before anything else. 1 Ochem and 1 gen chem section each day. I took notes and reviewed his printouts. From then until test day I just repeatedly did his quizzes. I also did bootcamp which I thought was phenomenal. I did these over and over again as well. Overall I feel that if you know chads quizzes and bootcamp very well you will be more than prepared for any question on the real thing.
Bio
I was strong in bio so I didn't need to do as much for this section. Bootcamp was again very good but what I will say is that you should without a doubt memorize the different phylums and the different types of ecosystems(taiga,tundra, etc.). That information can be very helpful and often over looked.
S/o to those feralis notes because I also skimmed them and found some good information I had neglected to think of looking over.
Reading
I only used bootcamp here. I know a lot of people like to do search and destroy methods here but what I felt was most effective was to just read each paragraph and jot something down with the paragraph number so that I could easily refer back to it later. I have never been a strong reader in my opinion but this helped me get a 25 on this section.
Pat
Bootcamp is the ultimate here. Ari's explanations are top notch
Math
This section to me seemed like the easiest to beat. Essentially every exam asks the same question types so after a while they all become second nature. Math destroyer and bootcamp helped me here. I felt that boot camps qr was extremely difficult in comparison to the real thing but it definitely prepared me.
My biggest piece of advice to anyone that asks is to run through bootcamp as many times as possible the week leading up to the test. I would take all 5 tests for 1 section in about 1 hour. It may sound dumb because you already know the answers but by going through them quickly and just saying to myself why the answer was correct and the others were wrong I ingrained the material into my head much faster.
I know there isn't a whole lot here but I truly believe that with the exception of biology, the only materials you may need to perform well are chads videos, dat bootcamp, and math destroyer.
Chem
I used chads videos for the chems. I wanted relearn the material as quickly as possible so I did these videos before anything else. 1 Ochem and 1 gen chem section each day. I took notes and reviewed his printouts. From then until test day I just repeatedly did his quizzes. I also did bootcamp which I thought was phenomenal. I did these over and over again as well. Overall I feel that if you know chads quizzes and bootcamp very well you will be more than prepared for any question on the real thing.
Bio
I was strong in bio so I didn't need to do as much for this section. Bootcamp was again very good but what I will say is that you should without a doubt memorize the different phylums and the different types of ecosystems(taiga,tundra, etc.). That information can be very helpful and often over looked.
S/o to those feralis notes because I also skimmed them and found some good information I had neglected to think of looking over.
Reading
I only used bootcamp here. I know a lot of people like to do search and destroy methods here but what I felt was most effective was to just read each paragraph and jot something down with the paragraph number so that I could easily refer back to it later. I have never been a strong reader in my opinion but this helped me get a 25 on this section.
Pat
Bootcamp is the ultimate here. Ari's explanations are top notch
Math
This section to me seemed like the easiest to beat. Essentially every exam asks the same question types so after a while they all become second nature. Math destroyer and bootcamp helped me here. I felt that boot camps qr was extremely difficult in comparison to the real thing but it definitely prepared me.
My biggest piece of advice to anyone that asks is to run through bootcamp as many times as possible the week leading up to the test. I would take all 5 tests for 1 section in about 1 hour. It may sound dumb because you already know the answers but by going through them quickly and just saying to myself why the answer was correct and the others were wrong I ingrained the material into my head much faster.
I know there isn't a whole lot here but I truly believe that with the exception of biology, the only materials you may need to perform well are chads videos, dat bootcamp, and math destroyer.
