How important is Org Chem II in DAT?

There is plenty of stuff from Organic Chemistry II on the DAT, but I'm sure if you've had part I you can teach yourself the other stuff and still do well on the DAT.

 

I can't answer that. I only made a 17 on O-chem.

 

It'll be tough to teach yourself this stuff but it has been done before. I recommend going to a site such as amazon and buying Kaplan's Organic Chemistry Edge - First half of the book is summation of Org I and II, second half is a thorough outline with questions on each section. Used this is about $10. The larger Kaplan DAT book has an organic chemistry section but you'll really need a book just for Organic since your background isn't as strong as other applicants. You could also try Schaums - however, they do not provide enough explanation for it to be useful for me. Good luck.

 

When are you planning to take the DAT? Why not take O-chem 2 in the spring and then take the DAT right after?

 

I couldn't get Orgo II in before the dat too, and I just taught myself from the kaplan book and did well. it was enough for me!

 

If you take the DAT in mid May, you could take it again in mid August. Obviously you can study the o-chem 2 stuff on your own but I think it would definitely be more feasible to take the class first. I took the DAT in mid August a week after finishing o-chem 2. It was nice becasue the class served as the studying for that section of the DAT. I was a non-trad applicant and I've included my class timeline to give you an idea of how I did it. My only regrest is that I didn't submit my AADSAS earlier. Although I did get into my top choice so it was all good.

Fall 04 - Bio I, Gen chem II, English
Spring 05 - Bio II, O-chem I, Physics II
Summer 05 - O-chem II, Anatomy & physiology I, and KAPLAN
August 12? - DAT = 22/22/22
Submitted to AADSAS 10/2/05 - Mailed out 11/3/05
Fall 05 - Biochem I, MicroB, Genetics
Accepted to Maryland by mid Jan and Nova by mid Feb.

Good luck with whatever you decide. My strategy was to do my best for one try. I knew I wouldn't be able to take it again.

 

yeah kaplan is fine. i recommend going through all the problems from the kaplan coursework and doing all the practice tests from dat achiever and topscore. no need to go to class for the test. gL.

 

I took the DAT once and got a 18 on the organic part, and i haven't even taken the class yet. I am retaking the DAT on tuesday i'll let you know how I did