How many weeks did you study for the DAT?

[mpatel24]

How many weeks and hrs/day did you guys study for the DAT?

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[clutchfans]

I studied for about 3 months, about 4-5 hours/day, 5-6 days a week.

 

[hongbinbaneben]

3 weeks, ~8 hrs a day

 

[customx]

8 weeks, 3-5 hours a day on days that I worked, 8-12 hours on my days off

 

[Daneosaurus]

I started Feb 15, DAT is May 16. I've been doing ~3-4 hours, 5 days a week. Gives me 2 break days a weak to recoup (cannot be consecutive). Still in the content review process, which should be done by April 1. After classes end (including exam week!), I'll have 2 full weeks before my DAT, in which I plan to study ~8 hours a day for 5 days each week, respectively.

 

[HaverfoodsDDS]

I "studied" for 12 weeks but probably only put in real effort (i.e. more than an hour a day) for 2 weeks.

 

[peacelove&TX]

3 months, last month really hit it hard though.

 

[kingenamel]

3 weeks, all day

 

[LeeMilligan123]

8 weeks, 3-5 hours a day.

 

[biomolecmed]

Some take weeks, some take months. Do not time yourself. Take as long as you need to completely go over and study your materials. What do you use?

 

[mpatel24]

I am just browsing through the breakdowns right now to see which materials I need. I am planning to take it around june or july because I am also applying this year as well.

 

[BrazilianRider]

I started in the third week of January, and am doing a modified version of dentalWork's study plan since I'm also taking classes (basically split each day into two). So far everything seems to be going well, and I think I'm retaining most of the information. To help solidify everything later on, I make an outline of each KBB/AP Bio chapter on the "intense reading" days so that I can review them periodically.

This amounts to 3-5 hours of DAT work a day, which I do almost everyday. In fact, today is my first real "break" in a long time. The only other times I take breaks are two-three days before an exam so I can buckle down and study. So far it's been working great, and I should be done with the content review period by April 2nd, and then I'll do the Destroyers two or three times, along with CrackPAT, and then follow that up with Qvault, Achiever, and maybe Bootcamp before I take my exam on June 2nd!

 

[1Overdrive]

12 weeks. First 8 weeks about 5-10 hours a week. Last 4 weeks ~4-7 hours a day during the weekdays, then 12 hours each on Saturdays and Sundays, because I was balancing school with studying.

Total studying, about 300 hours. Then another 40-50 hours of practice tests, done during the studying and afterwards.