How to structure my studying?

[[DDS] Samer]

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Hey guys do you think I should focus on studying 1 subject per day or combine two subjects? Also, is it better to dedicate 1-3 days a week to studying the PAT or do 1 hour per day? If I decide to do 1 hr per day should I focus on one category of the PAT or practice multiple?

 

[LightAtTheEnd]

I definitely think you should try to do a bit of Bio every day because it's easy to forget since it's mostly rote memorization. I haven't taken the DAT, but I can attest that studying bio every day has really helped me retain information and I've been averaging 20-21 on DAT Qvault and havent't even finished all of Cliff's yet. So yes, you should try to do more than one subject per day, but in large blocks of time. ex. 3 hrs bio + 3 hours chem

~ 2 weeks ago I was ranging 17-18 on Bootcamp PAT. Since then, I bought CDP and have been doing 1 test/day + generators and my scores have steadily started climbing. I took another Bootcamp PAT and CDP today and got a 21 and 25 respectively.
Unlike the other sections, PAT is something you have to practice daily to get good at it. Before these two weeks I'd immerse myself in PAT, but it only turned out to be frustrating. You should first perfect hole punch and cubes with generators, then start taking FL tests to mimic the test.

Good luck!

 

[[DDS] Samer]

I definitely think you should try to do a bit of Bio every day because it's easy to forget since it's mostly rote memorization. I haven't taken the DAT, but I can attest that studying bio every day has really helped me retain information and I've been averaging 20-21 on DAT Qvault and havent't even finished all of Cliff's yet. So yes, you should try to do more than one subject per day, but in large blocks of time. ex. 3 hrs bio + 3 hours chem

~ 2 weeks ago I was ranging 17-18 on Bootcamp PAT. Since then, I bought CDP and have been doing 1 test/day + generators and my scores have steadily started climbing. I took another Bootcamp PAT and CDP today and got a 21 and 25 respectively.
Unlike the other sections, PAT is something you have to practice daily to get good at it. Before these two weeks I'd immerse myself in PAT, but it only turned out to be frustrating. You should first perfect hole punch and cubes with generators, then start taking FL tests to mimic the test.

Good luck!

Hey!

Thanks a lot for your advice. I think I am going to start doing what you recommended, approx 3-4 hrs of bio and gchem everyday plus 1-2 hrs of PAT generators daily. I am writing the Canadian DAT in November so we don't have OChem and QR but we do have to take the test close to all of our midterms and also have soap carving on it. I did my very first PAT test today using CDP and I scored a 17 but I made super silly mistakes on some sections. I find that my weakest spot is TFE but I haven't really studied for the PAT like I should be since I've been just doing problems here and there to get an idea of the type of questions to expect. Hopefully I can hit 20+ on the exam. CDP is probably much easier than DAT BC, but its a good start.