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Exam is next week. I am exhausted, my head is about to explode. I'm forgetting stuff I learned a couple of months ago, WTF. All these 22-24 DAT scores are making me nervous, pressure is increasing. People texting me how I did. Leave me alone you jackoffs, I haven't taken it yet, I rescheduled. What's going on with my blood pressure? It's usually 115-120 over 75-80. Today it was 130 over 90. Holy mackerel! This DAT is literally killing me. Time is running out. Can't remember the last time I left the house. I haven't showered since yesterday. I look like ****. Need to get laid. What if I screw up on this exam? I'm f*cked. What if I get the physics passage? Then I'm gonna **** my pants. Someone just please shoot me. Take me out of misery. Time is running out. So much left to do. What am I doing on SDN? Gotta get back to studying. Thanks for listening.
 
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awwww please don't stress out too much.
you can do this!
we believe in you.

🙂
 
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don't stress bro. we on the same boat. I redid some bio questions today and them sh*ts looked mad new to me😱 I think taking a good rest maybe better than trying to force yourself to study. I been going easy past 2-3days because my head feels like it's gonna explode lol. keep your head up man you can do this. Take it easy (I know you can't because I can't either LOL)
 
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Good luck dude. Don't stress too much. Just treat it as another practice test.

Make sure you do one every day for a week before your exam. Or if that takes too much work, then do one every 2 days. You gotta get your body used to the rigor of a 5-hour test.

I'll be looking forward to reading your breakdown.

But if you do decide to BS your score in your breakdown, just remember to add up the AA correctly 🙂

Also, don't BS a score of 26+, or else we're gonna demand pictures.
 
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Well, first off you need to shower if you wanna get laid. :laugh: But seriously, take some study breaks during the day. You need some time to let your brain process all the mass info you're feeding it. Sounds like you're putting in the time, so you'll do well. Be confident come test day, it's your time to take the bull by the horns and slay that test. You'll feel so good knowing you tried your best at the end of the test. Don't worry about all the 22 and 24's, you'll get into most schools with a 19-20 if you're half normal (personality wise), trust me.
 
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Take the 2007 ADA DAT. I just did that today and it made me feel a lot better. I know many people say it is too easy (it felt easy), but usually real DAT scores match up nicely.

Seeing your study habits pay off in a quantifiable way is very satisfying.
 
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Yo, take it easy!!!! Breathe a little bit. Take a day off. Considering how much time/effort you seem to have put into this test, you DESERVE some air. Hang out with some friends, GET LAID, release anything you don't need. You just need a clear mind. Everything will be totally fine, YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!! You know that you have done your absolute best and you cannot ask yourself anything more. You can do this. 🙂
 
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LG2DS I think you've studied enough. I doubt this last week will make a difference in the score you get. I would say just do light review every day to make sure you don't forget formulas, numbers, that kind of stuff. As for the concepts, I bet you're rock solid in understanding all of that. You'll be fine.

Let me tell you my story:

Five days before the exam, I was really stressed and couldn't sleep. So I began taking sleeping pills to fall asleep. And then waking up I'd be tired, so I'd take 200mg caffeine pills thruout the day. I rinsed and repeated, and then the day before my exam I noticed I could just hear my heart beating the hell out of my chest. I took my blood pressure, and my BP was an incredible 150/110 while my heart rate was 100+ bpm.

150/110/100+ continued for 30 hours into the exam (not exaggerating here, it even took me 5 hours to fall asleep), and only five hours after my exam did it finally go back to normal. The whole thing just scared the **** out of me, especially considering my family has a history of hypertension and my grandfather died of a massive heart attack at 50.

Moral of the story: take it light. You know everything and you got this. No need to be stressed out, which will just make you feel like crap. Get a good nights sleep before the exam too.
 
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lol, its good to let it out now and not have a crazy monologue during the exam (like I did). stop putting so much pressure on yourself...the results will come soon enough and then you'll deal with them. no need to worry about it before that moment. SDN is making you go nuts. when I postponed my test, a friend of mine told me that if I never went on SDN and read deeply into all the nonsense, I would have felt ready and not postponed. we are all overachievers here, but don't give yourself a heart attack over it!!! also, when I postponed I lied to my friends and told them the date was a day later than it really was so I wouldn't be bothered right after my test in case I felt like moping around lol. after the test, you can get yourself drunk and laid...just think of that and try to think of everything else other than the pressure of getting the score you want. with the amount you studied there is no chance you will get lower than a 20 so CHILL 😀
 
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Just came out of the shower. Boy, do I feel clean lol.

Thanks to all for the soothing words. It really helps.

It's just that I have worked so hard these past two years making sacrifices and doing everything possible to get into dental school. I'm so close and it would be really devastating to have it all disappear in a flash because of this exam.

And Frogg, take it easy on those caffeine pills -- that will shoot your BP up for sure.
 
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Take a day off and just read some bio you're not familier with or some flash carding, write out equations or w/e. I was in your situation - freaking out, friends asking "how did you do" when I had not even taken it yet, family saying "man, I bet you'll get a 25"; Me: "Eh, that's really high I doubt it", etc. etc. etc. Basically I was having a stressful meltdown b/c my BP was up at 150/100.

I talked to a pharamcist and she told me to stop drinking caffiene. Apparently it has a long half life and willl accumulate quickly.
 
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hey bro, i've been on this site for a few months and i always noticed u givin out advice and congratulating ppl on scores etc. and of course keepin things lively on this site lol... so just thought i would let u know, that U GOT THIS BRO! I got the physics passage, it's not THAT bad. Don't psych yourself out.

If anything take a day off, or do a half day, study for 5-6 hrs then take the night off and grab an early beer with friends. But it's all worth it in the end man, uuu can dooo eeeeit
 
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yappy said:
Take a day off and just read some bio you're not familier with or some flash carding, write out equations or w/e. I was in your situation - freaking out, friends asking "how did you do" when I had not even taken it yet, family saying "man, I bet you'll get a 25"; Me: "Eh, that's really high I doubt it", etc. etc. etc. Basically I was having a stressful meltdown b/c my BP was up at 150/100.

I talked to a pharamcist and she told me to stop drinking caffiene. Apparently it has a long half life and willl accumulate quickly.
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Yeah, I'm off that stuff for good. I used to take it religiously though.
 
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LetsGo2DSchool said:
It's just that I have worked so hard these past two years making sacrifices and doing everything possible to get into dental school. I'm so close and it would be really devastating to have it all disappear in a flash because of this exam.
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I felt the exact same way. Sacrificed so much of my social life/relationships just to keep a high GPA all through school//studying for the DAT O_O. but u know hard work pays off. it has to.
 
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I echo the thoughts of the others. I had the same feelings before my exam (I did not measure my blood pressure though so I can't quantify my level of anxiety like you did :laugh:)

One week before the exam, I did my normal 7-8 hours of studying and that night I just felt the weight of it all. Tired as hell, didn't want to open up any books, asking myself wtf am I gonna do if I don't do well on this exam... I just wasted 2 months of my life.

I took a break the next day and only studied about 2 hours. It helped me alot, and I managed to make it through the rest of the week without any kind of real stress. I recomend you do the same, and I'm pretty sure you'll be fine.

Good luck, I'm sure you'll do well.
 
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Yeah. I felt the same way about a week before. No need to worry, you're gonna do well.

And then ride off into the sunset........😉
 
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You got it mister. I was freaking out the last 3-4 days thinking I was forgetting stuff too. Its all because you are overthinking things. All of the subject matter on the DAT is relatively simple if you have studied, which its evident from your postings... thats all you have done this summer. Fret not sir, you will do fine. The key in the last week is to relax and get it over with. You have done all of the preparatory materials more than enough and I can promise you'll at the least get a 20 AA. The last weak I feel, should be spent on Bio/QR since they are the broadest subjects with the easiest to pickup a lot of ground to make a good score.

Seriously man, you got this. Maybe you should laminate some sheets of information you need to learn, and then shower with them.. kill two birds with one stone. The key in taking a test is to be somewhat relaxed, being tense will make you overthink the easiest questions. Go hangout with some ~*FrIeNdZ*~ and get your mind off it, I swear that was the best advice I got throughout all of the study days.. Your brain needs to relax to retain. Good luck sir, cant wait to see your great scores posted in a week.
 
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Okay, I took that 2007! I hope you did too. It seemed pretty easy; although, I didn't blow it away. => 22TS, 22 Overall.

Is it realistic to think that I can do this on the real dat (in a week) or am I in for a hurting. I was prepaired for harder problems but I made a few simple mistakes.

Also, there is a G-chem question where they ask for the resonance forms of Nitrate. It says there is three but why cant there be a resonance stuructre with a LP on the N -> Making it four resonance stuctures.
 
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay I had to let one out too. gotta go back to study lol
 
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I just finished the 2007 exam and scored 24 TS, 23 AA, 23 PAT. What's up with the fuzzy looking pictures on the PAT section like they used a scanner from the 80's lol? But I have to say this was a bit easy as there weren't any "random" questions in Bio, no adol/claissen rxns in OC, etc. So I don't know what to think lol. Tomorrow I'll take the 2009 exam which will be a better indicator.

You guys are right about taking it easy and perhaps taking a day off relaxing. I wish I could, but there's a lot of stuff I need to review and get down cold so unfortunately, I'll have to keep plowing along. 😡
 
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LetsGo2DSchool said:
I just finished the 2007 exam and scored 24 TS, 23 AA, 23 PAT. What's up with the fuzzy looking pictures on the PAT section like they used a scanner from the 80's lol? But I have to say this was a bit easy as there weren't any "random" questions in Bio, no adol/claissen rxns in OC, etc. So I don't know what to think lol. Tomorrow I'll take the 2009 exam which will be a better indicator.

You guys are right about taking it easy and perhaps taking a day off relaxing. I wish I could, but there's a lot of stuff I need to review and get down cold so unfortunately, I'll have to keep plowing along. 😡
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23 AA? That is it? I am disappointed......
 
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DentistDMD said:
I expect nothing less than 26s across the board, LG2DS.
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Well, it's tough to score high on this version as 2 wrong in a science section drop you down to 23-25. RC was a major hemorrhoid. But I think I scored higher in GC because there was a question I got wrong:

The electronic configuration of a particular neutral atom is 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p2. What is the number of unpaired electrons in this atom?

I said 2. The answer is 3. Huh??? Is this an error?
 
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LetsGo2DSchool said:
Well, it's tough to score high on this version as 2 wrong in a science section drop you down to 23-25. RC was a major hemorrhoid. But I think I scored higher in GC because there was a question I got wrong:

The electronic configuration of a particular neutral atom is 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p2. What is the number of unpaired electrons in this atom?

I said 2. The answer is 3. Huh??? Is this an error?
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Yeah, it's 2. Looks like you just scored 24AA?
 
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LG2DS,

the 2007 version you talking about - is this the free one you can get from the ADA website?
 
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You're gonna destroy the DAT and everybody knows it!

If you get the physics passage, you can always depend on your Depends! Just come in clean and smelling fresh, so no one will suspect you.

I'd say good luck, but you won't need it.
 
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I'm on a study break, it's time to let loose and blurt out a midnight poem...

This is dedicated to all the SDN nerds out there (forgive me if I'm not Walt Whitman or Eminem lol).

It's Friday night
Been studying all day, this ain't right
I haven't gotten paid
I sure ain't getting laid
So many index cards
I just wanna drink a big yard
I'm tired of practice exams
Testing what I crammed
Protostome, deuterostome
Blastula, gastrula
Who gives a rat's ass
I would rather pass gas
Well it's that time of the hour
To take a nice shower
Hope you enjoyed this rhyme
Let's do it again another time
 
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LetsGo2DSchool said:
I'm on a study break, it's time to let loose and blurt out a midnight poem...

This is dedicated to all the SDN nerds out there (forgive me if I'm not Walt Whitman or Eminem lol).

It's Friday night
Been studying all day, this ain't right
I haven't gotten paid
I sure ain't getting laid
So many index cards
I just wanna drink a big yard
I'm tired of practice exams
Testing what I crammed
Protostome, deuterostome
Blastula, gastrula
Who gives a rat's ass
I would rather pass gas
Well it's that time of the hour
To take a nice shower
Hope you enjoyed this rhyme
Let's do it again another time
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Amazing.
You better make another one in your breakdown. Heck, your breakdown should be written as a poem.
 
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This one goes out to you LG2DS...

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_FzrqxfZ9U[/YOUTUBE]
(i love that song)



You're going to kill it.
 
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