I just 50 problems on Destroyer; 24 were wrong, is that normal?

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I just 50 problems on Destroyer; 24 were wrong, is that normal?

 

[herkulease]

That depends.

I say that because destroyer is harder than the actual exam. its there to work you so that come the test day say for a multi step synthesis in ochem. You may not be asked to start from step 1 to step 5.

they may start you off at step 3 and you to complete it.

The other part is that destroyer has no distribution to it in terms of question order. you will run into sets where its too time consuming with lots of calculations and in later with sets of questions where its too basic.

If you have been studying for sometime now and the 50 questions were extremely basic questions like for Bio what is DNA or in chem questions like which is a metal or non metal. Or something where the choices were so obvious like asking what the color of the sky is there would be some concern.

If not then don't worry, its normal for the majority of people. Go over it twice. Know why the other choices are incorrect too if possible and you'll do fine on the test.

 

[UCF FINatic]

That depends.

I say that because destroyer is harder than the actual exam. its there to work you so that come the test day say for a multi step synthesis in ochem. You may not be asked to start from step 1 to step 5.

they may start you off at step 3 and you to complete it.

The other part is that destroyer has no distribution to it in terms of question order. you will run into sets where its too time consuming with lots of calculations and in later with sets of questions where its too basic.

If you have been studying for sometime now and the 50 questions were extremely basic questions like for Bio what is DNA or in chem questions like which is a metal or non metal. Or something where the choices were so obvious like asking what the color of the sky is there would be some concern.

If not then don't worry, its normal for the majority of people. Go over it twice. Know why the other choices are incorrect too if possible and you'll do fine on the test.

Thats good to hear, I am in the same boat as the original poster... The Destroyer had stuff in Bio that I did not encounter throughout the entire Cliffs AP Bio book. I also think the Destroyer is more of a pain in the ass because almost everyother answer is E.) All of the above or D.) Two of the above. You can know something 100% and then those answer choices make you question yourself. I just hope the real DAT is more cut and dry and doesn't have answer choices like that.

 

[dentalWorks]

I just 50 problems on Destroyer; 24 were wrong, is that normal?

if your missing that many... ur doing it right.

My first pass with destroyer orgo, I was getting like 55% correct. And 45% correct on GC. 2nd pass, both those numbers were in the 80%s.

Bio was a different story, I was doing much better (70%+) BUTTTT, none of that stuff showed up.

Thats the trick with destroyer, you need to cover it multiple times

 

[dantemac]

Does the cover say "Official Practice Test for the DAT"?

No, it does not.

Learn from the book, don't score yourself from it. It is a different type of resource, one that will help you learn. The questions might as well not be numbered. Just take them one at a time, understand the right and wrong answers.