improvements from studying (before and after)

[dson]

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I took a practice DAT at Kaplan and I did horribly. No joke...
So I was wondering how much of an improvement did you see from before studying, like a diagnostics test, to the actual DAT test/practice DAT (near the end of your study) after studying a consistent amount.

I hope this makes sense... thanks.

 

[RAK1987]

hey! well i haven't taken the DAT yet but i do have a quick point to make... so kaplan has this "higher score guarantee" - - if your DAT score is not higher then your diagnostic score then you get another class for free. this would obviously cost them a lot of money if everyone did fairly well on their diagnostic and about the same on the DAT. so i do know that kaplan makes their diagnostic exams a little tougher so you do a bit worse than you normally would. make sense? hope this helped. im taking a kaplan class right now - so if you have any questions i would be happy to help! good luck.

 

[rose786]

Kaplan Diagnostic: 14-17 in the sciences
Real thing: 20's in the sciences

Use tests to gauge what topics you don't know and study the questions in depth.

 

[alanan84]

Haven't taken the DAT yet but I'm hoping my DAT scores are better than Kaplan scores b/c they sucked! I'm getting Topscore to see how I do there.

 

[dson]

hey! well i haven't taken the DAT yet but i do have a quick point to make... so kaplan has this "higher score guarantee" - - if your DAT score is not higher then your diagnostic score then you get another class for free. this would obviously cost them a lot of money if everyone did fairly well on their diagnostic and about the same on the DAT. so i do know that kaplan makes their diagnostic exams a little tougher so you do a bit worse than you normally would. make sense? hope this helped. im taking a kaplan class right now - so if you have any questions i would be happy to help! good luck.

Good point... haha

 

[rose786]

Actually, the diagnostic was way easier. Very basic stuff, IMO.