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Took my DAT August 14th. Happy with everything, except QR of course. Its a long post, sorry!
BIO: 20
GC: 25
OC: 20
RC: 24
QR: 15 😱
PAT: 21
TS: 22
AA: 21
TopScore
#1: Bio 17/GC 18/OC 19/PAT 22/RC 22/QR 19/TS 18/AA 19
#2: Bio 26/GC 19/OC 19/PAT 22/RC 22/QR 18/TS 21/AA 21
Bio: KBB once, Cliffs 2x, and some of Destroyer. I felt like I wasn't doing so hot during this section...there were a few weird lab questions, and a couple about things I never studied.
GC: KBB once, Chad's videos, but NO Destroyer! I felt that Destroyer was too hard and ridiculous so I skipped it- and I guess it worked out for me. 😀
OC: KBB once, textbook, made about 130 flashcards of reactions and such, memorized roadmaps, Destroyer once. This was the section I was most scared of...I got a B-/C in Orgo I/II, and it never really clicked for me. So I focused on it and now I am annoyed with myself that I didn't know how easy OChem was when I took the classes. 😛
RC: I had neuroanatomy of the spinal cord, epidemiology, and floating bridges. S&D worked for pretty much all of them with a few tone questions here and there. All I did for this section was the two Topscore practices.
QR: SO HARD! Probably 70% word problems...I tried the strategy of skipping all those and doing the easy ones first, but that doesn't help much when there are so many long questions. There was a **** TON of trig too (and not easy), and only like 3 easy algebra probs. I've been done with all my required math classes for about 5 years, so I guess I should have put more emphasis on studying this.
PAT: Keyholes were about the same as CDP, TFE was about the same (maybe a tad easier than CDP), angles weren't bad, hole punch was SO EASY compared to CDP, cubes easy as always, and folding was kind of weird, but about the same as CDP.
CDP scores: 21/21/21/22/22/26/21/21
GPA is 3.78/sci 3.67, FL resident. Overall, I "studied" for 2 months, but really only focused the past couple weeks. I am happy with everything except QR, but I know that's been a rough area for a lot of people, so I'm not toooo worried about it. Don't make the same mistake I did in not spending enough time on QR!
Again, sorry for the long post...but I really appreciate everyone's help on SDN, and after looking at other people's scores on here for over a year, I am so happy to be able to post my own. HALLELUJAH its over!
BIO: 20
GC: 25
OC: 20
RC: 24
QR: 15 😱
PAT: 21
TS: 22
AA: 21
TopScore
#1: Bio 17/GC 18/OC 19/PAT 22/RC 22/QR 19/TS 18/AA 19
#2: Bio 26/GC 19/OC 19/PAT 22/RC 22/QR 18/TS 21/AA 21
Bio: KBB once, Cliffs 2x, and some of Destroyer. I felt like I wasn't doing so hot during this section...there were a few weird lab questions, and a couple about things I never studied.
GC: KBB once, Chad's videos, but NO Destroyer! I felt that Destroyer was too hard and ridiculous so I skipped it- and I guess it worked out for me. 😀
OC: KBB once, textbook, made about 130 flashcards of reactions and such, memorized roadmaps, Destroyer once. This was the section I was most scared of...I got a B-/C in Orgo I/II, and it never really clicked for me. So I focused on it and now I am annoyed with myself that I didn't know how easy OChem was when I took the classes. 😛
RC: I had neuroanatomy of the spinal cord, epidemiology, and floating bridges. S&D worked for pretty much all of them with a few tone questions here and there. All I did for this section was the two Topscore practices.
QR: SO HARD! Probably 70% word problems...I tried the strategy of skipping all those and doing the easy ones first, but that doesn't help much when there are so many long questions. There was a **** TON of trig too (and not easy), and only like 3 easy algebra probs. I've been done with all my required math classes for about 5 years, so I guess I should have put more emphasis on studying this.
PAT: Keyholes were about the same as CDP, TFE was about the same (maybe a tad easier than CDP), angles weren't bad, hole punch was SO EASY compared to CDP, cubes easy as always, and folding was kind of weird, but about the same as CDP.
CDP scores: 21/21/21/22/22/26/21/21
GPA is 3.78/sci 3.67, FL resident. Overall, I "studied" for 2 months, but really only focused the past couple weeks. I am happy with everything except QR, but I know that's been a rough area for a lot of people, so I'm not toooo worried about it. Don't make the same mistake I did in not spending enough time on QR!
Again, sorry for the long post...but I really appreciate everyone's help on SDN, and after looking at other people's scores on here for over a year, I am so happy to be able to post my own. HALLELUJAH its over!
