Just another DAT story with a very good ending

[jtothev92]

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Hi, (new member but constant browser)

I just wanted to share my DAT experience, first off my score:

Perceptual ability: 23
Quantitative reasoning: 20
Reading Comprehension: 29
Biology: 21
General Chemistry: 22
Organic Chemistry: 24
Total Science: 22
Academic Average: 23

So that's that.

Advice for other
-Most important advice: if you go into testing feeling confident, you will most likely do horrible. Always have a mindset of "Crap, crap, crap I am going to do so bad!!!" this will really motivate you to study, at least it did for me.

-Study like you only have one chance at it! (I had a full-time job for a year now. I started studying about 5 months before my test date, for about 1-2 hours a day, more on the weekends. I believe the most important study material I had were my old textbooks and notes, basic knowledge of the sciences is KEY. Only like 2 weeks before my test date did I actually touch my bootcamp/destroyer.)

-Do not buy the DAT destroyer (from my experience), it will just confuse you and piss you off with the errors/confusing questions that are in it. I think I only did like 30% of the DAT destroyer material.

-Bootcamp>>>>>>>DAT destroyer (too difficult, time consuming, errors, swearing at the book, also bootcamp had PAT and RC, and 50% cheaper!!!!!!!!!!!!)

-For non-science majors, RC is probably going to be a little tougher because my science background most definitely helped me get my 29.
-In regards to my approach, read it to enjoy/learn for it, reflect what you just read about after every paragraph then summarize each paragraph in a few words on paper

-Biology, almost impossible to study for, thus just try to have a strong background with biology, specifically taxonomy (which appeared multiple times on the test), and just expose yourself to lots and lots of biology questions. And remember anti-diuretic hormone = anti-diarrhea (keep water in)

-Organic chemistry, most important were: acidity/basicity, aromatics, carbonyl compounds, alcohols, basics such as substitution/elimination

-Chemistry, most important were: acids/bases, solubility, keq, atom characters, lab techniques

-Quantitative reasoning, most important: algebra, word problems, don't overkill with trig/geometry

-Perceptual ability: practice, or if you are naturally gifted, practice a little less

Take home message: know the basics of the science categories, practice the other stuff, worry your a$$ off about the test because your sympathetic nervous system will kick in and help you.

In the end, it's all worth it when you get a good score and know you are (almost) guaranteed a spot in dental school.

 

[Master Yoda]

Destroyer errors? Lol
Nice job and congrats on your success.

 

[Mr.Mike]

There are no errors in destroyer, just students who make careless mistakes on challenging questions.

 

[skooti]

Congrats on your scores, but DAT destroyer has no errors for sure as I went over it 3 times and it helped explain a lot of things better for me and inc. my bootcamp scores to high 20's.

 

[jtothev92]

Hmm I must of got a a different copy then, because I remember errors. Besides the error, I still wouldn't recommend the Destroyer. Way too overkill for the DAT, more like prepping you for ochem class than anything.

 

[NavyDDS1990]

Destroyer explains my DAT score

 

[jtothev92]

I feel like people are paid to advocate the Destroyer or something, I mean honestly its not all that great. I used bootcamp in parallel and felt it was much more realistic and efficient use of relatable material.

 

[NavyDDS1990]

I feel like people are paid to advocate the Destroyer or something, I mean honestly its not all that great. I used bootcamp in parallel and felt it was much more realistic and efficient use of relatable material.

I didn't find Math Destroyer to be helpful, but there is a reason why people strongly recommend DAT Destroyer. People that usually succeed on DAT are the people who properly utilize the destroyer. I mean everyone's different, but it definitely worked great with a lot of people, including myself

 

[jtothev92]

And the plane was hijacked by the Destroyer

 

[TheRealestTruth]

lmao all of these shills coming out of the woods to desperately defend Destroyer

Destroyer is great it really is but Destroyer absolutely has mistakes. for you guys to state with such certainty that there are none is stupid. don't try so hard to defend it kids, it just comes across suspicious.

 

[cacajuate]

lmao all of these shills coming out of the woods to desperately defend Destroyer

Destroyer is great it really is but Destroyer absolutely has mistakes. for you guys to state with such certainty that there are none is stupid. don't try so hard to defend it kids, it just comes across suspicious.

Show us a factual mistake. Typos don't count.

 

[TheRealestTruth]

Show us a factual mistake. Typos don't count.

biology section, 2015, very first question. what kind of image is that?

ez son caught that body on page 1 question 1 get on my level

 

[cacajuate]

biology section, 2015, very first question. what kind of image is that?

ez son caught that body on page 1 question 1 get on my level

Google Image search for ebola virus. Looks like every other picture on the internet.

Still interested in a mistake, son.

 

[cacajuate]

Hi, (new member but constant browser)

I just wanted to share my DAT experience, first off my score:

Perceptual ability: 23
Quantitative reasoning: 20
Reading Comprehension: 29
Biology: 21
General Chemistry: 22
Organic Chemistry: 24
Total Science: 22
Academic Average: 23

So that's that.

Advice for other
-Most important advice: if you go into testing feeling confident, you will most likely do horrible. Always have a mindset of "Crap, crap, crap I am going to do so bad!!!" this will really motivate you to study, at least it did for me.

-Study like you only have one chance at it! (I had a full-time job for a year now. I started studying about 5 months before my test date, for about 1-2 hours a day, more on the weekends. I believe the most important study material I had were my old textbooks and notes, basic knowledge of the sciences is KEY. Only like 2 weeks before my test date did I actually touch my bootcamp/destroyer.)

-Do not buy the DAT destroyer (from my experience), it will just confuse you and piss you off with the errors/confusing questions that are in it. I think I only did like 30% of the DAT destroyer material.

-Bootcamp>>>>>>>DAT destroyer (too difficult, time consuming, errors, swearing at the book, also bootcamp had PAT and RC, and 50% cheaper!!!!!!!!!!!!)

-For non-science majors, RC is probably going to be a little tougher because my science background most definitely helped me get my 29.
-In regards to my approach, read it to enjoy/learn for it, reflect what you just read about after every paragraph then summarize each paragraph in a few words on paper

-Biology, almost impossible to study for, thus just try to have a strong background with biology, specifically taxonomy (which appeared multiple times on the test), and just expose yourself to lots and lots of biology questions. And remember anti-diuretic hormone = anti-diarrhea (keep water in)

-Organic chemistry, most important were: acidity/basicity, aromatics, carbonyl compounds, alcohols, basics such as substitution/elimination

-Chemistry, most important were: acids/bases, solubility, keq, atom characters, lab techniques

-Quantitative reasoning, most important: algebra, word problems, don't overkill with trig/geometry

-Perceptual ability: practice, or if you are naturally gifted, practice a little less

Take home message: know the basics of the science categories, practice the other stuff, worry your a$$ off about the test because your sympathetic nervous system will kick in and help you.

In the end, it's all worth it when you get a good score and know you are (almost) guaranteed a spot in dental school.

Let's see that score report.

 

[cdp1210]

I feel like people are paid to advocate the Destroyer or something, I mean honestly its not all that great. I used bootcamp in parallel and felt it was much more realistic and efficient use of relatable material.

Not trying to advocate for or against any study material here but what qualifies you to think something is too difficult, time consuming, and too many errors when you only completed 30% of it. That just doesn't make sense.

 

[TheRealestTruth]

Google Image search for ebola virus. Looks like every other picture on the internet.

Still interested in a mistake, son.

did i say what it's an image of, or did i ask what kind of image it is? learn to read no wonder your RC game weak

what TYPE of image is it son? is it an SEM? is it a TEM? o wait... http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp?pid=1832

that's a TEM son. have you connected the dots yet?

caught that body AGAIN. on the FIRST QUESTION. im savage out here bruh

 

[TheRealestTruth]

Not trying to advocate for or against any study material here but what qualifies you to think something is too difficult, time consuming, and too many errors when you only completed 30% of it. That just doesn't make sense.

if someone didnt find it helpful why would they bother completing more than 30% of it? for all you thirsty fools trying so hard to defend Destroyer remember that Glimmer got a 30 TS and said she didnt find it necessary at all

so many destroyer shills up in here smh

 

[cacajuate]

if someone didnt find it helpful why would they bother completing more than 30% of it? for all you thirsty fools trying so hard to defend Destroyer remember that Glimmer got a 30 TS and said she didnt find it necessary at all

so many destroyer shills up in here smh

Except she did it twice for bio/gc and got most of orgo right the first pass through. Must have not been totally unnecessary.

Have you taken the DAT?

 

[TheRealestTruth]

Except she did it twice for bio/gc and got most of orgo right the first pass through.

and their conclusion after taking the DAT was still that it was overkill and not necessary. hmm who should i listen to, people with a 22-24 TS trying way too hard to defend Destroyer (in denial about its mistakes I might add) or the person with a 30 TS? HMMMM...

 

[hellofuturedentists]

Ok so the consensus is that some people found Destroyer helpful and some did not. The person who posted this breakdown did not, which is fine. Don't take steal his thread for this haha

 

[blcopp]

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[TheRealestTruth]

It really scares me that you may be a professional in oral health care some day.

not as scary as how soft you are. unless you have something to contribute to the thread, foh. you can use pm's for personal attacks.

 

[blcopp]

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[Mr.Mike]

did i say what it's an image of, or did i ask what kind of image it is? learn to read no wonder your RC game weak

what TYPE of image is it son? is it an SEM? is it a TEM? o wait... http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp?pid=1832

that's a TEM son. have you connected the dots yet?

caught that body AGAIN. on the FIRST QUESTION. im savage out here bruh

While you guys are arguing the difference between transmission and scanning electron microscope, there are students out there acing the bio section with the help of destroyer. Everyone is different, don't hate on something that clearly helped others out. If you did well and used something else, great! at the end of the day were all trying to achieve the same thing here, a good DAT score and acceptances to dental school.

 

[TheRealestTruth]

While you guys are arguing the difference between transmission and scanning electron microscope, there are students out there acing the bio section with the help of destroyer. Everyone is different, don't hate on something that clearly helped others out. If you did well and used something else, great! at the end of the day were all trying to achieve the same thing here, a good DAT score and acceptances to dental school.

knowing the difference between a TEM and SEM image is important son matter of fact had it on my test. that was just one example of many mistakes that can be found in Destroyer. it's completely false for you to say:

There are no errors in destroyer, just students who make careless mistakes on challenging questions.

and i just proved it without having to go past page one

as i already said. personally i found destroyer helpful. not everyone necessarily does and it absolutely has mistakes. there are better ways to defend the product than making over the top statements that arent true. dont be so defensive. i liked destroyer and bootcamp both but found bootcamp a lot more helpful and with less errors.

 

[cacajuate]

knowing the difference between a TEM and SEM image is important son matter of fact had it on my test. that was just one example of many mistakes that can be found in Destroyer. it's completely false for you to say:



and i just proved it without having to go past page one

as i already said. personally i found destroyer helpful. not everyone necessarily does and it absolutely has mistakes. there are better ways to defend the product than making over the top statements that arent true. dont be so defensive. i liked destroyer and bootcamp both but found bootcamp a lot more helpful and with less errors.

What did you get on DAT?

 

[TheRealestTruth]

What did you get on DAT?

27 AA 28 TS and since that score is already high enough to identify me i aint fixin to post the photo you about to ask me for

i succeeds quick

 

[cacajuate]

27 AA 28 TS and since that score is already high enough to identify me i aint fixin to post the photo you about to ask me for

i succeeds quick

i got the same score, but i don't want to post the picture either.

 

[TheRealestTruth]

i got the same score, but i don't want to post the picture either.

HMMM...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...here-to-apply-question.1128864/#post-16350267

I just realized something, I have the same TS scores as you but only got a 20. BIO/GC/OC 19/22/21 for me. Do they weigh BIO more heavily than the other two?

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...gpa-support-group.938976/page-5#post-14863271

I have a sub 3.0 oGPa, 3.4 sGPA, 20/20/20 DAT and have recieved two interview invites this cycle. Certainly is possible to at least get your foot into the door. Now if I can just receieve an acceptance..

shame on you needing to spit lies just because i bodied you twice. i understand with your low DAT scores you dont have to worry about getting identified by posting them but mine are high enough that i do. fall back with that shade you throwing just because you didn't perform on my level.

SAVAGED.

 

[cdp1210]

27 AA 28 TS and since that score is already high enough to identify me i aint fixin to post the photo you about to ask me for

i succeeds quick

HAH!

HMMM...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...here-to-apply-question.1128864/#post-16350267


http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...gpa-support-group.938976/page-5#post-14863271


shame on you needing to spit lies just because i bodied you twice. i understand with your low DAT scores you dont have to worry about getting identified by posting them but mine are high enough that i do. fall back with that shade you throwing just because you didn't perform on my level.

SAVAGED.

Who wants to bet he created this account yesterday because his previous one got banned.

 

[cacajuate]

HMMM...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...here-to-apply-question.1128864/#post-16350267


http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...gpa-support-group.938976/page-5#post-14863271


shame on you needing to spit lies just because i bodied you twice. i understand with your low DAT scores you dont have to worry about getting identified by posting them but mine are high enough that i do. fall back with that shade you throwing just because you didn't perform on my level.

SAVAGED.

i retook the test, look at my more recent posts.


but we both lying about scores, so it doesn't matter either way.

 

[TheRealestTruth]

HAH!

Who wants to bet he created this account yesterday because his previous one got banned.

nope never been banned before

i retook the test, look at my more recent posts.

but we both lying about scores, so it doesn't matter either way.

either you're so egotistical you cant believe someone that already bodied you could do that much better than you did. or you're so in awe at my scorez you believe it must be a lie. either way im flattered.

to both you haters: what makes you find my scores so unbelievable? they aint even the highest scores that have been posted THIS CYCLE

GET ON MY LEVEL CHILDREN

 

[DentalGirl5]

Sorry if anyone has already touched on this (I'm about to fall asleep and don't have the energy to read all the comments haha) but I have to speak up. Errors in Destroyer? From a PhD who was an oral surgeon before earning his PhD? Vs. a kid who had just completed undergrad and had copied some questions in DAT Bootcamp from questions in Destroyer? Sorry, I'm just so frustrated by your post about the Destroyer not being worthwhile because of things that are nonexistent or not true. Dr. Romano put his heart and soul into a product that spans the breadth of all information you could possibly encounter on the DAT. I wouldn't have gotten a 24 AA and 24 TS without the Destroyer. You probably didn't know how to use it efficiently. To each his own, and feel free to succeed in whichever way you think is best (by using Bootcamp, etc.) But man...don't make stuff up that just isn't true. Even though I wasn't the biggest fan of Bootcamp, I didn't write don't buy Bootcamp in my breakdown. Instead, I offered valid reasons for why it wasn't helpful for me and even stated that I didn't think it would be unhelpful for everyone. Some people love it and that's great for them. I'm sure you're a nice guy, but please don't post claims on here that debase a product that has helped so many and is written by a PhD who has taught a DAT class for many years and produces scores that are the best in the country.

 

[virtualmaster999]

Sorry if anyone has already touched on this (I'm about to fall asleep and don't have the energy to read all the comments haha) but I have to speak up. Errors in Destroyer? From a PhD who was an oral surgeon before earning his PhD? Vs. a kid who had just completed undergrad and had copied some questions in DAT Bootcamp from questions in Destroyer? Sorry, I'm just so frustrated by your post about the Destroyer not being worthwhile because of things that are nonexistent or not true. Dr. Romano put his heart and soul into a product that spans the breadth of all information you could possibly encounter on the DAT. I wouldn't have gotten a 24 AA and 24 TS without the Destroyer. You probably didn't know how to use it efficiently. To each his own, and feel free to succeed in whichever way you think is best (by using Bootcamp, etc.) But man...don't make stuff up that just isn't true. Even though I wasn't the biggest fan of Bootcamp, I didn't write don't by Bootcamp in my breakdown. Instead, I offered valid reasons for why it wasn't helpful for me and even stated that I didn't think it would be unhelpful for everyone. Some people love it and that's great for them. I'm sure you're a nice guy, but please don't post claims on here that debase a product that has helped so many and is written by a PhD who has taught a DAT class for many years and produces scores that are the best in the country.

Amen!

 

[Mr.Mike]

Sorry if anyone has already touched on this (I'm about to fall asleep and don't have the energy to read all the comments haha) but I have to speak up. Errors in Destroyer? From a PhD who was an oral surgeon before earning his PhD? Vs. a kid who had just completed undergrad and had copied some questions in DAT Bootcamp from questions in Destroyer? Sorry, I'm just so frustrated by your post about the Destroyer not being worthwhile because of things that are nonexistent or not true. Dr. Romano put his heart and soul into a product that spans the breadth of all information you could possibly encounter on the DAT. I wouldn't have gotten a 24 AA and 24 TS without the Destroyer. You probably didn't know how to use it efficiently. To each his own, and feel free to succeed in whichever way you think is best (by using Bootcamp, etc.) But man...don't make stuff up that just isn't true. Even though I wasn't the biggest fan of Bootcamp, I didn't write don't buy Bootcamp in my breakdown. Instead, I offered valid reasons for why it wasn't helpful for me and even stated that I didn't think it would be unhelpful for everyone. Some people love it and that's great for them. I'm sure you're a nice guy, but please don't post claims on here that debase a product that has helped so many and is written by a PhD who has taught a DAT class for many years and produces scores that are the best in the country.

Could not have said it better myself !

 

[Dr.Decven]

Sorry if anyone has already touched on this (I'm about to fall asleep and don't have the energy to read all the comments haha) but I have to speak up. Errors in Destroyer? From a PhD who was an oral surgeon before earning his PhD? Vs. a kid who had just completed undergrad and had copied some questions in DAT Bootcamp from questions in Destroyer? Sorry, I'm just so frustrated by your post about the Destroyer not being worthwhile because of things that are nonexistent or not true. Dr. Romano put his heart and soul into a product that spans the breadth of all information you could possibly encounter on the DAT. I wouldn't have gotten a 24 AA and 24 TS without the Destroyer. You probably didn't know how to use it efficiently. To each his own, and feel free to succeed in whichever way you think is best (by using Bootcamp, etc.) But man...don't make stuff up that just isn't true. Even though I wasn't the biggest fan of Bootcamp, I didn't write don't buy Bootcamp in my breakdown. Instead, I offered valid reasons for why it wasn't helpful for me and even stated that I didn't think it would be unhelpful for everyone. Some people love it and that's great for them. I'm sure you're a nice guy, but please don't post claims on here that debase a product that has helped so many and is written by a PhD who has taught a DAT class for many years and produces scores that are the best in the country.

I STRONGLY agree with this. Also to say "Do not buy the DAT destroyer" is a very illogical thing to say. I personally used the destroyer with a subpar science background and did a lot better than you in my sciences. I think i can speak on behalf of all those people around the country that used the Destroyer to study and did well on their DAT, that what your advocating will only help a SMALL bunch of DAT studiers out there.