Hey everyone, I just started my DAT studying a couple days ago. I am aiming to take the DAT around June 15th. I noticed that many of you only spend 8 weeks to study but I am trying to follow a friends study outline from last year. He studied 4 months and got a AA of 24. Destroyed the DAT.
Tell me your thoughts on the schedule.
All of March -->
Complete the AP Bio Cliff and Kaplan "big book" Bio section and make Flash Cards
Watch all of Chad's Gen Chem and Orgo videos while taking detailed notes.
Meanwhile, my Kaplan online course runs from March 16th to May 4th. (I won't include the Kaplan studying and homework in the outline because it is a given)
All of April -->
Complete DAT Destroyer and Math Destroyer (I also purchased Organic Chemistry Odyssey... haven't looked at it yet)
Work vigorously on Crack DAT PAT problems.
All of May -->
Purchasing DAT Achiever full tests and completing those and the full TopScore test. While going over the DAT destroyer problems again and flashcards.
Also doing QVault.
Couple weeks of June -->
Do more problems on sections that I am weakest. (Take my mind of the stress and anticipation of the exam by reading a book)
Last week before the exam, I was going to redo 3-5 of the full DAT test from Kaplan, Achiever and TopScore.
What do you guys think of this? Fortunately, I have only my last 2 classes this quarter and won't be working for the next 3 months. Any tips would be great and appreciated.
I should note, PAT comes very easy to me. I took the LSAT 2 years ago Reading Comp was my best section. I feel good about Gen Chem and Orgo, but my main worry is learning all the material in Biology. Oh yeah, Math is straight for me.
Tell me your thoughts on the schedule.
All of March -->
Complete the AP Bio Cliff and Kaplan "big book" Bio section and make Flash Cards
Watch all of Chad's Gen Chem and Orgo videos while taking detailed notes.
Meanwhile, my Kaplan online course runs from March 16th to May 4th. (I won't include the Kaplan studying and homework in the outline because it is a given)
All of April -->
Complete DAT Destroyer and Math Destroyer (I also purchased Organic Chemistry Odyssey... haven't looked at it yet)
Work vigorously on Crack DAT PAT problems.
All of May -->
Purchasing DAT Achiever full tests and completing those and the full TopScore test. While going over the DAT destroyer problems again and flashcards.
Also doing QVault.
Couple weeks of June -->
Do more problems on sections that I am weakest. (Take my mind of the stress and anticipation of the exam by reading a book)
Last week before the exam, I was going to redo 3-5 of the full DAT test from Kaplan, Achiever and TopScore.
What do you guys think of this? Fortunately, I have only my last 2 classes this quarter and won't be working for the next 3 months. Any tips would be great and appreciated.
I should note, PAT comes very easy to me. I took the LSAT 2 years ago Reading Comp was my best section. I feel good about Gen Chem and Orgo, but my main worry is learning all the material in Biology. Oh yeah, Math is straight for me.
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