Congrats on being done. And I do mean done. I would not re-take. Im not sure of your chances at UCLA but you will definitely get into some good schools...
So.... How'd you study?
I went into the test knowing that I was going to do well..the morning of I have a very positive attitude...
So I hit the the first section--Bio the hardest
For Bio: I used Achiever, TopScore, Destroyer, and Cliffs AP Bio
For the TopScore tests I was averaging 20's and for Achiever 18's.. The Destroyer was a great help--I strongly recommend using it for the Bio section. There are couple of questions that require you to have a deeper understanding of the material..but overall I zipped through it--finished it in 20 min..
Going into the test..I was very scared of the gchem--it was my weakests section when I started studying--I mainly focused on destroyer--the Achiever test was also good...for some reason reading previous posts I was expected a lot more concept questions--but it was about 50-50..such that I actually did have a handful of problems to work out on that horrible dry erase board..(not to mention that my markers ran out--and I had to cover the ochem without the pens..ugh..I had to go get new pens during the break)...I took a bit longer on the gchem then i expected and when I got to the ochem I was feeling too confident but didnt have enought time to really shine.
I kept on getting 25's on topscore for ochem .. but i whould say the best way to study for that section is destroyer..
The rc was completely different than what I had expected, you guys should not focus on finding the answer directly from the passage..rather reading the passage fully and really understanding it because there are a bunch of tone questions and how would the auther end this passage...
QR was what the hell is this--i swear there were some stuff that i hadnt even seen in any of the practice tests that i had taken..a third of the test was word problems..that just took time to work out..several of them were quick arithmatic--and i had about 3 probability porblems--just know how to do permutations and combinations and youll bet set for the probabilities...but i really cannot say how you guys should study for this section because it completely took me by surprise..
The PAT section was pretty easy--the hole punch was really hard I would say that 8/15 were really time consuming..the probably with the hole punch portion is that the holes that are punched are really small..so its hard to see the symmetry--the keyhole i think was the easiest of all..the tfe was pretty easy too--I never really had a problem with the tfe..there are couple of pattern folds that kind of threw me off--but overall i wouldnt focus on the Achiever for this section because the achiever is hard--i think topscore was on par--but the problem with topscore is that the holepunch and angles are a bit easier than the actual DAT..
I hope this helps you guys--I think with an AA of 20 and a TS of 21 I probably wont be re-taking the test again--my only adivce would be to really take full 4 1/2 hour tests in one sitting--because the test does really get you tired--I think by the time you hit the QR especially after the RC--you eyes are just too tired to work those problems out
good luck to you all
