Kaplan Full Lengths vs. Real DAT

[ucxc]

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Totally did not even see there was a DAT thread and should have posted this here. Anywho!

Hi! I have 20 days until my DAT and just started taking full lengths. I'm doing ok, but kind of freaking out because my AA is nowhere near where I want it to be. I just took one and my scores were AA - 19 and PA - 25
I only got one wrong in Bio but totally laid an egg in gen chem and made stupid stupid mistakes in reading comp. I have 2 more exams and a final left until I take the real exam (and have to do those and study for the next 20 days), my question is, how did your practice exams/final exam compare to the actual score you got on the real thing? i can only find thread forms like years ago and i'm pretty sure kaplan must have changed their curriculum since 2007 when most of the ones I found were answers.

anyway, thank you so much, I'm completely freaking out right now!

 

[ushaseos]

Kaplan is said to be slightly harder in Sciences and QR. Its RC is pretty good and PAT is really easy. My breakdown has a link to some of my TopScore and Achiever tests. If you plan on doing those you can check that out to see if that is helpful.

If you're talking about the tests from their course though I am completely unsure since I didn't take their course. I took their test bank stuff and the blue book tests.

 

[ucxc]

thank you so much! i hope that kaplan is harder rather than easier so i see my scores jump; i still have three weeks a lot of work to do so I'm hoping i can creep up to a 24 AA. I'm praying that at least 🙂 awesome job on the exam yourself and thanks for the advice 🙂

 

[TXpredent]

I was wondering the same thing, my RC scores on Kaplan are consistently 21-23. My other scores are also in the 16-18 range.

 

[txlotusboys37]

Look at my DAT breakdown. I took only Kaplan practice tests and scored 23TS...21AA. I have all of my Kaplan scores on my breakdown.

Higheset Kaplan... 19AA/19TS,

 

[ucxc]

ahhhh you seriously just made my night. great scores btw 🙂 people hate on kaplan all the time i was getting really worried. thank you for the post, you just settled my nerves a bit. congrats on being done! 🙂

 

[ushaseos]

ahhhh you seriously just made my night. great scores btw 🙂 people hate on kaplan all the time i was getting really worried. thank you for the post, you just settled my nerves a bit. congrats on being done! 🙂

People hate on Kaplan cause its kinda expensive and over priced. I lucked into the printed version of their test bank via some connections and found the material to be good practice. Its definitely not representative of the DAT difficulty or scoring wise, but then again neither is Achiever 🙂

 

[themoo]

the kaplan test are easier than the real DAT, its the basic info., on the real thing they word the questions harder. the kaplan sciences will help you but QR, PAT, and especially RC are way easier than the real thing. I went through kaplan and now i have to retake the DAT bc i wasnt as prepared for the RC or QR as i thought i was.

dont mean to scare you

 

[ucxc]

i feel like one person says its easier and then another will say its harder. i guess the only way to tell is to take it myself lol. WAH. why does this test suck so bad. thanks for the advice 🙂

 

[ushaseos]

People are confusing the KBB tests with other Kaplan practice tests. They are completely different.

 

[ucxc]

im in the full kaplan course, like i have the midterm 3 practice exams and a full length. is that the one you were in?