Opinions on Kaplans DAT book for bio? i have it along with cliffs, but the anatomy+phys stuff seems more comprehensive in Kaplans. (Im not even sure cliffs has a&p)
Kaplan's DAT book BIO
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No. All you need for bio is cliff book/notes and destroyer 2017 bio. At least that's what got me a 24 in bio. Also you can use boot camp but I feel that all the bio material in BC was covered in destroyer. That was back in March 2017 though.
Nice bio score! Now i don't have the 2017 version of destroyer but i do have the 2016 version. And i do have cliffs. If that essentially what got you the 24 im putting this book on the shelf and ill sell it or something lol
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2016 will do. I started bio destroyer 3 weeks before my exam. Don't overthink this section. Just use couple of prep materials for it and you will be good.
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kaplan bio is a waste of time imho. the resources laid out such as cliffs, feralis/tyjacobs and DAT destroyer is good enough, scored 23
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I would not use Kaplan's bio has my primary resource. I used it to supplement the many other resources I used to compile my notes but personally I think Cliff's is probably your best option as your main text, in combination with a secondary resource like compressed notes - IMO reading multiple textbooks for bio ends up being inefficient due to the enormous overlap between most resources.
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I agree ... that was definitely my issue. I tried to outline Princeton Review, CliffNotes, Kaplan, and Destroyer, but my PR notes were like 80 pages long alone, and I take concise notes--no copy/pasting text. It was just too inefficient. This method worked OK in high school, but I wish I had discovered Anki notecards before my exam. Nonetheless, I am satisfied with my bio score.
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not a fan of kaplan's dat book for bio. use cliffnotes + feralis's or my bio notes to supplement
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Kaplan is falling out of style fast i feel like. I don't trust a company who uploads the ADA sample DAT and spins it as one of their free practice exams. Didn't find BC helpful either as destroyer had it all.
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One part you mention though is that Cliffs is light on the A&P. I would find something to supplement that is you are not confident in that section. While Kaplan may not be great it should supplement that section better than ignoring it completely.
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How'd u study physio and embryo stuff cliffs sucks at those
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well i had a decent background in those topics. but for embryo i specifically looked towards youtube to get a general sense, then went back to feralis/tyjacobs... added notes, rereviewed other sources, checked that it was in agreement. this took me about a week or so to fully get it (one or two hours, if not, more each day).
from those notes, i would summarize into onenote of all the steps of dev bio for each, human, frog, and bird. i then drew diagrams on printer paper since i'm a visual learner.
sounds like a **** ton of work, but it was worth it for me because i felt confident in that topic
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Embryo is hugely visual in my opinion - definitely look at Youtube videos for those, there are some very helpful 3d animations.
