Most Comparable Practice Material to Real DAT

[flin5845]

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So I just wanted to get everyone's advice on what study material is the best repensation of the Real DAT. I know most people put it in their breakdowns, but I thought it would be easier to make a thread.

How comparable are the following practice test material to the real thing?

Achievers
Kaplan
Topscore
ADA

I have taken 3 practice exams so far. My DAT is in 18 days, and just wanted to see what you all think.

Bio/GC/OC/PAT/RC/QR/TS/AA
14/14/17/16/17/12/15/15-Kaplan Diagnostic
16/17/19/20/18/16/17/17-Kaplan Exan 1
20/19/20/21/18/18/20/19-Topscore
18/20/21/19/18/17/20/19-Goal for real DAT

Do you all think I would be safe with those scores as my goal? I have never been good at standardized test. My Overall GPA is a 3.72 my Science GPA is a 3.86 and my BCP is a 3.9... I am a Texas Resident.

 

[dansou5]

So I just wanted to get everyone's advice on what study material is the best repensation of the Real DAT. I know most people put it in their breakdowns, but I thought it would be easier to make a thread.

How comparable are the following practice test material to the real thing?

Achievers
Kaplan
Topscore
ADA

I have taken 3 practice exams so far. My DAT is in 18 days, and just wanted to see what you all think.

Bio/GC/OC/PAT/RC/QR/TS/AA
14/14/17/16/17/12/15/15-Kaplan Diagnostic
16/17/19/20/18/16/17/17-Kaplan Exan 1
20/19/20/21/18/18/20/19-Topscore
18/20/21/19/18/17/20/19-Goal for real DAT

Do you all think I would be safe with those scores as my goal? I have never been good at standardized test. My Overall GPA is a 3.72 my Science GPA is a 3.86 and my BCP is a 3.9... I am a Texas Resident.

Haha i think your seeting your goals to low. I think your doing pretty good so far. I had about a 3 point increase from my topscore average. Keep working hard 👍

 

[flin5845]

Haha i think your seeting your goals to low. I think your doing pretty good so far. I had about a 3 point increase from my topscore average. Keep working hard 👍

Well I did not want to set them really high because I kinda based them off my kaplan diagnostic. I was afraid that if I set them too high that I would get discouraged if I was scoring low.

As far as topscore. Where did you feel like it was harder/easier than the real DAT? I felt like their key holes are super specific. I have been using CDP and I constantly get 14-15 on key holes and normally struggle with angles (7-9). On topscore I only got 8 key holes and 12 angles. The reading also seemed fairly easy on topscore too. I am just a slower reader so I was pressed for time on the last passage and that was my downfall.

 

[dansou5]

Well for GC you wont be doing the large calculations, so dont feel discouraged if your struggling with time. Organic was very similar, i didnt get a biochem question but i think i got lucky on this so make sure you dont forget to look over that.

Bio is so random i feel like its to hard to gauge your score but i did score a lot higher on the real test. Just do as much reading and practice problems as possible.

QR was a lot eaiser on topscore, as well as RC. PAT was pretty similar.

What study materials are you using? I used chads, destroyers, cliffs and kaplan book. EDIT also used Crack DAT PAT, topscore, and datqvault.

 

[flin5845]

Well for GC you wont be doing the large calculations, so dont feel discouraged if your struggling with time. Organic was very similar, i didnt get a biochem question but i think i got lucky on this so make sure you dont forget to look over that.

Bio is so random i feel like its to hard to gauge your score but i did score a lot higher on the real test. Just do as much reading and practice problems as possible.

QR was a lot eaiser on topscore, as well as RC. PAT was pretty similar.

What study materials are you using? I used chads, destroyers, cliffs and kaplan book. EDIT also used Crack DAT PAT, topscore, and datqvault.

I have gone though chads videos. and the destroyer once. I have not really spent a lot of time with math, but thats my focus the next few days. I have also just been reading barrons and cliffs every now and then but also havent put in a ton of time in biology.

 

[soosoolhastam]

seriously man if you don't want to focus on math, its fine. But you REALLY need to get your timing down. There is no way on earth you can solve all 40 questions in 45min otherwise. (trust me)

If you where sincerely able to pull off those scores on your first topscore exam. You should be set. I would still recommend you take the 2009 online DAT. No practice exam comes as close to the real deal as the 2009 version.

 

[flin5845]

seriously man if you don't want to focus on math, its fine. But you REALLY need to get your timing down. There is no way on earth you can solve all 40 questions in 45min otherwise. (trust me)

If you where sincerely able to pull off those scores on your first topscore exam. You should be set. I would still recommend you take the 2009 online DAT. No practice exam comes as close to the real deal as the 2009 version.

I am going to spend time with math the next few days. I just wanted to review my sciences and work on PAT. I have the Math destroyer that I am going to work through the next few days.

I know most schools look at the QR lightly, but it can still make or break your score if you ask me.

 

[dansou5]

I am going to spend time with math the next few days. I just wanted to review my sciences and work on PAT. I have the Math destroyer that I am going to work through the next few days.

I know most schools look at the QR lightly, but it can still make or break your score if you ask me.

If it makes you feel any better i got destroyed in Math Destroyer the first time i did it. My first topscore test i got a 16 in this section. But i spent a weekend 2 weeks before my test and took about 2 hrs per test to understand all the topics and i ended with a 21 in my real test. I would spend some time on this section just so it wont bring a good score down for one section.