"My" Biology Textbook is Finally Complete..

[Avery07]

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So for those of you that have been following along with me though this DAT journey, you are well aware of my insanity and OCD for the biology section.

However, as Randy Pausch said, when there's an elephant in the room introduce them. (for those of you who don't know this guy, search "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" on iTunes or youtube.. brilliant man)

But basically, I spent December through May reading every piece of biology text and watching every biology video I could find, in an attempt to compile all the biology knowledge that I thought could remotely be tested over during the DAT. All of this was transcribed in my own handwriting to create own personal biology textbook. Alas, the deed is done and I can finally move on to the chemistries and math (no I am not writing another textbook for these sciences).

I don't think words can really describe what this process was like but I will attempt. Amazing, hell, nightmare, glory, intriguing, insane, stupid, worth it, too committed to turn back now, will this ever end, what were you thinking, how embarrassing will this be when you get a 19, oh crap.. I better get back to studying as to not get that 19, no.. I can't go to the bars tonight, is your roommate emo? he's always locked in his room, ... I could go on forever.

However pictures describe the journey better than words.. enjoy =]

Sorry about the size of the pictures but hey.. now you can get an extra review in!

 

[Avery07]

 

[UndergradGuy7]

I am only planning on reading Cliffs 1-2x and memorizing it all in 1-2 weeks. Then maybe Kaplan for ecology stuff. Hope that is enough. After seeing your studying, makes me wonder if it will be enough.

Also I thought you already took the dat. Haven't seen you post in a while.

 

[AJS11]

Well, we know who will be getting a perfect score in (at the very least) the bio section 😛. Writing the information down definitely helps.

 

[Simple Jack]

man you draw a wicked cool looking bacteriophage, i love those lil spaceship looking critters.

dude you're gonna phagocytose dat bio

 

[Avery07]

I am only planning on reading Cliffs 1-2x and memorizing it all in 1-2 weeks. Then maybe Kaplan for ecology stuff. Hope that is enough. After seeing your studying, makes me wonder if it will be enough.

Also I thought you already took the dat. Haven't seen you post in a while.

I disappeared during my exams leading up to finals and then finals. Had 18 credits of nothing but biology classes this semester and wanted to make an exciting finish going into my applications. Studying that took away from a lot of DAT time I had. Luckily I managed to stay away from SDN.

Well, we know who will be getting a perfect score in (at the very least) the bio section 😛. Writing the information down definitely helps.

Haha we'll see. I'm quite pessimistic about the situation and am just hoping for a 20 or higher.

man you draw a wicked cool looking bacteriophage, i love those lil spaceship looking critters.

dude you're gonna phagocytose dat bio

I was quite proud of that drawing myself lol.. I am a terrible drawer but I would literally spend multiple hours on some of my diagrams trying to make them perfect. The bacteriophage, chloroplast, and secondary protein structures are my favorites.

 

[sfoksn]

This is too much work 😱

Why don't you just memorize the Campbell's book? 🙂