Need advises...

[shawny8351]

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hello, hope you all enjoying the holiday.

I took American DAT on Dec. 21st. and here is my score.

PAT 22
QR 23
RC 18
BIO 19
GC 22
OC 24

TS 21
AA 21

overall gpa 3.25
sGPA 3.24

I know my gpa is low.. should i retake the DAT and aim for higher? i donno if i can score better than what i have.. what do you guys think?
(I saw many thread saying that ones with low GPA should score 20+. )



thanks for your advises..

 

[jigabodo]

hello, hope you all enjoying the holiday.

I took American DAT on Dec. 21st. and here is my score.

PAT 22
QR 23
RC 18
BIO 19
GC 22
OC 24

TS 21
AA 21

overall gpa 3.25
sGPA 3.24

I know my gpa is low.. should i retake the DAT and aim for higher? i donno if i can score better than what i have.. what do you guys think?
(I saw many thread saying that ones with low GPA should score 20+. )



thanks for your advises..

I think you have a good shot as long as other parts of your app is good. Make sure you apply broadly and early next year!

 

[shake]

Your scores are solid and certainly make up for the lower GPA. If you try to improve these results you might end up hurting one or more of the sections. Applying next year? Apply early to a good number of schools and make sure your application is the best it can be.

 

[shawny8351]

thank you very much for your encouragements and advises. Yes, i will be applying for 2009.

Thanks again

 

[CSU Undergrad]

Those are very good DAT scores, Im actually in the same boat as you GPA wise (lower overall gpa though), do you have any advice for us who are taking the DAT soon? what materials did you use to study for the DAT?

 

[shawny8351]

Those are very good DAT scores, Im actually in the same boat as you GPA wise (lower overall gpa though), do you have any advice for us who are taking the DAT soon? what materials did you use to study for the DAT?

First of all, I took Kaplan DAT course in October. The lecture itself wasn't that helpful. I think what they cover is so little compare to what we actually have to know. However, online sample tests were very helpful. I went over those questions over and over.
...Biology...
I started with the Kaplan blue book. i made my own notes and if i don't remember or have hard time memorizing, I made Q cards. then my friend lend me Cliffsnote. I added some more informations onto my notes.
...General Chem...
I only used the Kaplan blue book. i think it has all the materials that we need.
...Organic Chem...
I really had tough time with OC. When I took OC at university, I did pretty good. I really enjoyed it. but that was 2 years ago. I thought those will come back soon.. but it didn't. So, I started using Odyssey (by Dr. Romano) i think it has more than 500 Qs .. I went over all of them. Of course i don't remember every single thing.. but it helped me A LOT. but if you think you are good with OC, just DAT destroyer is fine.
...Quatitative Reasoning..
Just kaplan online questions.. I am more like a math person. QR was easy for me. Trignometry was tough. I think i got all wrong on Trig questions.
...PAT...
same with PAT, I used Kaplan online materials and that was it. I love solving these questions.. i didn't spend too much time on PAT.
...RC...
I didn't do that well.. i think 18 was 37 percentile. i'm very happy with that score. I use note taking strategy.
...Overall...
I forgot to mention that I used DAT Destroyer for bio, OC, and GC. For OC, I never had a question with a choice, "no reaction" or "non of the above" or " a or b" or "two of the above." things.. when I was doing DAT destroyer, I had tough time solving questions with these choices. (but i cannot guarantee for all tests)

hope I can be help to you.. and SDN has been a great help for me. everyone here is soo nice and informative.


good luck CSU

 

[CSU Undergrad]

First of all, I took Kaplan DAT course in October. The lecture itself wasn't that helpful. I think what they cover is so little compare to what we actually have to know. However, online sample tests were very helpful. I went over those questions over and over.
...Biology...
I started with the Kaplan blue book. i made my own notes and if i don't remember or have hard time memorizing, I made Q cards. then my friend lend me Cliffsnote. I added some more informations onto my notes.
...General Chem...
I only used the Kaplan blue book. i think it has all the materials that we need.
...Organic Chem...
I really had tough time with OC. When I took OC at university, I did pretty good. I really enjoyed it. but that was 2 years ago. I thought those will come back soon.. but it didn't. So, I started using Odyssey (by Dr. Romano) i think it has more than 500 Qs .. I went over all of them. Of course i don't remember every single thing.. but it helped me A LOT. but if you think you are good with OC, just DAT destroyer is fine.
...Quatitative Reasoning..
Just kaplan online questions.. I am more like a math person. QR was easy for me. Trignometry was tough. I think i got all wrong on Trig questions.
...PAT...
same with PAT, I used Kaplan online materials and that was it. I love solving these questions.. i didn't spend too much time on PAT.
...RC...
I didn't do that well.. i think 18 was 37 percentile. i'm very happy with that score. I use note taking strategy.
...Overall...
I forgot to mention that I used DAT Destroyer for bio, OC, and GC. For OC, I never had a question with a choice, "no reaction" or "non of the above" or " a or b" or "two of the above." things.. when I was doing DAT destroyer, I had tough time solving questions with these choices. (but i cannot guarantee for all tests)

hope I can be help to you.. and SDN has been a great help for me. everyone here is soo nice and informative.


good luck CSU

Thanks.

 

[mut9ya]

hello, hope you all enjoying the holiday.

I took American DAT on Dec. 21st. and here is my score.

PAT 22
QR 23
RC 18
BIO 19
GC 22
OC 24

TS 21
AA 21

overall gpa 3.25
sGPA 3.24

I know my gpa is low.. should i retake the DAT and aim for higher? i donno if i can score better than what i have.. what do you guys think?
(I saw many thread saying that ones with low GPA should score 20+. )



thanks for your advises..

I think you are good to go. Just apply early and to the right schools.