PAT is about luck

[Kobebucsfan]

i took DAT 3 times

I used CRACK DAT PAT to prep for all 3 times. I got 22+ on all 10 practice tests. I was pretty confident

The first two times i took DAT, i got 18 on PAT. i was so mad, it was so hard


the third time i took it, it was soo easy. It seemed to be a ditto of the 2009 DAT PAT. ended up with a 21.


maybe u might get lucky and get the easy PAT version.

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[NDPitch]

I would agree here. I was averaging 22 in CDP.

 

[Glimmer1991]

Totally agreed. Although I did well on the PAT section on my DAT, I don't know how. It was about 500x harder than CDP. Ugh!

 

[Mr. Thirsty]

Totally agree with you. I was worried that PAT was going to be harder on the real thing, but I just took my DAT and it was actually easier...I must have gotten lucky too!

 

[Smurf12]

I don't necessarily think the PAT is about luck but rather biased. For people like me I've enjoyed doing various perceptual activities as a child i.e. folding origami, looking at maps and determining topography, sculpturing, and etc. PAT for me was a cakewalk due this.

I personally think that with the right amount of practice a satistfying score is actually achievable. My advice to y'all is to develop a strategy for each section and and stick with it.

Personal techniques I use
Keyhole: Look for distinct features on the figure
TFE: Visualizing overall structure, then look for distinct features (I.e. interior shape within figure)
Angles: use answer choices to eliminate
Hole punching: Working backwards
Cube Counting: Predeterminely know what n-number of side look like
Folding: Look for unique features on the flaps