Please help with Achiever... :(

[rromantico]

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Hello everyone, these are my first two achiever exams that I have taken so far. Please give me feed back on improvement and if I am headed the right way. BTW, my DAT is scheduled for Oct. 19, will I have time to improve; to at least be in my 20's in the real thing? Oh, and after I am done with Achiever I am planning on purchasing Top Score which I hear it's really good as well. So, with Achiever and Top Score and going over all the info missed, do you think I will be prepared? Please be honest...thanks.

Achiever #1

PAT: 18 😀
QR: 17
RC: 13
Bio: 14
GC: 15
OC: 15

Achiever #2 (Took today)

PAT: 18
QR: 16 (-1)
RC: 13
Bio: 16 (+2)
GC: 15
OC: 16 (+1)

I am studying an avg. of 6-8 hrs a day more or less. Will it be enough to hit the 20's. Please give me as much advice as you can type, I am really 😕 undecided whether to take it Oct 19 or move it to Nov. Please help...

 

[predentlsu1]

I just took the first Achiever test Sat and my scores were:
Bio 17
GC 15
Org 17
RC 15
QR 16
PAT 19
AA 16
TS 17

I am taking the DAT Oct 24th.....I have been studying for the past 4 weeks around 5-6 hours a day but have just pushed it up to 10-12 a day this week and hope to keep that up till the test.
I have heard you can add 2 to 3 points to your AA on Achiever and that is close to what you will get on the DAT.

I am taking Achiever test 2 later tonight and then will prolly start Topscore this weekend.....

 

[rromantico]

Good luck man, I thought the Achiever Exam #2 was a little harder. Maybe I should bump up my hours of studying as well! and at least you'll have 5 more than I will that can serve for reviewing. I also purchased the Destroyer and I am trying to memorize all the road maps, there are ssooo many!

 

[wantVCUdental]

do what's logical: just keep on studying, if by the 18th, your score is still below 18, then push the test back

 

[rromantico]

True that, so my scores should be around the 18's in Achiever in order for me to be in the 20's...?

 

[predentlsu1]

I think that is somewhat accurate......but I would base my scores off Topscore.....you need to be making 18-19 TS on Topscore if you are gonna have any chance of making a 20 on the DAT. Atleast that is what I have gathered from post on here. Most people say that Topscore is much more representative of your actual score.
I know that I am shooting for a 19-20 TS on Topscore before I take the test. I am going to take my RC and QR scores with a grain of salt because I dont know if Topscore is as hard as the DAT in these sections.

 

[rromantico]

So, pretty much you recommend me to use Top Score to really know when I stand. Well, I have planned that after I am done with Achiever, I will take the 3 exams from TS to see how I do. Did you take yours already?

 

[rromantico]

Oh, never mind, I just saw that you are the one taking Achiever as well as I am. Let me know how you did on your second one since it is a little harder, I thought.