Post-DAT Advice

[Cman388]

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Hey, I just took the DAT the other day and I was looking for some advice.

BIO 20
GChem 18
Ochem 19
RC 22
QR 16
PAT 20

TS 19
AA 19

I think my extra's are competitive: 3.81 GPA, something like a 3.6 ScienceGPA. Research in lab 2 years. Involved in clubs/fraternities/student leadership. Got my shadow hours.

I'm looking for some advice on whether my DAT is hurting me. I really don't want to take it again, but I would love to hear what you have to say. THANKS

 

[tlcmqn]

do you really need advise?
Never hurts to score higher... =)
QR is easy to bring up though, just need to learn which problems to skip immediately, then review when you gone through the easy problems

For QR, I skip all the problems that I have no idea how to solve upon first look. And so I usually leave 5 blanks, and then I work through the rest and usually have about 13 mins left for the remaining 5 questions.
It's not about getting the hard questions right. It's all about making sure the easy ones are right, then go to the hard ones

 

[gentile1225]

it doesn't hurt to aim higher, but with nice consistent scores and a high gpa with good extracurriculars i think you should be ok. are you applying to state schools?

what did you use for qr?

 

[Cman388]

Used Kaplan for everything. Are there generally better materials for QR?

 

[brightsmiles9]

CONGRATS!! do you mind writing your breakdown of how you studied?