Practice Tests - is it necessary to A LOT? How many did you guys take? Anxiety!

[Member 8586]

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I feel like Ive been studying for too long, and pushing out my test date didnt help, but I feel like my anxiety is just building and building and I just want to get the test over with now...i dont think its the nervousness of the test as much YET, but I just want my life back..i havent been doing much of anything else while studying, and Im down to less than 2 weeks now with not much time for breaks...

my schedule is mostly full of practice tests, reviewing them a couple times and general review, along with a day off before the test....so basically how many practice tests do you guys usually take?

im on my 5th qvault now ..doing pretty much full length tests (5 qvault section + 1 CDP) but with breaks between sections (i do the section then review it then break)...and plan to do a total of 8 qvaults and also 3 topscores between them and also the 2009 ADA

is this just too many practice tests too close to each other that are gunna have me burnt out..or is this normal? (basically 8 within the next 11 days) or should i focus on less practice tests and reviewing them thoroughly

i started doing qvault and came across stuff i hadnt seen which had me worried and wanting to do all of them for maximum exposure, but i dont know if some of the stuff is just out of scope (i hope so) maybe?

need some help please...the anxiety is driving me nuts..i want this to be overrrrr

my qvault scores have been decent and seem to indicate that ill get the score im looking for on the DAT, but u just never know, u know? im taking topscore tomorrow so ill guess thatll be a better indicator since more people took it

QVAULT:
5/22 scores:
Bio- 18 (28/40)
GC - 22 (26/40)
OC - 20 (23/30)
RC - 24 (46/50)
QR - 25 (36/40)

5/23 scores:
BIO - 18
GC - 19
OC - 22
RC - 22
QR - 20

5/24 scores:
BIO - 19
GC - 20
OC - 20
RC - 20
QR - 23

5/29 scores:
BIO - 22
GC - 24
OC - 22
PAT - 24 (CDP)
RC - 19 (CDR)
QR - 24
I feel like i got lucky on the sciences but i dont know ...im always feeling like i did bad after sections, but more so with all the science scores for that day
this was also after 4 days away from practice tests in which i did 2 days of bio review, 1 day of ochem, 1 day of gchem

5/30 scores:
BIO - 20
GC - 22

I have a 3.1 undergrad major in Bio, 3.26 masters in biomedical science from UMDNJ....so im thinking i need to hit around a 22....what do u guys think and how am i looking?

 

[kies89]

i think you look great..
i cant even score higher than 20 on datqvault.. (on bio)
and my dat is in 2 days!
i guess you are in a good shape

 

[Member 8586]

i think you look great..
i cant even score higher than 20 on datqvault.. (on bio)
and my dat is in 2 days!
i guess you are in a good shape

i think i just got lucky that once lol we'll see future ones i guess...what were your other qvault bio scores and did u take any others? also, what others/how many practice tests did u take?

 

[kies89]

i only studies bio with destroyer and datqvault
for practist tests, i got 32/40, 26/40, 24/40, 21/40, 22/40, lol AWFUL
score was like 16-20, averaging near 17-18ish..
i guess i need to focus on bio for last two days
and just go over chad quizzes and notes for gc, oc

also took topscore, bio score was 17 and 18..

 

[dental13]

wow you are improving~ that's a good sign 🙂
I took my final topscore yesterday and got 19ts :-(
I got burned out when I got to chem section and couldn't focus on a test.
so I just relaxed for rest of afternoon and postponed my test to June 9th.

now I am gonna step aside from taking practice test and read some more bio while doing destroyer one more time until sunday. Then I will try to do some ada2007/2009.

goodluck kies

 

[Member 8586]

i only studies bio with destroyer and datqvault
for practist tests, i got 32/40, 26/40, 24/40, 21/40, 22/40, lol AWFUL
score was like 16-20, averaging near 17-18ish..
i guess i need to focus on bio for last two days
and just go over chad quizzes and notes for gc, oc

also took topscore, bio score was 17 and 18..

a lot of people do better on topscore so u may be in good shape! stay confident and get a little review in followed by rest! good luck and keep us updated!

wow you are improving~ that's a good sign 🙂
I took my final topscore yesterday and got 19ts :-(
I got burned out when I got to chem section and couldn't focus on a test.
so I just relaxed for rest of afternoon and postponed my test to June 9th.

now I am gonna step aside from taking practice test and read some more bio while doing destroyer one more time until sunday. Then I will try to do some ada2007/2009.

goodluck kies

yeah hopefully it stays consistent..... what type of score are u shooting for bc a lot of people can 2-3 points higher than their topscore numbers so i dont think you should be feeling down...esp since youve been doing really well in qvault too..how many practice tests in total are you aiming to take before taking the test?

 

[Member 8586]

bump any suggestions/feedback for # of practice tests to take??

 

[txlotusboys37]

bump any suggestions/feedback for # of practice tests to take??

I think about 5 practice tests would be good (more or less depending on the person).

technically I took 6 tests but the 1st test that I took was a diagnostic test - a baseline before I reviewed any study material for the DAT. So, really I took 5 practice tests.

 

[Member 8586]

I think about 5 practice tests would be good (more or less depending on the person).

technically I took 6 tests but the 1st test that I took was a diagnostic test - a baseline before I reviewed any study material for the DAT. So, really I took 5 practice tests.

did u feel like it was enough? did u take them more to see how youre doing, to find
weaknesses , or for exposure to stuff u may not have seen?

im like trying to cram in a lot qvaults before my test mostly because im seeing stuff on there that i havent seen elsewhere so im trying to get exposure to that stuff... but idk of its too late to be trying to learn new stuff, and new stuff that may not be in DAT scope?

 

[kmcw]

I don't think you need anymore practice tests. Your scores are solid and you seem to be ready. You are in good shape.

 

[txlotusboys37]

did u feel like it was enough? did u take them more to see how youre doing, to find
weaknesses , or for exposure to stuff u may not have seen?

im like trying to cram in a lot qvaults before my test mostly because im seeing stuff on there that i havent seen elsewhere so im trying to get exposure to that stuff... but idk of its too late to be trying to learn new stuff, and new stuff that may not be in DAT scope?

Yes, I definitely felt like it was enough practice before the DAT. The last practice test I took was just to keep in my "test mode," if you will. My main thing was timing - I usually take longer so I wanted to make sure, especially for science, that I got through all of the science questions. I also took the practice tests to see if there were any concepts that I need to strengthen.

 

[Member 8586]

I don't think you need anymore practice tests. Your scores are solid and you seem to be ready. You are in good shape.

i feel like im almost there which might be why im just like "ahhh i wanna take this test already" but i also feel like my numbers are somewhat borderline and dont want to risk it over a few days that i hafta suck up... idk if i should focus more on the practice tests i already took and reviewing them or take more for more exposure

Yes, I definitely felt like it was enough practice before the DAT. The last practice test I took was just to keep in my "test mode," if you will. My main thing was timing - I usually take longer so I wanted to make sure, especially for science, that I got through all of the science questions. I also took the practice tests to see if there were any concepts that I need to strengthen.

did you learn new material from the prac tests or just maybe reminded you of material u need to reinforce? wouldnt there be some material that u hadnt seen previously?

 

[txlotusboys37]

did you learn new material from the prac tests or just maybe reminded you of material u need to reinforce? wouldnt there be some material that u hadnt seen previously?

Most to remind me of the material that I needed to reinforce. I wouldn't say that there were more than 1 or 2 questions that I hadn't seen before, by the end of my practice test taking lol.I did a lot of DAT destroyer for the sciences. For instance, some questions on the each of the practice tests were the "same" question, testing the same concept, with a different wording/format.

 

[Member 8586]

Most to remind me of the material that I needed to reinforce. I wouldn't say that there were more than 1 or 2 questions that I hadn't seen before, by the end of my practice test taking lol.I did a lot of DAT destroyer for the sciences. For instance, some questions on the each of the practice tests were the "same" question, testing the same concept, with a different wording/format.

ya im running into the same concept/different format stuff which is good , but also a lot random stuff that i hadnt seen before like "which orbital doesnt have a node" or cladistics in bio etc.... i planned on taking just 7qvaults but i keep seein new random stuff so idk if i should finish em or if its just material thats probably out of DAT scope which is what makes them harder

 

[txlotusboys37]

ya im running into the same concept/different format stuff which is good , but also a lot random stuff that i hadnt seen before like "which orbital doesnt have a node" or cladistics in bio etc.... i planned on taking just 7qvaults but i keep seein new random stuff so idk if i should finish em or if its just material thats probably out of DAT scope which is what makes them harder

Ya, and that's to be expected. There is so much information. You're practice test scores look good though. I didn't take the same practice tests that you did because I took the Kaplan practice tests...you can look at my breakdown and compare my practice test scores with my real DAT, if you haven't done so already.

 

[Member 8586]

Ya, and that's to be expected. There is so much information. You're practice test scores look good though. I didn't take the same practice tests that you did because I took the Kaplan practice tests...you can look at my breakdown and compare my practice test scores with my real DAT, if you haven't done so already.

ahh i hope so..i hope the weird questions is what makes it harder...i hope the level of calculations of qvault genchem are equal cuz they seem so easy compared to destroyer lol and u had an awesome increase from your kaplan scores..i dont know how the kaplans compare though really...do u know how people score on kaplan compared to topscore?