Questions about the DAT

[carborn2]

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I have a few questions that hopefully some of you will graciously answer.
I appreciate all of your input from those who taken the actual DAT.

For the perceptual ability section, has anyone used CliffNotes DAT. Many of the orthographic projections are quite difficult. Would like to know from those who have taken the actual DAT what preparatory book is the same difficulty to expect on the actual DAT.

Besides line counting does anyone have any other tricks for that section? In addition to that, I have visualized the image. It seems to help.

Why have some of you who have taken the actual DAT found the aperture passing, angle ranking and paper folding so difficult?

How similar is the Barron's DAT perceptual ability section to the actual perceptual ability for those who have taken the actual DAT test?

For the quantitative reading section, for those of you that have taken the actual DAT test, have the questions gotten any more difficult since there is a calculator available?

Finally, for the biology section, I have been using Campbell's Biology to review but I have heard the biology section tests on concepts that are more advanced (anatomy, etc). Is that true or is like the AP Biology test in high school.

Much help would be appreciated.

 

[dentalWorks]

For the quantitative reading section, for those of you that have taken the actual DAT test, have the questions gotten any more difficult since there is a calculator available?

Finally, for the biology section, I have been using Campbell's Biology to review but I have heard the biology section tests on concepts that are more advanced (anatomy, etc). Is that true or is like the AP Biology test in high school.

My understanding is that the QR section is the same as pre-calculator times. The only thing they changed was they allowed the calculator to be used... thats it

Actually, I forgot where I read this from, but ALL the biology questions of the DAT have campbell's book as the original source of biology material. I think sfoksen (sorry if I misspelled), read the ENTIRE campbell book, he got 100% on biology so....

 

[carborn2]

Because I know spritezhang who took the DAT's said that there were a couple of questions on his bio test that seemed unfamiliar. Your experience on the bio section was that it was information found in the Campbell's book.

Did you have any tricks for excelling on the PAT, especially the orthographic projections. Also, were the paper folding questions difficult on the actual DAT test.

Thanks for the response.