Questions about Topscore in comparison to real DAT (practice test scores)

[zellyen]

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So after doing Achiever tests and getting the following scores, i was pretty worried:

Achiever Bio/Chem/Orgo/PAT/QR/RC/TS/AA
18/18/18/19/18/16 🙁/18/18
17/19/15/20/17/17/17/17 (ummm wtf lol)
16 🙁/18/20/21/19/17/18/18

So yes, i got destroyed but I heard achiever was way harder than the real thing, nonetheless i take my practices seriously especially when i only had a little over a month to study =/

So my test is in 5 days and I took my first topscore practice today and go:

Topscore Bio/Chem/Orgo/PAT/QR/RC/TS/AA
22/20/19 (umm lower than achiever 3 lol?)/24/20/21/21/20

For this topscore test, the Biology was way easy, the PAT was horrendously easier (the hole punch section especially), QR was easier and i wouldve done better if not for my effing markers not working, the RC was much easier compared to achiever...

So my question is this: I heard topscore is a bit HARDER than the real thing? is this bullshizzle or is this a reality, because several sections i expect to be harder on the real DAT (RC, QR, Bio, PAT)

just want to know i am freakin

 

[littlemango]

For me it was not that topscore was harder or easier than the actual DAT, its just different from the actual thing.. but in general you will probably score about a point higher on the actual DAT than on topscore. I could never get anything higher than a 17 on topscore.

 

[doc3232]

Your RC is the only thing that should worry you imo.
Maybe the chems.

 

[zellyen]

hmm does anyone know if topscore's scale is similar to the real DAT?

i got 3 wrong in bio that is a 22
4 wrong in gchem that is a 20
6 wrong in ochem that is a 19?

 

[UCB05]

hmm does anyone know if topscore's scale is similar to the real DAT?

i got 3 wrong in bio that is a 22
4 wrong in gchem that is a 20
6 wrong in ochem that is a 19?

Here's the ADA's official score conversion for their sample test:

http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/dat_estimate_score.pdf

there's a little variance, of course.

 

[americanpierg]

hmm does anyone know if topscore's scale is similar to the real DAT?

i got 3 wrong in bio that is a 22
4 wrong in gchem that is a 20
6 wrong in ochem that is a 19?

Yes, that is right. Because there is no room for mistake, this isnt a test purely of intelligence, its also a test of luck. It takes intelligence to get to get a 21, it takes luck to get a 24+.

 

[zellyen]

damn so getting a few wrong does drop the score like woaaaa