Reviewing for biology + Destroyer

[deleted678432]

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Just finished my last bio chapter last night for cliffs/Feralis. Every chapter I took pretty detailed notes on, and then re-read them about a week or two after I took them. I, however, did not really do any notecards or anything. I started destroyer and am scoring pretty well for chemistries and math, but bio is tougher obviously. I'm stuck on what to review..

Should I go and read through Feralis again and make a quizlet on his notes alone on top of doing destroyer? This way I am relearning all of the material? Or should I go through Destroyer and then look at the questions I'm getting wrong, THEN go onto feralis and read the section on the missed question then make notecards? I'm afraid that if I do the latter, I will only be learning specific facts instead of the big picture. Any advice on what you all did? EDIT: My test is on August 10th

 

[FeralisExtremum]

Have you tried to memorize your notes yet?

On Destroyer, are you getting questions wrong because you didn't know the facts necessary to answer the question or because you don't recall the facts despite seeing them before in your initial review?

 

[deleted678432]

Have you tried to memorize your notes yet?

On Destroyer, are you getting questions wrong because you didn't know the facts necessary to answer the question or because you don't recall the facts despite seeing them before in your initial review?

I have not memorized my notes yet. My secondary review was just rereading my notes and trying to get a firm grasp.

The questions I get wrong generally are things starting at the chapter of Bio diversity and beyond, with a mix of me not knowing them (i.e. what causes jaundice, what is unique about angiosperms, etc.) and me just not recalling them. I am faced with the dilemma of going through and memorizing your/my notes, or going through Destroyer, seeing what I get wrong, and then going into the notes and reading up on them.

 

[FeralisExtremum]

I have not memorized my notes yet. My secondary review was just rereading my notes and trying to get a firm grasp.

The questions I get wrong generally are things starting at the chapter of Bio diversity and beyond, with a mix of me not knowing them (i.e. what causes jaundice, what is unique about angiosperms, etc.) and me just not recalling them. I am faced with the dilemma of going through and memorizing your/my notes, or going through Destroyer, seeing what I get wrong, and then going into the notes and reading up on them.

Try to do both together. Memorize a chunk of the notes every day, but also work through Destroyer and either add the stuff you haven't seen before or place emphasis (via bolding, colored text, etc.) the stuff you have in your notes but didn't recall when working through Destroyer. This lets you build the notes up and your memorized foundation of bio knowledge at the same time.

 

[deleted678432]

Try to do both together. Memorize a chunk of the notes every day, but also work through Destroyer and either add the stuff you haven't seen before or place emphasis (via bolding, colored text, etc.) the stuff you have in your notes but didn't recall when working through Destroyer. This lets you build the notes up and your memorized foundation of bio knowledge at the same time.

Would you say to utilize notecards for the memorizing, or just reading through and trying to recite the notes? Really I'm caught with a problem of keeping this in an organized manner, in regards to the mixing of my Cliff's/Feralis info and then the new info from Destroyer

 

[tyjacobs]

Just finished my last bio chapter last night for cliffs/Feralis. Every chapter I took pretty detailed notes on, and then re-read them about a week or two after I took them. I, however, did not really do any notecards or anything. I started destroyer and am scoring pretty well for chemistries and math, but bio is tougher obviously. I'm stuck on what to review..

Should I go and read through Feralis again and make a quizlet on his notes alone on top of doing destroyer? This way I am relearning all of the material? Or should I go through Destroyer and then look at the questions I'm getting wrong, THEN go onto feralis and read the section on the missed question then make notecards? I'm afraid that if I do the latter, I will only be learning specific facts instead of the big picture. Any advice on what you all did? EDIT: My test is on August 10th

bio destroyer is super tough just because the quesitons are extremely detailed. I wouldn't be too woried that you are scoring low. The main piece of advice i have for you is to learn what you got wrong/question choices you didn't understand ("memorize the facts")

 

[FeralisExtremum]

Would you say to utilize notecards for the memorizing, or just reading through and trying to recite the notes? Really I'm caught with a problem of keeping this in an organized manner, in regards to the mixing of my Cliff's/Feralis info and then the new info from Destroyer

I personally didn't use notecards, but for some people that method (e.g. with Anki decks) tends to help with memorization. I just did reading through and reciting and it worked for me.

 

[deleted678432]

bio destroyer is super tough just because the quesitons are extremely detailed. I wouldn't be too woried that you are scoring low. The main piece of advice i have for you is to learn what you got wrong/question choices you didn't understand ("memorize the facts")

I personally didn't use notecards, but for some people that method (e.g. with Anki decks) tends to help with memorization. I just did reading through and reciting and it worked for me.

Thanks you DAT gods!

I think I'm just going to read and recite as well and see how that carries me. And I definitely will try to understand each answer choice. The biggest thing for me is the overwhelming amount of information in the destroyer section paired with how specific it was. I've never been one to memorize facts but rather try to understand the overall picture, but I feel like I will need to do a little bit of both in order to score well in this section of the DAT.

 

[caffeine jitters]

one thing i did which i found very helpful was taking pictures of my handwritten notes, then i used image occlusion in anki to hide the details of my notes that i had trouble remembering. much quicker than going through all your notes to create flash cards.

also, with the bio section of DAT destroyer, i read every solution and highlighted anything i didn't know. then i added those specificities to my notes / anki cards as well.