1. I studied during the summer, for about a month and a half. Spring quarter had just ended and I had two weeks off. I spent those two weeks in the library studying 6-8 hours a day. I had summer school (three classes) so I could only study for 4 hours a day during that time, for a month and a half. I studied for 6-8 hours on weekends. I went home to visit friends and family back home only once during this time.
2. In no particular order: Kaplan Blue Book, DAT Destroyer, Schaum's Biology, Gen. Chem Textbook, O-Chem Textbook, Biochem Textbook, Plant Bio Textbook, Physiology Textbook, DAT TopScore, DAT Achiever, Crack the PAT, outline of the DAT (pdf file) on the ADA website, self-made flashcards for math, bio, and gen. chem.
3. Would have gone over gen. chem a little more a couple days before the test since it was my weakest part on all the practice tests and I still didn't feel completely 100% ready for it. Then again, it has ALWAYS been my weak point, even in my actual college courses. Use practice tests to
diagnose what subjects you need to study, then STUDY THOSE. There are too many people who think that just memorizing things on practice tests is all you need to do--no, you have to look at which parts you did bad on, then study everything in that section. That's what the practice tests are for.
On the actual test, on the QR, I would've skipped to all the easy,
fast ones first. Even if you know you can do a problem, you should skip it if you know it will take you a while to set up. There are a lot more easy ones than hard ones, but they're all worth the same amount of points. I got a 19, but I probably would've gotten a 20 or 21 if I'dve done this.
4. I dunno, read my post about how I studied (actually took it on 8/17/07, that was a typo in the title):
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/archive/index.php/t-437368.html
Oh, one thing I wouldn't have changed is how I just ate whatever I wanted during this time. Really, if eating a double-double at In-N-Out is what's gonna calm you down, then do it. You can join a gym
after you rock the test. If you do bad, you can look at your gut and use it as inspiration to do better next time!
