taking practice tests w/ ~1 week to go..

[jbravo12]

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Alright so I got a little over a week to go, and I've taken five practice tests with Kaplan and Achiever in the past few weeks. Unfortunately, my scores have not been changing much at all (except for PAT). Sadly, I haven't gotten higher than a 19 with sciences.

I'm planning on taking three more practice tests with the time I have left. But do you guys think this is a good idea? Is there anything else you might recommend?

Meanwhile, I'll be going through Destroyer again and reviewing Kaplan BB and maybe a little more Schaum's, although I'm sick and tired of it all. Thanks guys.

 

[nitrolegs]

Alright so I got a little over a week to go, and I've taken five practice tests with Kaplan and Achiever in the past few weeks. Unfortunately, my scores have not been changing much at all (except for PAT). Sadly, I haven't gotten higher than a 19 with sciences.

I'm planning on taking three more practice tests with the time I have left. But do you guys think this is a good idea? Is there anything else you might recommend?

Meanwhile, I'll be going through Destroyer again and reviewing Kaplan BB and maybe a little more Schaum's, although I'm sick and tired of it all. Thanks guys.

in the time you have...i would take just one more practice test and review all the science explanations for questions you got wrong. i would also try to memorize the ochem "road maps" in destroyer as much as i can. and also remember that achiever tends to be more difficult than the actual test. i also was not able to get above 19 in some of the sections but on test day, i did much better. but don't let this stop you from studying hard...you don't want go in with a false sense of security. try to relax the day before and get a good night's sleep. good luck👍

 

[sunshine222]

I don't know what kaplan resources you're using (online vs. book) but I got much lower scores on my kaplan sciences practice tests than I did on the actual DAT. I think they make them intentionally difficult so you'll think you're screwed and study harder. (That's what I did!)

 

[achilles2]

i was getting 19 on my practice kaplan tests and i got a 25 on my real dat so DON'T FRET!!!!!!


ok heres what I did on my last week (7 days) I took a practice test every otherday and printed out the questions + answers I got wrong, the following day I went over what I got wrong and those sections so for each test I took 1 day to go over the areas I missed questions in.
So in total I took three practice tests before my actual DAT.

It was hell studying like 8 hours a day for the last week but its game on my friend...your time with destroyer has come and gone, focus on the areas your getting questions wrong in, go over general rules and concepts and do the LAST questions in destroyer don't keep running through it over and over again, you need to focus your efforts at this point.

gl

 

[Albuterol]

i was getting 19 on my practice kaplan tests and i got a 25 on my real dat so DON'T FRET!!!!!!


ok heres what I did on my last week (7 days) I took a practice test every otherday and printed out the questions + answers I got wrong, the following day I went over what I got wrong and those sections so for each test I took 1 day to go over the areas I missed questions in.
So in total I took three practice tests before my actual DAT.

It was hell studying like 8 hours a day for the last week but its game on my friend...your time with destroyer has come and gone, focus on the areas your getting questions wrong in, go over general rules and concepts and do the LAST questions in destroyer don't keep running through it over and over again, you need to focus your efforts at this point.

gl

well said; u savvy DAT veteran haha

 

[jbravo12]

Thanks for the advice guys. Hmm, I guess I'll... take some more tests haha. Maybe all three, or just two if it's just too much. I was worrying it'd be inefficient, and maybe even harmful. I dno, it's good practice.

I'll definitely let go of the destroyer today (except for the road maps of course). I'm starting to memorize these questions, and I'm sure it's not beneficial any more.

I think I will end my practice run with the last Achiever, that way I can expect the worst. Leaving me just two days until show time! crap