Let me put it ot you like this: I am entering my senior year of College. The summer before my Junior year, I was going to take orgo during the summer (for the first time). I took the first 3 weeks of the first sumemr session, did "alright" (had a B+/A-)....but since I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I panicked and didn't watn to risk not getting an A in teh summer, so I dropped it before the dropping deadline. I planned on taking the class starting in teh fall of '08. HOWEVER, due to some bull**** technicality at my school, I was not able to take Orgo I during the fall, and since orgo I is ONLY offered during the fall at my school, I was essentailly screwed b/c I planned on taking my DAT's this summer. I am good at Science, in general (BCP: 3.83 at a top 30 science/engineering oriented university), so I told myself I could teach it to myself before the exam. Everybody was telling me "dude, orgo is SOOOOO hard, you HAVE to take it before the exam, or yo'ull fail."
I started studying fo the DAT's in mid April, however, I only started studying Bio and Chem. I wanted to make sure my bio and chem scores wer ehigh enough so that in the event that I not do well in the Orgo section, those two scores would compensate for it in my TS/AA. I actually started stduying orgo a week and a half ago. I have Destroyer, destoryer oddessey, Exam Krackrs Ogo, and Kaplan BB. EAch day I did one chapter in Ekrackers, then after reading each chapter 3 times, I woudl go to Kaplan, find the corresponding subjects...and write in the margins of the Ekrackrs book information that it missed. I did htis for every chapter. Then I did all the questions in the Oddesey (it's GOLD,btw..i advise taht everybody geti t). I did every question and read every descritption. THEN, i did the regular destoroyer and went over each quetion/answer two times (I did all of this in one week..with very little prior orgo knowlege from last summer). Now, I'm taking my TOPSCORE/AChiever pratice tests and I'm getting in the 20's every time.
What you should take out of this is the following: Ochem on the DAT is NOT nearly as hard as the Ochem in real life. The qeutions times are basic...you can teach it to yourself iyou ahve the right mind for it. Right now, I know more ochem than a lot of my friends who are Chem majors atschool. If you take the time to study teh right materials...you can teach it to yourself easily. Examkrackers words things VERY Well..if you complimetn that w/ kaplan BB and Destroyer..you're golden.
Don't listen to what other people are telling you...most people are "haters." Especially here, where they have incentive for you to NOT take the DAt now....and NOT apply now when they're applying. so, take everything they say with a grain of salt. If you feel you are capable to taching yourself the info....then you can do it. All you need is time and discipline.
