Taking the DAT in two days

[hs113891]

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So I'm taking the DAT in two days... and I'd have to say that I'm getting pretty damn nervous...
I just wanna blast into a random Prometric testing center and get it over with RIGHT NOW if I can.... haha

I'm working full time, so I only was able to put in about 3~4 hours per day to study during week days, but on weekends I tried to put about 6-7 hours per day... (about 30~35 hours per week) I've been doing that for 4+ months now.

I used MCAT Exam Krackers first to study basic sciences and went over KAPLAN DAT material and went through the Destroyer once.

I took my practice exam a few days ago and I got the following scores:
B16/C20/O21/P22/R18/Q20
I know it's not the best score, esp BIO, but I thought I did OK for how careless, tired and exhausted I was.

The Biology section on the practice DAT seemed to have questions that are VERY specific... like... "How does fresh water fish respond to their osmotic environment?"... There's no I way I would have known that unless I was a Bio major...

Anyway, if anyone can give me some last minute prep advises and their DAT experiences, I'd appreciate it!!

 

[lyun]

run to your local barnes and nobles and buy yourself the AP BIO cliffnote.
read it! (they summarize all the specific details like "how fresh water fish respond to their osmotic environment")

Overall, i think you'll do fine. what method are you using for the reading comprehension section?

Goodluck

 

[hs113891]

run to your local barnes and nobles and buy yourself the AP BIO cliffnote.
read it! (they summarize all the specific details like "how fresh water fish respond to their osmotic environment")

Overall, i think you'll do fine. what method are you using for the reading comprehension section?

Goodluck

Hey, that's a good call! Thanks!
For the practice exam, I read through the passage first, and went to the questions. For the real one though, I'm gonna try to skim the passage in about 3 minutes, go straight to the questions and start looking for answers in the text.

 

[lyun]

don't even skim the passage. GO back to your kaplan dat practice test, and redo the rc section without reading it. it saves a lot of time. you'll eventually end up skimming through passage as you look for answers to th eproblems.

 

[hs113891]

Sounds like a good idea.
I'll try that!