TopScore/Achiever

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I am starting my DAT mastering and already purchased Cliff's Bio, KBB, Chad's , Destroyer and CDP. I was looking into TopScore and Achiever to supplement the other materials. I read on SDN that Achiever was not compatable with mac, is this true? Would TopScore be enough with the other materials I have purchased? Hopefully topscore is mac friendly 🙂. Thanks in advance!
 
I am starting my DAT mastering and already purchased Cliff's Bio, KBB, Chad's , Destroyer and CDP. I was looking into TopScore and Achiever to supplement the other materials. I read on SDN that Achiever was not compatable with mac, is this true? Would TopScore be enough with the other materials I have purchased? Hopefully topscore is mac friendly 🙂. Thanks in advance!

I think you've got it flipped - Achiever is totally mac compatible, Topscore is not. I used Achiever and I felt it was an essential component of my practice material - it helped me build up my stamina for test day and allowed me to work on my timing in each section. I was scoring ~18 AA on achiever and got a 22 AA on the real thing.
 
If you use all that you have, plus and Achiever, you should be fine. You have everything you need. Good luck.

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You can still use TopScore on your Mac if you have a Windows partition installed with Boot Camp or if you are running a virtual machine via Parallels, VMWare Fusion, or VirtualBox. You would need a Windows install disc (or bootable drive) for all of these methods. Achiever works fine on Mac.

And as Dotoday said, you should be fine with everything else you have. GL!
 
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I think you've got it flipped - Achiever is totally mac compatible, Topscore is not. I used Achiever and I felt it was an essential component of my practice material - it helped me build up my stamina for test day and allowed me to work on my timing in each section. I was scoring ~18 AA on achiever and got a 22 AA on the real thing.

I am glad I asked before I purchased! Thanks for the advice everyone. Now it's time to conquer the material 🙂
 
DAT achiever will crush your soul. the only useful part of achiever is the PAT

Saw a poll in this forum, I believe from last year, that says your real DAT is usually about 4 pts higher than Achiever. Is that still true? I ask because I'm scoring 18 TS, 18 AA, 18 PAT on my Achiever and a few days from my exam. Is that cause for concern?
 
Saw a poll in this forum, I believe from last year, that says your real DAT is usually about 4 pts higher than Achiever. Is that still true? I ask because I'm scoring 18 TS, 18 AA, 18 PAT on my Achiever and a few days from my exam. Is that cause for concern?

Definitely not, man, you're looking good - I never scored above an 18AA. I was averaged ~20 on the PAT and got a 25 on the real deal.

My soul is already crushed by this comment 🙂

I would revive your confidence with a little 2007/2009 ADA action, then go into the test with positivity.
 
What materials do you recommend using for reading comp section? I feel like I have the correct materials for the other sections but I do not see a lot posted about RC.