Topscore test 3!!!

[predental89]

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So I just took my third topscore and I don't know what to think...I felt like I have been doing so much and yet I still can't break 20 AA on these practice tests :/ I find myself always making stupid mistakes on gchem...any advice on how to NOT do that on the real test lol I think it has to do with me being too anxious and stressed ugh...Anyways these are my scores for TS 1,2,3 Please let me know what you guys think and if I should be worried or not *test is on tuesday*

TS 1 TS 2 TS 3
AA 18 19 18
TS 18 19 18
Bio 19 18 16
Gchem 17 20 17 (stupid stupid mistakes)
Ochem 17 19 20
RC 18 19 20
QR 17 19 19
PAT 20 21 20

 

[Demps]

So I just took my third topscore and I don't know what to think...I felt like I have been doing so much and yet I still can't break 20 AA on these practice tests :/ I find myself always making stupid mistakes on gchem...any advice on how to NOT do that on the real test lol I think it has to do with me being too anxious and stressed ugh...Anyways these are my scores for TS 1,2,3 Please let me know what you guys think and if I should be worried or not *test is on tuesday*

TS 1 TS 2 TS 3
AA 18 19 18
TS 18 19 18
Bio 19 18 16
Gchem 17 20 17 (stupid stupid mistakes)
Ochem 17 19 20
RC 18 19 20
QR 17 19 19
PAT 20 21 20

People usually score +2 on real deal compared to Topscore.

I think you're okay. I would spend these last few days reviewing GC and OC. You have to minimize those silly mistakes that you had made in Topscore practice exams.

 

[predental89]

People usually score +2 on real deal compared to Topscore.

I think you're okay. I would spend these last few days reviewing GC and OC. You have to minimize those silly mistakes that you had made in Topscore practice exams.

Demps...I need some encouragement man, I am feeling so nervous/stressed and Idk what to do from now till test day 😕 the +2 is not definite...

 

[Demps]

Demps...I need some encouragement man, I am feeling so nervous/stressed and Idk what to do from now till test day 😕 the +2 is not definite...

I hear you. It is really stressful the last week, a couple days, and the day before the exam as it gets closer and closer. But hey you've been preparing best you could. Don't over-study, You can't possibly learn new things now. Try to retain what you know already and make sure not to make mistakes on what you know. Do light review of GC and OC till the d-day. This is somewhere you can definitely improve and rack up points. Relax and results will be there. You're almost there. Keep your head up bro. You will be fine.

 

[predental89]

I hear you. It is really stressful the last week, a couple days, and the day before the exam as it gets closer and closer. But hey you've been preparing best you could. Don't over-study, You can't possibly learn new things now. Try to retain what you know already and make sure not to make mistakes on what you know. Do light review of GC and OC till the d-day. This is somewhere you can definitely improve and rack up points. Relax and results will be there. You're almost there. Keep your head up bro. You will be fine.

Thanks man, I will deff do that and hopefully won't make those dumb mistakes on the real deal! I appreciate the response

 

[loganheinrich]

The real test is super straightforward. I imagine that you'll eliminate most of the silly mistakes just because the questions are plain (not so tricky) and the answers are pretty obvious: usually 3 totally wrong and 2 close. Also, most of the "calculations" I had were just to set it up, not run the numbers, that saves any silly calculation errors.

 

[predental89]

The real test is super straightforward. I imagine that you'll eliminate most of the silly mistakes just because the questions are plain (not so tricky) and the answers are pretty obvious: usually 3 totally wrong and 2 close. Also, most of the "calculations" I had were just to set it up, not run the numbers, that saves any silly calculation errors.

Really? because I went through my test and I realized 5 out of the 9 i missed on gchem were STUPID mistakes :/ which would have put me in the 20s for gchem as well and would have brought my AA up!!! do you think my practice scores are decent for going into the test on tuesday? (replacing my last gchem 17 with the 20 something)

 

[predental89]

Anyone?

 

[loganheinrich]

Im confident that you'll be sharp for test day. I might also suggest watching the Chad videos on the sections that you missed, even for the silly mistakes. I found that doing the 180 questions from his Genchem quiz and re-watching the videos from the sections in which I missed questions on the night before the exam was supremely helpful. I think you're doing a disservice to yourself trying to judge where you're at based on the actual number you get on the practice test: use the depth of understanding of the concept as your guide. If you got it wrong but understand the idea then just slow down for the test, concentrate, read the question correctly and destroy the real DAT.

 

[predental89]

Im confident that you'll be sharp for test day. I might also suggest watching the Chad videos on the sections that you missed, even for the silly mistakes. I found that doing the 180 questions from his Genchem quiz and re-watching the videos from the sections in which I missed questions on the night before the exam was supremely helpful. I think you're doing a disservice to yourself trying to judge where you're at based on the actual number you get on the practice test: use the depth of understanding of the concept as your guide. If you got it wrong but understand the idea then just slow down for the test, concentrate, read the question correctly and destroy the real DAT.

Sweet thanks man!! I will take that into consideration, Hopefully all goes well and I have something to write a breakdown with!!