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Hey so I just took Topscore #1 Natural sciences, and I was just wondering how well other people do. I guess the bio had some confusing questions that i havent seen before, as did chem, so i ended up with 18's all across, and as the final. imma take the other sections today, but do you guys think im okay? Im taking it in less than two weeks!!!
 
19 QR now and an 18 PAT....i stopped 10 min early though. i was tired. PAT is a lot harder on here than Kaplan....the angle ranking i thought would be similar but its so much harder!!
 
19 QR now and an 18 PAT....i stopped 10 min early though. i was tired. PAT is a lot harder on here than Kaplan....the angle ranking i thought would be similar but its so much harder!!
 
19 QR now and an 18 PAT....i stopped 10 min early though. i was tired. PAT is a lot harder on here than Kaplan....the angle ranking i thought would be similar but its so much harder!!

Oh man...if you think Topscore is difficult, try DAT Achiever and you will have an aneurism. Anyway I hear people tend to generally do a few points better on the DAT than Topscore. BUt here are my scores.

#1
bio 22
GC 20
OC 20
PAT 23
QR 24
RC 21

#2
BIO 21
GC 20
OC 23
PAT 21
QR 22

#3 Printed out my scores then lost the 2nd page so ???
PAT 23

Good luck! I think you will be fine.
 
i'm planning to take mine on wednesday. I have one more kaplan full length to go. I let you know how i do topscore in 2 days.
as far as my kaplan score goes, I've been getting AA of 19. basically all because of my RCT:scared: but my Gchem fluctuates the most.
don't worry, I'll be taking it in less than 2 weeks right there with you....
september 8th here I come👍
 
thanks!- i got a 29 in RC, so thats 18 bio 18 gchem 18 orgo 19 qr 18 pat and 29 rc

btw, i think rc is gonna be totally harder on the real thing cause this was kinda easy- word for word kinda stuff...
 
thanks!- i got a 29 in RC, so thats 18 bio 18 gchem 18 orgo 19 qr 18 pat and 29 rc

btw, i think rc is gonna be totally harder on the real thing cause this was kinda easy- word for word kinda stuff...

well, as far as RCT goes, I roadmap fast. I'm just not as fast to find the answers. I got like 17 on kaplan's final, which is not word to word from the passage. I hope the real thing is not way too harder than all these things. 🙁

I have a suggestion for bringing up your ochem score before you take the second one though: go over the reactions one more time, just flip pages of kaplan book, or review flashcards. It really helps🙂
 
thanks!- i got a 29 in RC, so thats 18 bio 18 gchem 18 orgo 19 qr 18 pat and 29 rc

btw, i think rc is gonna be totally harder on the real thing cause this was kinda easy- word for word kinda stuff...

okay, I couldnt wait. I took it today
here are my scores for test 1
AA 19
BIO 18
GC 18
OC 19
PAT 22
QR 22
RC 19
TS 19

I was totally distracted during natural sciences section. Hope it's quiet in the prometric center!!
 
taking topscore 2

here are the scores so far
Bio 21
orgo 21
chem 23
PAT 19
Qr 18 ( i still dont know a bunch of formulas, etc)
ill give the rest later
 
WOW. If you got a 29 on the topscore RC then you will do GREAT on the real thing. I took the DAT a week ago and the RC is WAY easier than topscore. The passages were less complex and unlike topscore, you could answer most of the questions after one read through without scrambling around looking for a particular phrases. The passage topics were easier to work with too. Less like journal articles from Science, more like something you would read in TIME magazine.

Actually, all the sections you will see on the DAT will probably be easier than topscore with the exceptions of the PAT. Barrons has the best PAT section of all the books I checked out...although the rest of the book is worthless.

I was really stressed going into the DAT since I wasn't doing so hot an topscore but I ended up with a 21 bio, 23 gc, 20 oc, and a 22 PAT. I was scoring like 17-18 using topscore in the sciences.

One thing that makes the real DAT easier than topscore is that it you don't do much actual math in the science section. A lot of the answers on the DAT science test that deal with math are in the form of numbers plugged into an equation. This saves you a lot of time and you can't screw up by making mistakes on calculations, so if anyone is stressing over that kind of stuff (I was..I swear I might be dyslexic with numbers) don't worry about it. The calculations you DO need to make will be rediculously simple.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU 😍 and I hope this helps!
 
Top Score #3

bio 18 hard with abunch of classifications i dont know
Am i supposed to?

Chem 18 tricky questions
Ochem 20 tricky questions
 
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Top Score #3

bio 18 hard with abunch of classifications i dont know
Am i supposed to?

Chem 18 tricky questions
Ochem 20 tricky questions

will do top score 2 tomorrow. I think you're doing well. everyone says top score sciences are a bit more difficult than the actual one. one my friends was getting AA of 19 on topscore, ended up with AA of 25.
as far as my achiever goes, ay ay ay...
achiever 1 bio:17 GC:21 OC:18 PAT:17 =>AA:17
achiever 2 bio:17 GC:15 OC:18 PAT:NA =>AA:17
achiever 3 bio:16 GC:17 OC:18 PAT:NA =>AA:NA

I think I'm beginning to forget Ochem. Achiever is different. it's alot of which of the following is correct type of questions, maybe 50% of them...
I know it's achiever, but do you guys think I'll be okay?:scared:
 
The only things I felt were harder than topscore was the reading, math, and pat. My orgo was just random crap. Not that it was harder than topscore, just not the same questions. I went down two pts in reading, 3 pts in math, and 2 in pat. But, if you're making 29's on practice you'll get AT LEAST at 25. My AA went up one point from my topscore 3 AA. I would say focus on QR. Study that and do more practice tests. I was getting 19's and only got a 16 on the real thing. 😱 Know your trig functions and how they are related. And work on word problems. Mine was loaded w/ word problems. Good luck, you will do fine.
 
Thanks...
Juju i think you're doing great on achiever, i mean, im scared to take it cause i heard 14's are normal...

m taking this thing in a week, and yes i think i do need to work on math. maybe ill do that tonight. just finished PAT 3 and got a 21. Even when i go over the answers, i still know i wouldnt have put it on the real thing, especially with angles. I only get 3-4 wrong, but hopefully the test wont suck too bad. I hate RC, and on Kaplan, was scoring like 20 on the tests. I was surprised to see my score with topscore, cause i didnt even review anything, i was like ehhh... ( i do that with all my Topscore test- like i think this last pat i still had 20 min and just ended it) im quick but not always right and make stupid mistakes....
 
20 QR better than before, but still sucks

don't worry, just learn how to do them. I've heard the probability problems and the type of problems asked on the real DAT is very close to topscore. as long as you see an example solved, you should be able to get by fast🙂

YEEEY, I got a 19 on RCT of acheiver 3!!! that made my day😛

btw, this seems like a thread of me and you posting our practice scores... good though, keeps me motivated to do the tests
 
yeah i know it feels good to know that im not a total idiot
 
18 AA for achiever 3 made me happy🙂
topscore here I come...
 
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