When to take the DAT after Kaplan Course?

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-Kaplan Course - 6/02/10 - 7/19/10
-Cliff's AP Bio + (flashcards)
-DAT + Math Destroyer + Organic Odyssey?
-ACS Gen Chem and OChem
-TopScore
-Achiever
-Crack DAT PAT
-Crack DAT Math
-Examkrackers 1001 Questions in MCAT Chemistry
-Princeton Hyperlearning MCAT Physical Sciences

-Barron's DAT Prep Book
-AP Barron's Biology
-Schaum's Biology review
-MCAT 101 Verbal Passages

I'm planning on going through all of these materials before, during, and after the Kaplan Course next summer. How long after should I wait to take the DAT? Is a week after too early or too late?

What materials should I add/remove from my list?
 
If you haven't paid for the course, i suggest you save the money. I think many people will agree with me that the Kaplan course is not necessary.

As for the prep material that you listed, it really depends on yourself, what level are you? I used the ones that are bolded and it worked out well for me.

-Kaplan Course - 6/02/10 - 7/19/10
-Cliff's AP Bio + (flashcards)
-DAT + Math Destroyer + Organic Odyssey?
-ACS Gen Chem and OChem
-TopScore
-Achiever
-Crack DAT PAT
-Crack DAT Math
-Examkrackers 1001 Questions in MCAT Chemistry
-Princeton Hyperlearning MCAT Physical Sciences
-Barron's DAT Prep Book
-AP Barron's Biology
-Schaum's Biology review
-MCAT 101 Verbal Passages

And DAT destroyer, no math destroyer
 
At the end of Spring '10, I will have only have gbio, gchem, ochem, and math up to calc 2 done.
 
-Kaplan Course - 6/02/10 - 7/19/10
-Cliff’s AP Bio + (flashcards)
-DAT + Math Destroyer + Organic Odyssey?
-ACS Gen Chem and OChem
-TopScore
-Achiever
-Crack DAT PAT
-Crack DAT Math
-Examkrackers 1001 Questions in MCAT Chemistry
-Princeton Hyperlearning MCAT Physical Sciences

-Barron’s DAT Prep Book
-AP Barron’s Biology
-Schaum's Biology review
-MCAT 101 Verbal Passages

I'm planning on going through all of these materials before, during, and after the Kaplan Course next summer. How long after should I wait to take the DAT? Is a week after too early or too late?

What materials should I add/remove from my list?


Schedule your DAT 2-3 weeks after the end of Kaplan. This will give you some time to finish up all of the online material. In my opinion Kaplan was definitely worth the money for me. I doubt you'll need all of those materials to score high on the dat. (it's not that hard of a test) I bolded the materials I used. For me, those materials (supplemented with wikipedia) was more than enough to do well on the test.
 
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