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I'm not taking it till January and it's all I think about. I dream/ have nightmares about it at night. I carry cliffs ap bio around in my backpack. The thought crossed my mind that I should have barrons DAT prep book in the bathroom for passive reading. My wife complained yesterday that she wanted 5 min without me looking at my kaplan book.
I'm a lazy guy and have never had to study for my classes. I'm just surprised how obsessed I have become recently and thought it would be funny to hear others' stories.
 
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Haha interesting. I was kinda had the feeling but not before I start studying :laugh:. Dude that's crazy. when I started I did not care, since I knew I have time and material to be read. As I took the sample tests and would not get what I wanted, I grew obsessed and anoyed specially with Biol. I would dream orgo and a few night I went to bed with my AP biol book.
Don't start being nervous NOW. It kills you and you would be short of feeling at the end :meanie:.
 
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..........when your regurgitating what is occurring in your digestive system when your on the toilet.
 
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when you randomly start to explain/name all of the hormones and how they are regulated in the body to your friends like they actually care...
 
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When you peek at your study books at every commercial break during Seahawks games 😳.

Hopefully in 3 weeks I can watch in peace :laugh:..
 
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-when your hair has grown ridiculously long and you shave once every two weeks now

-when you start stuttering while you talk to people because you haven't interacted w/ another human being for 2 months

-when you start reading your notes while taking a dump every morning

-when you feel like you're on your period (even though you are a guy) because one day you feel like you are going to own this test while another day you feel like you are going to get owned

-when you have rescheduled the test 3 times and still don't feel ready

-when you get pissed at your friends because they have a life and are happy
 
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ZzZzSleepyhead said:
When you peek at your study books at every commercial break during Seahawks games 😳.
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Yeah, go Hawks! I felt guilty not taking at least one book to the Huskies game this past weekend.

Also:
-When you see O-chem mechanisms moving around when you close your eyes
-When you chew your dinner and think "bolus... amylase... peristalsis... peptin..."
-You interrupt your studying after every page in Examkrackers to check SDN's DAT Discussion page to read every "DAT DONE" thread and think, "Ohhh, what I wouldn't do for those scores."
 
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... when you begin to identify each part of the brain involved in what you're doing...

... when you sacrifice taking a shower for doing yet another set of problems

... when you step outside and get confused about the last time you've actually done that

... when you resent everyone around you who is not studying for DAT

... when you include scientific tid-bits in every conversation you mange to have...

..when your family assures you that you will ace the test because it is impossible that someone out there is studying more than you are... and you think.. "yeah, right.. I wish"

.. when you create a "you're obsessed with studying for the DAT when.. " list :laugh:
 
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AnInconvntTooth said:
Yeah, go Hawks! I felt guilty not taking at least one book to the Huskies game this past weekend.

Also:
-When you see O-chem mechanisms moving around when you close your eyes
-When you chew your dinner and think "bolus... amylase... peristalsis... peptin..."
-You interrupt your studying after every page in Examkrackers to check SDN's DAT Discussion page to read every "DAT DONE" thread and think, "Ohhh, what I wouldn't do for those scores."
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yeah it sucks when you get a concussion. instead of seeing stars i saw aldol, witteg, and all that garbage
 
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👍👍👍

Probably one of the best threads I've ever seen here on SDN.

Keep it up guys! You'll see the fruits of your labor in due time!
 
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hahahahahaha...this last one is hilarious and I think I know who it is!
OU2010, did I just get done taking an online class with you?? lol

....when you keep talking about electrons with people who don't even know or care what the word means

....when you carry around flashcards in your purse just in case...

....when you strategically plan out what times are best to go to different libraries

....and like someone said above, when you start to hate everyone that isn't studying for the DAT also! hahahaha
 
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Minotaur9,

I think you have me mistaken for someone else. I have actually never taken an on-line class, but I'm glad you enjoyed my slightly perverted humor. I see you're taking the DAT in November, good luck I'm sure you'll do great this time.
 
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oops! sorry OU2010, yes, very funny sense of humor 😉 Thanks for the laugh!
 
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When you have sex with your girlfriend and ejaculate, you visually follow your sperm's journey to her oviduct and eventual aftermath.
 
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When you're in any class, and your teacher puts a problem up on the screen, your eyes just light up and you think "oh that could be a DAT question!!...." Everyone around you is calmly thinking about the question and you have already ruled answer choices, have done mental math by the time others are still pulling out their calculators.

I had a dream the other night that i got to the science section and had never even heard of what the questions were about. I was freaking out thinking "how do they expect me to know this?" I moved on and on to the next questions but still had no idea what the questions were about. Time was running out and i was freaking out. I turned back to the beginning and realized it was actually the reading comprehension section and I had skipped over the passage. Then I woke up.
 
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.... when you randomly think about what the room your sitting in would look like from top/front/end view.

... when you've created a mnemonic using every letter of the alphabet
 
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i dont kno if this happens to ppl but i feel like im goin blind from staring at the computer screen

and ive been havin lot of weird dreams about the test (computer shutting down and me having to go home, me getting a 30 in bio then an 11 in reading....)
 
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Primerdimer said:
-when your hair has grown ridiculously long and you shave once every two weeks now

-when you start stuttering while you talk to people because you haven't interacted w/ another human being for 2 months

-when you start reading your notes while taking a dump every morning

-when you feel like you're on your period (even though you are a guy) because one day you feel like you are going to own this test while another day you feel like you are going to get owned

-when you have rescheduled the test 3 times and still don't feel ready

-when you get pissed at your friends because they have a life and are happy
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a lot of those happened for me
 
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AnInconvntTooth said:
Yeah, go Hawks! I felt guilty not taking at least one book to the Huskies game this past weekend.

Also:
-When you see O-chem mechanisms moving around when you close your eyes
-When you chew your dinner and think "bolus... amylase... peristalsis... peptin..."
-You interrupt your studying after every page in Examkrackers to check SDN's DAT Discussion page to read every "DAT DONE" thread and think, "Ohhh, what I wouldn't do for those scores."
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Haha great to see a fellow husky on here! Are you applying this cycle?

Seahawks are going to tear it up this yea👍r! Hopefully Huskies won't do as horrible as last year...:laugh:
 
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...when u have figured out the most effective ways to get caffiene into ur system

...when u start smoking, in order to have smoking breaks during work, so that u can go outside n read flashcard or listen to DAT audio on ur ipod.

...when u are watching chad's videos while eating, doing flashcards while pooping, listening to examcrackers while sleeping

...when u fall asleep more on DAT review books or destroyer then on pillows

...when u lower the frequency with which u shave, shower, change clothes, decide on foods (u start eating the same garbage in order not to not waste time thinking on a unique meal)

...when u settle for monogomy, instead of going out and actually working to get a diff girl each week
 
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I got my yellow ap bio book today, I hope I will be "zombies" like you guys 😉


ONLY THINK ABOUT DAT!
 
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slm266 said:
I'm not taking it till January and it's all I think about. I dream/ have nightmares about it at night. I carry cliffs ap bio around in my backpack. The thought crossed my mind that I should have barrons DAT prep book in the bathroom for passive reading. My wife complained yesterday that she wanted 5 min without me looking at my kaplan book.
I'm a lazy guy and have never had to study for my classes. I'm just surprised how obsessed I have become recently and thought it would be funny to hear others' stories.
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If your admitting that you're a lazy guy why are you even considering going to Dental School? I can assure you that you won't like it there.
 
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nze82 said:
If your admitting that you're a lazy guy why are you even considering going to Dental School? I can assure you that you won't like it there.
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I just haven't ever really had to study for classes but have done well in school. I'm surprised how diligent I am at studying for the DAT. I've studied more in this month than i typically do in an entire semester.

PS Just got my destroyer in the mail today! I waited at the mailbox for 20 min with my cliffs AP Bio just waiting for the mail lady to come 🙂
 
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slm266 said:
I just haven't ever really had to study for classes but have done well in school. I'm surprised how diligent I am at studying for the DAT. I've studied more in this month than i typically do in an entire semester.

PS Just got my destroyer in the mail today! I waited at the mailbox for 20 min with my cliffs AP Bio just waiting for the mail lady to come 🙂
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lol
i know exactly how you feel
its just keeping that desire to study as you go along
lot of ppl tend to get lazy as theyve been studyin for weeks, for ex myself

but when i got my books i was all excited at first "oh yea! gonna read this all" and now its like fuuuuuuuuc this stuff
 
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when you're showering and you label your body parts after flower parts. stigma when you shampoo style when you soap and then ovaries..
 
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When you try to imagine how every single object fits into a keyhole. I was trying to sleep one day and I saw the fan on the ceiling and starting imagining how it would fit (against my own will!) Too much CDP!
Anyways, another day, coming back home there was this tree without leaves when I saw it I said to myself t-butyl lol. I looked exactly like a t-butyl group. That's when I realize I needed a break. I knew all the hours from every library, I cursed the library many times for closing on labor day weekend, and yeah, I hated everybody who had a life.
But guys, do not lose hope, I just took the DAT today and EVERTHING WAS WORTH IT 🙂 All the effort, all the sleepless nights. Keep up and you will see results.
 
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When you see a rain worm on the street and automaticly think what kingdom it's from and if it's a deuterostome or protostom, and wheather it goes through the spiral or radial cleavage😱.
 
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.... when you see a mushroom on the ground and you classify it as a basidiomycete.


... when you draw organic chem reactions on your shower door and in the mirror when you get out..
 
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when at meals with my family...
-i'll explain the chemical reason why soda has bubbles...
-explain metabolism
-food and nutritional value.

at an earth, wind and fire concert, i brought my DAT destroyer... HAHAHA
 
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suhshi said:
lol
i know exactly how you feel
its just keeping that desire to study as you go along
lot of ppl tend to get lazy as theyve been studyin for weeks, for ex myself

but when i got my books i was all excited at first "oh yea! Gonna read this all" and now its like fuuuuuuuuc this stuff
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amen suhshi!
 
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told my 15year old brother why friedel-crafts alkylation doesn't work in a deactivated benzene ring.
 
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when you start recognizing regulars on SDN and considering some of them your friends because all your real friends are off enjoying their summers (*******s....)

when you learn the name of every employee and regular at starbucks because you spend so much freakin time in there
 
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1) when you make SDN your homepage!

2) when you laugh very hard at not-so-funny jokes the guy on CrackDAT Math video tutor makes.

3) when you memorize by heart and mimic his weird hand motion every time he says "in word problems, if you set the right variables, the problem practically solves itself" 😀
 
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dentist911 said:
1) when you make SDN your homepage!

2) when you laugh very hard at not-so-funny jokes the guy on CrackDAT Math video tutor makes.

3) when you memorize by heart and mimic his weird hand motion every time he says "in word problems, if you set the right variables, the problem practically solves itself" 😀
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ha I like when they had to cut out sections of his rambling and fast forward to the actual solving of the problem.
 
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When you dream about getting 30's in GC and OC so it will offset your ****ty Bio and QR scores....which happens to me ALL THE TIME.
 
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when you cant have a conversation with anyone without bringing up how little/how much you're studying at least ONCE every couple of minutes.
and when you remember the insane 2 weeks of finals you had a couple months before and actually WISH you could experience that again instead of this. 🙁
 
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I woke up in sweat a week before my exam because I thought too hard during my dream. I dreamt that I got my score report and it looked like this:

Total score: 42
Average score: 10

I spent the rest of the dream THINKING extremely hard trying to recall what the maximum score was. I knew 10 was too low and 42 was too high, but I just couldn't remember the actual maximum. At some point in the dream, I knew I had to retake... and I got so depressed. When I woke up, I studied like I really got a 42...
 
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