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19 PAT
19 QR
20 RC
22 BIO
20 GC
21 OC
21 TS
20 AA
The resources I used was chads, destroyer, 2016 math destroyer, bootcamp, cliffs, feralis notes, and crackdat rc.
Chad's: Great resource to start your DAT study journey as he goes over almost all of the materials for GC/OC. There was not anything I haven't seen that wasn't covered in Chad's. Chad's QR is a bit basic but good to get your fundamentals down.
Destroyer: lord behold the mammoth. Before the first time completing this book, I was overwhelm by the vast amount of information and the amount of questions I got wrong. But after the second time completing it, it was easier and I caught on to my mistakes. Make sure know this book inside and out if you want to make a 20+ TS. But overall this book is WAYYYY HARDER than the real exam.
Math destroyer: This book helped me get most of the applied mathematics and probability questions down. But with the new QC questions, I would also use orgoman's QC problems as it is similar to the real dat and also BC QC.
Bootcamp: I highly recommend pat! Take your time everyday to practice PAT even if its 15 minutes of your time. My mistake with bootcamp was that I didn't know the first 5 exams of each section are utilized in the full length, so don't make the same mistake as me if you want to utilize the 5 full lengths. Overall, the BC answer explanations are very helpful to learn from your mistake. My BC averages was 19 PAT, 20 bio, 21 oc, 20 GC, and 17-18 RC. Be aware, BC RC is very difficult compared to the real exam!!
Cliffs: I read this book like 3 times to get my BIO base down. I recommend starting with this book before starting bio destroyer or any other bio practice questions. If you are confused about a topic, you can go straight to cliffs to reread it to solidify your foundation.
Feralis notes: I read this at least once, but it is incredibly dense. If you want to get a excellent bio score, I suggest you read this top to bottom.
Crackdat RC: I only utilized 4 exams from this. It is helpful if you have trouble with inference/tone questions. The prompts from the 4 exams are usually not about science, but mostly history related.
REAL DAT
SNS (21): Went through biology and these questions were pretty easy. There was one point I received the same question twice but worded differently. Pretty sure there was some questions I could've answered correctly, but doubted myself. For chemistry, the questions were a lot simpler than the study resources. My mind went blank for one question, pretty sure I got it wrong lol. For OC, make sure know your reactions and concepts. The easy concepts tripped me up.
PAT (19): dang these keyholes and TFE was hard!! Angle was easier than BC, probably only got 3-4 hard questions. Cube counting was a bit easier than BC because there was less cubes to count. Hole punching was on par with BC. Pattern folding was a tad hard but manageable; maybe I was just nervous. I did not get any rocks for keyholes.
RC (20): Before taking the DAT, I was the most nervous about this section because I was averaging 17-18 on BC, but after my last 2 BC RC exams, I found my best method. My method was to read half of the passage and read the last paragraph and highlight any keywords, then answer the questions. Then I would read the last half. My first passage was in order of the questions. I had a passage about bacteria being resistant to antibiotics similar to one in BC, I guess I got lucky haha. USE THE HIGHLIGHT FEATURE if your method is reading instead of SnD. Had maybe 2-3 tone questions per passage.
QR (19): Was also worried about this section due to the new QC questions. 1/2 of the questions was mostly QC and graph reading problems. The graph reading problems are not hard at all if you know how to read a graph lol. I had no trig problems, but had geometry in the QC problems. Know your geometry formulas!
Overall: Do not be worried during the test or even before as this can affect your scores. Take your time learning your concepts. Postpone if you have to if you feel you are not ready. Make sure don't disconnect your friends and family as they keep you sane. I think my scores are average? If you have any questions, let me know.
19 QR
20 RC
22 BIO
20 GC
21 OC
21 TS
20 AA
The resources I used was chads, destroyer, 2016 math destroyer, bootcamp, cliffs, feralis notes, and crackdat rc.
Chad's: Great resource to start your DAT study journey as he goes over almost all of the materials for GC/OC. There was not anything I haven't seen that wasn't covered in Chad's. Chad's QR is a bit basic but good to get your fundamentals down.
Destroyer: lord behold the mammoth. Before the first time completing this book, I was overwhelm by the vast amount of information and the amount of questions I got wrong. But after the second time completing it, it was easier and I caught on to my mistakes. Make sure know this book inside and out if you want to make a 20+ TS. But overall this book is WAYYYY HARDER than the real exam.
Math destroyer: This book helped me get most of the applied mathematics and probability questions down. But with the new QC questions, I would also use orgoman's QC problems as it is similar to the real dat and also BC QC.
Bootcamp: I highly recommend pat! Take your time everyday to practice PAT even if its 15 minutes of your time. My mistake with bootcamp was that I didn't know the first 5 exams of each section are utilized in the full length, so don't make the same mistake as me if you want to utilize the 5 full lengths. Overall, the BC answer explanations are very helpful to learn from your mistake. My BC averages was 19 PAT, 20 bio, 21 oc, 20 GC, and 17-18 RC. Be aware, BC RC is very difficult compared to the real exam!!
Cliffs: I read this book like 3 times to get my BIO base down. I recommend starting with this book before starting bio destroyer or any other bio practice questions. If you are confused about a topic, you can go straight to cliffs to reread it to solidify your foundation.
Feralis notes: I read this at least once, but it is incredibly dense. If you want to get a excellent bio score, I suggest you read this top to bottom.
Crackdat RC: I only utilized 4 exams from this. It is helpful if you have trouble with inference/tone questions. The prompts from the 4 exams are usually not about science, but mostly history related.
REAL DAT
SNS (21): Went through biology and these questions were pretty easy. There was one point I received the same question twice but worded differently. Pretty sure there was some questions I could've answered correctly, but doubted myself. For chemistry, the questions were a lot simpler than the study resources. My mind went blank for one question, pretty sure I got it wrong lol. For OC, make sure know your reactions and concepts. The easy concepts tripped me up.
PAT (19): dang these keyholes and TFE was hard!! Angle was easier than BC, probably only got 3-4 hard questions. Cube counting was a bit easier than BC because there was less cubes to count. Hole punching was on par with BC. Pattern folding was a tad hard but manageable; maybe I was just nervous. I did not get any rocks for keyholes.
RC (20): Before taking the DAT, I was the most nervous about this section because I was averaging 17-18 on BC, but after my last 2 BC RC exams, I found my best method. My method was to read half of the passage and read the last paragraph and highlight any keywords, then answer the questions. Then I would read the last half. My first passage was in order of the questions. I had a passage about bacteria being resistant to antibiotics similar to one in BC, I guess I got lucky haha. USE THE HIGHLIGHT FEATURE if your method is reading instead of SnD. Had maybe 2-3 tone questions per passage.
QR (19): Was also worried about this section due to the new QC questions. 1/2 of the questions was mostly QC and graph reading problems. The graph reading problems are not hard at all if you know how to read a graph lol. I had no trig problems, but had geometry in the QC problems. Know your geometry formulas!
Overall: Do not be worried during the test or even before as this can affect your scores. Take your time learning your concepts. Postpone if you have to if you feel you are not ready. Make sure don't disconnect your friends and family as they keep you sane. I think my scores are average? If you have any questions, let me know.
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