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I'm bored tonight and don't want to (start to) study for my anatomy midterm on Wednesday so I thought I'd share some of the stuff I studied from. Here is the majority of the stuff I used, hopefully people new to the DAT will find this a little bit useful.
Crack The DAT (CDP/CDR/CDM): http://crackdat.com/
-I only got the PAT section and it was right on par.
Topscore: http://www.scholarware.com/
My scores on this were significantly lower than my actual test so I don't really think it was a good representation of what you're likely to find (especially
Bio and RC)
DAT Destroyer: http://www.orgoman.com/
If you're tight on money, check out http://forums.studentdoctor.net/forumdisplay.php?f=230 or ebay or amazon and you can save some serious coin.
I had heard about it before I even knew what the sections for the DAT were. I'd say it's....ehhh....It's useful but it's not as amazing as what I had heard. It's riddled with mistakes, mostly gramatical/poorly worded questions, but 1 or 2 answers are wrong. A lot of answers are obvious "E: none of the above" or "E: All of the above". Explanations for answers really suck too. I've looked at previous additions and they were a lot better than this one so maybe it's just the 2011 ones.
G-chem: Great. Get it for this.
Ochem: Good. The roadmaps were an unnecessary headache of relatively complex reactions but the questions themselves were good.
Bio: Bad. Go through them if you want but I really thought most of the questions were useless.
Math Destroyer: Same link as above
I think it would've been advantageous if I had taken this resource more seriously. I casually did a couple sections every week and didn't really internalize what I was doing wrong. I guess it showed in my score
.
Chad's Videos: http://www.courseRemoveThisFromURLsaver.com/cmps_index.php
(for some reason the website *********** gets censored here)
If you feel anything less than 100% on gchem or ochem get this. $30 for a 4 semester review of chemistry in 2 weeks (and a lot of good practice questions). Chad seems like a pretty awesome guy too, like someone who I could grab a beer with or something.
Cliffs AP Bio: http://www.walmart.com/ip/5635577?sourceid=1500000000000003260340&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=5635577
My sole motivation to read through this thing was knowing the fact that high school kids are tested at the same level as us on bio (as well as G-chem, RC, and OR). Those smug 17 year old bastards need to be put in their place (it's also really informative and cheap too). I've also heard good things about Barrons.
Kaplan: http://www.kaptest.com/DAT-NBDE/Home/index.html
I'll say that you should be cautious about buying stuff from kaplan. They're great at customer support and marketing but the their product is sub-par. A lot more flash than actual substance. I personally thought the class was pathetic and did nothing to prepare anyone for the DAT. You learn 80% of the information on your own and they teach you only 10% (yes...10% is missing...that's kaplan for you).
The online syllabus was actually good. The class was terrible and I can't believe I could have payed for most of my application with all of that money
.
DAT Sample Test (.pdf): http://www.ada.org/sections/educationAndCareers/pdfs/dat_test_sampleitems.pdf
Glanced at a few questions before test day.
datQVault: http://www.datqvault.com/index.php/login/index/?redirect=/index.php/home/index/
Meh...I'm getting tired of writing this review so suffice it to say that this is just...eh. If you have $50 laying around, spend $40 on something you really want and wait until you have $15 more. It's okay, nothing that would make or break your understanding of information.
Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/
It's good but it's blown out of proportion for the context of what our goal is. Sal rambles on for like 10 minutes for a concept that would take 2 minutes to get if you cracked open Campbell. If you really don't get something, watch his videos because he is really good when you start from basics.
I had no idea how neurons worked (saltatory conduction, action potential, ligand gated v electrostatic channels or w/e) and Campbell does a poor job of explaining this section but after watching the 3 or 4 videos about them...it was really, really easy.
Random mentions:
http://www.hippocampus.org/?select-textbook=7
This last one is actually something I could have and should have looked at from the get-go; unfortunately I discovered it 2 weeks before my test. I've linked you to some videos explaining specific chapters and sections of Campbell. Sure the voices are dull but it's a lot easier to watch a 10 minute video than read a 50 page chapter of Campbell.
Here's some helpful stuff to put your mind at ease about the mysteries of test day:
My prometric experience was awesome, the people were really nice and it was really easy to sign and fingerprint myself in/out of the testing room. The sheets of laminated paper were fine. Erase with your fingers if you can...it's easier and takes less time.
What you will go through to get in/out on test day: [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DZTVuGgLh8[/YOUTUBE]
Here is the 15 minute tutorial that you are going to be given: http://www.ada.org/sections/educationAndCareers/pdfs/dat_tutorial.pdf
Feel free to add your own. I'm sure there are a lot more resources out there that would be beneficial to everyone.
(I dunno why...but I always cracked up every time Chad said "Awesome...questions.....". Maybe it was because I hadn't seen another human within the past 72 hours)
Crack The DAT (CDP/CDR/CDM): http://crackdat.com/
-I only got the PAT section and it was right on par.
Topscore: http://www.scholarware.com/
My scores on this were significantly lower than my actual test so I don't really think it was a good representation of what you're likely to find (especially
Bio and RC)
DAT Destroyer: http://www.orgoman.com/
If you're tight on money, check out http://forums.studentdoctor.net/forumdisplay.php?f=230 or ebay or amazon and you can save some serious coin.
I had heard about it before I even knew what the sections for the DAT were. I'd say it's....ehhh....It's useful but it's not as amazing as what I had heard. It's riddled with mistakes, mostly gramatical/poorly worded questions, but 1 or 2 answers are wrong. A lot of answers are obvious "E: none of the above" or "E: All of the above". Explanations for answers really suck too. I've looked at previous additions and they were a lot better than this one so maybe it's just the 2011 ones.
G-chem: Great. Get it for this.
Ochem: Good. The roadmaps were an unnecessary headache of relatively complex reactions but the questions themselves were good.
Bio: Bad. Go through them if you want but I really thought most of the questions were useless.
Math Destroyer: Same link as above
I think it would've been advantageous if I had taken this resource more seriously. I casually did a couple sections every week and didn't really internalize what I was doing wrong. I guess it showed in my score
.Chad's Videos: http://www.courseRemoveThisFromURLsaver.com/cmps_index.php
(for some reason the website *********** gets censored here)
If you feel anything less than 100% on gchem or ochem get this. $30 for a 4 semester review of chemistry in 2 weeks (and a lot of good practice questions). Chad seems like a pretty awesome guy too, like someone who I could grab a beer with or something.
Cliffs AP Bio: http://www.walmart.com/ip/5635577?sourceid=1500000000000003260340&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=5635577
My sole motivation to read through this thing was knowing the fact that high school kids are tested at the same level as us on bio (as well as G-chem, RC, and OR). Those smug 17 year old bastards need to be put in their place (it's also really informative and cheap too). I've also heard good things about Barrons.
Kaplan: http://www.kaptest.com/DAT-NBDE/Home/index.html
I'll say that you should be cautious about buying stuff from kaplan. They're great at customer support and marketing but the their product is sub-par. A lot more flash than actual substance. I personally thought the class was pathetic and did nothing to prepare anyone for the DAT. You learn 80% of the information on your own and they teach you only 10% (yes...10% is missing...that's kaplan for you).
The online syllabus was actually good. The class was terrible and I can't believe I could have payed for most of my application with all of that money
.DAT Sample Test (.pdf): http://www.ada.org/sections/educationAndCareers/pdfs/dat_test_sampleitems.pdf
Glanced at a few questions before test day.
datQVault: http://www.datqvault.com/index.php/login/index/?redirect=/index.php/home/index/
Meh...I'm getting tired of writing this review so suffice it to say that this is just...eh. If you have $50 laying around, spend $40 on something you really want and wait until you have $15 more. It's okay, nothing that would make or break your understanding of information.
Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/
It's good but it's blown out of proportion for the context of what our goal is. Sal rambles on for like 10 minutes for a concept that would take 2 minutes to get if you cracked open Campbell. If you really don't get something, watch his videos because he is really good when you start from basics.
I had no idea how neurons worked (saltatory conduction, action potential, ligand gated v electrostatic channels or w/e) and Campbell does a poor job of explaining this section but after watching the 3 or 4 videos about them...it was really, really easy.
Random mentions:
http://www.hippocampus.org/?select-textbook=7
This last one is actually something I could have and should have looked at from the get-go; unfortunately I discovered it 2 weeks before my test. I've linked you to some videos explaining specific chapters and sections of Campbell. Sure the voices are dull but it's a lot easier to watch a 10 minute video than read a 50 page chapter of Campbell.
Here's some helpful stuff to put your mind at ease about the mysteries of test day:
My prometric experience was awesome, the people were really nice and it was really easy to sign and fingerprint myself in/out of the testing room. The sheets of laminated paper were fine. Erase with your fingers if you can...it's easier and takes less time.
What you will go through to get in/out on test day: [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DZTVuGgLh8[/YOUTUBE]
Here is the 15 minute tutorial that you are going to be given: http://www.ada.org/sections/educationAndCareers/pdfs/dat_tutorial.pdf
Feel free to add your own. I'm sure there are a lot more resources out there that would be beneficial to everyone.
(I dunno why...but I always cracked up every time Chad said "Awesome...questions.....". Maybe it was because I hadn't seen another human within the past 72 hours)
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