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For people who did well in Bio, what helped you the most with improving your score? Was it mostly reviewing mistakes from practice tests and repeatedly going over Bio Bits/flashcards, study notes, and cheat sheets? I recently started studying with booster and trying to figure out what actually helps the most with remembering everything long term.

Hello everyone im using bootcamp to study for my DAT. How representative is bootcamp? Specially for genchem, ochem and bio? And QR?
I would appreciate if anyone that used bootcamp and took dat tell me how representative each section was?

I just retook the DAT and I feel like I'm not doing something right. I had initially got a 20 on the DAT last year, but retook it again to try and get a higher score since I had a low OChem score. I was getting a consistent 24 on the full practice exams on DAT Booster, but I just took the test and I feel like I completely messed up. I felt as though there were many low-yield questions that I've never seen before and was much harder than the tests I had taken on Booster. From just the feel of it, I feel like I got a 19-21. Am I getting unlucky on the exam or is there something I need to change? I'm really lost for what to do and I feel like I couldn't have prepared more for the DAT than I could've before this.

So, I’m really bummed about my score. I was scoring 21+ on general chemistry on boot camp. But, when the real thing came I barely got a 17 . Gen chem was so different and im not sure what to use to prepare now.

I’m now planning for a retake, but not sure how to prepare myself.

Anyone else that took theirs in April in the same predicament? Maybe we can study together

I am having trouble understanding when something resides in the aqueous vs organic layer based on what is being added, and whether that layer is on the top or bottom

does anyone have any tips on how they learned/understood this concept? thanks!

edit: also questions that are like "what do you add to separate X and Y?"

Hello,

I am using Booster for prep. I was wondering how did you score on the DAT compared to booster practice tests? i would appreciate if someone could compare and any suggestions would be appreciated. thank you so much!

To be clear, I recognize I made a mistake, and I need help urgently. Criticizing my mistake won't help right now. I am currently thinking of dropping pre-dent as a whole right before the application cycle because of advice I have received from others. Earlier this year, I was arrested for an OVI/DUI charge, and it was ultimately reduced to reckless operation of the 4th degree. Ever since then, I have been put in such a dark place mentally, as my loved ones don't look at me the same, and drinking was never really my thing, which is what caught them so off guard. Sorry for the run-on sentences, as I am just frantically typing and hoping I can get some feedback on what to do properly. I did all of the court requirements and paid for all of the attorney fees out of my pocket, and now I am sad to think that, even after all of this, my family does not let go of my mistake. All I want is for me to be happy with myself and restore confidence in myself that my career is not truly over. For reference, my stats are 3.93 GPA, 3.89 science GPA. I am taking the DAT the last week of May, and my practice test AA on Booster is 510. Obviously, the practice test AA does not mean anything, but it gives me some confidence that I have the ability to do well on this exam. I have around 750 hours of working at the Dental School as a sterilization tech (hopefully counting as dental experience), which is the same university as my undergrad. I have around 450 hours volunteering (not dental related), 130 hours of shadowing (a couple of general + perio). I am also a lead tutor at our undergrads' gen chem department, as this position is analogous to a TA, except I do both gen chem 1 and 2, and this has been going on for 4 semesters. I am on exec for 2 clubs -nothing big, and there are a couple of random things that I may be forgetting. With all of this info, I talked to an advisor, and they told me to either take a couple of gap years or completely pivot from dentistry. I was truly heartbroken when I heard that, and I feel like there is nothing more satisfying to me than dentistry. I love working with people and restoring their confidence in their smile, and the idea of patients trusting my work makes me know that this career is truly for me. With all of that in mind and knowing that the incident was this year, what do you guys truly think I should do? Please be as honest as you can and help a brother out. I truly need it at this time.

I have started studying for the DAT about 10 days ago and plan on taking it in late august but Im starting to feel like the videos are wasting alot of time for biology because i keep pausing to take notes and instead of them taking 1 hour to 1.5 hours its taking me 4 to 5 hours to finish them after taking notes. Any tips I really feel like im benefitting more from the anki decks and bio bits. Do you guys think its worth taking notes or should i just watch the videos and then do anki and the bio bits. I would appreciate any tips even if its for anything other than bio.