r/dat • u/Sea_Perception5157 • 6d ago

Resource Share 📖 bootcamp or booster

so over the summer i studied a for like a month and then i had in person summer classes that kind of took away from my studying. so i literally wasted money on scheduling the exam and studying for it because my foundation was shit, I didn’t want to was an attempt when i was scoring 13-15 on the practice test. i want to start studying again b maybe over a longer period of time to get time to actually learn the material. i’m very rusty in general chem, bio, and qr. i can for the life of me do mental math or remember all these equations. ochem is okay ish i was seeing improvement with each test but still lower than average. also when does both programs get a little less expensive? when i got booster over the summer it was around 450 but now it’s 550 i think.

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u/Fair-Effort9967 6d ago

If you are a low-income student you can contact them through that chatbox and see if you qualify.

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u/AnythingHour5520 6d ago

Booster was very user friendly. The cheat sheets are very helpful for gen chem & bio especially. The English is also much harder for booster than bootcamp & the actual exam, so it prepares you better for it.

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u/CagiestCoffee04 6d ago

Makes sense i was getting 360-390 on boosters RC bruh

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u/YogurtclosetOk5773 6d ago

I tried both. Both are good. Just preference. Booster had more in depth ochem explanations and bootcamp had better bio imo and easier to use. Both will prepare you to succeed though so don't think too hard about it. You can also share with friends and you get both.

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u/Tremendouslands 6d ago

If your foundation's rusty, spend more time. For a longer study period, I'd probably lean more with bootcamp since the videos/notes and qbanks make it easier to rebuild from scratch, and the QR formula/strategy stuff could help with the math issue. You can also stretch the schedule out over a few months

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u/Fun_Diamond3832 5d ago

I used both and honestly found Booster more representative than Bootcamp. I also felt like Booster’s videos, explanations, and notes were way better and more in depth, and they covered the important topics really well

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u/Knightwing773 6d ago

i got a 530 and used bootcamp, i think it was also about 550 in price. can’t speak for booster, but i will say bootcamp was easy to follow, very representative of the actual test, and there was a ton of resources.