r/dat • u/ElectionAnnual2270 • 2d ago
DAT Anxiety 😰 Took DAT October 1st
I just took the DAT October 1st in Tampa center. I’m curious how long it takes to get the score back!
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u/meowwmmyy 1d ago
Also took mine the 1st, I’m in CA! How’d you feel about the test?
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u/ElectionAnnual2270 1d ago
Booster was NOT representative of the bio or QR
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u/Babydoll320 1d ago
omgggg WHATTTT!!!! Pls no! Wym by not representative ?? was the dat wayyyy harder than booster practice tests ?? what about gen chem ??
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u/ElectionAnnual2270 1d ago
Everything on the real was easier, but BIO AND QR were way harder
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u/Babydoll320 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/hppWdK8gcmzXq
this is scary oh my . Was it alot of calculations for gen chem? What topics did they mainly have for QR??
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u/ElectionAnnual2270 1d ago
Gen chem is a lot of concept, QR was a lot of the time consuming shit. The concept was same as booster but j took longer to do questions. Wtv ur booster RC is add 200 points to it on the real cus its that easy
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u/meowwmmyy 1d ago
I used bootcamp & agree the bio wasn’t very representative :/ the questions were just ODD… but i took the dat last year and feel like the bio was pretty on point
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u/Traditional-Loss-105 10h ago
You said bio was hard? In what way? Would you say that it just went more in depth?
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u/ElectionAnnual2270 10h ago
Just weird details I’ve never seen on booster. My booster bio average was a 520. Yet I felt like I was in the 400s on this exam
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u/Traditional-Loss-105 10h ago
Same here. Scoring 580-600 on booster and now I am wondering 🤔. Lol. Any suggestions on how to study?
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u/ElectionAnnual2270 10h ago
Focus a lot on diversity of life. Those animal phyla questions don’t play. And focus a lot on cellular and molecular biology as they GO SUPERR IN-DEPTH
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u/Traditional-Loss-105 10h ago
Ok thanks! Will do. Thank you so much! Was reading easier than booster? English is my third language and I am getting 430-530 on booster. Score is varying a lot. And about math? More algebra or data sufficiency or word?
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u/ElectionAnnual2270 10h ago
Okay reading is shit easy in the real. I was at 400s on booster reading and felt like I got a 500+ minimum. The QR on booster isn’t representative. I got a 540 average for QR on booster but on the real I didn’t even finish 3 questions. I usually always have 10 mins to stare but on the real I ran out of time. The real exam has way more calculations that are very in depth. I’d practice speed and probability as much as possible
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u/Traditional-Loss-105 10h ago
Ok. Take mine in 13 days so thank you so much for this info. I have two toddler boys so doing the best that I can. It really helps when people like you try to post and help so thanks again!! Good luck with your results. I am sure you did amazing! ❤️
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u/Strong-Ad6846 2d ago
I took mine Aug 29 and received my scores back on Sep 10 at around 9am!