Before designing a DAT study schedule, check which dental schools you wish to attend. Aim for the needed DAT score and a bit more. If you are aiming for an average DAT score, stop trying to chase the DAT study schedule of students who have scores that landed them in Harvard or Yale.
I procrastinated studying for the DAT, because I was so overwhelmed and didn’t know where to begin. I didn’t follow any of the study plans I found on the online forums because they all required certain study materials that I didn’t have and didn’t want to buy.
Kot rezultat, I ended up creating my own study schedule to prepare for the DAT which I think you’ll find very useful.After going through the rigors of dental school and passing the NBDE Part 1 & Part 2 Boards, I have gained a much better idea of how to study effectively. My goal is to provide you with a general study schedule and some valuable tips that will help you study more efficiently and score well on the Dental Admission Test.I don’t think it is beneficial to lay out a detailed plan with specific materials in preparing for the DAT because everyone is different in how they prefer to learn and what they already know. Some of you are chemistry nerds, while others like me, are not. Everyone is coming from a different background and is at a different place in their studies. So I would rather put together a general study schedule that anyone can take and modify according to their needs.
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8 Week ScheduleI have chosen an 8-week study schedule because I think this is enough time for the average pre-dental student to properly study and score competitively on the DAT. If you have a strong science background or a weak one then I would recommend either decreasing or increasing the length of your schedule, but I would keep it to less than 12 weeks max and at a minimum of 4 weeksI would have considered myself as an average pre-dental student as I spent 10 weeks preparing for the DAT. Vendar, If I would have known the information that I’m about to explain, I would have only spent 8 weeks or less in preparing for the DAT.I received my Bachelor’s of Science in Biology degree, which seems to be one of the more common pre-dental majors for undergrad. I felt more comfortable with Biology, but I always struggled more with General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. Zato, I spent more time on those subjects and less time on Biology. You should adapt your studies according to your strengths and weaknesses like I did.
#1 – Treat your preparation like a full-time jobI recommend putting in around 40 hours of studying per week, but if you can’t do that much then do what you can. You might have days where you feel like you need more time so you spend 8+ hours per day and there might be days that you spend less than 8 hours. Vendar, don’t take a multi-day break during the middle of your studies. You’ll digress more than you think and it will be hard to get back in the study groove again. I had a family emergency during my third week of studying and had to take a week off.
Once I returned to studying I felt like I was starting all over again. #6 – Do lots of practice questions and tests/quizzes!This is vital in order to succeed and score well. You should be doing practice questions every single day. You will learn the most in your studies by doing practice questions! Your practice test scores are not the most important thing. It’s all about what you learn from the questions you got wrong on the practice tests.
Your scores are only important once you actually take the DAT. Every question you get wrong you should figure out why you got it wrong and learn from it.
After you take a test, take note of the areas that you struggled in and study them more. Look up the information, take notes, and make that weak area one of your strengths. DAT Study Planzdaj, to outline a general study schedule that you can modify according to your personal needs. The purpose of this is to provide you with a template that you can take and make your own.I listed subjects to study according to the amount and difficulty of the material on each subject.
For each subject I have listed on the schedule, you should start with one section under that subject and work on each one until you complete it (t.j., Splošna kemija – Kisline in baze). Once you complete a subject, go through it again and focus on the sections that you are weak in.I would make sure that you have done a complete overview of all the material on the DAT by the end of week six.
I would spend the last two weeks focused on taking practice tests and doing practice questions and reviewing material that you are still deficient in. I would take at least three full-length practice tests before taking the DAT; več bolje!
I made this schedule to accommodate six full-length practice tests. In have the most practice tests with 5, so this schedule allows enough time for all of those plus any others you may find helpful.You should be doing practice questions and quizzes throughout your studies though.
At the end of each two-hour block you should conclude that block by doing practice questions about the material that you studied during the block. During your last two weeks of studying, you can spend the entire block doing practice questions for each subject, or review sections that you are deficient in. Learn from those practice questions, make sure you can answer them and if you can’t then go back and figure it out before you move on.Zaznavnih Sposobnost test, Branje Razumevanje test, in Kvantitativna sklepanje ( QR) Test are not as dense as the sciences and therefore don’t need as much preparation. Although these tests don’t require as much studying as the sciences it is necessary to have experience with these types of questions. It is also important to learn the tips and tricks for performing well on these tests which I discuss in other posts.requires a lot of practice and experience doing these types of problems. Spend time doing practice problems and you will get the hang of it. Also requires practicing in order to get your time management down and become effective at pulling out the necessary information to answer the questions.
An effective strategy for this part will greatly help you achieve a higher score. The Quantitative Reasoning Test will require some studying and lots of practice problems also in order to help you get the score that you are aiming for on this test.
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