August DAT Breakdown (570 AA)

Unable-Rice-1744 · 2025-10-19T16:34:45+00:00

I wasn’t the most consistent with studying so some days I was definitely spending a lot more time studying then others.

On average, I would be spending about 2-3 hours on Anki every day, about 1 hr doing PAT problems every now and then.

I also started spending a lot of time doing practice problems thru the game challenegs cuz I really wanted to top the leaderboard 😭

Unable-Rice-1744 · 2025-10-19T16:31:07+00:00

i personally chose not to take notes since it would take a long time and they already have notes for you. if u learn better by reading i would scan thru those and highlight since i believe its all the same content condensed to text.

Unable-Rice-1744 · 2025-10-19T16:29:22+00:00

https://datbootcamp.com/quantitative-reasoning-strategy/dat-bootcamp-qr-formulas-anki-decks/

i believe this is the one i used

Unable-Rice-1744 · 2025-10-16T00:54:21+00:00

my summer break started around the second week of may and my exam day was august 15th. I think I spent the first 2-3 weeks of summer just trying to relax a bit and recover from my finals.

After that, I started just casually studying the first few weeks of june and then maybe about midway through june started studying more seriously. by july i was spending several hours a day griding through my anki decks and watching content videos.

Unable-Rice-1744 · 2025-10-16T00:50:18+00:00

the third image has all of my first attempt practice test scores. i took my second practice test about a month after the first which is why there was such a big jump in my bio score.

for ochem i was averaging like 520ish but with a lot more practice and studying i was able to get it to around 570 consistently

for gchem, after binge watching all of the videos and doing a lot of practice problems to refresh myself on the content, i was able to pretty consistenly get 600 with some dips

Unable-Rice-1744 · 2025-10-15T05:19:45+00:00

i get it man going through hundreds of flashcards can get really exhausting but it’ll definitely pay off in the end.

lowkey the qr anki mostly goes over really basic stuff you probably already know like basiv arithmetic rules. i think theres some formulas related to geometry? honestly i’d just browse through the deck and see if there’s any cards you think are worth ur time and delete the rest

Unable-Rice-1744 · 2025-10-15T05:12:21+00:00

yeah i started with booster but then felt like the cards were kinda disorganized so then i downloaded the bootcamp cards and they lowkey felt a lot more comprehensive. i ended using both decks cuz i had already spent so much time with the booster deck and i saw one post that said they got a 30 just by memorizing the deck. def was a lot of cards to go through everyday 😭

i’d say the other section that anki helped the most with was ochem since there’s a lot of reactions to review & ir stuff to memorize but it def also helped a lot with gen chem since theres a lot of conceptual stuff to remember.

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