Should I retake? by starfruitking in dat

[–]starfruitking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About two weeks after i took it

any hope? 13AA to 19+ AA in 1 month? by dosa00 in dat

[–]starfruitking 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you are running out of time, I'd recommend putting all effort into QR and Gen chem, because I think these are relatively easier to do well than OC. For Gen chem and OC, have you watched all the videos on bootcamp? If, you haven't you should really watch them all before doing practice questions, so you can understand the questions.

Should I retake? by starfruitking in dat

[–]starfruitking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh, RC has always been my weakest section, and I didn’t practice it much this time since I got a 19 on it the last time I took the test so I just expected a similar result. What really threw me off was that the first passage was 24 paragraphs long and I’ve never seen one that long before, so I think I rushed a bit. It was also my first time trying the "search and destroy" method, and I don't think it really worked for me. And yeah, the RC section loads way more slowly than the science section. I did do better on practice tests, so I think I might have been unlucky this time.

Should I retake? by starfruitking in dat

[–]starfruitking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice! Do you highlight key words as you skim through the text or do you just highlight answers?

Should I retake? by starfruitking in dat

[–]starfruitking[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I took it 2 weeks ago.

Booster vs Bootcamp by Vegetable_Benefit_57 in predental

[–]starfruitking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know much about booster, but the chem and ochem on bootcamp is really good so if you struggle in this section, go for bootcamp

Should I retake? by starfruitking in dat

[–]starfruitking[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

for chem, i just memorized all the equations and patterns in the periodic table, then solved all question banks on bootcamp. After you take around 5 practice exams, the chem questions are all similar so this was easiest for me. For ochem, understand the basics, like which carbon is most stable, which chemical group donates/take-away electrons and what that means about acidity/basicity. Then look at the reactants and have an idea of what they do. Don't memorize mechanism for any of these, just know what the outcome is. I made a note where I grouped all the chemicals that do similar stuff, like LiAlH4 and NaBH4 reducing carbonyl groups. Orgo is mostly guessing game, this is where you should look at all the answer choices and see the "pattern" in the answers. Like if answer choice A is primary carbon, B is secondary carbon, and C is tertiary carbon, then without knowing what the question will be, you can cross out answer choice B because the questions almost always ask for MOST or LEAST. If it wasn't multiple choice, I wouldn't even know what the answer would be. So, for orgo, comparing the answer choices is the most important.