Kaplan DAT [Paperback]
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Kaplan DAT
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Competition to enroll in dental school is at its all-time peak. As the #1 best-selling guide for dental school admissions, Kaplan DAT offers the targeted training students need to achieve a high score. The DAT, required for acceptance to all U.S. dental schools, is designed to measure general academic ability, comprehension of scientific information, and perceptual ability. Kaplan DAT prepares students by providing two full-length practice tests with detailed answer explanations, intensive science and quantitative reviews, a reading comprehension practice section, and test-like exercises for the perceptual ability test. Also included is a full-color pull-out study guide that maximizes studentsâ learning and memorization through the use of images, charts, facts, and diagrams. For anyone looking to achieve a competitive score on this challenging test, Kaplan DAT provides the best preparation available.
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- Paperback: 816 pages
- Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; 7 edition (May 4, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1607146592
- ISBN-13: 978-1607146599
- Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 8.5 x 11 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #43 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Dentistry > General
I just took the DAT today, scoring a 23 on the PAT and an average of 26 on the academic portion, and thought out I'd review this DAT prep book by Kaplan while the experience was fresh in my mind. My DAT-specific prep was conducted entirely with this book.
First things first, this book is not a substitute for a prior well-rounded education in the sciences. You can memorize all 500 or so pages of science and math review, and there will still be a lot of things you will miss on the DAT. That said, it is a great review tool to assist you in dusting off some of those old concepts you may have learned a year or two ago. It covers the broad, "big idea" concepts very well and it also goes into reasonable detail on some of the more commonly tested areas such as cellular respiration and the endocrine system (a section I found especially helpful). However, if it's been more than a couple years since your last biology or chemistry class or you performed poorly in them, you will most likely want to invest in an actual textbook and/or a tutorial course to help you learn the concepts at a more detailed level.
The PAT section is the single most useful feature of the book, but it also has its weaknesses. It gives you a full PAT practice session in addition to the two full length practice DAT's, along with a bevy of useful tips and recommendations. Some of the tips and techniques listed are really helpful in solving the more difficult PAT questions, and the pacing advice they give is very useful too, as it is extremely easy to run out of time on that section. In my opinion, just the familiarity with the kinds of questions the 3 total practice PAT sections give you is of great benefit.
All I used to study for the DAT was the Kaplan book and the Top Score Pro software by ScholarWare. I'm an excellent case study as to the effectiveness of this study material because I've recently taken the DAT and I haven't taken a science class in more than 5 years. Needless to say, I had pretty much forgotten everything that I'd ever learned about the natural sciences, and I relied almost exclusively on this book to prepare me for the test. ... For the most part, the tests that are provided with this book have outstanding validity. After taking the DAT, I was especially impressed with the Organic and Inorganic sections of the written exam in the back of the book. The questions provided with the book are very good examples of the type of questions that you're likely to see on the test. Unlike some of the people who are critiquing the sample tests in this book, I care much less about presentation and far more about content. Currently, I am a computer programmer by trade and I can make a test look like the DAT fairly easily, but the trick is in the questions. I knock this book down a star because I believe that they need to update the biology portion of the text. The sample tests provided with this book, as well as with the Top Score Pro software, indicated that biology was an obvious area of strength for me, but that turned out not to be the case at all. The real DAT biology section is very heavy in asking questions about evolution, ecology, and topics in genetics that aren't addressed in this book. Of the 40 questions I received, I'd say that more than 25 of the questions were over these topics.
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