Author: Ari

Featured Student of October

Meet Jordan Wineland, a happy DAT Bootcamp customer who recently re-took DAT and had some of the greatest gains I’ve ever seen. I’ve asked Jordan to share his DAT experience with us as the featured student of October. What is one piece of advice you would give to another student preparing to take the DAT? Read More

Featured Student of September

Meet Tejas Patel, a happy DAT Bootcamp customer who recently dominated the DAT. I’ve asked Tejas to share his DAT experience with us as the featured student of September. What is one piece of advice you would give to another student preparing to take the DAT? Take a practice test or go through sample questions Read More

Do Not Use the Line Counting Method on DAT PAT

The line counting method was a popular strategy that worked well on past versions of the DAT for the Top Front End section. However, the DAT has caught on and now makes many of their problems line-counting “proof”. Currently, the best way to beat the Top Front End section is to just visualize the 3D Read More

Vicviper Reading Comprehension Strategy

This is a popular method a pre-dental student used to score a 30 on the RC section of the DAT. It is a version of the search and destroy method. In summary, it involves looking for keywords in all of the questions, and then browsing the passage to search for all of those keywords at Read More

Vanilla Method for DAT Reading Comprehension

This is the method I used on the DAT reading section because it’s what made me feel most comfortable. It’s a very simple method. I would read the passage in full and then answer the questions in order. I would try to allocate 7-9 minutes to reading the passage, and then around 10-12 minutes to Read More

Search & Destroy Guide for DAT Reading Comprehension

What is Search & Destroy? Search and Destroy (or S&D) is a method used on the reading comprehension section of the DAT. In brief, the method is to skip reading the passage and to just go straight to the questions. If the question is application-based, inference-based, or tone-based, you mark and skip it. If the Read More

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