Meet Thao Nguyen, a happy DAT Bootcamp customer who recently dominated the DAT. Thao’s scores and tenacity truly impressed me; I asked for her to share her DAT experience with us as the featured student of August. What is one piece of advice you would give to another student preparing to take the DAT? Clear Read More

Often times on DAT reading passages, certain words and phrases will be used to convey the structure of the passage. By understanding what these words signify, you can more easily understand the structure of the reading passage. Here is a list of words you should look out for in DAT reading passages. Names You should Read More

There are a series of common “traps”, or distractor answer choices, the DAT uses to confuse students. Be on the lookout for these distractor answer choices on the DAT reading comprehension section. Decoys This is the most common type of distractor answer choice. Familiar words and phrases are taken from the passage and spun in Read More

The burning question everyone asks: “What will I score on the DAT?” The only practice tests that can accurately predict your DAT score are the official 2007 and 2009 DAT practice tests, provided by the ADA. These tests were calibrated by the same people who score the real DAT, and thus provide the most accurate Read More

We use our own scoring system. Each DAT Bootcamp practice test is scaled differently according to its own difficulty. Therefore, you cannot use the 2007 DAT scoring chart to convert your raw score on DAT Bootcamp. The 2007 DAT scoring chart is scaled specifically to the 2007 DAT. The 2007 chart cannot be generalized to Read More

During the end of your DAT study schedule, you should transition to completing and reviewing one full-length DAT practice test each day. Knowing the material for test day is important, but the DAT also tests how well you take the DAT. Many students spend weeks studying all the material they can, but test day distractions Read More