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How the Highlighting and Cross Out Features Work on the DAT
There are two new important features the 2017 DAT has that you can use to improve your score. The first is the ability to highlight key words and phrases in the reading comprehension section, and the second is the ability to cross out incorrect answer choices by right-clicking on them.…

BYU4you Balanced RC Strategy
This is a new strategy that attempts to take the best from all the other strategies and reading techniques. BYU4you, a pre-dental student, was scoring around 19-20 on DAT Bootcamp’s RC section, and used this method to score a 28 on the real RC section. See how he did it…

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…

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…

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…

Important Words to Recognize on the DAT Reading Section
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…

Common Traps on the DAT Reading Comprehension Section
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…