Feralis-Booster DAT Study Schedule 2021 PDF

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Feralis-Booster Study Schedule Specifically for the 2021 American DAT

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Introduction For most students, beginning to study for the DAT is an intimidating process. What do you use? How long do you study for? What is the “best” way to perform well? What do you need to cover each day? I have written this guide to help provide some structure to your study approach to the DAT. This guide is by no means an absolute method set in stone – you can follow it to the letter, or you can (and most likely will) use it as a template that is modified as you continue studying to match the pace you are most comfortable with. This study schedule is only my suggested pace, process, and materials; as you spend time learning and practicing, you will make modifications to it and develop it as your own.

About Myself My name is Ali Sohraby and I am the creator of the popular Feralis Biology Notes and a member of the DATBooster team. I just recently graduated from Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and I am currently an Orthodontics resident at the University of Texas A&M. I took the DAT long after I finished college and had to re-learn every subject area from scratch to prepare for this exam. Through a dedicated preparation process, I was able to score well on the DAT:

Academic Average

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Total Science

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Perceptual Ability

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Quantitive Reasoning

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Reading Comprehension

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Biology

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General Chemistry

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Organic Chemistry

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To date, I has worked with many students to help prepare them for the DAT. To take this a step further, the team here at Booster Prep created DATBooster to help students take their DAT scores to the next level. My goal now is to apply my own study experience and what I have learned to help create an effective study guide for others. I sincerely believe most students can score just as well as I did with the right planning, resources, and practice. As you prepare for the DAT, always keep in mind that you are just as capable as anyone else of doing exceptionally well if you are willing to put in the work.

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Study Schedule Structure This study schedule is broken up into THREE main phases: Phase #1: Content Learning (4 weeks) The focus of the first phase is re-learning the content for each of the subjects of the test, as well as becoming familiar with the basic structure of the DAT’s six sections. The PAT, QR, and RC sections require minimal pre-existing knowledge, therefore you can begin practicing for these sections. Phase #2: Practice Questions/Tests & Review (3 weeks) Once the content learning phase is over, you are now ready to begin taking practice questions and full practice tests to assess your understanding of the material. During this time, you will also continue to review the content you learned in the first phase, and modify your notes as needed to strengthen areas you are weak in. Phase #3: Practice Tests & Emphasis on Memorization (3 weeks) In the final three weeks leading up to your exam, your preparation will be focused on full practice tests, memorizing the content that was learned and reviewed in the first two phases, and reviewing the mistakes you have made.

When should I start studying? The ideal time to start studying is immediately after finishing the requisite coursework for the DAT – particularly Biology 1 & 2, General Chemistry 1 & 2, and Organic Chemistry 1 & 2. Many pre-dental (and pre-medical) students take these courses during their first and second year of college, which makes the summer after your second year a perfect time to take the test. However, not all students follow a traditional path throughout their undergraduate studies. Regardless of when you took these courses, once you have completed them, the best time to study is when you can dedicate a period of several weeks to studying for the test without any other distractions. For students still in college, this is usually going to be a winter or summer break period. In general, it is best to avoid starting late (e.g. less than 4 weeks), or too early (e.g. more than 16 weeks) before your test date. If you are a current student that plans on attending dental school immediately after finishing college, you should aim to have the DAT taken before the fall semester of your senior year at the latest so that your scores are ready during the application period.

Modifications There are many reasons that you may need to modify this study schedule. In the event that you do, please feel free to make adjustments to the schedule to suit your individual needs. The best place to make these adjustments would be primarily in Phase 2 where you can limit the amount of DATDestroyer questions you want to go through.

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Required Resources The resources below are comprehensive enough for you to do exceptionally well on the DAT without having to spend an excessive amount of money. They cover the full scope of the DAT and provide you with the content and practice needed to master this exam. 1. DATBooster Premium Membership - Highly Recommended ● 62+ Representative DAT Practice Tests for the 2021 DAT ● PATBooster’s content fully integrated ● 600+ DAT Strategy Videos ● 300+ DAT Lecture Videos ● Feralis-Booster Biology Notes ● 14+ Chapters of Booster Chemistry notes ● Advanced PAT Generators from PATBoosterTM ● PAT Analyzers from PATBoosterTM ● Innovative Mark-Learning System ● DAT Guides & Tutorials ● One-on-one tutoring through the website’s online chat function 2. DAT Destroyer & Math Destroyer - Highly Recommended ● DAT Destroyer offers over 900 extremely high-yield questions that serve as an excellent question bank to prepare for the DAT ● Math Destroyer offers over 500 math questions that are ideal for practicing for the math section on a daily basis. 3. Chad’s Videos - Optional ● Free youtube videos that are excellent for reviewing the fundamentals of general and organic chemistry.

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Recommended Resource for each section Biology

● Content Review:

- Feralis-Booster Biology Notes: Reviews and covers information on the DAT - DATBooster’s Biology Videos: A video series that covers high-yield DAT concepts ● Practice: - DATBooster Biology Practice Tests - DATBooster Extra Biology Practice Questions - DAT Destroyer - Any version after 2016

General Chemistry

● Content Review:

- DATBooster Chemistry Notes: A detailed review of general chemistry concepts - DATBooster’s Chemistry Videos: A video series that covers high-yield DAT concepts - DATBooster Chemistry Formula Sheet: A concise review of critical formulas needed for the DAT ● Practice: - DATBooster Chemistry Practice Tests - DATBooster Extra Chemistry Practice Questions - DATBooster Video Practice Questions: Questions associated with Dave’s Videos - DAT Destroyer - Any version after 2016

Organic Chemistry

● Content Review:

- DATBooster’s Organic Chemistry Videos: A video series that covers high-yield DAT concepts

- DATBooster Organic Chemistry Reaction Sheet: A concise review of the most important reactions needed for the DAT ● Practice: - DATBooster Organic Chemistry Practice Tests - DATBooster Extra Organic Chemistry Practice Questions - DATBooster Video Practice Questions: Questions associated with Dave’s Videos - DAT Destroyer - Any version after 2016

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Perceptual Ability

● Content Review:

- DATBooster’s Breakdown PAT Videos - DATBooster PAT Strategy Guides ● Practice: - DATBooster PAT Practice Tests - DATBooster PAT Generators - Creates unlimited PAT questions - DATBooster PAT Analyzer - Analyzes perceptual ability performance

Reading Comprehension ● Content Review: - DATBooster Reading Comprehension Videos ● Reading Material: - DATBooster Recommended Article Sources: ■ Popular Science (www.popsci.com) ■ Scientific American (https://www.scientificamerican.com/) ■ The Economist (https://www.economist.com/) ■ New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/) ● Practice: - DATBooster Reading Comprehension Practice Tests - DATBooster Extra Reading Comprehension Practice

Quantitative Reasoning

● Content Review:

- DATBooster Quantitative Reasoning Videos - DATBooster Quantitative Reasoning Formula Sheet

● Practice: - DATBooster Quantitative Reasoning Practice Tests - DATBooster Extra Quantitative Reasoning Practice Questions - Math Destroyer - Any version after 2016

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Phase 1: Content Learning The first phase is focused on building up the foundation of knowledge needed to perform well on the test. This is the longest phase and the most critical to doing well – remember that the purpose of the DAT is to assess what you actually know. Many students place too much focus on practice questions and assume that if they do enough of them, they will see similar enough questions on the real test and do well. The DAT is not a predictable exam – the only way to guarantee a strong performance is to make sure that your content review has been as thorough as possible.

Day #1 ☐ Join the Official DAT Study Group ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Cellular Metabolism Videos: Part I. – Watch these before reviewing the 1st chapter in Feralis-Booster Biology Notes. ☐ Read Feralis-Booster Notes Ch I. Cell & Molecular Biology (Page 1 to 11) ☐ Watch Organic Chemistry Videos - The Basics (1.1 - 1.7) ☐ Complete Acid/Base - Org. Chemistry Extra Questions ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Keyhole Videos (1.1 - 1.10) ☐ Read the Keyhole Strategy and Rock Keyhole Strategy Guides ☐ Use DATBooster’s PAT Generators to practice 15 Hole-punching, Cube Counting, Angle Ranking, Pattern Folding and Keyhole questions. Try completing these 75 questions within 40 minutes by treating it as a mini-test.

Day #2 ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Chemistry Videos: Ch 2. Measurements & Conversions ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Chemistry Videos: Ch 17. Laboratory ☐ Read DATBooster’s Chemistry Notes: Ch 1. Laboratory ☐ Complete Laboratory - Chemistry Extra Questions ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Units, Conversions, and Significant Figures (optional) ☐ Watch all the Reading Comprehension Videos: The Basics (1.1 - 1.6) ☐ Complete Extra Reading Comprehension Practice #1- Try different strategies to see which works best for you ☐ Read Recommended Reading Article #1 - Try to read this article for 4 minutes and see how much information you can retain ☐ Watch Quantitative Reasoning Videos - Algebra (1.1 - 1.8) 2021 Edition

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Day #3 ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Cellular Metabolism Videos: Part II & III ☐ Read Feralis-Booster Notes Ch 1. Cell & Molecular Biology (Page 12 to 25) ☐ Watch Organic Chemistry Videos - Functional Groups & Nomenclature (2.1 - 2.9) ☐ Complete Nomenclature - Org. Chemistry Extra Questions ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Top-Front-End Videos (2.1 - 2.15) ☐ Read the Top-Front-End Strategy Guide ☐ Use DATBooster’s PAT Generators to practice 15 Hole-punching, Cube Counting, Angle Ranking, Pattern Folding and Keyhole questions. Try completing these 75 questions within 40 minutes by treating it as a mini-test.

Day #4 ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Chemistry Videos: Ch 1. Matter and Properties ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Chemistry Videos: Ch 6. The Periodic Table ☐ Read DATBooster’s Chemistry Notes: Ch 2. Periodic Properties ☐ Complete Periodic Properties - Chemistry Extra Questions ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Periodic Properties (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Ionization Energy (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Electron Affinity and Electronegativity (Optional) ☐ Complete Extra Reading Comprehension Practice #2 - Try different strategies to see which works best for you ☐ Watch the Reading Comprehension Videos - Question Types (2.1 - 2.6) ☐ Read Recommended Reading Article #2 - Try to read this article for 4 minutes and see how much information you can retain ☐ Watch Quantitative Reasoning Videos - Algebra (1.9 - 1.22) ☐ Complete Algebra - Quantitative Reasoning Extra Questions

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Day #5 ☐ Read Feralis-Booster Notes Ch 1. Cell & Molecular Biology (Page 26 to 36) ☐ Complete Cell & Molecular - Biology Extra Questions ☐ Watch Organic Chemistry Videos - Conformations & Isomers (3.1 - 3.7) ☐ Complete Stereochemistry - Org. Chemistry Extra Questions ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Angle Ranking Videos (3.1 - 3.8) ☐ Use DATBooster’s Angle-ranking Analyzer software (Change settings to 4-6 minutes) to determine types of angle questions that you need to improve on ☐ Use DATBooster’s Angle-Ranking Generator to practice angle-ranking types of questions which angles you are weak on for 15 minutes (Example: Obtuse Angles) ☐ Use DATBooster’s PAT Generators to practice 15 Hole-punching, Cube Counting, Angle Ranking, Pattern Folding and Keyhole questions. Try completing these 75 questions within 40 minutes by treating it as a mini-test.

Day #6 ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Chemistry Videos: Ch 3. Atoms and molecules ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Chemistry Videos: Ch 5. Quantum Mechanics ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Chemistry Videos: Ch 7. Chem Bond & Molecular Geometry ☐ Read DATBooster’s Chemistry Notes: Ch 3: Atomic & Molecular structure ☐ Complete Atomic & Molecular Structure - Chemistry Extra Questions ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Bonding & Lattice Energy (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Lewis Dot Structure (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on VSEPR Theory & Molecular Geometry (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Polarity (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Quantum Numbers (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Electron Configurations (Optional) ☐ Watch Reading Comprehension Videos - Question Types (2.7 - 2.12) ☐ Watch Quantitative Reasoning Videos - Geometry (2.1 - 2.4)

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Day #7 ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Taxonomy Videos: Part I. to Part VI. – These videos will cover the main points you should know for the Taxonomy section of the DAT. ☐ Read Feralis-Booster Notes Ch 2. Diversity of Life (Page 1 to 28) – There’s almost always 2-5 questions on Taxonomy on the DAT every cycle, so it’s important to review Taxonomy. ☐ Watch the Organic Chemistry Videos - Basic Mechanisms (4.1 - 4.4) ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Hole Punching Videos (4.1 - 4.9) ☐ Read the Hole Punching Strategy Guide ☐ Use DATBooster’s PAT Generators to practice 15 Hole-punching, Cube Counting, Angle Ranking, Pattern Folding and Keyhole questions. Try completing these 75 questions within 40 minutes by treating it as a mini-test.

Day #8 ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Chemistry Videos: Ch 4. Chemical Reactions & Stoichiometry ☐ Read DATBooster’s Chemistry Notes: Ch 4 Stoichiometry & General Concepts ☐ Complete Stoichiometry & General Concepts - Chemistry Extra Questions ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Reaction & Calculating Moles (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Mass % & Empirical and Molecular Formulas (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Limiting Reagent Calculations (Optional) ☐ Watch the Reading Comprehension Videos - Essential Advice (3.1 - 3.3) ☐ Complete Extra Reading Comprehension Practice #3 - Try different strategies to see which works best for you) ☐ Read Recommended Reading Article #3 - Try to read this article for 4 minutes and see how much information you can retain ☐ Watch the Quantitative Reasoning Videos - Geometry (2.5- 2.8) ☐ Complete Geometry - Quantitative Reasoning Extra Questions

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Day #9 ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Taxonomy Videos: Part VII. to Part XIII. – This is continuation from Day #7. We will finish reviewing Taxonomy on this day. ☐ Read Feralis-Booster Notes Ch 2. Diversity of Life (Page 29 to 43) – There’s almost always 2-5 questions on Taxonomy on the DAT every cycle, so it’s important to review Taxonomy. ☐ Complete Diversity of Life - Biology Extra Questions ☐ Watch Organic Chemistry Videos - Basic Mechanisms (4.5 - 4.8) ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Cube Counting Videos (5.1 - 5.12) ☐ Read the Cube Counting Strategy and Floating Cubes Guide ☐ Use DATBooster’s PAT Generators to practice 15 Hole-punching, Cube Counting, Angle Ranking, Pattern Folding and Keyhole questions. Try completing these 75 questions within 40 minutes by treating it as a mini-test.

Day #10 – Catch up day ●

Take this day to take a break or review everything you have learned up until this point.

Day #11 ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Chemistry Videos: Ch 9. Solution Chemistry ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Chemistry Videos: Ch 12. Solubility Colligative Properties ☐ Read DATBooster’s Chemistry Notes: Ch 5. Solution ☐ Complete Solution - Chemistry Extra Questions ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Colligative Properties (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Calculations Involving Freezing Point Depression and Boiling Point Elevation (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Vapor Pressure Depression and Raoult's Law (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Osmotic Pressure (Optional) ☐ Watch Reading Comprehension Videos - Passage Dissection (4.1) ☐ Watch Quantitative Reasoning Videos - Applied Mathematics (3.1 - 3.7) ☐ Complete Applied Math. Percentages - Quantitative Reasoning Extra Questions ☐ Complete Applied Math. Mixtures - Quantitative Reasoning Extra Questions ☐ Complete Applied Math. Rate Speed - Quantitative Reasoning Extra Questions

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Day #12 ☐ Read Feralis-Booster Notes Ch 3. Structure & Functions of Systems (Page 1 to 19) – Once you are done reviewing this chapter, review everything up until this point again. ☐ Watch Organic Chemistry Videos - Basic Mechanisms (4.9 - 4.11) ☐ Complete Mechanisms - Org. Chemistry Extra Questions ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Pattern Folding Videos (6.1 - 6.12) ☐ Read the Pattern Folding Strategy Guides ☐ Use DATBooster’s PAT Generators to practice 15 Hole-punching, Cube Counting, Angle Ranking, Pattern Folding and Keyhole questions. Try completing these 75 questions within 40 minutes by treating it as a mini-test.

Day #13 ☐ Watch DATBooster’s Chemistry Videos: Ch 10. The Behavior of gases ☐ Read DATBooster’s Chemistry Notes: Ch 6. Gases ☐ Complete Gases - Chemistry Extra Questions ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Properties of Gases and the Ideal Gas Law (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Gas Law (Optional) ☐ Watch Chad’s Video on Dalton’s Law, Density, Volume of ideal Gases (Optional) ☐ Complete Extra Reading Comprehension Practice #4 - Try different strategies to see which works best for you ☐ Read Recommended Reading Article #4 - Try to read this article for 4 minutes and see how much information you can retain ☐ Watch Quantitative Reasoning Videos - Applied Mathematics (3.8 - 3.12) ☐ Complete Applied Math. Coins - Quantitative Reasoning Extra Questions ☐ Complete Applied Math. Age - Quantitative Reasoning Extra Questions ☐ Complete Applied Math. Work-Rate - Quantitative Reasoning Extra Questions

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Day #14 ☐ Read Feralis-Booster Notes Ch 3. Structure & Functions of Systems (Page 20 to 42) – After reviewing this chapter, try to review everything up until this point again. ☐ Watch Organic Chemistry Videos - Addition Reactions (5.1 - 5.4) ☐ Use DATBooster’s PAT Generators to practice 15 Hole-punching, Cube Counting, Angle Ranking, Pattern Folding and Keyhole questions. Try completing these 75 questions within 40 minutes by treating it as a mini-test. ☐ Use DATBooster’s Angle-Ranking Analyzer to identify types o...