When it comes to studying for the biggest exam of your life, it is fair to say that it can be quite a stressful process and time if you do not approach it with a sound study plan that you know you can commit to and thrive off of. Every examination has its challenging points, and this is perhaps never truer than it is in the case of entry exams. Think of DAT (i.e. Dental Admission Test), for instance. DAT is an entrance exam that is designed to give dental education institutions a means to adequately assess the applicants’ talent and overall potential to succeed in the dentistry field.

A multiple-choice exam, DAT can be taken at practically any time throughout the year. With four sections within the test (Survey of the Natural Sciences, Perceptual Ability, Reading Comprehension, and Quantitative Reasoning), it goes without saying that it can be quite overwhelming to get through the examination with flying colours if you are not appropriately prepared. Thankfully, there are some educational tools out there that work wonders in assisting you to adequately prepare to sit the DAT exam. Each of these three preparation tools for the DAT exam are useful in and of themselves, as well as being utilised collaboratively.

Award-winning books

There are countless award-winning books out there that are specifically geared towards assisting those who are going to be sitting the DAT exam in adequately preparing for the exam itself and even the lead up to the exam too. Textbooks and informative books relevant to the content in the DAT exam are valuable because they are practically goldmines of information in the hands of applicants that give them the material and tools to fine-tune their knowledge of content in and surrounding the DAT exam.

Practice tests & questions

DAT prep really does not have to be as stressful as many applicants make it for themselves. In fact, there are many practice questions and even entire practice tests out there to assist applicants in properly preparing to sit the DAT exam. The obvious reason these DAT practice tests are so valuable is because they essentially put one in a mindset where they are at the very least somewhat familiar with the layout and style of questions and the exam that they are going to be sitting when they walk into the room to sit the DAT exam.

Science videos

Familiarizing yourself with the content in topics that are likely to be covered in the DAT exam, and throughout your career in dentistry, is key. Watching science videos and the like is a great way to prepare for the DAT exam because quite often, seeing content play out in front of you is a fantastic way to absorb information. Visual queues are great, as is visual learning. Books are wonderful of course, but there is a special element to visual learning (like watching science videos, etc) that makes it entirely unique and somehow still familiar.