Kevin Tang | 26 AA
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Also, make sure that you do every problem on practice test at least twice. Learn from both correct and incorrect answers, watch/read the explanation videos to understand why the answer is right or wrong. Study hard for every DAT subject equally. Don’t neglect any subjects that you thought you might be good at it like I did with QR and PAT…
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