It’s a question more and more students are asking: “Is DAT Bootcamp too easy?” With hundreds of students sharing their testing experience each month, a clear pattern is emerging — and it’s leaving some students feeling blindsided on test day.
We’ve gathered real feedback from students who recently took the DAT after using DAT Bootcamp. Many reported that the real test felt noticeably harder than what they practiced. In particular, they’ve cited:
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🔬 Biology questions with unfamiliar topics or confusing answer choices
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⚙️ Math sections with trickier word problems and tighter timing
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🧪 General Chemistry that didn’t match Bootcamp’s style or depth
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đź“– Reading Comprehension passages with dense language and more inference-based questions
💬 “I wish I hadn’t relied so heavily on Bootcamp. My scores on their practice tests gave me false confidence.”
— Real student feedback, r/DAT
It’s important to remember: no online platform can predict the exact difficulty level of your exam. But over the past few years, more and more students are warning that Bootcamp’s practice tests may be underestimating the challenge.
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