Perceptual Ability Test | Pattern Folding

Perceptual Ability Test | Pattern Folding | DAT

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In this video, we unpack strategies for the Pattern Folding section of the Perceptual Ability Test (PAT), which is a major component of the Dental Admission Test (DAT) needed to apply to dental schools in the US and Canada. Thanks for watching!
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@invalidgamerid 2 жыл бұрын

Dentist here. If you’re reading this, you’ll make it one day. I was once studying for this and struggled. Keep grinding.

@maximeparis7927 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I needed to hear that! I'll keep faith that it'll happen one day, and I won't give up! :)

@mentaldental 2 жыл бұрын

That's right! Keep the faith and make it happen 💪🏼

@hehehhe5461 2 жыл бұрын

dont think ill ever make it, im already struggling with ochem and have a midterm soon :(

@redeyeknight5964 2 жыл бұрын

Keep grinding, but dont grind your teeth!

@invalidgamerid 2 жыл бұрын

@@redeyeknight5964 I grind my teeth too :D

@jerrymccormick9673 Жыл бұрын

You explained this very well. I'm not a dental student but this really helped with my airline psychometric assessments. Cheers

@mentaldental Жыл бұрын

Right on! Glad you found the video helpful 😊

@tanhoang8637 Ай бұрын

Without your fantastic explanation, I think this test would be much more suffering. Thank you so much !

@mentaldental Ай бұрын

Glad to hear that my explanations are helping you! 😊

@sirsky11 Жыл бұрын

Your videos really helped me on my tests. Thank you.

@mentaldental Жыл бұрын

I am so glad to hear that! You’re very welcome 😊

@carlao2536 2 жыл бұрын

Side pairing tip fantastic. Thank you.

@mentaldental 2 жыл бұрын

Great! I’m glad it was helpful 😁

@kzgc8y3n 3 жыл бұрын

Extremely helpful video. Thanks.

@mentaldental 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@user-we7go7ed3l 2 жыл бұрын

You explain this so well. Its easy for me now :) thanks for the help

@mentaldental 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@princenic8875 3 жыл бұрын

Well explained, thanks

@mentaldental 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Aguilaruiz 8 ай бұрын

This was awesome, thanks!

@mentaldental 8 ай бұрын

Great! Glad it was helpful for you! 👍🏼

@solomonappiagyei7322 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much this has helped a lot

@mentaldental 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad to hear that!

@samoo8933 2 жыл бұрын

so in 11:22 why 1 "right side" not sharing with 5 instead and 1 "down side" not sharing with 2 instead? I mean here there is no clear rule to follow like the 90 degree rule right? DO not get that ?

@samoo8933 2 жыл бұрын

Thank that was helpful but on 15:40 you said shaded side cannot be down one the right side in A and B so they cannot be correct. But this can be the hiddden left side instead that we cannot see in the 4 figures right?

@qraliche Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@mentaldental Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! 😊

@hehehhe5461 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video, I was just wondering if this is the most up to date info on pattern folding, will the current dat shift much more than this

@mentaldental 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is! This is up to date with the most recent DAT.

@JoeMama-uy2uv Жыл бұрын

Hi, My test is online (meaning on the computer) at the prometric centre. Given I wont be able to write anything down (time crunch) and there's no printed out copy of the shapes to do side pairing, any tips on How I can do it?

@phucanpham 25 күн бұрын

very helpful. Tysm!

@mentaldental 24 күн бұрын

Glad it helped!

@nathanduong869 2 жыл бұрын

Hi I have a question about 11:33 How come you can connect the 1 dotted square with the top of the 2 dotted square and with the top of the 5 dotted square? Wouldn't that break the rule of not being able to pair up squares that are 180 degrees?

@tanytansters Жыл бұрын

Yes, I have this same question. It doesn't make sense.

@mentaldental Жыл бұрын

Pairing the tops of the 2-dot square and 5-dot square together would break the rule of 180 degrees, those two sides cannot touch each other. However, what you are referring in 11:33 is an entirely different concept. Connecting the 1-dot square to the top of the 2-dot and 5-dot squares is a natural extension of the side pairing technique. Once you pair up all of the corners (blue lines), you then pair up the next available sides (orange lines) on either end of those paired corners and essentially "rainbow" out from there until all sides are matched with another side. Every side HAS to have a side it connects with, otherwise you wouldn't have an intact 3D object. This is shown in the solution at 13:07.

@samoo8933 2 жыл бұрын

so in 11:22 why 1 "right side" not sharing with 5 instead and 1 "down side" not sharing with 2 instead? I mean here there is no clear rule to follow like the 90 degree rule right? DO not get that ?

@jasonbroadway8027 3 жыл бұрын

I got confused at 8:04. Update: I have moved past my confusion at this point in the video. I am amazed that some people can immediately "see" the patterns.

@mentaldental 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you worked through your confusion! Remember these PAT games require lots of repetition, and with practice you can get better and better at seeing patterns.

@samoo8933 2 жыл бұрын

so in 11:22 why 1 "right side" not sharing with 5 instead and 1 "down side" not sharing with 2 instead? I mean here there is no clear rule to follow like the 90 degree rule right? DO not get that ?

@ms-wx1gp 11 ай бұрын

Hello! thank you so much for these videos! they are helping me so much. I have a question, at @11:27 of the video, when doing the side pairing on the outer cubes, how do we know that cube '1' shares with '5' . why does cube face '6' not share with either cube face '5' or '2'?

@LUCA-xv2sq Ай бұрын

Imagine you are rotating the square number 4 with the square number 6 and 1 attached to it. Then you will have squares 5,2,4,6 in a straight line with square 1 at 90degree from them, you can then role the square 1 until it reach the corner with 5 and 2.

@galatify1 3 жыл бұрын

Hey please make videos on NBDE Part 1 high yield topics too.. that would be a great help for us. Thanks

@samoo8933 2 жыл бұрын

so in 11:22 why 1 "right side" not sharing with 5 instead and 1 "down side" not sharing with 2 instead? I mean here there is no clear rule to follow like the 90 degree rule right? DO not get that ?

@ienneontop2013 3 жыл бұрын

I will be having my admission test for dental on Wed, but I am still having a hard time here. 🥺🥺🥺

@hala6456 2 ай бұрын

How did you solve the first one , please

@devon9374 6 ай бұрын

Apparently, this is a type of intelligence (spatial reasoning) that is commonly overlooked in children. These questions are easy for me as I'm able to rotate the objects mentally. In school I was uninspired and uninterested in math until I took physics. I was suddenly magically good at a subject I never been exposed to, and this was late in high school. The nature of physics magically made the math intelligible. I ended up going to school for Engineering and only found the math heavy classes to be difficult. Basically, what I want to say is that a kid with this type of intelligence needs to be exposed to physics, and the true nature of math (not the BS taught in schools) as early as possible. It might change their lives. God Bless.

@mishklishk393 3 жыл бұрын

I had to do this for my dental hygiene entrance exam. I just ripped up pieces of paper to make the shapes. Is that cheating? Would coloring be cheating?

@pixierose123 3 жыл бұрын

during the exam? you really wouldn't have enough time on the DAT to build the shapes I don't think. I don't know about colouring

@winnienyameba 2 жыл бұрын

Is that exam hard?

@bonkoo5978 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking too hard

@wonderIland Жыл бұрын

15:57 how is the right side referencing that shape if in order to look at from the dark perspective we'd have to flip the thing

@rosechoi7415 Жыл бұрын

i have the same question, i hope he will answer it

@matiuspaipinan Жыл бұрын

god explanation,

@mentaldental Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! 😊

@caelabcaretta7039 2 жыл бұрын

@8:55 the answer C works as well, how do you explain working around this

@crazyz5995 Жыл бұрын

9 months later, C still doesn't work.

@Youtubingbruh5.0 7 ай бұрын

I'm applying for a test to be a tso, and im not sure what new changes have been added. I've been suggested to brush up on spatial perception; my test is tomorrow!

@ishabthespiritualboss 3 ай бұрын

I have a test coming up . How’d it go?

@cruiser_b9779 18 күн бұрын

@@ishabthespiritualboss Can both of you reply? I just scheduled a test a week from now lol

@ishabthespiritualboss 18 күн бұрын

@@cruiser_b9779 the test is really easy .. this is the only part you would need to study .. I kinda guessed on this part & still passed .. you’ll do great, Good luck

@cruiser_b9779 18 күн бұрын

@@ishabthespiritualboss Thank you!

@ishabthespiritualboss 18 күн бұрын

@@cruiser_b9779 you’re welcome! Keep me posted 🤗