First, I want to say thankyou to EVERYONE here on this forum. It helped me out a Ton!!!!!!

I have not taken a science class in 2 years, and have been working full time while studing for this (about 3 months).
Score was not quite as high as I was hoping, but hopefully other things will make up for it. I finished my entire Masters (MBA) In 1 year with a 3.5 gpa and working 30 hrs per week. (hopefully that will show that I can handle the work load)

Oh well. Im applying to UT in Memphis (TN resident) and they have average acceptances around 18 I think. LLU in Cali, I know lots of people out there, so that should help. Nova in Tampa (im orginially from FL and want to go back) Maybe Alabama...not sure where else

So I did better in the sciences than my practice tests, but worse in PAT and RC....

Bio---Kind of random, but not as hard as I was expecting. I had to guess on a few. I reviewed Kaplan BB, Barrons AP Bio (some) and Notes from a few people here :). and top score tests

GChem-Some calculations and some perceptual. I have always sucked at Gchem. I really wanted an 18 in this section, but will settle for a 17 because I suck at it. Used kaplan BB and topscore tests

Ochem--Pretty strait forward. only one or two I had never seen before. used Kaplan BB and topscore tests

QR-- Hard! too many questions and too little time. like everyone else said. used kaplan and top score tests. there is not much i can say for preparing. unless you are a gifted math genious, it is hard becase of lack of time; not that the problems are terribly difficult.

RC-- Im really dissappointed with my score. Lucky I did not get frapped or piano passage (Thanks for the prayers). I spent to much time on the second passage and then ran out of time with like 8 or 9 questions to go on the third. Was getting 21, 22, 22 on Top Score tests so a little dissappointed. Kaplan and topscore

PAT--Really dissappointed :( I used CDP and Top score. my last 2 CDP tests were 20 and 22. so I was hoping to be in that range

so here are the scores:

PAT 18
QR 16
RC 19
BIO 19
GC 17
OC 21

TS 19
AA 18 (18.4 but rounded down to 18 :(

Overall, I am happy with my sciences, but wish my Pat had been 20+ and RC should have been 21+

What do you guys think? I know lots of people here on SDN score well into the 20's, but that is much higher than the average applicant and SDN is a small sample of lots of smart-hard studying people.

I do not plan on a retake, what do you guys think? If I do need to retake, I could not take it until Oct 31. Thoughts?

forgot to add, I did not use destroyer or archive

nova is in tampa? i thought it was in south florida?

good job bud! while your stats dont guarantee anything, i think you have a shot. your gpa and dat are average, so hopefully you can land some interviews and explain how you were working and such. i studied for my DAT working 30hrs/week so I understand :).

good luck with the application process!

nova is in tampa? i thought it was in south florida?

You are right, Nova is located in Fort Lauderdale. Unless there is a new school also called Nova in Tampa...

Hey I am taking my DAT tomorrow. I was curious as to how you were doing in each section on TopScore.

Thanks to all. Nova is a little farther south, your right.

So you guys dont think i need to retake?

I was scoring a little lower on topscore in the sciences, same on QR and higher in RC

I would call up your top schools or read their FAQs and see what they recommend. 18 is national average while a few FAQs said you need at least 20 to be considered competitive.

thanks phungy, any more opinions?

good job needa. We have similar scores.

Update, I forgot to mentino that one of my hole punching questions on PAT was Def wrong!

on each new pic in hole punching, it say fold 1, 2, 3 ect. there was fold 1, no prob, fold 2, fine, then it said fold 3. which was exactly the same figue of fold 2, but with a line, but the figure did not change size. The question was Def wrong! What if that was the difference in me getting an 18 vs 19....probably not, but frustrating!

Update, I forgot to mentino that one of my hole punching questions on PAT was Def wrong!

on each new pic in hole punching, it say fold 1, 2, 3 ect. there was fold 1, no prob, fold 2, fine, then it said fold 3. which was exactly the same figue of fold 2, but with a line, but the figure did not change size. The question was Def wrong! What if that was the difference in me getting an 18 vs 19....probably not, but frustrating!

That is actually very possible... If you fold a paper in half... then in half again... then take the top layer and fold it up/in half... thats what it looks like...

and sorry, its very hard to put into words

anymore thoughts or question guys/gals?

advise on what schools to apply to?

Hey guys/gals. congrats to those who have owned the dat in the past week :) I am humbled by your scores

I have a post in the predent forum but would like more opinions on help narrowing down the schools i should apply to. here it the link, please feel free to help

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=552379

thanks