Please advice what DAT score should I get !

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I am Senior at state university


GPA: 3.5

sGPA: 3.5


Research : Organic Chemistry, Linguistic


EC:

Teaching experience at college
military service in Korea ( does this help though ? )
over 200 hours shadowing
music band leader ( guitar for more than 10 years )
train juijitsu , MMA
counselor in the base ( army)
teaching art ( I got accepted to one of the best art school in US but I didn't go and changed my major to science to apply dental school )
over 100 volunteer


AND I am international student.


What DAT score should I get at least to become competitive ?

I am going to apply USC, NYU, BOSTON, TUFFS, UCSF, LOMA LINDA, UOP, WESTERN, NOVA, TEMPLE, UPENN.


please advice !!

I would say a 20 would pair well with a 3.5 but realistically speaking try 2 get as high as possible

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Since you're international it is hard to judge. The general metric is this

below a 17 you better have a 4.0 or above
3.9 17
3.7 18
3.5 19
3.3 20
3.1 21
under a 3.0 22+

Since you are an international student (non-Canadian I assume) I would shoot for at least an 21 AA to offset that disadvantage.

Good luck!

Originally Posted by theleatherwalle

Since you're international it is hard to judge. The general metric is this

below a 17 you better have a 4.0 or above
3.9 17
3.7 18
3.5 19
3.3 20
3.1 21
under a 3.0 22+

What is this based on? Anecdotal evidence or something more?

I'm basing it off my school, and what I've noticed on SDN. It is impossible to quantify everything like ECs, experience, and so on. I think this scale is pretty accurate as long as the persons Sci GPA matches their regular GPA.

Thanks for the advice,

one more thing,

How impact is EC on the dental application ? I think I have pretty decent EC but I am not sure ..

Originally Posted by bluesolic

Thanks for the advice,

one more thing,

How impact is EC on the dental application ? I think I have pretty decent EC but I am not sure ..

You have plenty of EC, I don't think you need to worry too much about that.

Don't think about a "target" score you should get, instead try to get ever one of those questions right! The score you should get is the highest possible score you can achieve, then you will be happy.

Originally Posted by theleatherwalle

Since you're international it is hard to judge. The general metric is this

below a 17 you better have a 4.0 or above
3.9 17
3.7 18
3.5 19
3.3 20
3.1 21
under a 3.0 22+

Don't know if this is a joke or not, but that is not true.
Regardless of GPA you should get at least a 19
But if your GPA is avg or below avg you should really aim higher, such as a 20-21+

The average DAT for dental school martriculants is 19...that means some people have to be below some people have to be above. Will it be hard to get in with a an 18 yes. I could go on, but whats the point.

Oh if you actually go to MWU IL....Here are the official stats of your school

AA: 19
Sci GPA: 3.31
Over-all GPA: 3.41

2011 ADEA guide posted by Doctoothache.