Age of Transcripts an Issue

[TX Hopeful]

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For those of you who have been out of school a while and working in corporate America (i.e. not in grad school or a post bacc program), have you found some ADCOMs having an issue with how old your transcripts are?

I graduated from my undergrad with a major in Chemistry in 1998 (3.2 GPA, 3.3 Sci GPA). It's been 7 years since I've been in a classroom, but I did well on the DAT (AA-21, TS-22, PAT-19).

Any input is appreciated.

 

[mikester2]

For those of you who have been out of school a while and working in corporate America (i.e. not in grad school or a post bacc program), have you found some ADCOMs having an issue with how old your transcripts are?

I graduated from my undergrad with a major in Chemistry in 1998 (3.2 GPA, 3.3 Sci GPA). It's been 7 years since I've been in a classroom, but I did well on the DAT (AA-21, TS-22, PAT-19).

Any input is appreciated.

When did you take the dat? If its recent, then you are fine.

 

[etan4]

One of the beauties of standardized tests is to show the competence, or incompetence, in some cases, of students who have been out of the classroom for quite some time. Obviously, you belong to the former group - great job on the DAT.

 

[luder98]

For those of you who have been out of school a while and working in corporate America (i.e. not in grad school or a post bacc program), have you found some ADCOMs having an issue with how old your transcripts are?

I graduated from my undergrad with a major in Chemistry in 1998 (3.2 GPA, 3.3 Sci GPA). It's been 7 years since I've been in a classroom, but I did well on the DAT (AA-21, TS-22, PAT-19).

Any input is appreciated.

I don't think you'll have trouble with the transcripts themselves, but you may have trouble with your pre-reqs if they were taken too long ago. I remember reading from some schools websites and they mention that pre-reqs were only valid if taken within couple of years. Can't remember which schools and the exact number of years though. You might want to check with your schools.

 

[etan4]

That's where the DAT comes in - essentially, the exam covers the most critical elements of what is taught in the prereqs. A person with a 21 AA, who had taken his prereqs 5 or more years ago, clearly has more of a grasp of the material taught currently in prereq classes than a person with an 17 AA who had taken his prereqs within the last year. I believe adcoms realize this fact. The DAT tests what a student knows NOW...placing the student who hasn't taken classes in years and the current student at the same starting line - whoever finishes faster (i.e. higher DAT score) clearly has the advantage, whether or not she took the prereqs 5 years ago, or had just finished them.

Bottom Line: Who cares when you took your prereqs; everyone's current DAT score brings them into the same ball game.

 

[TX Hopeful]

That's where the DAT comes in - essentially, the exam covers the most critical elements of what is taught in the prereqs. A person with a 21 AA, who had taken his prereqs 5 or more years ago, clearly has more of a grasp of the material taught currently in prereq classes than a person with an 17 AA who had taken his prereqs within the last year. I believe adcoms realize this fact. The DAT tests what a student knows NOW...placing the student who hasn't taken classes in years and the current student at the same starting line - whoever finishes faster (i.e. higher DAT score) clearly has the advantage, whether or not she took the prereqs 5 years ago, or had just finished them.

Bottom Line: Who cares when you took your prereqs; everyone's current DAT score brings them into the same ball game.

That's my reasoning as well, and I can only hope that ADCOMs see it the same way.

I took the DAT in January of this year.

 

[blankguy]

That's my reasoning as well, and I can only hope that ADCOMs see it the same way.

I took the DAT in January of this year.

When I asked around on my situation couple of years ago. I was told to take the prereqs to prepare for the DAT. If you've taken the DAT there probably is no point in taking the prereqs unless the schools insist that you do for some administrative purpose(like prereq was taken a very long time ago). If you want to take courses take the upper level courses, I think getting back to the school mode is very important. Talk it over with people of the institution that you are considering doing some coursework.