Applying with Canadian DAT score?

[Tryptophan3]

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I havent taken the American DAT yet but Ive done the Canadian one. My scores were
Science: 16
Reading Comp: 21
PAT:21
Carving 30

The school that I was originally applying to didnt look at the science score which is why it is so low. Im just wondering since US schools have rolling admissions, if I should apply with my Canadian DAT scores or should I jsut wait it out and do the American one. Im planning on writing it at the end of August. Or am I allowed to send the Canadian score first and then if I do better on the American DAT, then send that score to schools individually? THanks in advance to anyone that knows! 🙂

 

[amalgamgrillz]

I havent taken the American DAT yet but Ive done the Canadian one. My scores were
Science: 16
Reading Comp: 21
PAT:21
Carving 30

The school that I was originally applying to didnt look at the science score which is why it is so low. Im just wondering since US schools have rolling admissions, if I should apply with my Canadian DAT scores or should I jsut wait it out and do the American one. Im planning on writing it at the end of August. Or am I allowed to send the Canadian score first and then if I do better on the American DAT, then send that score to schools individually? THanks in advance to anyone that knows! 🙂

LOL please enlighten the world about this "school" that doesnt look at the science score..

 

[Tryptophan3]

Oh sorry I guess I forgot to mention that its a Canadian school. Guess its pretty weird for Americans since American schools base alot of the application on the science portion of the dat. Anyways University of Alberta does not look at the science portion of the dat

 

[dskies]

I'm a Canadian applicant and was going to wait to write the cDAT in November, but decided to write the aDAT sooner because of rolling admissions. It might be a good idea to write the aDAT and just use those scores because from what I've understood they only evaluate your application once and you need to let them know which scores to use. That science score would probably be a bit low for schools...so hope for a better outcome with the aDAT.

 

[BobLoblawDDS]

Oh sorry I guess I forgot to mention that its a Canadian school. Guess its pretty weird for Americans since American schools base alot of the application on the science portion of the dat. Anyways University of Alberta does not look at the science portion of the dat

Um, are you sure? They don't look at the science portion of the DAT to evaluate you for an interview, but that doesn't mean it doesn't bite you in the ass later when you're trying to gain acceptance. For example, UWO only looks at AA and RC to evaluate you for an interview, and not the individual breakdown of sciences. U of T looks at AA and PAT. It doesn't mean it doesn't MATTER, just that different schools pander to different sorts of scores.

 

[IUforever]

Um, are you sure? They don't look at the science portion of the DAT to evaluate you for an interview, but that doesn't mean it doesn't bite you in the ass later when you're trying to gain acceptance. For example, UWO only looks at AA and RC to evaluate you for an interview, and not the individual breakdown of sciences. U of T looks at AA and PAT. It doesn't mean it doesn't MATTER, just that different schools pander to different sorts of scores.

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it is always better to get a good score in every section