Bio on dat

[UJ007]

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is it just me, or do a lot of the prep materials (and I guess the dat) focus on aspects of biology that don't seem that pertinent to a career in healthcare. Honeslty what do I care if annelids are segmented worms with a circulatory system, while nematods and platyhelminthes have no circulatory system?? Or which phyla evolved first those with jawless fish or those cartliginous fish!?!?!?!
All this damn memorization!!!!!!!!!!
/rant

 

[Nasem]

Yours right, I don't think some of the material you study for the DAT exam has to do much with the material you study in dental schools.

However, dental schools WANT TO SEE that you are capable of handling science courses (like biology / orgo / & chem).... So how do they determine that ? they look at your overall application (GPA wise) and your DAT scores, and it gives them a pretty good underestanding.

I totally agree with you, some of the material you study to prepare for the DAT has VERY little to do with dental school's science classes, but thats the route for dentistry, you have to follow THIER application rules in order to become a dentist.

 

[chrisvocker]

the DAT is one of the many gates an aspiring dentist must pass through...an intellectual obstacle course rigged with trick angle ranking and keyhole questions.

Good luck, 007