Cancelling the test; do I have to wait 3 months?

[gobinoob]

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So the people who run the DAT have a rule where you cannot reschedule your test outside of a 6 month window of when you first signed up. I am looking to reschedule just outside of this window, and so I am forced to cancel first and then send in another application for the DAT. This is all fine and I am more than willing to pay the $385 as long as I do not have to wait some "3 months" before another application.

Hence, my question is: if I cancel my test now, will I have to wait 3 months to resubmit an application to test again? Note that I'm not referring to rescheduling but a total cancellation followed with an immediate reapplication.

I would be very extremely grateful if someone who has gone through this could shed some light, in particular! Thanks!!


PS...
Also, I am conflicted over whether I should reschedule or not in the first place. At the moment, I'm doing quite well in the sciences, but I get a sinking feeling whenever it comes to the math, reading, and PAT sections. In particular, I am bombing reading, getting low scores on both the Achiever and Bootcamp. I know reading is not a section that can be improved readily or easily within even a couple of weeks, but I would like, as best I can, to push math as high as possible so that I might balance it out. Last, I am not at all confident with the PAT (angle ranking still seems like a lot of a guessing game to me) but, as it isn't factored into the academic average, I think I would be fine with about a 20.

My greatest fear is not, in fact, scoring "below expectations", but going into the test not feeling as though I've done all that I can. I hate, hate, hate the feeling of regret that comes afterwards. I have just a week remaining before the test and I still have lots of practice material I have yet to exhaust, in addition to some practice material I could still purchase. With this in mind, should I reschedule?

If someone could give me advice, please, I would be so greatful!!

 

[Futuredentguy2015]

alright first of all, no you don't have to wait 3 months, but you might have to wait a week or two to reschedule and get the whole application through, so I say take it, and this is why..

As long as you have your sciences down pat it should keep your score really high. Reading- I wouldn't worry about that at all. My bootcamp scores were like a 16 and 17 when I took those and on the actual test when I took it first time I made a 19. The reading on the DAT is basically all search and destroy unless you get screwed and get all tone questions- in my opinion you can't really prepare for it. Math.. hit or miss you can practice all you want, but some people who are simply good at math can get by with it, and those of us are aren't just suck at it. I'm hoping at least if I get an 18 in math and 20+ in everything else, I'll be beyond happy. PAT you need to make at least 21's on crack dat pat. Do like 5 tests youtube the tricks to use and finish it off.. plus if you take it now you will have 3 months in between so technically you can still be super early when applying if you have to take it again