Concerned about my Bio Section of the DAT

[crazysunburn]

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I took my DAT yesterday and this is my second time. Being 8 months pregnant is definitely not helping me during the whole process of destroying the DAT. I had bad morning sickness before the test and that really affected my Bio section of the test.
My most confident sections were Bio and QR. I consistently got 20 and above for both sections on Qvault and Bootcamp. Unfortunately, these two sections I scored the lowest on my real test.


Do I still have a shot? I'm very concerned about the 17 on BIO. English is my second language. The wording on my real DAT was so complicated and wordy and incomparable to any of the practice exams I have done. Any advice?

 

[FancyFloss]

What is your GPA like?

 

[crazysunburn]

What is your GPA like?

oGPA3.8 and sGPA 3.65

 

[FancyFloss]

It's hard to say with that 17 mixed in there. Your AA and TS are average but your GPA is up there... so I think you have a decent shot at an interview. Remember, the average DAT TS of accepted students into most schools is 19 - 21 which means there has be people scoring lower and getting in for it to be the average!

 

[emminent]

You have a decent shot. If you're concerned I would suggest contacting the schools you want to apply to. Again those are respectable scores and you have a good gpa. Don't worry about what other people score on this website.

Though hopefully you applied early if you're going for this cycle.

 

[crazysunburn]

You have a decent shot. If you're concerned I would suggest contacting the schools you want to apply to. Again those are respectable scores and you have a good gpa. Don't worry about what other people score on this website.

Though hopefully you applied early if you're going for this cycle.

Emminent, thank you so much for the encouragement. I applied for 10 schools and want to add 4 more schools to my current list. Will it be too late to add a few more?

 

[crazysunburn]

It's hard to say with that 17 mixed in there. Your AA and TS are average but your GPA is up there... so I think you have a decent shot at an interview. Remember, the average DAT TS of accepted students into most schools is 19 - 21 which means there has be people scoring lower and getting in for it to be the average!

That makes sense and thank you for the support! I just have to stay positive and keep trying! 🙂

 

[gatsby121]

i have a lower gpa, got a 20 AA and a 17 on Bio....i have 2 interviews so far, i think you should be good as long as the rest of your app is solid

 

[emminent]

Emminent, thank you so much for the encouragement. I applied for 10 schools and want to add 4 more schools to my current list. Will it be too late to add a few more?

I don't know since I'm kinda of in the same boat as you are except I still need to take my test which is very soon. It's ok to add if you do add all of them RIGHT now. I just added a couple schools recently. From what I read so far early August is considered ok. Mid August you might start sweating and end of August is pretty late.

And like Gatsby said, as long as your EC/shadowing/etc. is good you're fine. People score amazingly well on this site. You tend to see people with high score posting if they do well mostly anyways.

And to mention it again, if you're concerned with money, call those schools first and ask them about your scores/stats/etc. before you apply. If they said too low or something might as well save money and not apply to those.

 

[crazysunburn]

i have a lower gpa, got a 20 AA and a 17 on Bio....i have 2 interviews so far, i think you should be good as long as the rest of your app is solid

Congratulations. I actually have one interview coming up in August with my old DAT scores... 17 for PAT...
Good luck for both of us!!!

 

[olivejuicee]

Would you say DATQvault Biology represented the real dat pretty well? I just purchased DAT Qvault bio and it's actually pretty hard! even after doing destroyer?

Please let me know.. my DAT is on Monday. Other than that I think your scores are solid! Kudos for doing all this when pregnant! must've been so hard!

 

[crazysunburn]

I don't know since I'm kinda of in the same boat as you are except I still need to take my test which is very soon. It's ok to add if you do add all of them RIGHT now. I just added a couple schools recently. From what I read so far early August is considered ok. Mid August you might start sweating and end of August is pretty late.

And like Gatsby said, as long as your EC/shadowing/etc. is good you're fine. People score amazingly well on this site. You tend to see people with high score posting if they do well mostly anyways.

And to mention it again, if you're concerned with money, call those schools first and ask them about your scores/stats/etc. before you apply. If they said too low or something might as well save money and not apply to those.

Thanks for the tips. I will call on Monday to find out.

 

[crazysunburn]

Would you say DATQvault Biology represented the real dat pretty well? I just purchased DAT Qvault bio and it's actually pretty hard! even after doing destroyer?

Please let me know.. my DAT is on Monday. Other than that I think your scores are solid! Kudos for doing all this when pregnant! must've been so hard!

I did all the qvault questions 2 times. the first time around I got 18/19 then the second time around I got at least 22 for each test. I also did the bootcamp. But the real questions on the test were very different. Many were scenarios with extra information that require you to analyze. A one sentence question, they made it one paragraph even with diagrams. Not trying to scare you. You may do awesome. Since English is not my first language, it took me a while to think about each question before answering them. I wish you good luck on Monday. Don't stress. Pace yourself and you will do great!!