Courses for DAT, do I need anything more?

[bwc]

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I have taken the intro bio sequence, gen chem sequence, orgo sequence, physiology, and microbio. Chances are that may be sufficient for the sciences section?

Is the quantitative reasoning section changing? One of the courses that most pre-dental students take that I have not taken is statistics.

 

[Roy Williams]

You'll be solid for everything in sciences. That doesn't mean you don't have to study though, there are so many random facts you need to memorize for bio, but having a strong base should help. I only took the pre reqs for dental school and those are the only sciences I had before starting my studying.

Not sure if QR has changed since idk what it was like before, but the stuff you learn in stat classes at university are wayyy more detailed than anything in the DAT. You basically need to know simple probability and the only distribution you need to worry about is the Gaussian distribution (just memorize the bell curve). I'm a stats major so if you have any specific questions about how to solve a problem or something, just send me a PM and I'll help you out.

 

[MRZ8]

Everyone's different, but usually classes aren't enough, even for the 4.0 students. Be safe and use study materials (Destroyer, Bootcamp). You don't want to retake this test.

There was news of QR updates with introduction of stats in spring/summer 2015, when I took the DAT. I was too tired in the QR (last section) to remember if I had any stats, probably not.