DAT 21 Low RC What should I do?

[hope1313]

---

Members don't see this ad.

I took the DAT today
I got
BIO 20
OCHEM 29
GCHEM 22
PAT 20
QR 19
RC 16🙁

TS 22
AA 21

I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD CONSIDER RETAKE... MY PREFRENCE IS CA SCHOOLS BUT I APPLIED FOR NOVA, BUFFELO, TUFT, ARIZONA TOO...
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOU OPONIAN! I AM ESL AND I DON'T KNOW IF BY RETAKE I CAN DO BETTER ON RC!!!!!!

ANY COMMENT ON MY SCORES !
THANK YOU ALL!

 

[dent2009]

Nice scores except RC. I'd give it a go this cycle and see what happens. Maybe you'll get interview invites for private schools.

 

[rdhdds1]

I took the DAT today
I got
BIO 20
OCHEM 29
GCHEM 22
PAT 20
QR 19
RC 16🙁

TS 22
AA 21

I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD CONSIDER RETAKE... MY PREFRENCE IS CA SCHOOLS BUT I APPLIED FOR NOVA, BUFFELO, TUFT, ARIZONA TOO...
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOU OPONIAN! I AM ESL AND I DON'T KNOW IF BY RETAKE I CAN DO BETTER ON RC!!!!!!

ANY COMMENT ON MY SCORES !
THANK YOU ALL!

Nice scores. RC of 16 is gonna hurt even though you are ESL. Think about it. One has to do a butt load of reading in dental school and I am sure the schools want to know that you can keep up with the pace.

Call the schools you are interested and see what they think. Also, if you are considered a minority then apply to those schools. Private might be better than public as they are sometimes more forgiving.

Best of luck to you and congrats again.