Dat done! 9/27/08

[Taihenkoichi]

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Took the DAT today and i'm glad it's over. Here's the breakdown:

PAT: 17
QR: 17
RC: 24
BIO: 22
GC: 21
OC: 26
TS: 23
AA: 22



Bio: used Kaplan blue book, Kaplan MCAT books, Exam Krackers and Campbell. The questions on my test were straight forward, no tricks or surprises.

GC and OC: Used mostly Kaplan MCAT and Exam Kracker books. A few tricky questions here, but stay calm and you should be able to work though them.

QR: This section was really hard! I guessed on at least 12, so I was satisfied with a 17. Know your geometry!

RC: Thought this section was pretty easy. Quickly read each passage and wrote down 'buzzwords' pertaining to each paragraph. Sure enough they appeared in the question stems.

PAT: I really struggled here. The only resources I had was Kaplan and clearly that wasn't enough.


Science GPA 3.82
Non Science GPA 3.87

B.S. Biochemistry Minor in Music and Biology
30 Hours of shadowing with more in coming weeks.
300+ hours of bone research

What do you guys think my chances are for class of 2009? I am pretty worried about my PAT score, but I'm not sure how heavily it's weighed in the admissions process. Has anyone gotten interviews with average PAT scores? I applied to Temple, PENN, Maryland, NYU and Columbia. Thanks for the feedback!!

 

[Bruinlove]

You are in. 👍

 

[doc3232]

good job

 

[Chesnok]

Nice GPA, great score. Applying this cycle.

 

[Taihenkoichi]

Yeah I'm applied for this cycle...Should I consider retaking because of the PAT score, or is that not necessary?

 

[Pandawanda]

ur pat is ok, but everything else is SOO good! plus u don't wanan risk possibly going down a few points here and tehre if u retake cuz everything is so high already! (like oc).

with ur high gpa, ur major plus ur research..u'll get in for sure!! did u already apply..? lors in? secondary's and fees in?

 

[ZenoVT]

Very good scores dude! Great job!

 

[Taihenkoichi]

did u already apply..? lors in? secondary's and fees in?

Thanks! I hope you're right.

Submitted AADSAS 3 weeks ago, letters in, sending secondaries in this week.

 

[joedat41]

That orgo score is awesome! Great job!!!

 

[Albuterol]

solid scores bro! great job, you are in somewhere for sure.

 

[Taihenkoichi]

Does anyone know if any of the schools I applied to have PAT cutoffs at 17? This would suck majorly. I'd hate for this one score to hold me back.

 

[Taihenkoichi]

bump

 

[Sea of ASH]

dood you got a bomb ass GPA so dont trip... good job

 

[Taihenkoichi]

Thanks for the input, any word on the cutoffs for PAT?

 

[prydA]

are you serious

 

[Taihenkoichi]

are you serious

yeah I'm serious. I was under the impression that schools had cutoffs, Am I mistaken?

 

[allstardentist]

your chances are very good. good work on your DAT

 

[eldirty]

good work!

 

[Taihenkoichi]

Thanks!

 

[gentile1225]

AWESOME SCORES! forget the PAT, i think they'll overlook that especially with an amazing GPA. best of luck!