DAT done on july 17, should i retake?

[speedkdy]

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finally END, but i guess i have to retake it in october.

PAT: 24
QR: 19
RC: 15 wtf!!
BIO: 20
GC: 21
OC: 29
TS: 21
AA: 21

i thought i did bad on bio and gchem so by the time i was doing RC, i was too stressed to read the passagesduring RC (English is not my first language). so I couldn't read!!! also, i didn't really concentrate on QR (im a math major, didn't go below 22 on all practice tests)

used material: destroyer, kaplan, mcat examkracker bio, chem odyssey, topscore, achiever

bio: there were many questions i haven't heard about. but destroyer definitely helped. also used MCAT examkracker bio, and it had better reviews than kaplan in my opinion. somewhat helped on understand materials

gchem: not that hard. used kaplan and destoyer and i think it was enough

ochem: WOW! i was suprised when i got the result. didn't even take ochem 2 yet and took ochem 1 3 years ago. basically self-studied with destroyer and chemistry odyssey.

PAT: didn't do much. (a couple of tests from topscore). i find PAT the easiest in dat

RC: passages were okay, just ran out of time and had to guess about 10 questions!!

QR: again, many weird questions. didn't study much.

im canadian and applied to UMB, CASE, NYU, COLUMBIA, TUFTS, BOSTON, BUFFALO, HARVARD, UPENN, TEMPLE

i have gpa of 3.48(3.52 w/o) and sgpa of 3.43(3.48)

i know some school require certain score on every section, so im worried now. What do you guys think about my chances of getting in? is LOOOOOOOW RC really gonna hurt me?

 

[shane.]

Good to see you're representing for us Canadians out there.

Very impressive scores across the board. Whenever I see someone do as well as yourself in the sciences with a lower reading comprehension score, I think AdComms will take into account the fact that you obviously comprehend what it is that your read quite well.

On the other hand, it could have taken you quite a few times to read over the material before you grasped it (which I think is the norm for a lot of people).

Do you mind sharing your Topscore and Achiever test results?

Would you agree that the questions featured in the biology section were on a different level than those encountered throughout all your practice tests. Like more thinking into concepts and processes than direct answers.

Regradless, sit back relax and enjoy what's left of summer.

 

[speedkdy]

thanks for input.

Threre were many bio questions i have not looked into( probably like 4~5). however, the rest was decent. in my opinion, the questions on achiever and topscore ask too specific. i usually got 16~18 on topscore and achiever. i even got 13~14 on achiever. i was really struggling on classification where they ask you about a bunch of different invertebre details. but none of those weren't on my exam.

 

[D D S 2 B]

Hey...Good job 👍...You in a very good shape and don't have to worry about it....Good luck with the rest of the process...

 

[divad812]

hey nice scores !
dont even worry about RC your other scores are above average so it would not decrease your chances of getting in...
If they ask u during the interview just be yourself and tell them what happened. Othewise enjoy tthe rest of the summer!!!

 

[Dentalicous1234]

great job! what EK bio did you use? I have the 1001 EK bio. Is it worth going through?

 

[speedkdy]

i used the one with info, not 1001. so don't know about that

 

[IsRaEl21]

Amazing scores I really don't think that u should retake the exam over.
Wish u good luck.