DAT exam easier during different times of year?

[ihave1question]

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Any thoughts on this? My dentist works for the ADA and he told me that during certain parts of the year the DAT is easier. Anybody know if this is true?

 

[coldicecream]

seriously?? i don't understand why that would be true. It's not like the MCAT where they're graded on percentile

 

[ihave1question]

seriously?? i don't understand why that would be true. It's not like the MCAT where they're graded on percentile

I'm super skeptical of it. Just wondering tho

 

[princeafrica]

I thought the DAT was graded based on how people did in the past on that particular test you are taking. So how hard ADA thinks the exam is is based on how people have done over the year.

If your dentist is right, I would predict that it is harder maybe in the summer. Since most people will want to take the DAT when they have the most amount of time in the summer. People will tend to score higher if they have a lot of time to dedicate to the exam.

 

[yasc]

yeah I highly doubt that, I took the DAT twice and it felt very similar both times.

 

[yasc]

I thought the DAT was graded based on how people did in the past on that particular test you are taking. So how hard ADA thinks the exam is is based on how people have done over the year.

If your dentist is right, I would predict that it is harder maybe in the summer. Since most people will want to take the DAT when they have the most amount of time in the summer. People will tend to score higher if they have a lot of time to dedicate to the exam.

I don't think that makes the test harder it just makes it so you have to get more questions right in order to get into a certain percentile.

 

[princeafrica]

I don't think that makes the test harder it just makes it so you have to get more questions right in order to get into a certain percentile.

Ya! That's another way of explaining it. But they don't use percentile anymore so that's why I didn't mention them

 

[deleted678432]

no