DAT Finished... Opinions please

[btfred2]

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I finally finished the DAT and would like to know what you think about my chances. Here are the scores...

PAT 22
QR 16
RC 17
BIO 19
G CHEM 20
O CHEM 22
TS 20
AA 19

I don't know what happened on math and reading.. I had been getting 19s every time on each section. I even thought they were kind of easy. Must have fooled me. But how do you think my scores pan out? I'm a kentucky resident applying to Louisville and Kentucky, and Louisville is my number one choice.

 

[RMPredent2009]

Great scores, yeah your RC is a little low but everything is good besides that. What is your GPA if you don't mind me asking.

 

[btfred2]

My GPA was actually kind of low. Cumulative was 3.41 and science was a 2.9. Louisville told me that those were a bit on the low side but by no means would prevent me from being accepted. I also played a varsity sport (soccer) which resulted in almost a whole GPA point drop every season (fall). They seem to like the fact that I played collegiate sports though, but I don't know how it will pan out. Thanks for the opinions!

 

[Mrbubbles]

My GPA was actually kind of low. Cumulative was 3.41 and science was a 2.9. Louisville told me that those were a bit on the low side but by no means would prevent me from being accepted. I also played a varsity sport (soccer) which resulted in almost a whole GPA point drop every season (fall). They seem to like the fact that I played collegiate sports though, but I don't know how it will pan out. Thanks for the opinions!

hello, congrats on your DAT accomplishment! ur scores are good..not great but should get u some interviews i hope. what's great is that u are an athlete...schools like diversity and i can guarantee u that most science majors (majority of applicants) are not athetlets..so u r one step ahead..and that can explain ur lower gpa. apply to more schools too!

 

[DDS13]

hey congrats. can u plz post ur achiever and topscore scores in detail? im taking it very soon and i wanna see if the scores are comparable. thanks alottt

 

[btfred2]

I actually didn't use achiever or topscore. I just used Kaplan and I went through almost all of the DAT Destroyer book (I'm a procrastinator and work 40 hours a week so I didn't get all the way through the G. Chem). Also Crack DAT PAT was priceless (even though PAT score doesn't really matter). But I took the first and third Kaplan Full-Length tests and here were my scores:

Test 1 (One week before actual DAT)

BIO 19
G CHEM 21
O CHEM 23
PAT 21
RC 19
QR 19
TS 21
AA 20

Test 3 (2 days before DAT)
BIO 21
G CHEM 17
O CHEM 17
PAT (didn't do)
RC (didn't do)
QR 18
TS 19

Yes I freaked out when I got those scores two days before the test, so I started going over everything I could and stressed myself out. Because of that I thought that I was going to do poorly on the actual test, but I was still confident. You just have to treat it like you're going to do the best you can and it'll be over with before you know it.

 

[doc3232]

good job...btw: kaplan test 3 is VERY hard...that is why. If you asked about it, many people would have told you that.