DAT retake or Gamble

[piousdent]

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Hello everyone,

I just graduated with a Biology degree and got rejected to dental school two years ago. I have a low GPA so i was hoping I could kill the DAT and force my way in that way but all has failed. My DAT scores to me were average I was okay with them although I was aiming for the sky.
My scores:
OC 25
BIO 21
GC 22
PAT 20
RC 19
QR 18

I feel like I could have gotten all better than that, especially considering I have 5 years of undergrad experience.

My question, is can I take the DAT without any school knowing and send them my scores only if I do better than my current scores. Or will my scores get sent automatically. I feel somewhat confident that I could do better in most sections. My plan is to send my application with my current scores and then rewrite and dependng on how i do I will decide whether to send new scores or just not tell them essentially. But i am not sure if schools will find out. Would they ?? PLEASE help me out, any advice advice is appreciated !

 

[yoRo]

Hello everyone,

I just graduated with a Biology degree and got rejected to dental school two years ago. I have a low GPA so i was hoping I could kill the DAT and force my way in that way but all has failed. My DAT scores to me were average I was okay with them although I was aiming for the sky.
My scores:
OC 25
BIO 21
GC 22
PAT 20
RC 19
QR 18

I feel like I could have gotten all better than that, especially considering I have 5 years of undergrad experience.

My question, is can I take the DAT without any school knowing and send them my scores only if I do better than my current scores. Or will my scores get sent automatically. I feel somewhat confident that I could do better in most sections. My plan is to send my application with my current scores and then rewrite and dependng on how i do I will decide whether to send new scores or just not tell them essentially. But i am not sure if schools will find out. Would they ?? PLEASE help me out, any advice advice is appreciated !

please...stop...lol you know you don't have to retake it. no need to fish for attention

 

[lr2014]

please...stop...lol you know you don't have to retake it. no need to fish for attention

Actually the OP might have to retake it, some schools don't want scores older that 2 years.

 

[yoRo]

what is ur GPA OP?

 

[piousdent]

Don't mean to stick it to you - or everyone else for that matter. But my GPA is horrendous. In my first two years my GPA was around 2.5. My GPA - strictly for the last three years - is a 3.60 cumulative. But together I can't add the GPAs because one of my schools are Canadian. To further hinder my chances, i did zero undergrad research. I wanted to kill the DAT, but i fared well. But can I retake without hurting my chances if I do bad ????

 

[piousdent]

first two years: 2.5 ....Just my last 3 years: 3.6 ....but both are cumulative and I took a load of electives. What do you think?

 

[piousdent]

I am new to this forum...can you please define OP ?

 

[Moka11]

I am new to this forum...can you please define OP ?

Opening post......referring to you