DAT scores.. Advice please!

[sunflower8]

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Hi everyone,

I am finished taking the DAT and am not as happy with my scores as I would have liked.

PAT: 18
QR: 18
RC: 18
Bio: 22
GC: 23
OC: 21
AA: 20
TS: 22

I am happy with my science scores, but not so much the rest. I was doing really well on the CrackPAT and all of the practice exams I've taken but I ran out of time on the actual DAT (not sure why, nerves?) and didn't even get to pattern folding. I think I got discouraged and it affected the remainder of my testing.

I don't know if it would make sense to try and take it again, I am not really strong in QR to begin with and RC is really hit or miss for me (I was scoring between 17-25 on practive exams). But I am happy with my science scores. My GPA after this semester will be around a 3.68-3.7 for both cumalitive and science which I hope will help me. Of course I would love a shot at some of the more competitive schools but I'm a little discouraged by my scores. Advice would be very helpful 🙂

 

[sedlar23]

Those are pretty solid scores. I have almost identical stats. It all depends on where you are planning to apply whether you should retake in my opinion.

 

[ushaseos]

RC is the only worry point, but you are above cutoffs. Speak to your top picks and see if this would be fine with them. QR isn't a big deal. PAT can be but again speak to your specific picks to make sure an 18 in PAT isn't too big of a deal for them.

 

[JonLee]

Those scores are definitely pretty competitive for in state schools.

If your heart is set on a OSS, a retake wouldn't hurt.