DAT scores average

[baldy12]

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I am confused as to why people say a DAT score of a 20 is average. it is top 14%, wouldn't an average dat score be an 18 which is about 40%? only about 25% or fewer schools actually have average DATS of 20+ anyway so a 20 isn't even an average score for the people that apply to dental school, even the enrolled students dont have an average of a 20?

 

[dentist707]

I am confused as to why people say a DAT score of a 20 is average. it is top 14%, wouldn't an average dat score be an 18 which is about 40%? only about 25% or fewer schools actually have average DATS of 20+ anyway so a 20 isn't even an average score for the people that apply to dental school, even the enrolled students dont have an average of a 20?

20AA is more likely 17-18%...
Yep, the national ave of DAT is 17 but I think people on SDN saying 20 average meaning AVERAGE DAT score of aceepted applicants...
I know Predents.com doesn't represent whole applicant pool but quite useful & most of school's accepted applicants DAT is about 20...
And for some state school might have lower DAT ave like 18ish but they have to accept state residents who might lower average score...
So, it's not applicable to Out-of-staters...

 

[baldy12]

the chart says top 14% though, and when i got my grade it said the same thing 86.5 percentile. and im looking at the aadsas book. where do you get your dat information that a 20 is 17-18%?

 

[Valigator00]

A lot of schools have aa of 20. I could care less what the national average for dat is since many of those people do not get accepted. I just compare the dat trends of accepted students. Predents.com gives a reasonable estimate.

 

[doc toothache]

That would come under the heading of exaggerations. The mean DAT score for the 2008 entering class was ~19.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=602109

A lot of schools have aa of 20. I could care less what the national average for dat is since many of those people do not get accepted. I just compare the dat trends of accepted students. Predents.com gives a reasonable estimate.

If by "a lot" you mean 13 with mean dat scores of 20 and above, then you are right.

 

[UCfan]

If by "a lot" you mean 13 with mean dat scores of 20 and above, then you are right.

Doc toothache, I want to ask you a question.
Why do not school web pages correspond to Adea offical handbook? For instance UW webpage says their AA is 21(same think is for USC and many others). I do not understand the reasoning of this inconsistency.

 

[Waitlisted2009]

rounding

 

[UCfan]

If you round 19.3, it is 19 (not 21).

 

[doc toothache]

Why do not school web pages correspond to Adea offical handbook? For instance UW webpage says their AA is 21(same think is for USC and many others). I do not understand the reasoning of this inconsistency.

Perhaps the webmasters and ADEA received different memos. In the case UW you may be looking at the class entering 2005 and 2006. The figures given in the 2009 ADEA Guide are for the entering class of 2008.

http://www.dental.washington.edu/education/prospective_students/admissions.php

 

[UCfan]

Perhaps the webmasters and ADEA received different memos. In the case UW you may be looking at the class entering 2005 and 2006. The figures given in the 2009 ADEA Guide is for the entering class of 2008.

http://www.dental.washington.edu/education/prospective_students/admissions.php

Thanks a lot for your explanation (you are right).

 

[Valigator00]

That would come under the heading of exaggerations. The mean DAT score for the 2008 entering class was ~19.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=602109




If by "a lot" you mean 13 with mean dat scores of 20 and above, then you are right.

Yes I am right 😎!

 

[doc toothache]

Yes I am right 😎!

👍

 

[baldy12]

20AA is more likely 17-18%...
Yep, the national ave of DAT is 17 but I think people on SDN saying 20 average meaning AVERAGE DAT score of aceepted applicants...
I know Predents.com doesn't represent whole applicant pool but quite useful & most of school's accepted applicants DAT is about 20...
And for some state school might have lower DAT ave like 18ish but they have to accept state residents who might lower average score...
So, it's not applicable to Out-of-staters...

anyone who can answer this please do, my question is that how is dentist 707 AA score of a 20 a 82 percentile when mine is a 86.5 percentile. if its a standardized test the scores always stay the same with percentile. the ada website says the same thing a 20 is a 86.4 percentile, so how could someone elses 20 be a 82 percentile? that is raw score and percentile site.
http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/raw_score_conversions.pdf

 

[dentist707]

anyone who can answer this please do, my question is that how is dentist 707 AA score of a 20 a 82 percentile when mine is a 86.5 percentile. if its a standardized test the scores always stay the same with percentile. the ada website says the same thing a 20 is a 86.4 percentile, so how could someone elses 20 be a 82 percentile? that is raw score and percentile site.
http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/raw_score_conversions.pdf

It varies year by year coz it denpens on how people do it...
I found a thread showing in 2005 20AA was above 90%...
BTW, why is that so much important?
You don't get in school by percentile but by score....

 

[doc3232]

anyone who can answer this please do, my question is that how is dentist 707 AA score of a 20 a 82 percentile when mine is a 86.5 percentile. if its a standardized test the scores always stay the same with percentile. the ada website says the same thing a 20 is a 86.4 percentile, so how could someone elses 20 be a 82 percentile? that is raw score and percentile site.
http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/raw_score_conversions.pdf

Your score is all that matters. Your percentile doesn't. I know ADA is VERY fair so I am sure that the percentile difference is insignificant even if it does not seem so.

 

[ArmyDDS2013]

Who cares what the average is, just try to get the best score you can. Percentiles don't count as anything on the DAT. That influences the scores very subjectively that is why only the raw score matters.

If you got a 17, you can still get in somewhere if you have a good gpa and vice versa.

 

[Aceofspades]

It appears some schools are using TS instead of AA on their website, perhaps to inflate their actual score.