DAT scoring, and Percentiles...How do they work?

[Rook]

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Hey All,

I was wondering how the DAT scoring worked.
Is it based on Percentiles? For example, a 97 percentile is 24
Or.....is a score of 24, answering 27 questions correctly out of 30?
Which would mean that somebody how scored 19 with a 93 percentile compared to someone who took the DAT on a different date and scored a 19 and an 80 percentile would be looked at the same by dental schools?
THanks for the input
ROOK

 

[Hannamsm]

I believe it's all based on adjusted scales depending on the hardness of the problems...I may be mistaken though. I know that's how Kaplan does it becuase percent correct really doesn't correspond to the correct value.

 

[Rook]

I believe it's all based on adjusted scales depending on the hardness of the problems...I may be mistaken though. I know that's how Kaplan does it becuase percent correct really doesn't correspond to the correct value.

Interesting...thanks!
Any other thoughts are really appreciated!!

 

[whiskeysour]

just do your best, that's all you can do.

 

[food4thots]

don't worry at the percentile, d.schools don't see them.

 

[ASU-devil]

don't worry at the percentile, d.schools don't see them.

That's actually not true. One school said to me they were concerned in one area of mine because I scored in the low 70th percentile.

 

[food4thots]

from what i know.. ADA sends the dental schools the scores only and not the percentiles. unless this has changed.

 

[organichemistry]

That's actually not true. One school said to me they were concerned in one area of mine because I scored in the low 70th percentile.

It is possible they took your scaled score, say, 19 on a section and then generically guesstimated that to be low in the low 70's percentile.