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[JasonWest]

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Hello everyone, I just took the dat:

TS: 29
PA: 28
RC: 25
QR: 28

My GPA is a 3.9... I'm pretty happy with my scores. I know I could have dominated the RC, but I wasn't in this country for the last 4 years. I actually took the DAT on Wednesday. I was planning on applying to Harvard, but my last publication in JOC was 5 years ago. I have about 3000 hrs of Dental experience, but again that ended in 2004 . I served in the Peace Corps after I graduated from Berkeley so I am a little outdated. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks

 

[GiTsticker]

Some advice, please delete this thread.

 

[drpepper47]

you're joking, right?

 

[JasonWest]

I'm serious. I really had my heart set on Harvard. You think its a long shot huh?

 

[sixkiller]

.

 

[JasonWest]

Dental assisting? I thought I was clear in my post, I'm sorry maybe I should repeat myself for you... I have already done 3000hrs of dental experience: 1000 as an assistant and 2000 as a lab tech.

I subscribed to this website because I need serious advice. Again I have been away from the states for the last 4 yrs, and I am not updated.

 

[tdkyun]

lol I think I want a proof! That's insane.

 

[Talib]

1. Congrat on these scores buddy.
2. no one will take u seriously when u post these scores and ask for an advice, u should be giving advice to people on how to study 🙂. the only way that Harvard wont accept u is that when they c this post.
3. can u break down ur scores and how did u prepare for them ?
4.good luck

 

[JasonWest]

Thank you. I honestly learned a lot from classes as a undergrad, and kept amazing notes. I got a degree in Biochemistry and my research was in organic chemistry. I often reviewed my notes while serving. On the other hand, I love to read so the RC wasn't too bad. I think reading scientific reviews helped me a lot. I purchased crack the DAT as well as other full practice tests from the internet. Kaplans keyhole section is better than Crack the DATs (my opinion). I also would have a buddy of my make a series of 4 angles with a protractor that were 3 degrees apart (a total of 200 questions made on angles). The PAT was pretty bad. My eyes hurt like hell (excuse my language) after the DAT.

 

[tsitneD]

HARVARD has to accept you to keep their entrance class DAT average high...lol.

 

[JasonWest]

Im glad you think so.

 

[tsitneD]

are you a recent grad? if not are you in research or something? just curious

 

[nze82]

Hopefully the admins will remove this thread, when they see it.

 

[ttran9229]

I'm having to type this with my eyes close because those scores still hurt my eyes. Congrats!

 

[iwannabadentist]

fake.
gotta call BS on this one.

 

[JasonWest]

So I have noticed that people here believe that I am "faking" my scores. I will gladly meet anyone who wants proof, if they have a family member at Harvard who can give me advice. THANKS, I'm going to crawl into my hole again, and pretend to be a dentist!!!!. By the way I wish I was as cool NZE82, so I think I may quote my scores on every posting I make, and give advise.... I CANT WAIT TO BE A SENIOR MEMBER!!!!!

 

[mooshkhanom]

I hope NZE82 gets what I mean now!!!

 

[Kneecoal]

I hope NZE82 gets what I mean now!!!

😛

 

[UCB05]

So I have noticed that people here believe that I am "faking" my scores. I will gladly meet anyone who wants proof, if they have a family member at Harvard who can give me advice. THANKS, I'm going to crawl into my hole again, and pretend to be a dentist!!!!. By the way I wish I was as cool NZE82, so I think I may quote my scores on every posting I make, and give advise.... I CANT WAIT TO BE A SENIOR MEMBER!!!!!

No Harvard advice, just wanted to congratulate you on your awesome performance. Funny how a 25 in RC can look so low next to the other scores. Finished Berkeley in 2005 (MCB) also and will be taking the DAT in a few weeks. 3000 hrs experience is nothing to sneeze at, but compared to the rest of your qualifications, its starting t look like your 25 in RC too. Good luck!

 

[jay47]

Hello everyone, I just took the dat:

TS: 29
PA: 28
RC: 25
QR: 28

My GPA is a 3.9... I'm pretty happy with my scores. I know I could have dominated the RC, but I wasn't in this country for the last 4 years. I actually took the DAT on Wednesday. I was planning on applying to Harvard, but my last publication in JOC was 5 years ago. I have about 3000 hrs of Dental experience, but again that ended in 2004 . I served in the Peace Corps after I graduated from Berkeley so I am a little outdated. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks

The reason people don't believe you is because you are essentially telling us you have the highest DAT scores in the country and you say "I'm pretty happy with my scores" lol. When you saw your scores, you should have noticed the 100th percentile next to the academic average (which is likely 29) because that's exactly what it should have said (http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/dat_users_manual.pdf) check out page 33 with test score breakdowns.


You went to Berkely, have publications, were in the Peace Corps, and have a 3.9 and you want to know what advice everyone else can give you to get into dental school? I'm sorry, but it's hard to believe the most qualified applicant in the country is asking for help on SDN...

:troll:

 

[jay47]

So I have noticed that people here believe that I am "faking" my scores. I will gladly meet anyone who wants proof, if they have a family member at Harvard who can give me advice. THANKS, I'm going to crawl into my hole again, and pretend to be a dentist!!!!. By the way I wish I was as cool NZE82, so I think I may quote my scores on every posting I make, and give advise.... I CANT WAIT TO BE A SENIOR MEMBER!!!!!

...........?

 

[kapina]

im pulling the bs flag on this one..

 

[cyrano]

Those are some great scores. As far as advice goes... I would just say try to know your audience. This is especially important at interviews. Maybe read a few threads on the interview process and what interview admins are looking for from an applicant who they already deem academically qualified.

People here are just a bit surprised about you bursting onto the scene with very high scores and acting as if you're still just a bit disappointed because your English is rusty. If you'd read a few threads about DAT scores you could have easily predicted people's reactions to this post and then modified it to look a bit more charitable. Maybe offering people advice on the relevance of biochemistry to the DAT, since it seems to be your area of expertise, and also asking for advice about the application process which is more involved than just getting high marks.

Anyways, great job and good luck! Although I doubt you'll need it

 

[UCB05]

So I have noticed that people here believe that I am "faking" my scores. I will gladly meet anyone who wants proof, if they have a family member at Harvard who can give me advice. THANKS, I'm going to crawl into my hole again, and pretend to be a dentist!!!!. By the way I wish I was as cool NZE82, so I think I may quote my scores on every posting I make, and give advise.... I CANT WAIT TO BE A SENIOR MEMBER!!!!!

A little humility please....

 

[jay47]

If you are for real, then just be yourself at your interviews and write a good essay (shouldn't be too hard if you were in the peace corps....)I have no doubt you will get in.

 

[pbure9]

lolll.. this thread is a joke and so are you.

 

[GiTsticker]

This guy is obviously just trolling and is probably one of those recent posters who is pissed about people posting awesome scores and wanting advice. They made a new account so they could make up scores and troll.
:troll:

Wouldn't be surprised if this was mooshkhanom's second account.

 

[iwannabadentist]

So I have noticed that people here believe that I am "faking" my scores. I will gladly meet anyone who wants proof, if they have a family member at Harvard who can give me advice. THANKS, I'm going to crawl into my hole again, and pretend to be a dentist!!!!. By the way I wish I was as cool NZE82, so I think I may quote my scores on every posting I make, and give advise.... I CANT WAIT TO BE A SENIOR MEMBER!!!!!

seems like you have too much time on your hands to make an account on SDN and post fake scores. I would like proof. if you could please scan your unofficial score report from the prometric testing center, please black out your name and ssn. if ur not willing to do this, stop wasting everyone's time. members on this forum would agree that we should only spend time on people who are ACTUALLY struggling or have questions with the DAT. i hope the mods don't ban me for this, but i must say, get a life dude.

 

[Tommy43087]

what a douche

 

[dentalmon]

what an ass!..

 

[nze82]

This guy essentially sent me a private message asking me to believe his scores and respect his post. I told him, if he wants respect on his thread, he should post a copy of his scores here (As I have seen other "normal" people doing it before). Simple solution. Don't you guys agree?!
And what does he say in return?!
"I wanna meet you in person, so I can show you my scores"
WEIRDOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[doc1986]

This guy essentially sent me a private message asking me to believe his scores and respect his post. I told him, if he wants respect on his thread, he should post a copy of his scores here (As I have seen other "normal" people doing it before). Simple solution. Don't you guys agree?!
And what does he say in return?!
"I wanna meet you in person, so I can show you my scores"
WEIRDOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Yea that's a little creepy haha. Lock your doors =)

 

[nze82]

Is it me, or is this JasonWest guy the same dude as THINKOFMYFUTURE, coming up with a fake account to prove his point??
This is SOoOoOoOo pathetic if this is actually the same person!!

 

[americanpierg]

The reason people don't believe you is because you are essentially telling us you have the highest DAT scores in the country and you say "I'm pretty happy with my scores" lol. When you saw your scores, you should have noticed the 100th percentile next to the academic average (which is likely 29) because that's exactly what it should have said (http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/dat_users_manual.pdf) check out page 33 with test score breakdowns.


You went to Berkely, have publications, were in the Peace Corps, and have a 3.9 and you want to know what advice everyone else can give you to get into dental school? I'm sorry, but it's hard to believe the most qualified applicant in the country is asking for help on SDN...

:troll:

Based on his given scores, it would be impossible for him to have an AA of 29. His 25 and 28 already eliminates that chance. Plus the fact that a perfect score in one of the sciences doesnt necessarily mean a 30. His AA would probably be 27-28, if of course these scores are real. If they are, then he would have the highest/second highest DAT score this year.

 

[zoralsurgeon]

Hopefully the admins will remove this thread, when they see it.

nze - we sure do agree on 99% of everything lol...

 

[zoralsurgeon]

Is it me, or is this JasonWest guy the same dude as THINKOFMYFUTURE, coming up with a fake account to prove his point??
This is SOoOoOoOo pathetic if this is actually the same person!!

NZE! I WAS THINKING THIS SaME THING, and scrolled down, and you already did a screenshot! ahahhahahahahhahahahhaha! that IS HILAR!!!!

if this guy learned everything in undergrad, why the hell would he go for lab tech???? isnt lab tech only 2 yrs undergrad anyway?? this guy is full of a bunch of crap.....and is ticked about our other thread yesterday..ah ha ha. get a life dude!!!!!

 

[nze82]

NZE! I WAS THINKING THIS SaME THING, and scrolled down, and you already did a screenshot! ahahhahahahahhahahahhaha! that IS HILAR!!!!

The guy is a complete ******. He is so pissed he couldn't wait a couple of days to pull off his stupid prank, so that fewer people will become suspicious of him.
Also, a piece of advice to OP. Next time you decide to fake scores at least do some research about score breakdowns, corresponding %, etc.
Finally, to fake scores, you don't really have to aim that high. Greed is always a bad thing!!!
You could have stuck with 25-26 AA instead of shooting for 29-30. The effect would have been much stronger without making people suspicious.

 

[GiTsticker]

nze82 sounds well versed in the art of faking DAT scores. Haha

 

[sixkiller]

May as well just hijack this thread....

Isn't posting your DAT scores (all of them) kind of like a fingerprint?

What are the odds of having two DAT scores that are identical for every section?

Then at that point, it would be easy for adcoms to pin point who is who on SDN.....

 

[nze82]

nze82 sounds well versed in the art of faking DAT scores. Haha

I'm just saying. It's one thing to fake scores and a completely different thing to be delusional.
I mean even if you wanna lie about something, you wanna make it sound like you're saying the truth. Right?

Honestly, it's any day now, people start making posts saying hey guys I just took the DAT today and got an AA of 31. Any advice?!

 

[americanpierg]

May as well just hijack this thread....

Isn't posting your DAT scores (all of them) kind of like a fingerprint?

What are the odds of having two DAT scores that are identical for every section?

Then at that point, it would be easy for adcoms to pin point who is who on SDN.....

I'd say the chances are not so high, but then again, there are sooo many posts on here adcoms can't go through every one of them (i looked up a thread i posted in a week ago... it was already on the 9th page!). Why search through 1,000 posts within the last 2 months when only probably 2% of the applicants are using this website?

 

[nze82]

May as well just hijack this thread....

Isn't posting your DAT scores (all of them) kind of like a fingerprint?

What are the odds of having two DAT scores that are identical for every section?

Then at that point, it would be easy for adcoms to pin point who is who on SDN.....

Yea! And? Why is it such a big deal to keep your identity hidden from adcoms?

P.S. Did you finally hear anything from KAPLAN?

 

[sixkiller]

Yea! And? Why is it such a big deal to keep your identity hidden from adcoms?

P.S. Did you finally hear anything from KAPLAN?

Well, what about all that stuff we hear about facebook and myspace with respect to employers/adcoms, etc...

You never know how someone else might interpret something and in such a case, I guess better safe than sorry is a good approach. That's all.

Oh, and I have not heard anything from Kaplan. I guess what you said earlier does sort of make sense (the craigslist ad was from June 5th). Maybe they're fully staffed since school got out two weeks ago and most people have already signed up for DAT classes and what not.

I'll hold out another week or so, but living on visa credit and my savings is getting old! I may just have to go back to my old job (with knee pads) and beg for my crappy old job (*shudder*).

 

[keliao]

u r wasting every1' time!..delete!>

 

[JasonWest]

Hey guys,

It's good to see that NZE isn't posting his scores on every one of his posts. He actually was ignoring me and somehow found his way back to me. Anyways, I didn't mean to be condescending to anyone and was trying to be as genuine as possible in my posts. I think it's sad that so many people are so angry (especially NZE). Well, I'm actually going to Africa this weekend to help preserve some of the endangered wildlife so I'll try to keep in touch!

 

[Erhatstil]

Hey guys,

It's good to see that NZE isn't posting his scores on every one of his posts. He actually was ignoring me and somehow found his way back to me. Anyways, I didn't mean to be condescending to anyone and was trying to be as genuine as possible in my posts. I think it's sad that so many people are so angry (especially NZE). Well, I'm actually going to Africa this weekend to help preserve some of the endangered wildlife so I'll try to keep in touch!

just curious how you are going to do the whole application process while being in the african bush. i don't think you'll pick up any wifi signal in the sahara...so how will harvard get ahold of you? send a tribal messenger?

 

[ttran9229]

just curious how you are going to do the whole application process while being in the african bush. i don't think you'll pick up any wifi signal in the sahara...so how will harvard get ahold of you? send a tribal messenger?

No, I was thinking more advanced, like smoke signals. You gotta love technology.

 

[zoralsurgeon]

Hey guys,

It's good to see that NZE isn't posting his scores on every one of his posts. He actually was ignoring me and somehow found his way back to me. Anyways, I didn't mean to be condescending to anyone and was trying to be as genuine as possible in my posts. I think it's sad that so many people are so angry (especially NZE). Well, I'm actually going to Africa this weekend to help preserve some of the endangered wildlife so I'll try to keep in touch!

dude..go back to bed..dream a little more...you're lying out of your ***...so obvious..ridiculous....It is totally obvious that you are one of the guys from our thread yesterday...It's really mature of you to create another account to try ridicule someone (NZE)....get a life dude!!! Rather than waste your time making SDN accounts and bashing people, how about you use it to study for the DAT...and maybe you can pull some REAL scores that you can "show off"....since, according to you, that's what everyone does on here!!!......ciao