Do I have a shot at this??

[Winner32]

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So I'm a Canadian student who took the american dat last April and scored the following:

16 bio
20 chem
19 orgo
18 pat
19 rc
15 qr
18aa
18ts

So I obviously knew I had to retake, especially since bio was low. So I retook the dat but this time wrote the Canadian version since the schools I called that take Canadians allowed the retake to be the cdat version. Anyways my scores are:

20 bio
20 chem
18 rc
17 pat
19 aa
20 ts

So while i dropped 1 point in both RC and pat (canadian percentiles for RC were brutal this year), I made significant improvement in bio and my chem score is decent too. Based on my gpa (3.4 cgp/sgpa) and dat, do I stand a chance for interviewing at schools like BU, UDM, NYU, Midwestern, ect.. with apps sent in early June? My Ecs are pretty good with club execs, tutoring, research, and a variety of other volunteer/work experience. I honestly dont want to write the dat a 3rd time, and even if i scored higher it won't look that impressive taking it 3 times in over a year.

 

[shwayne]

I wouldn't suggest taking the DAT a 3rd time, your increased your BIO score which will help.. Apply with what you have and try raising your GPA in the meantime.

Also, I would add Touro, Tufts and UNE to your list.

 

[Likkriue]

you will be fine. Since those are all private schools and they see you as a walking check.
They love Canadians because they are not obligated to give you any scholarships and thus will make you pay full tuition.

 

[Winner32]

I wouldn't suggest taking the DAT a 3rd time, your increased your BIO score which will help.. Apply with what you have and try raising your GPA in the meantime.

Also, I would add Touro, Tufts and UNE to your list.

I don't think I can apply to Tufts since they only take internationals if you've done undergrad in the states. Few years ago they used to take Canadians...

 

[DMDDDSHopeful]

You'll be fine. Your RC and PAT are a little too low, but I think you'll be able to land all the private schools like @Likkriue stated.

Use the following months to strengthen other areas of your app like EC, community involvement, shadowing, etc.

 

[Toothout]

You are fine! Focus on writing a great PS and straightening your ECs

 

[Winner32]

It's just my pat score that's keeping me up at night lol. Hopefully schools see past it. Also I know they take ur recent score but if they can look at my RC and pat from my previous adat attempt (which was higher), hopefully they'll see I've shown better in the past on those sections.

It would look more like 20bio 20chem 19rc 18pat. But yeah I'm definitely going to do my best to work more on ECs/shadowing and PS.