1. The site you quoted is not an official source and the only point they were making was that the number wrong can vary to scaled score based on your version of the test. There is no variance that drops your score from 30 to a 25 off a single question. Perhaps it is reassuring to tell yourself this to believe you did better than your score reflects because you were just "one question away" from a really high score. You weren't.
So that website is not an official source but you are? How about the 2007 ADA scaled scores then:
1 question wrong on general chemistry dropped the scaled score down to 25 and one question wrong on biology dropped the scaled score down to 26. So again, you are wrong, and the pompous manner in which you've written does not give you any credibility in my mind's eye.
And how does the 2009 practice test compare:
And what do you have it? 27 questions correct out of 30 gives a 22, and 28 right gives a 24 on the organic chemistry section. And guess what, 1 problem wrong on the general chemistry section lowered one's score to a 26. So even according to the 2009 scale, I got 2 questions wrong on biology, 1 on general chemistry, and 3 wrong on organic chemistry (2 without the error).
And that leads me to ask, why do you care so much about how well I did? What's more important is that there is an exam that pre-dental students take every year which will be a major factor in determining whether they will go to dental school or not, and all you seemed to be cared about is telling me that I'm "not as smart as I think I am," which only suggests to me that you have self-esteem issues over your own perceived intelligence, or lack thereof.
2. You just quoted a 2 point jump off a scale and somehow concluded off that you only missed one or two questions which is just you pulling numbers out of your ass that your actual score does not reflect. You think you did better than you actually performed, but making up invalid theories about the DAT scale doesn't change your actual performance. You are literally just speculating with no evidence behind it. No released scale provides the scores you got off of 1-2 questions wrong, or even close to it.
Weren't you the one who claimed that my 22 would go up to a 23 if I had one more problem right, and you have the temerity to accuse me of "pulling numbers out of my ass" when I cited Kaplan, the 2007 and 2009 practice test? Smh the nerve of some people...
I'll reiterate: it is far more likely that you were wrong than it is the DAT had multiple mistakes that would magically improve your score to a significantly high one. Your score is not going to be changed regardless so daydreaming about it is not productive. Very few people are capable of doing exceptionally well (27+ AA) on the DAT and you simply weren't one of them.
This entire thread reads like you trying to cope for not doing as well as you wanted on the DAT.
You must have missed the part of the thread where I said that I do not mind if my scores were changed or not, but only am frustrated that I have to pay $415 for an exam that will determine my future with the knowledge that there are errors no it. You have shown that you have no credibility whatsoever, so it would be best if you left this thread alone... It really amazes me the number of people over the age of 18 who are unwilling to admit that they're wrong, but we will see how far you will get in life with that attitude.
