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So I've been studying for my DAT now since the end of May, taking the Kaplan course, studying 3-5 hours a day most days of the week, but I'm still not doing well on practice exams. I just took the Kaplan midterm and got a 17 Bio, 16 GChem 18 Ochem, 18RC, 21PAT (93%), 12 QR, 17TS, 16AA. Not very good. I've struggled with math my entire life and I feel like it's not only completely irrelevant to dentistry or dental school, but really unfair. But there's nothing I can do to change that. I haven't quite finished my studying but I'd say I'm at about 80% as far as the material goes. I have a 3.35 GPA (screwed up freshman year... but have a really strong upward trend) and a 3.67 science. I have a lot of really good extracirriculars and manual dexterity examples, including volunteer firefighter for 3+ years, and a lot leadership experience. What are my chances, and what did you all do to overcome this slump and what can I do to try and improve, short of not leaving my house for the next month until the exam.