How do you calculate your DAT score?

[ramin123]

Hi,

I have read that the ADA has made mistakes in the past with calculating DAT scores--- does anyone know how the AA ans TS is calculated?

Thanks

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[somethinpositiv]

Hi,

I have read that the ADA has made mistakes in the past with calculating DAT scores--- does anyone know how the AA ans TS is calculated?

Thanks

it is what it is son, it is what it is.

 

[oreoson]

Academic average is the average of QR, RC, bio, chem, and org chem.
TS is based on 100 questions in bio, chem, Org chem.
I heard ADA made a mistake in the averaging process for some applicants, but I think schools also consider individual scores with more emphasis on sections like Bio and reading with more emphasis. So you shouldn't worry about it.

 

[klutzy1987]

I think schools also consider individual scores with more emphasis on sections like Bio and reading with more emphasis. So you shouldn't worry about it.

I dont think that schools consider bio or reading any more than the next section. If this were the case I dont think I would have received some of the interviews that I did cuz I really f----d those sections up.

 

[achilles2]

I dont think that schools consider bio or reading any more than the next section. If this were the case I dont think I would have received some of the interviews that I did cuz I really f----d those sections up.

a 19 in bio that isn't that bad, but the reading comp yeah you **** the bed on that one....I'm sure your QR section mitigated it a bit since it shows good reasoning ability, + at the end of the day a 22 is a 22.

At most of my interviews I was getting praised for a 30 in orgo when I thought a 29 in bio was more impressive since I havn't seen people get that kind of score in biology often and I've seen a few people post 30's in orgo. Admissions vary I guess I don't think there is a real solid rhyme or reason.

 

[klutzy1987]

a 19 in bio that isn't that bad, but the reading comp yeah you **** the bed on that one....I'm sure your QR section mitigated it a bit since it shows good reasoning ability, + at the end of the day a 22 is a 22.

At most of my interviews I was getting praised for a 30 in orgo when I thought a 29 in bio was more impressive since I havn't seen people get that kind of score in biology often and I've seen a few people post 30's in orgo. Admissions vary I guess I don't think there is a real solid rhyme or reason.

I knew going in that Bio was going to be a crapshoot, because i sorta BS'd my way through bio 1 ans i didnt remember anything. I taught the entire thing to myself from scratch and then just hoped to get an easy bio section. I was hoping for a 20 but i really cant complain about the 19 it is what i deserved. The RC really bothers me because I can read lol but I got pinoed and got frustrated and just lost my cool on that stupid section. Oh well. I guess schools consider all secions and dont weigh oe section more than the next.

 

[shinbone86]

haha,
bio is a dumb section that doesn't really test how good a test taker is. it's pure memorization. i spent more time studying for bio than prolly for the other sections, but only got an 18. i am a biochemistry major but i never studied ecology, animal behavior, evolution, and the other bio sections. maybe if i was bio major or had taken AP bio in high school, that section would have been cake.