How is the dat scored

[smilez10]

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Hey guys...just starting my DAT prep and I'm curious to know how these scores are calculated. If I get 2 wrong in orgo, does that bring me down to a 26 already or what? And is every section the scored the same way ? just curious...getting nervous that the test is so close (3 months😱)

 

[Ari Rezaei]

It depends on which version of the DAT you get. All the tests are scaled differently according to their difficulty, so if you take a 'hard' version of the organic chemistry test, you can miss a few questions and still get a good score. If you take an 'easier' version, then you have to get more questions correct to get a higher score. They do this to standardize the tests, so it doesn't matter if you take the hard or easy test, you should theoretically end up with the same standard score.

And 3 months is a ton of prep time! You should be able to review everything you need to at least twice.

 

[smilez10]

Would like the easy one please ![emoji30]
Thanks I'll be prepping with your program as well...it's great help

 

[SDDDAT]

Here is an example of the scoring system they used in 2009...

 

[smilez10]

Wow one wrong brings you down to a 27/26 ... Thanks a lot for the information!


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