How many times can you take the DAT?

[hallwe]

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How many times is too many times to have taken the DAT? Do schools look at that? Is it good or bad. How will they look at it?

 

[tinker bell]

I know a guy who have taken it 3 times. The last three times are in the same year (2002). 🙁

 

[savvysearch]

The DAT book says "A candidate can apply and retake the test as many times as the candidate wishes"..."the results of the 4 most recent DAT's are released on the official transcript of scores and forwarded to dental schools"

 

[tinker bell]

I mean I know the guy who has taken it 4 times and the last 3 times were in the same year of 2002😛

 

[TechDent]

you can take it as many times as you want you just have to wait three months in between attempts. However I think I read on some dental school webpages that they prefer you only take it 2 times. However I dont know how valid that statement is. You may want to check with the individual dental schools you are interested in.

 

[pumpkins90]

savvysearch is right.
You can take the DAT as many times as you wish. I took it 4 times before getting accepted. None of the schools i interviewed with cared how many times i took it.