I Finished The Dat...breakdown

[bandzharian]

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Alright guys... Here is a full breakdown and it can't get better than this. First and foremost, I would like to thank every member of this site becuase being able to read other peoples remarks about the DAT helped me understand how the whole system really worked. I studied for 2 months... and having a girlfriend, it was not as easy as I thought it would be. I spend about 8-12 hours a day and started to study as soon as my kaplan coarse began. I never took the Kaplan full exams but I actually tried the subject tests that they had available on the website. two weeks into studying the kaplan book, I was recommended by a friend to buy the DAT Destroyer... This book helped me a lot becuase I was able to view things in ways I was never able to. DAT Destroyer rocks and I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to do good on this test. Thats basically all I used.. Kaplan bbook, DAT Destroyer, Kaplan flash cards, and Crack DAT PAT..

Crak DAT PAT is also another wonderful study tool I would recommend becuase when I started taking the tests.. I was scoring 14's.. but as time went on I scored better and better and got to a point that I scored 25!

Guys, study and put forth the effort and you should do good. If you don't put enough effort you wont get the scores you desire. I put a lot of time and basically hibernated in my room for 2 months. Oh ya.. i was also taking a class in summer at UCLA and also am taking now this quarter but everything is going to be a lot easier now that i am done with the DAT. If anyone one has questions please let me know.. Also, what are my chances in schools in California from those that have already applied or know.

SCORE:
PA 21 92.2%
QR 14 25.8%
RC 20 72.4%
BIO 24 98.7%
GC 23 95.0%
OC 23 94.3%
TS 24 99.3%
AA 21 93.0%

So guys once again.. I am a humanatarian and will be more than happy to answer any questions... GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!

 

[iverson3504]

congrats and great scores! of course hindsight is 20/20 but would you have studied any differently for QR now that you have taken the test? any suggestions for how to prepare for that section?

 

[211183]

Congrats buddy! wish me the same scores on Tuesday! Hope my hibernation pays of as well.

GL in your interviews

 

[klpennin]

Great scores! Congrats! Did u use anything other than Kaplan and Destroyer to study for BIO? Also, did u take any practice tests? TS or Achiever? If so, can u post the scores? Thanks, and again congrats!

 

[jdent]

great job 👍

 

[bandzharian]

Great scores! Congrats! Did u use anything other than Kaplan and Destroyer to study for BIO? Also, did u take any practice tests? TS or Achiever? If so, can u post the scores? Thanks, and again congrats!

Nope.. People recommended that I use Schaums and all this other stuff such as cliffs and Ap BIO something but I didn't... I am a Biology major and thought those two sources would be enough. As for Math, All i used was DAT destroyer and Kaplan... had I wanted to study math more I would have gotten this book that was recommended to me call MATH for GRE(something like that that has something to do with GRE.. I heard it is great and the girl I know who studied that got a 20 on math...) But once again.. Math is one of those things that you got to know or not.. I guessed the last 12 problems because I was running short of time.

 

[Mamona]

Congratulation excellent scores except for QR but who cares!!!!

 

[rdhdds1]

I actually have the GRE Math workbook and it is certianly worth the investment. If one has not had a formal math class in some time this book will certainly help refresh your memory bank.

Also, there are multiple websites out there for those that want extra resources.

 

[DDSguyLA]

dammmmmmmmmmmmmm...

congrats.

i hear Harvad Dental is lookin for ya...

haha


awesome job

 

[flampard]

goo job but ur TS score of 24 is impossible. with your sciense scores you have posted, uve got a total of 7 wrong answers in science and therefore thats a 23!

 

[I-Baby]

I understand that some ppl come on here and lie about scores, but why does someone always have to pull out a calculator and tell someone what their score should be? Folks need to relax. Is proving that someone's a liar that big of an issue? If they're a liar then so be it, but if not you look dumb....


😀 That irks me everytime I see it, and it only happens when its a 20+ score...


To the OP great job! Congratulations on killing it. Good luck with your apps!

 

[flampard]

for someone anonymous who posts fake scores in a anonymous poll is just hilarious. im not trying to humiliate someone here but cmon guys why lie about something like this!?, imagine some of these people become future dentists too😱! good luck to you all👍

 

[MattEvers]

for someone anonymous who posts fake scores in a anonymous poll is just hilarious. im not trying to humiliate someone here but cmon guys why lie about something like this!?, imagine some of these people become future dentists too😱! good luck to you all👍

That makes sense if you use the Kaplan scale, but is that the universal scale? It says estimated in the Kaplan book. I've seen people get a 30 in Gen Chem and according to the book, that is impossible (from how I understand it).

 

[flampard]

kaplan doesnt make sense in anything. ive got the ADA raw sheet for score conversions and it tells you exactly how many you have got wrong in each section.

 

[Dotoday]

Wow, congratulations, these are aweswome scores. What is your first choice of Dental school?

 

[bandzharian]

goo job but ur TS score of 24 is impossible. with your sciense scores you have posted, uve got a total of 7 wrong answers in science and therefore thats a 23!

Listen... I said I will help people out with any questions.. believe or not that is what my score is.. If you don't believe me i don't care because that doesn't change anything for me.. I just wanted to help people out and get some advice from some people.. if you spend 2 months in a room for 8-14 hours a day.. you would also score the same scores i hope.. other than that i don't know what to tell you.. and for bio... everyone keeps asking me.. i used DAT destroyer and Kaplan blue book and flash cards...

Thanks for the congrats to the others..

 

[211183]

kaplan doesnt make sense in anything. ive got the ADA raw sheet for score conversions and it tells you exactly how many you have got wrong in each section.

Estimating your score:
The next step is to convert your raw score to a standard score. The standard scores on the DAT are reported on a scale ranging from 1 to 30. The mean of the test is approximately 17 but varies from test to test, and test date to test date, depending on the distribution of ability in the persons taking each test.

FROM THE ADA WEBSITE.

 

[flampard]

good job on the scores no doubt... but i dont know what ur case was the they gave you a 24! i actually scored: Bio:24 Gchem:22 Ochem:26, and i pulled out a 23 in TS! i came home and checked on the stupid raw score sheet and apparently my average was a 23 in fact and i was disappointed, but i know the conversion sheet pretty well and the individual scores are what matter the most anyways! what state are u applyin from?

 

[eldirty]

great job!