if i graduate and take DAT

[joonkimdds]

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I saw many post from people who graduated university long time ago.
Some of them were 30's.

sometimes I think that i need more time to prepare for DAT.
if I take DAT now, i would get score lower than 10.

then what if i graduate university first, then study for DAT without getting stress from school work or homework? I am pretty sure I can get very decent score if I do that.

my question is, do i get any disadventage if I do that?
and would dental school still require recommandations from professors?
I mean c'mon, some ppl graduate univeristy more than 10 years ago. I believe they don't even remember their professor's name.

 

[BentalScholar]

I saw many post from people who graduated university long time ago.
Some of them were 30's.

sometimes I think that i need more time to prepare for DAT.
if I take DAT now, i would get score lower than 10.

then what if i graduate university first, then study for DAT without getting stress from school work or homework? I am pretty sure I can get very decent score if I do that.

my question is, do i get any disadventage if I do that?
and would dental school still require recommandations from professors?
I mean c'mon, some ppl graduate univeristy more than 10 years ago. I believe they don't even remember their professor's name.

If you think you need that much work and effort for such an exam then you either do not know anything about the DAT yet or you are not qualified for Dental School as you will be in much more stress and there will be 10x more the work load that you will have tons of material to cover in little time. you are only studying the general things in science, that's excluding physics. All you need is 2 months to do well on the DAt. Do not worry about it now, just worry about everything else for your application: extrac, GPA, shadowing...

 

[tinman831]

Even applicants who graduated years ago have to go back to get LORs from their professors. Most applicants who are applying at a later age go back to take their prereqs first.

 

[henrygl]

graduate then study for 1.5 months right after you graduate and take the dat...it isn't that hard

 

[joonkimdds]

If you think you need that much work and effort for such an exam then you either do not know anything about the DAT yet or you are not qualified for Dental School as you will be in much more stress and there will be 10x more the work load that you will have tons of material to cover in little time. you are only studying the general things in science, that's excluding physics. All you need is 2 months to do well on the DAt. Do not worry about it now, just worry about everything else for your application: extrac, GPA, shadowing...

I haven't taken organic chemistry yet, english is my 2nd language, learned chemistry in community college, and haven't studied for DAT yet.

yeah i am not ready to take the exam but i will work hard on it. anyway i think 2months don't seem long enough to me 🙁 i expect to study 6 months at least just for DAT .... yeah i am not a smart guy.

 

[joonkimdds]

graduate then study for 1.5 months right after you graduate and take the dat...it isn't that hard

is that what u did?