Most Important Section of the DAT

[punchdrunk7]

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All schools have some areas that they thrive on (ex. UOP loves high PAT, some love high RC etc). But what is THE most important section???? I realize they are all VERY important. But some people, including myself want to see how fellow dental students view this.

 

[coolslugs]

all schools have some areas that they thrive on (ex. Uop loves high pat, some love high rc etc). But what is the most important section???? I realize they are all very important. But some people, including myself want to see how fellow dental students view this.

(bio+gc+oc) > rc, pat > qr

 

[Huskk]

(bio+gc+oc) > rc, pat > qr

Ah yep, TS #1

 

[CANgnome]

not AA?

 

[MrBeans]

My impression:

(BS, GC, OC = TS) > AA > RC, PAT >> QR

 

[ItalianPrincess]

dont most people have AA equal to their TS? mine was and just from being on SDN it seems that that's the most common trend

 

[peanutb123]

V has this data already

 

[CANgnome]

it seems most people have higher TS than AA to me O_O

 

[4thMolar]

It doesn't matter what we think, but what the dental schools think. But personally, I would put AA > TS > PAT = RC > QR. Of course this will differ with schools, but here is an attachment that somebody made (doctoothache?) which shows how each dental school views each individual DAT section.

 

[shahinc]

It doesn't matter what we think, but what the dental schools think. But personally, I would put AA > TS > PAT = RC > QR. Of course this will differ with schools, but here is an attachment that somebody made (doctoothache?) which shows how each dental school views each individual DAT section.

Thanks for sharing the document
Sorry to ask a stupid question but what is VI and what is SI ?

Thank you

 

[ItalianPrincess]

Thanks for sharing the document
Sorry to ask a stupid question but what is VI and what is SI ?

Thank you

very important and somewhat important 🙂

 

[shahinc]

very important and somewhat important 🙂

Thanks 🙂 I guess that makes sense.

 

[punchdrunk7]

More votes will help out the poll. But BIO and RC are most important it seems.

 

[DrTank]

ADA Stats for 2008-2009:

The importance attributed to eight types of DAT scores by United States and Canadian schools in the admissions process during the 2008-09 academic year.

AA>TS>RC>BIO>OC>GC=PAT>QR

 

[punchdrunk7]

Thanks for that info DrTank, I thought I have heard something along the same line.

 

[doc toothache]

It doesn't matter what we think, but what the dental schools think. But personally, I would put AA > TS > PAT = RC > QR. Of course this will differ with schools, but here is an attachment that somebody made (doctoothache?) which shows how each dental school views each individual DAT section.

The credit belongs to fodog at:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=700459

A modified version is at:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=657139

 

[Habbas]

well this sucks because i got bio 18, gc 24, oc 24 pat 20 rc 20 and qr 19 ughh damn bio

 

[Huskk]

Yeah, I agree that AA > TS. I just assumed that the thread was directed more towards sub-scores

 

[RedDevilDDS]

Yeah, I agree that AA > TS. I just assumed that the thread was directed more towards sub-scores

I think it should be TS > AA because AA includes QR...

 

[JBieber]

GC > rest > QR

because i got 30 in GC and 18 in QR.

 

[slm266]

Sorry all, but the correct answer was:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=657139