Please ease my mind

[Allaboutteeth5]

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Taking the dat august 25th this is the earliest I can retake since it's a retake application and secondaries are all submitted. Will I be okay taking it that dat?? I'm so nervous it's late.

 

[FeralisExtremum]

What's your GPA and your current DAT score?

 

[Allaboutteeth5]

What's your GPA and your current DAT score?

Current dat 18 but indicated on my app and secondaries I am retaking GPA is 3.2

 

[FeralisExtremum]

It's later than ideal, but it's better than nothing (with your current DAT + GPA admissions is a long shot so it's good you're retaking even if it is late). Make sure your application indicated the future planned DAT date so you can update schools with the unofficial scores ASAP.

 

[Allaboutteeth5]

It's later than ideal, but it's better than nothing (with your current DAT + GPA admissions is a long shot so it's good you're retaking even if it is late). Make sure your application indicated the future planned DAT date so you can update schools with the unofficial scores ASAP.

I honestly feel like august isn't too late. A lot of the schools I applied to don't start interviews until September or October. But I'm hoping taking the whole summer will be very helpful

 

[FeralisExtremum]

I honestly feel like august isn't too late. A lot of the schools I applied to don't start interviews until September or October. But I'm hoping taking the whole summer will be very helpful

You're retaking it at the end of August, realistically those scores aren't official until early September. The fact that schools start interviewing in September or October is irrelevant to whether or not you are specifically late - admissions are rolling. The candidates being interviewed in those months applied much earlier and their applications were reviewed and considered much earlier. Right now you're being considered anyway with your current stats (which don't have a high chance of admission) and won't be updating with something better until late in the cycle - which means (if the DAT retake goes well) you'll be looking at later interviews, most likely post-December.

 

[Faefly]

Why do you want us to ease your mind?
You are retaking the test, you have already submitted the application and everything.
The only thing left for you to do is to work very hard and try your best to score well.

We can't help you. Nobody can help you but you.

DAT is a mental war. If you are prepared well, that's half of the war, the other half is to fight the one inside you that telling you won't make it!

I hope you do very well on your 2nd try, even if you are late, if you do well, that will enhance your chances later on if not this cycle then the next.

Best of luck!