Red Flags? any ideas?

[grandpa]

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I think the only conclusions that might be drawn are that if your DAT and GPA are above the average accepted for your school of choice (in state), then you have a very good chance. Unfortunately, that seems to apply to only half the accepted applicants.

I have noticed people making assertions and admonitions concerning DAT scores and GPAs. One fellow says anything below a 16 on any section is a "Red Flag". Does anyone have any definate source on what is accepted or definately rejected?

Perhaps it's not all that precise or under control. It would be nice to know if there is statistical analysis available of all accepted scores, GPAs. I have seen an article about limited correlations of DAT scores with future performance on other tests. Obviously, the data used for selection is interpreted in slightly different ways. Each class seems to be less than 100 and the average accepted DAT is sometimes given but not the SD.

 

[msf41]

Grandpa I'm thinking ADCOMS don't think in terms of standard deviations much. I do know that there are some threshold levels that guarentee interviews. For instance UMKC told me that they guarentee interviews to any student with GPA > 3.4 and DAT >18.

Good question about the red flags. I dunno. I wonder if they have a scoring system that says if you have 3+ red flags for different reasons...you are out??

 

[Sprgrover]

Some schools, such as UOP, do have minimum thresholds for DAT scores (16) while others give ball-park figures. For what it is worth, I received a 15 on the QR section - by far my lowest score (I knew it was going to be my lowest, but not that low!). So far I have gone to two interviews and it has not come up at all. In fact, during my first interview I was told that I am going to be able to cherry-pick the school that I will attend. As far as statistics and what not, I would examine each school's website and/or contact them directly. If you would like some information dealing with how much emphasis is placed on each component, i.e. gpa, particular sections of the DAT, etc., Barron's has several good tables outlining this in their guide to Medical and Dental schools.