Redo DAT or apply without the redo?

[TicTacQueen]

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Hey Guys, so I applied to a few schools this cycle (pretty late too) and I've only got one interview so far. So I was wondering if this cycle doesn't work out, should I redo my DAT? cuz I did horribly in QR but I have no idea if its thats a make or break for schools. So here are my scores.

AA 20
PAT 20
QR 14
RC 28
Bio 21
Gen Chem 20
Orgo 19
TS 20

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks

 

[kponenation]

Hey Guys, so I applied to a few schools this cycle (pretty late too) and I've only got one interview so far. So I was wondering if this cycle doesn't work out, should I redo my DAT? cuz I did horribly in QR but I have no idea if its thats a make or break for schools. So here are my scores.

AA 20
PAT 20
QR 14
RC 28
Bio 21
Gen Chem 20
Orgo 19
TS 20

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

Your score looks pretty much like mine except QR and RC.
If I don't get in, I'm going to retake. 20 is good but it's like an average score nowadays. It doesn't stand out.

 

[dentista123]

Your score looks pretty much like mine except QR and RC.
If I don't get in, I'm going to retake. 20 is good but it's like an average score nowadays. It doesn't stand out.

In my opinion, 20 is good for someone with a 3.4+

Anything GPA below that and you want to stand out more with a higher DAT.

 

[TicTacQueen]

well my gpa is around 3.3 (didn't do the greatest in my first year but 3.6-3.9 after that) but my master's gpa is currently 4.0 and i'm finishing up in a few months. I have a lot of research experience, published paper, bunch of ECs, and shadowing. I mean, it would suck if I redid the DAT and...did worse.

 

[21BlackJack]

I have very similar scores but your RC is way above mine and I got 6 interviews so I think you should be ok, unless you are looking at Harvard.

 

[jj007]

Beside your QR, your DAT scores look fine. I don't think you should retake it and risk getting a worst score. I believe that you applying late might be more of the reason why you did not get that many interviews. I would suggest that you apply EARLY for next cycle.