retake dat or research experience

[MS Janis]

Hi, I'm currently in a junior in college.
I have a bit low GPA 3.36 and average DAT AA 20 TS 20 PAT 21.
NYU is my first choice and I am going to apply next summer.
I just got one question. Which is better for my application: retaking DAT or doing a research in Oral Biology during next semester?
Please give any advice. Thank you in advance.

 

[Combine33]

Those scores are good so you don't need a retake. That GPA needs work so I would focus on that for sure.

 

[Rubberpulp]

I got in with a 3.39 and lower DAT. 6 interview invites, went to 5 and was accepted dec.2

 

[Blake1e]

Hi, I'm currently in a junior in college.
I have a bit low GPA 3.36 and average DAT AA 20 TS 20 PAT 21.
NYU is my first choice and I am going to apply next summer.
I just got one question. Which is better for my application: retaking DAT or doing a research in Oral Biology during next semester?
Please give any advice. Thank you in advance.

Why not both? If you think you can do better on the DAT then retake it. Research is a great EC and itll only take up about 5 or so hrs a week. But if time constraint is the issue then you should go for the research only and be sure to get good grades in your classes w/o having to stress yourself out by doing both the classes and studying for DAT.