saba and DAT

[stanciuc]

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i was just wondering if it would be a good idea to send them my DAT scores. Also, in my personal statement should I mention anything about having taken the DAT?

 

[McGillGrad]

If you scored well, then mention it for sure.

This might help because in many US/Canadian medical schools the dental and medical students take courses together for basic sciences.

 

[BSRADSCI]

I totally agree with McGillGrad

 

[Top Gun]

If you scored well, then mention it for sure.

This might help because in many US/Canadian medical schools the dental and medical students take courses together for basic sciences.

I don't know. If the OP sends his/her DAT scores, it might look like he or she is not fully committed to medicine. The admissions committe might see the scores and wonder, "Why did he/she take the DAT if he/she wants to do medicine?" It might look more like the OP was undecided between medicine and dentistry as a career.

 

[McGillGrad]

I don't know. If the OP sends his/her DAT scores, it might look like he or she is not fully committed to medicine. The admissions committe might see the scores and wonder, "Why did he/she take the DAT if he/she wants to do medicine?" It might look more like the OP was undecided between medicine and dentistry as a career.

The DAT covers the exact same material, plus some visual items. It is a confirmation that you know the material.

There are a few people I know that took the GMAT, LSAT and MCAT at the same time. They were just covering all of the bases.

 

[Meatwad]

OP, you did take the MCAT as well, right...

I think it'd look lame if you only had the DAT. I agree with MGG on the material of the DAT being relevant, though. It does lack a physics section and a writing sample, and compensates with math and some pattern recognition and puzzle crap.

A hybrid of the MCAT and DAT would be ideal. The DAT covers balls-out memorization, which is alot of what med school consists of. The MCAT is more understanding new ideas from reading passages and being able to translate those to answering questions. Both skills are important for med school. The MCAT has barely any discrete questions these days.

 

[Top Gun]

OP, you did take the MCAT as well, right...

I think it'd look lame if you only had the DAT. I agree with MGG on the material of the DAT being relevant, though. It does lack a physics section and a writing sample, and compensates with math and some pattern recognition and puzzle crap.

A hybrid of the MCAT and DAT would be ideal. The DAT covers balls-out memorization, which is alot of what med school consists of. The MCAT is more understanding new ideas from reading passages and being able to translate those to answering questions. Both skills are important for med school. The MCAT has barely any discrete questions these days.

If a hybrid of the MCAT and DAT was created, would the visual perceptual skills section be kept? It would be important, I suppose, to assess the perceptual skills of a prospective dental student, because in the future they will be working inside the mouth, which is a small space. But for medicine, not all specialties necessarily require skills in visual perception. There are some that do, like radiology or surgery, maybe, but others (family practice, pediatrics, etc...) not so much.

 

[Meatwad]

If a hybrid of the MCAT and DAT was created, would the visual perceptual skills section be kept? It would be important, I suppose, to assess the perceptual skills of a prospective dental student, because in the future they will be working inside the mouth, which is a small space. But for medicine, not all specialties necessarily require skills in visual perception. There are some that do, like radiology or surgery, maybe, but others (family practice, pediatrics, etc...) not so much.

I've heard that almost no schools actually care about the perceptual parts. Some schools supposedly don't even look at it when they take a look at your application. They are far more concerned with academic skills than perception skills. For the most part, that type of stuff can be learned (although, so can study skills and memorization techniques, I suppose).