Scale of DAT Topscore vs Real DAT

[Tracy47]

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Hi guys, maybe those of you who already took the DAT could help. With topscore, it seems like if you get 4 wrong, you're down to 21...and then even if you get one wrong that's a 28. So it's like if you get one wrong, it's -2. How is it scored on the real DAT? Is each question weigh differently?

 

[disruptor]

From my experience, topscore is the same compared to the real dat. It converts the number of right answers to a scaled score, so my 22 in BIO correlated to 37/40 on the real thing, as it would have in ts.

good luck


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20/20/19

 

[Richnator]

Hi guys, maybe those of you who already took the DAT could help. With topscore, it seems like if you get 4 wrong, you're down to 21...and then even if you get one wrong that's a 28. So it's like if you get one wrong, it's -2. How is it scored on the real DAT? Is each question weigh differently?

Don't worry too much about how many you must get right to get above a 20. Just do your best. Honestly, I just tried to do every question as fast as I can. I didn't care if I got a 19 or a 20, I just made sure I had enough time to finish the others. For those I was uncertain about, I'll mark it and come back later. By doing this strategy, I had 30 mins left over to review the hard questions and performed very well on the total science. This strategy I learned while doing topscore.

Good luck,
Rich

 

[firenoodle]

From my experience, topscore is the same compared to the real dat. It converts the number of right answers to a scaled score, so my 22 in BIO correlated to 37/40 on the real thing, as it would have in ts.

good luck


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20/20/19

i have a topscore from 2002 and i am trying some of the problems on it, i was woundering if the questions has gotten harder or if changed at all?