Thoughts on how to sell high RC score?

[gsquared]

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I'm trying to think of the best way to explain my pleasantly unbalanced DAT score. I received a 21 AA with no section lower than 18.

Plot twist= I scored a 29 on RC

I wasn't an humanities major, and I didn't take much in the way of literature in college. I was a science major, but I was a writing tutor and won a couple of writing/literature prizes as an underclassman. I attribute my high scores to my love of books and consistent interaction with prose (I did a lot of copy editing as an undergrad and authored or coauthored a couple of scientific publications). Any thoughts on how to explain or "sell" this high RC score to ADCOM's?

 

[Confused1617]

I don't think they will even question this. Nonetheless, great score!

 

[DetermineDent]

Great job! I don't think you'll have to explain...

What was your strategy? Obviously I understand you have a strong reading background. But did you use the search and destroy method, did you read all of the passages, etc?

 

[Soleus715]

be honest. honesty is probably the best method for anything regarding interviews, as long as your passion for dentistry is genuine.

 

[gsquared]

Thanks--I'm hoping that ADCOM's are familiar with the work of Ball et al. (specifically The Relationship of Performance on the Dental Admission Test and Performance on Part I of the National Board Dental Examinations).

I did several practice tests and ended up with topics that I was familiar/passionate about on test day. I think this helped. If it helps others, I definitely used the S+D technique on questions that were simple and fact-based. For more complicated tone questions, I typically read more of the passage. I always looked at the questions first, and I don't think I read an entire section all the way through.

 

[PocketRocket]

The score it self is the pitch

 

[derbear]

They will probably reject you and tell you to apply to be the host of Reading Rainbow.

 

[WIinNC]

It sounds like your looking for a solution to a problem that doesn't exist... or you just like to write self-congratulatory posts.

 

[gsquared]

not really. I'm just wondering if it might be considered odd that my other scores aren't in this range. I really like reading.

 

[derbear]

not really. I'm just wondering if it might be considered odd that my other scores aren't in this range. I really like reading.

I'm telling you...this guy is cutout to be the next LeVar Burton.