To all the people with "average" scores

[y0ssarian]

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I'm talking to people with 19/20/21 AA/TS. Don't stress so much! There's really no reason to worry. I felt a bit of panic after seeing a slew of SDNers with ridiculously awesome scores, but after reading the fifth or sixth post about 30 PAT or 28 TS, I realized that they're just a few people. I don't mean to take away from what they did, because they clearly rocked the DAT, but in the end, each of them is only one person, and each of them can only go to one school. There are over a hundred dental schools across the country, and thousands of spots open for pre-dent people. Although the top SDNers get tons of interviews, you'll get your fair share of interviews too.

Also, even with the good schools, you see average acceptance scores at 22/23 on AA/TS. Even if you think everyone at SDN is rocking a super DAT score, you still have a good shot at a good school. For every student getting in with a 25 AA, some guy's slipping in with a 19.

So don't stress out. Relax and be glad you're done with this test 🙂

 

[TeamGuo]

I'm talking to people with 19/20/21 AA/TS. Don't stress so much! There's really no reason to worry. I felt a bit of panic after seeing a slew of SDNers with ridiculously awesome scores, but after reading the fifth or sixth post about 30 PAT or 28 TS, I realized that they're just a few people. I don't mean to take away from what they did, because they clearly rocked the DAT, but in the end, each of them is only one person, and each of them can only go to one school. There are over a hundred dental schools across the country, and thousands of spots open for pre-dent people. Although the top SDNers get tons of interviews, you'll get your fair share of interviews too.

Also, even with the good schools, you see average acceptance scores at 22/23 on AA/TS. Even if you think everyone at SDN is rocking a super DAT score, you still have a good shot at a good school. For every student getting in with a 25 AA, some guy's slipping in with a 19.

So don't stress out. Relax and be glad you're done with this test 🙂

actually there's just over 50... where are you getting the hundreds from....

 

[ksksks]

i am sure lots of ppl achieve 30 in at least 1 section -_-;; people have their strengths

 

[0dental0]

lol i have 4 friends that took it and not a single one is worried about getting rejected with a 19, me on the other hand have some problems. Also you can go to the adea website and it should the percentage of people that score what and trust me the most people are not getting 30's. the average still a 17 but acceptance average is hovering around a 19 . so while people with 19 and 20 need to chill out and get ready for dental school i have to retake my dat and get at least that . good luck to all

 

[y0ssarian]

actually there's just over 50... where are you getting the hundreds from....

You're right, I just looked it up and there's only 50 something. I swear I saw the number 106 somewhere before though =/ Way to cut everyone's chances in half!

 

[DRHOYA]

55 schools participate in AADSAS, and I think a few more in the Texas application service.

 

[kangyc]

You're right, I just looked it up and there's only 50 something. I swear I saw the number 106 somewhere before though =/ Way to cut everyone's chances in half!

Okay, now we can go back to panicking! 😱