I would definitely make some phone calls, you are not going to like this, but 14 is below the cutoff for most schools. Before wasting a lot of time and money do your research. Your other scores were on track, what happened in QR?
As far as I know, only Buffalo has that specific cutoff out of the dozen schools that I'm applying to. I met the criteria for all of the other one since they required the cutoff only on the academic average; AA, TS, and PAT. I definitely will call and see if they have suggestions. I'm just trying to gauge the prospect on here to see if there was any positive momentum for others with similar circumstances on here in the past. Thanks for your input.
I did some research, Bulk of the schools set a cuttoff for AA, TS...etc. with only a few that I know of that requires a minimum on each specific section. I lost track of time and spent way too long on the first few questions. It all went downhill after that...went completely blank and only managed to get to question 21/40
I did some research, Bulk of the schools set a cuttoff for AA, TS...etc. with only a few that I know of that requires a minimum on each specific section. I lost track of time and spent way too long on the first few questions. It all went downhill after that...went completely blank and only managed to get to question 21/40
Chad's Videos and Math Destroyer. It's not hard per se, I scored relatively high off the timer. However, there were alarmingly a lot of Qualitative Comparison questions that threw me off guard and consumed a ton of time fazing out
Just curious did you complete all the work in the Math Destroyer, along with the new QC problems? Most students tell me they have between 4-10 of the new type problems, did you have more? Sorry for all the questions, but they are helpful for others.
Good news for those of you that are in similar predicament as I am. So after calling more than two dozen schools to clarify the low QR scores - It seems that the majority of the dental schools that I've contacted (exception: Buffalo and Oregon Health - 15 minimum across the board) look at it holistically in terms of your DAT scores. As long as your AA, TS, and PAT are within competitive digits of their previous years' stats than you are by no mean out of the running. However, as I was told, specific sections are still weigh differently by individual schools. That being said, What a relieve! It would've been so depressing to have to start the process over again and wait another year. lol
Absolutely you have a chance! Seriously, scoring a 25 on the PAT shows that you have the mind of a dentist! And besides, as a dentist you wont really use math, especially the math we had to learn for the DAT haha! Thank you so much, I am extremely excited! I know you will get in for sure, you got this! Good luck!!
