Took DAT today (Help pls)

[SimpleSam]

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Hello guys, i have been lurking on SDN for a while. reading the breakdowns and the tips that y'all have written. I took my DAT today and am in a state of depression, i studied for about 2 months and my scores aren't what i was hoping for.

My scores today was

PAT 20
Bio 18
Gchem 16 (all practice scores were above 19..)
Ochem 17
RC 17
QR 16 (was never good at math)
TS 17
AA 17

I really want to apply this cycle but do y'all think i have a chance? For Gen chem i made a terrible mistake by stumbling on a question and it took me 6 minutes. that kind of took time away from the last 10 questions of ochem also. What do you guys think?

 

[hockey553]

Hello guys, i have been lurking on SDN for a while. reading the breakdowns and the tips that y'all have written. I took my DAT today and am in a state of depression, i studied for about 2 months and my scores aren't what i was hoping for.

My scores today was

PAT 20
Bio 18
Gchem 16 (all practice scores were above 19..)
Ochem 17
RC 17
QR 16 (was never good at math)
TS 17
AA 17

So guys i am not sure what to do, my GPA is a 3.5. I really want to apply this cycle but do y'all think i have a chance? For Gen chem i made a terrible mistake by stumbling on a question and it took me 6 minutes. that kind of took time away from the last 10 questions of ochem also. What do you guys think?

I would apply this cycle but also retake the DAT. You can let schools know you are planning to retake if you decide to.

 

[SimpleSam]

I would apply this cycle but also retake the DAT. You can let schools know you are planning to retake if you decide to.

what do you think about my chances of getting in without retake? i am going to retake but i am curious because by the time i retake it will be late in interview season.

 

[htorres89]

Just curious, how many practice tests did you take? Were they only from BC? 2009 DAT?


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[SimpleSam]

Just curious, how many practice tests did you take? Were they only from BC? 2009 DAT?


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I took BC 1-5 and 09 ADA

BC i was averaging

Bio 19
Gchem 19
Ochem 18
PAT 20
RC 19

09 ADA

Bio 20
Gchem 19
Ochem 20
PAT 22
RC19

 

[Dre4m3r]

I agreed with the comment above. Apply then retake the DAT.

 

[Likkriue]

Did you use the dat destroyer?

 

[rdub]

Were you surprised by your scores when you saw them, or could you tell it wasn't going well during the test?

 

[Alikhan9]

Did you use destoyer and what concept was the gc question on? Are you allowed to tell that? Thank You

 

[dentist_dude]

WOW! That's really off your Bootcamp scores! I'm kinda worried now!

 

[hockey553]

what do you think about my chances of getting in without retake? i am going to retake but i am curious because by the time i retake it will be late in interview season.

Just retake end of July, everything is fresh in your mind. There is a section on application if you are planning to retake to let schools know you are.

 

[JLT223]

Retake. @hockey553 you need to wait 3 months to retake. To the OP, that's up to you if you want to wait. I know a few people who retook in October and are now starting school in August.

 

[htorres89]

I took BC 1-5 and 09 ADA

BC i was averaging

Bio 19
Gchem 19
Ochem 18
PAT 20
RC 19

09 ADA

Bio 20
Gchem 19
Ochem 20
PAT 22
RC19

Wow, the fact that you have those scores and got what you did is surprising and scary lol I am taking mine in 2 weeks.

 

[DC206R]

Retake. Chances of you getting in this cycle with a 17AA is almost 0%.

 

[hockey553]

Retake. @hockey553 you need to wait 3 months to retake. To the OP, that's up to you if you want to wait. I know a few people who retook in October and are now starting school in August.

True. Totally forgot about that!

 

[SimpleSam]

Yes i used DAT bootcamp, Did all of the destroyer twice.. and i did all of Qvault bio. i saw a lot of post and it seems like i might have hope, some people have been accepted with AA TS 17. I thought my PAT would effect my AA but it didn't which sucks. What do you guys think of the bottom 3 schools like mharry, howard and arizona.