University of Minnesota School says..

[joonkimdds]

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University of Minnesota says

I recommend taking the DAT after you finish your organic chemistry courses. For the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, it is best to get all of your materials in by September 1 of the year prior to matriculation (for example, you should have your materials in by September 2005 if you are applying for the Fall 2006 class). If you have to retake the DAT you have to wait 90 days between retakes.


does that mean they also expect my DAT score by September1 or just the application until Sept1 and then want DAT later?
I sent this email to them because I take organic chemistry when I am Junior so I wanted to know when is the best time for me to take DAT and DAT retake. If September 1 st is the last day and I should take DAT retake latest of about August 25th, then I should register about August 1st, so then DAT test for the first time is going to be about May, and that's before I finish Organic Chem 🙁

 

[drkt]

I would not wait until May. I think that you would just find yourself reapplying the following year. Most schools will take other students that already have a score, and by the time they get yours the classes will be full. As soon as possible would be best, but if you haven't had any organic that could be really bad. I would suggest buying the Kaplan book today and start looking through the organic section and see how well you can teach yourself to take it sooner. The latest I would possibly wait to take it is after fall semester. I took my DAT with only one semester of organic and got an 18 for my organic score. So you can get a decent score without both semesters, it's just harder and you have to study it alot more. The way I looked at it then is, it is better to have a decent score when they are looking at the apps, then have an awesome score when the classes are full. Unless, of course, you don't mind waiting another year. Good Luck!