When should I apply with these scores?

[changale]

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Hi everyone,
I just took the DAT yesterday and got the following scores...
PA 21, QR 17, RC 16, Bio 18, GC 21, OC 21, TS 20, and AA 19.....


I didn't know what happened to the RC.....I got 20s on Kaplan's (but there is like a 19 Paragraph ethics passage on the real thing) ....so sad that I have to retake the test. I thought the Bio has a some of questions that weren't covered in Kaplan, like developmental biology and identifying cells under microscope...

My question is with this bad RC, should I still try apply early June or should I just send my applications a week after I retake the DAT (which is likely early August)? I am a UCLA undergrad with gpa 3.5, took esl.

How fast does it take the application / and the DAT scores to reach the schools?

I wish to get into dental schools in California, and I know USC has earlier acceptances, but at the same time I am afraid they will reject my application with the RC score....Also I already filled to have my send the 5 Cali, can I cancel the score reports still?

Any advice appreciated!

 

[eternalxdemon]

you can't change which schools you chose to send the DAT scores to.. unfortunately.... so that means you have to cough up some more money to send it to the other schools you're applying to.

as for applying... i would apply in june anyways... and PLUS i'm pretty sure there's a function or button or something on AADSAS that will let you tell the schools that you've taken the DAT's and that you'll retake them. so i think if they kno you're retaking the DAT's i think the schools still will consider your app.

and as for bio... omg... i took kaplan too!!!! i mean ochem and gchem were adequate but the bio wasn't... i guess u'll have to study in more detail for bio... and which histology slide did u have? i think i had one on mine that was skeletal muscle. but yea... gl with the retake! and as for RC you could try what i did and read the questions carefully and then quickly skim thru the passage and look for key words. maybe that'll help you some. 🙂

 

[ashaw]

could have sworn there was something or another that said that we wouldn't share information about the test....

 

[eternalxdemon]

was there? i'm so sorry.... i didn't see that... I'll go back and reread the rules then.