Which DAT scores will schools accept?

[tendram]

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Your highest or your latest? I remember hearing that dental schools will only accept the last DAT you take but I am compiling the admissions info from the schools I plan to apply to and I ran across some info saying otherwise. Is it school dependent? Thanks 👍

 

[amh137]

Your highest or your latest? I remember hearing that dental schools will only accept the last DAT you take but I am compiling the admissions info from the schools I plan to apply to and I ran across some info saying otherwise. Is it school dependent? Thanks 👍

I'm almost positive that all of your DAT scores will be seen by the admissions committee, not just the latest because they are uploaded to AADSAS. Some schools will take the highest scores from each section if you took it multiple times. The only school that I know does this is UNLV, but I'm sure there are others.

 

[NotPennysBoat]

As far as I know, schools use the most recent DAT score that you have.

 

[dentalWorks]

Your highest or your latest? I remember hearing that dental schools will only accept the last DAT you take but I am compiling the admissions info from the schools I plan to apply to and I ran across some info saying otherwise. Is it school dependent? Thanks 👍

yes

some schools are more forgiving, they'll look at your highest scores from multiple retakes.... others (or many) will only look at most recent take.

 

[tendram]

Alright, just wanted to make sure. Thanks for the replies.