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Which DAT section do you think is most important?
Started by kerfufle
QR >>>>>>> PAT > GC > RC > OC > BIO > AA > TS
Gotta know your numbers
Gotta know your numbers
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For a dental applicant, I would like to see nice even scores anywhere 21+. Each of the dat sections themselves don't reflect how good of a dentist one will become. Collectively, however, they represent that an applicant is well rounded and is able to face challenges of a wider scope such as dentalschool coursework and running a practice
I think that last part is a bit of a stretch. You can suck at standardized testing and still learn how to competently run a practice in the long haul or vice-versa.
To get into school? Probably AA. Once you're in school? None of them.
Edit because I don't think I answered your question. I remember a few years back when I was taking the DAT, I found some study or publication (don't recall where or who wrote it) that basically looked at the correlation between DAT scores and success in dental school. If I recall correctly it broke down dental school into didactics, pre-clinic, and maybe clinic grades. I think of all the DAT scores, RC was the most significantly correlated with success in pre-doc courses, but even then it was weak at best. If you search around you'll find the study if you haven't seen it already. So I guess that said, RC is probably the most important individual category.
Edit because I don't think I answered your question. I remember a few years back when I was taking the DAT, I found some study or publication (don't recall where or who wrote it) that basically looked at the correlation between DAT scores and success in dental school. If I recall correctly it broke down dental school into didactics, pre-clinic, and maybe clinic grades. I think of all the DAT scores, RC was the most significantly correlated with success in pre-doc courses, but even then it was weak at best. If you search around you'll find the study if you haven't seen it already. So I guess that said, RC is probably the most important individual category.
AA isn't a section.. I was wondering which actual section.
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If there was one section that adcoms valued then there wouldn't be six sections on the DAT...there would just be one. It's like asking what ingredient of soup do people like the most...if they said carrots then why don't those people just eat carrots? People combine things together for a reason...adcoms like a hearty soup.
I'm asian and I can't do math to save my life. Lol
i feel like bio and rc would be most important to them in regards to specific sections
RC. Faster you read, able to retain more info,you have extra time to study.
25 RC got me a 21 AA instead of 19
False. If anything, the math section is the LEAST important. I got a 14 in the quantitive reasoning--partly because I suck at math and partly because it's the last section I felt like my head was going to explode
He was joking, QR is widely regarded as the least important.
and even with a 14 in QR, I managed a 20AA; took it once..got into my first choice school; invited for 4 interviews; only accepted 2/4 interview offers.
Oh good haha--I was going to say, you are severely misinformed my friend
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Hey sorry I haven't been back on to explain my question which was poorly written. There have been dozens of posts on what adcoms think are most important but I was more curious what section each of you thought would be the most indicative of future success. Again I say RC with bio in second. AA and TS don't count.
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they care about QR the least
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Angle ranking is probably the most pertinent section.
I'm not interested in what they think, again just curious what all of you think. I know they care least about QR, there are a thousand threads on it.
whoops misread RC as QR so i thought you were saying it was the most important....my b
edit: wait i just checked you did say QR instead of RC by accident!
Haha yea I edited it because I didn't realize I made that mistake my bad 🙂whoops misread RC as QR so i thought you were saying it was the most important....my b
edit: wait i just checked you did say QR instead of RC by accident!
Sorry bud, the Asian police are gonna come and take your asianess away.
let me guess something...
I've already been accepted and no it wasn't my highest score.
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That is absolutely, undeniably false. QR is quite possibly the LEAST weighed section of the exam.
he's being sarcastic
The most important section is the section that I got the highest score in...
