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I took the DAT yesterday and received these scores:
PAT 22
QR 15
RC 23
BIO 23
GC 20
OC 21
TS 21
AA 20
That QR score is killing me. Which schools have a definite cutoff and won't accept anything below a 17 in any subsection? I hear there are a few schools like this? Here is my list of schools:
Midwestern-IL
Las Vegas
UoP
Nova
Roseman
LECOM
Louisville
Colorado
UCSF
Western
Iowa
New England
Creighton
Case Western
Touro
Midwestern-AZ
ASDOH
I got overconfident because I was finishing each section with 5-10 mins to spare, and lost focus on the QR section and realized I had less than a minute when I was still on #32, and had to guess through the rest of them. I'm still in love with the rest of my scores - I honestly wasn't expecting to do so well in RC and BIO because I was consistently getting 2-3 points lower on my Bootcamp practice tests. On QR, I was getting 17-19 estimated scores.
As for other stats, I'm non-trad (34 years old), 3.8 GPA, should calculate to be higher for science GPA, 130 hrs shadowing and may add more this fall, 500+ volunteer hours, lots of extracurriculars including just getting elected as club officer for upcoming year's pre-health club. I used to be a CO resident most my life (hopefully Colorado will notice) and just became CA resident last year - before I decided to start pursuing dental school.
Do any of these school reject applications with below 17 score and how are my chances with these schools? Any others that would be recommended to add?
PAT 22
QR 15
RC 23
BIO 23
GC 20
OC 21
TS 21
AA 20
That QR score is killing me. Which schools have a definite cutoff and won't accept anything below a 17 in any subsection? I hear there are a few schools like this? Here is my list of schools:
Midwestern-IL
Las Vegas
UoP
Nova
Roseman
LECOM
Louisville
Colorado
UCSF
Western
Iowa
New England
Creighton
Case Western
Touro
Midwestern-AZ
ASDOH
I got overconfident because I was finishing each section with 5-10 mins to spare, and lost focus on the QR section and realized I had less than a minute when I was still on #32, and had to guess through the rest of them. I'm still in love with the rest of my scores - I honestly wasn't expecting to do so well in RC and BIO because I was consistently getting 2-3 points lower on my Bootcamp practice tests. On QR, I was getting 17-19 estimated scores.
As for other stats, I'm non-trad (34 years old), 3.8 GPA, should calculate to be higher for science GPA, 130 hrs shadowing and may add more this fall, 500+ volunteer hours, lots of extracurriculars including just getting elected as club officer for upcoming year's pre-health club. I used to be a CO resident most my life (hopefully Colorado will notice) and just became CA resident last year - before I decided to start pursuing dental school.
Do any of these school reject applications with below 17 score and how are my chances with these schools? Any others that would be recommended to add?