Which Schools Disqualify <17 DAT Subsection?

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MWU-AZ c/o 2023
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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?
 
May or may not help, but I believe it's the most current list there is: Compilation of DAT minimum requirements ("cut-offs")

Don't know too much about the schools you have except that maybe UCSF might be a stretch only because their average is AA = 22 and also because so many people have been getting rejected straight off the bat, with pretty high stats. Western, MWU AZ, ASDOH, LECOM might be/probably okay, UoP kinda, Iowa heavily favors its instate applicants, I'd take it off. Other than these, no idea :shrug:

Good luck!
 
Ah! That list was extremely helpful. It seems even if they might have a minimum cutoff for AA or TS, even for PAT, they never mention QR specifically. And so far, I'm getting a couple PM's of people reporting 15 or lower QR scores and still getting multiple interviews and acceptances. So yeah, perhaps I'll save my money and pull out of UCSF, but I think I'll still shoot for the others.
 
Instead of inquiring people here for such information that may or may not be verified, you should contact each school in your list and find out on your own. I had asked questions here and have gotten many wrong answers. You should really do this on your own.
 
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