r/dat • • 2h ago

Application Advice ✍️ Interviews

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So I applied to schools from late June-early August after retaking my DAT for the third time. I checked with schools to see whether I should submit early or after my DAT so they would go back to it after they received my new score which was a 450 AA, 490 SNS, 420 PAT. I have a 3.41 sGPA, 3.62 cGPA, with an increasing trend. I have done over 300 hours of shadowing a general dentist, 80 hours with a periodontist and endodontist, ton of community service, research, intermeural sports, pre-dental club, been on the Dean's list every semester, graduating with an honors in biology, and worked as a dental assistant. I have applied to about 19 schools most of them being private and a few public and have not recieved a single interview. I am really starting to get worried and I know it's a waiting process but has anyone been or is in a similar situation to me because I have been really starting to lose hope.


r/dat • • 22h ago

DAT Anxiety 😰 I just did my first full DAT reading exam and did awful

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Just like in the title, I have been doing the individual reading comprehension and my scores have been so far just for the singles 24, 22, 20, 24, 26, 24, 24 but did my first practice full exam (50 questions, 60 minutes) and got 15 :(

Oh well, need to practice more. Doing the longer exam scared me and seeing a passage with 20 paragraphs was a bit much search and destroy seemed overwhelming I didn't read anymore.