dmd2012 Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 hey so its OVER! how did everyone find the DAT? here are my thoughts: carving--OK Bio-GOOD Chem-OK except for a few qs PAT-hard angles, TFE RC-bad bad bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeron_266 Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 carving: suprised that i can get it done with 10min spare biol: few questions are tough chem: easy PAT: few questions are tough rc: easy hopefully i do better than last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easygoing Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 guys as long as you get ~20 in each section u will be fine. in fact, DAT is probably not that important... It all boils down to your GPA and interview now the waiting game starts. If I recall correctly most of you will receive your result mid Dec. Goodluck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillair Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 But the application deadline is Dec 1st right? Does that mean we won't get to see our scores before we apply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloken Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 carving -ok, tougher than last year bio - served me. chem - alright, couple toughies PAT - i always start w/angles cuz theyre usually the easiest. Not the case today! however, I got thru them and killllllled the rest of the PAT, finished w/15min to spare RC - easy-peasy, the last piano article made my day since I've played it for 10 years I was wondering if all students writing receive the same set of questions. Does the DAT start at 11ish for all you ON/Qc students? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dindin23 Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 the dat didnt start at 11 in the u of t dentistry school. they told us the reporting time would be at 8, they didnt open the doors till 8:05,, there was like over 350 people only in the u of t, so by they checked everyone it was like after 9:15. they were very unorganized. carvinng: ok biol: ok~ some tough/hard questions chem: not too bad PAT: i found the top/front/end was hard and some of the angles killed me RC: BAD i was so tires by the time we got to the reading comp cuz i was so tired by the time we got to the rc.. i am just hoping for the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dentin Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 Hey, guys wondering, took the dat today. Guess we had the same dat test. Sounds all familiar. Does anyone know how they do it with the grading. I mean do they do it like the american dat scale base on how much you got right and then you get your score? All do they take the average of everyone and then based on that you get your score. How does the grading system work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvande Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I thought: Bio: kind of tough Chem: OK RC: went very well PAT: pretty good Carving: pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DentalDreamin Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 yeah, getting back to stillair's post... I had the same question. some of the application fees are pretty steep, and I would just as soon save the money if I found out I didn't do so well on the DAT and won't get selected for an interview. As s/he said though, most applications are due Dec. 1st & we won't get out DAT results till mid-Dec?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillair Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 haha yah, my guess is just another cheap way of how they make money... i suppose we'll just have to take a leap of faith and spend that extra 250$/a school to apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutEast Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 I agree with what most people here are saying. Angles were harder than usual, RC was good, Bio had some pretty random/tough questions and Chem wasn't bad. Carving was quick with that short triangle end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakobu Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 I wrote at the U of A in Edmonton for the first (and hopefully last) time on Nov. 3rd. I thought the carving was easy (I also finished with 10 min to spare). SNS was tough, but I'm not worried about it. The PAT was a lot easier than I was expecting (I finished in 45 min and had plenty of time to look over the toughies). RC was good, though the first article was more difficult than the rest. Overall, it felt quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeron_266 Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 RC was good, though the first article was more difficult than the rest. Overall, it felt quite good. hehe...its always good to have a degree in chemistry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dent* Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 I wrote at the U of A in Edmonton for the first (and hopefully last) time on Nov. 3rd. I thought the carving was easy (I also finished with 10 min to spare). SNS was tough, but I'm not worried about it. The PAT was a lot easier than I was expecting (I finished in 45 min and had plenty of time to look over the toughies). RC was good, though the first article was more difficult than the rest. Overall, it felt quite good. Wow! What did you do to practise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakobu Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Wow! What did you do to practise? I used the practice PAT booklets from IG publications and did it about once every week for about a month before the DAT. I didn't practice the PAT nearly as much as I did for the carving, but I still managed to get a 24 and then a 26 on the carving. The nice thing about spacing your practice exams instead of doing them every day is that you forget most of the forms between testing and it feels as though you're writing the exam for the first time every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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