Contach Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Hi, I was wondering if there are Prometric Centres to write the American DAT in Canada? Or does a Canadian have to travel to the USA to write the American DAT? Also, what is the easiest way to sign up with the ADA for a DAT writing. If I understand correctly, they want us to send a letter (yes snail mail) accompanied with a bank draft to ADA? Man that sucks.. So yeah, can som1 confirm that this is what I have to do? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricCartman Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Hi, I was wondering if there are Prometric Centres to write the American DAT in Canada? Or does a Canadian have to travel to the USA to write the American DAT? Also, what is the easiest way to sign up with the ADA for a DAT writing. If I understand correctly, they want us to send a letter (yes snail mail) accompanied with a bank draft to ADA? Man that sucks.. So yeah, can som1 confirm that this is what I have to do? thanks Yes. I wrote mine in 2006 in vancouver. you can go to the thompson/Prometric Center website and look for their DAt centers. Of course, if your city doesn't offer US DAt then you may have to go to another city. But I would think (?) that nowadays, a lot of big cities (toronto, vancouver, etc..) would have prometric centers administring DAT. If I remember correctly, the fastest way was to register is online via the ada website. They'll send you a letter and instructions on how to register for the actual test date. hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herragge Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Don't most US schools accept the Canadian DAT anyways? It is considered to be harder due to the manual dexterity component. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contach Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Don't most US schools accept the Canadian DAT anyways? It is considered to be harder due to the manual dexterity component. Yeah, most of them do. But the timing isnt good for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contach Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Yes. I wrote mine in 2006 in vancouver. you can go to the thompson/Prometric Center website and look for their DAt centers. Of course, if your city doesn't offer US DAt then you may have to go to another city. But I would think (?) that nowadays, a lot of big cities (toronto, vancouver, etc..) would have prometric centers administring DAT. If I remember correctly, the fastest way was to register is online via the ada website. They'll send you a letter and instructions on how to register for the actual test date. hope this helps. And Thanks Eric Cartman! Dunno why, but when I first tried my Visa wasn't going through to the ADA.. And they didnt have Canadian options for Addresses so I thought they wanted only americans to pay by Credit Card. But I tried again and it went through. And there is a Prometric in my city - thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnie Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Don't most US schools accept the Canadian DAT anyways? It is considered to be harder due to the manual dexterity component. Really? IMHO I think that the Canadian DAT is easier than its US counterpart. There is no Organic Chemistry or Math tested on the CAN DAT, which is a huge relief. I have seen Math and O-Chem questions from the US DAT and these sections are (in my opinion) far more challenging than the G-Chem or Bio from the Canadian DAT. Carving is really not that difficult and I think it's something anyone can eventually master through practice and get a 25+, whereas some students will simply never be able to pull off >25 on the O-Chem or Math sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricCartman Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Really? IMHO I think that the Canadian DAT is easier than its US counterpart. There is no Organic Chemistry or Math tested on the CAN DAT, which is a huge relief. I have seen Math and O-Chem questions from the US DAT and these sections are (in my opinion) far more challenging than the G-Chem or Bio from the Canadian DAT. Carving is really not that difficult and I think it's something anyone can eventually master through practice and get a 25+, whereas some students will simply never be able to pull off >25 on the O-Chem or Math sections. I found US DAT to be a lot easier than the Canadian DAT. While the US DAT has extra sections, overall, all the sections were somewhat easier than the Canadian DAT. Their Math, O-chem and G-chem sections were not hard. Things might have changed now. Also, for some reason, the biology section (US DAT) had quite a few questions dealing with ecology and evolution and I found that one the hardest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herragge Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Really? IMHO I think that the Canadian DAT is easier than its US counterpart. There is no Organic Chemistry or Math tested on the CAN DAT, which is a huge relief. I have seen Math and O-Chem questions from the US DAT and these sections are (in my opinion) far more challenging than the G-Chem or Bio from the Canadian DAT. Carving is really not that difficult and I think it's something anyone can eventually master through practice and get a 25+, whereas some students will simply never be able to pull off >25 on the O-Chem or Math sections. I'd partially agree with you on that for sure! I would much rather do a carving soap than have to organic chemistry. However I think the general consensus for the average applicant (even though us applicants are far above average!) is that the manual dexterity component is tougher in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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