jdent Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hey guys, any of you who wrote the Nov DAT going to take the FEB DAT? I am so torn about this! Does anyone think there is enough time to go through it all again? I appreciate your thoughts! jdent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiousking Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 yeah, i am taking it again I think there is enough time I memorized the Kaplan Dental/ Medical text inside out.. However, still did horrible on biology (I got 18)... I think I am going to use some outside resources I did pretty well on carving (26) Really depends on what area you want to improve For me, a month and half to study bio/chem should be enough Best Wishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdent Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 My area of weakness is the reading comp. It doesn't seem to want to go up for me. By the way, does anyone really know how these scores really work? Like I mean, you get tested on 50 questions and somehow that gets transferred to a score out of 30 BUT then how does this score compare to someone who wrote a different DAT (ie February, with different reading comp questions and a different number of DAT writers). Anyone who really knows please feel free to explain. thanks jdent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDAInterviewBook Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Technically with the DAT it should be scaled like the MCAT with a mean, median & mode score of 8 and 2 scores above and below that being 1 standard deviation. The DAT however the mean, median & mode scores are always higher than what one would consider the middle score of 15 and the scores are always around 18 ish. Buy a copy of Barron's DAT or Kaplan the conversion chart in the back of those seems quite similar to that you see used for the real DAT. My scores on those always transfered to the real exam pretty much the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herragge Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I'd agree with CDA. The back of a Kaplan or Barron's book has a conversion chart that roughly will translate to what will happen on the DAT. Although the DAT is on a curve, it has the same consistent averages every session (roughly) so they are quite good guides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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