ssg8 Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Freddy: The deadline to apply is not until the fall. oooh, so who's going to call? LOL I was just waiting for someone to ask that! I couldn't find a phone number on the website either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToothFaireee Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 LOL I was just waiting for someone to ask that! I couldn't find a phone number on the website either. I made a call. CDA reception said that the DAT scores should be in the mail mid next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssg8 Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I don't have a long distance plan either...anyone??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssg8 Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I made a call. CDA reception said that the DAT scores should be in the mail mid next week. Thanks for calling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToothFaireee Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Thanks for calling. no prob! i guess that means we don't have to check our mailboxes for awhile.. shucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phm Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Can someone who wrote the Feb 2008 DAT please post what the 100th percentile AA score was? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylem29 Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I made a call. CDA reception said that the DAT scores should be in the mail mid next week. Damn, so they'll likely arrive the week of the 20th - exactly 8 weeks...lol. I bet they have never gotten it done in 6 weeks. Thnx toothfairee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juba Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 For the Feb 2008 DAT the AA for 100th percentile was 23,24, and 25. 1 person scored 25, 2 (24), and 7(23). I hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylem29 Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 For the Feb 2008 DAT the AA for 100th percentile was 23,24, and 25. 1 person scored 25, 2 (24), and 7(23). I hope that helps. holy sh*t...so I guess a "good" performance like a 90th percentile is like a 20? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 how many writers for the Feb DAT do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juba Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Last February 632 people wrote the english DAT. For the 100th percentile: Bio was 25,26, and 29 with only 6 people getting these scores. Chem 23 (10 people), and 24 (1). Science ave was 23 (3) and 24 (1) PAT was 28-30 with 10 people in this range AA was 23(7), 24(2), and 25(1) Reading was 27 (5) Carving was 30 (40) I hope that helps. It ranges and differs from year to year. I also wrote the November 2008 dats which had different ranges. As you can see very few people score above the 20/21 mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contach Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Last February 632 people wrote the english DAT. For the 100th percentile: Bio was 25,26, and 29 with only 6 people getting these scores. Chem 23 (10 people), and 24 (1). Science ave was 23 (3) and 24 (1) PAT was 28-30 with 10 people in this range AA was 23(7), 24(2), and 25(1) Reading was 27 (5) Carving was 30 (40) I hope that helps. It ranges and differs from year to year. I also wrote the November 2008 dats which had different ranges. As you can see very few people score above the 20/21 mark. Where in your post can I see this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juba Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Well considering less than 10 people score around 24 and up depending on the section, some are different. For example, AA scores 21 (46 ppl), 22 (12), 23 (7), 24(2), 25 (1) out of over 600 ppl who wrote. Science ave: 20(47), 21 (16), 22(10), 23(3), 24 (1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contach Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Well considering less than 10 people score around 24 and up depending on the section, some are different. For example, AA scores 21 (46 ppl), 22 (12), 23 (7), 24(2), 25 (1) out of over 600 ppl who wrote. Science ave: 20(47), 21 (16), 22(10), 23(3), 24 (1) But consider that there are less than 300 English dental school spots in Canada. According to your numbers: for AA, that's about 70 people who scored an AA of 21 and above. I bet atleast 80 people scored an AA of 20. That's already 160. And that is only for the February session. Add perhaps another 160 who score 20 and above for the November session and you already have 320 people: more than the number of dental school spots per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phm Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Thanks juba for posting those scores from feb 08. Do you know if an AA score of say, 23, on the nov DAT is equivalent to a 23 on the Feb DAT? Or is it worse because there were two better scores (24 and 25) in feb compared to only one better score in nov 08? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamgosu Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 But consider that there are less than 300 English dental school spots in Canada. According to your numbers: for AA, that's about 70 people who scored an AA of 21 and above. I bet atleast 80 people scored an AA of 20. That's already 160. And that is only for the February session. Add perhaps another 160 who score 20 and above for the November session and you already have 320 people: more than the number of dental school spots per year. inaccurate analysis. Some people who scored on AA of 20+ on November may have bombed another section and thus retaken it in February. if that is the case, you're double counting chances are the people who score well are likely the perfectionists and want to do even better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiousking Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 regardless of Nov or Feb dental school will not scale the test at least that is what UBC dental told me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contach Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 inaccurate analysis.Some people who scored on AA of 20+ on November may have bombed another section and thus retaken it in February. if that is the case, you're double counting chances are the people who score well are likely the perfectionists and want to do even better my estimates were conservative to compensate for these anomalies. not to mention, those who are interested in medicine and write the DAT/apply to dental school as a back up. I'm sure a lot of those people fall in the 20/21+ AA range too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contach Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 regardless of Nov or Febdental school will not scale the test at least that is what UBC dental told me What does it mean to "scale" the DAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contach Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Thanks juba for posting those scores from feb 08. Do you know if an AA score of say, 23, on the nov DAT is equivalent to a 23 on the Feb DAT? Or is it worse because there were two better scores (24 and 25) in feb compared to only one better score in nov 08? I'm pretty sure they don't see the percentiles with the scores, or the marks distribution. That would defeat the purpose of giving out "standardized scores". all they see is that you got a 23. Besides, if you're first or seventh in the nation.. what is the difference really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamgosu Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 ok shizzles.... i'm such a whiny motherf**ker lately, but i'm pretty sure i'm gonna have to take the DAT again in november. goddamn my GPA is too low!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplehaze570 Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 What is your GPA? Just try to apply and see what happens dude. No one is perfect!! BTW guys, do you guys know if there is "Two-last-consecutive years of full time-load-requirement" when you apply to US dental schools? I know that Saskatchewan and Manitoba do have such requirement, but I wouldn't bother, cause they accept such small the number of out-of-province applicants anyway. Anyway, so we are getting a score in a week I guess?? Gosh...I don't think I will be able to open the envelope! It's too scary!! LOL Good luck guys, I hope you all did well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylem29 Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 do people get them at the same time or do the ON peeps generally get it first? I'm thinking if they send them out on wed I should get it by friday, unless they delay it so that we all get it at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamgosu Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Ontario should get it first... i'm in BC, it usually takes 3-4 days for something shipped from the East to hit the west coast. My GPA is 3.0 (1st+2nd year combined). My 1st year was a 3.2. Second year was a 2.8 or something... My previous term (3rd year first term) was a 3.5, and this term I should have a 3.7 or higher. I need to drop my second year's marks lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylem29 Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Ontario should get it first...i'm in BC, it usually takes 3-4 days for something shipped from the East to hit the west coast. My GPA is 3.0 (1st+2nd year combined). My 1st year was a 3.2. Second year was a 2.8 or something... My previous term (3rd year first term) was a 3.5, and this term I should have a 3.7 or higher. I need to drop my second year's marks lol oh i know...hehe. I'm a veteran ebay business owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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