Dat carving question

[DocDocWhosThere]

Is it possible to get 0/30 on the DAT carving portion? I ran out of time and only had like 5 minutes to complete one of the features, the slants were very rough but measurements were alright. Would that be considered a failure?

[Starburst]

2 hours ago, DocDocWhosThere said:

Is it possible to get 0/30 on the DAT carving portion? I ran out of time and only had like 5 minutes to complete one of the features, the slants were very rough but measurements were alright. Would that be considered a failure?

Apparently, you can. I looked up the stats for last year when I wrote and about 6 people got 0/30. But that could be because they botch carved their soap, I wouldn't worry under your circumstances.

[DocDocWhosThere]

20 hours ago, Starburst said:

Apparently, you can. I looked up the stats for last year when I wrote and about 6 people got 0/30. But that could be because they botch carved their soap, I wouldn't worry under your circumstances.

Thank you for your response. So, a couple of rough surfaces on one of the features would not be considered a failure (0/30)?

[Fakedoctor]

dont you get a zero if you break the soap? I'm not really sure I didnt take that section 

[Strato]

Don't worry, what you described is definitely not a zero. Each third of the soap should be marked individually, so at worst you get a zero on that end as long as the rest of your soap is correct. But if your measurements are good that's 3 points already. You can look on the CDA MDT patterns for the detailed rubric.

[Super Nova]

On 2/25/2018 at 4:25 PM, 649 said:

Please do not worry about it! You will get at least 20/30 if you carved correctly the measurements and the slants are acceptable (less than 10 degree). 

You will certainly not get a 20/30 just by having correct measurements

[cleanup]

I never practiced soap carving. Walked into the test and poked the soap with the blade for a few minutes and I got an 11/30.

I think you'll be ok