kiterunner Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 The DAT will be required for entrance into McGill's DMD and DENT-P programs for Fall 2019. https://www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/4-year-dmd-program/requirements Why are they reinstating the DAT requirement?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coronaxtra Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Need an additional criterion to differentiate the large amounts of 3.95-4.00 GPA applicants. Plus, it provides additional information for their holistic approach of selecting applicants. I think McGill has the most admission criteria in their application process than any other dental school (PS, CV, cGPA, DAT, Casper) which can help people compensate for areas they lack in (low GPA, but great CV, casper, PS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiterunner Posted March 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Coronaxtra said: Need an additional criterion to differentiate the large amounts of 3.95-4.00 GPA applicants. Plus, it provides additional information for their holistic approach of selecting applicants. I think McGill has the most admission criteria in their application process than any other dental school (PS, CV, cGPA, DAT, Casper) which can help people compensate for areas they lack in (low GPA, but great CV, casper, PS). Do you think they will re-implement the MCAT for the medical school down the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coronaxtra Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Just now, kiterunner said: Do you think they will re-implement the MCAT for the medical school down the road? I wouldn't rule it out...it would just help applicants show their strength in another area of their application Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driillzz Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 34 minutes ago, kiterunner said: Do you think they will re-implement the MCAT for the medical school down the road? I actually dont think so bcz u have to remember that a lot of applicants are francophones and the MCAT isnt offered in french. So it would be unfair to some of the applicants if McGill were to impose the MCAT in Quebec, a french-speaking province. Anyways, thats what I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiterunner Posted March 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 I am just surprised, they keep taking these tests in and out! It's confusing lol They had DAT for a long time, dropped it for 5 years, and now re-instating it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Neji3 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 The difference is that there is a French version of the DAT whereas MCAT only exists in English. Maybe when a French MCAT is available, then McGill will implement the test as part of admission requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vendar Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Adding the DAT is meant to find applicants who are truly interested in dentistry. From what I know, it will be a cut off mark (something simular to like what UofT med has for their MCAT - 125). Something that is achievable, as long as some work is put into it I would not worry about it too much! I don't think it will impact the selecting process too much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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