The burning question everyone asks: “What will I score on the DAT?” The only practice tests that can accurately predict your DAT score are the official 2007 and 2009 DAT practice tests, provided by the ADA. These tests were calibrated by the same people who score the real DAT, and thus provide the most accurate Read More

We use our own scoring system. Each DAT Bootcamp practice test is scaled differently according to its own difficulty. Therefore, you cannot use the 2007 DAT scoring chart to convert your raw score on DAT Bootcamp. The 2007 DAT scoring chart is scaled specifically to the 2007 DAT. The 2007 chart cannot be generalized to Read More

During the end of your DAT study schedule, you should transition to completing and reviewing one full-length DAT practice test each day. Knowing the material for test day is important, but the DAT also tests how well you take the DAT. Many students spend weeks studying all the material they can, but test day distractions Read More

What Do I Need to Score? The DAT grades you on 6 different subjects on a standard scale out of 30 points. The average test taker will score a 17 (50th percentile). The average for acceptance is a 19-20AA (~85th percentile). This is just an average though, a quick look at the ADEA Guide to Read More

There are 40 questions in the quantitative reasoning section of the DAT, all with varying difficulty. You will most likely react to each question in one of three ways: You will laugh at how easy the question is. You will be suspicious that the question seems too easy. You will find the question to be Read More

This is an important issue to address, because I feel a lot of study materials for the DAT sway pre-dental students in the wrong direction. The biggest issue I can relate to is the heavy focus on calculation based questions in other DAT prep books. The real DAT general chemistry section focuses heavily on conceptual Read More