DAT (Dental
Application Test)
- All
applicants are required to take the DAT, which measures your abilities in
general biology, chemistry, and organic chemistry, perception, academic
abilities, scientific information.
- The
DAT is $205, and students should take this test at least one year before
applying to dental school. Most dental schools will admit those with a DAT
score of 19.5/30.
-The test will take approximately 4hrs. 15min. to
complete with four separate parts that include:
- Natural Sciences:
biology (40 items), general chemistry (30 items) and organic chemistry (30
items)
- Perceptual Ability
(two and three dimensional problem solving): comprised of six
subtests: apertures, orthographic projections, angle discriminations,
paper folding items, cube-counting items, and spatial form development
items. Each subtest has 15 items
- Reading
Comprehension (dental and basic sciences): 50 test items
distributed across three reading passages.
- Quantitative
Reasoning (mathematical problems in algebra, numerical calculations,
conversions, etc.): 40 test items, 10 of which are word problems
and 30 are computation problems.
