Today's cDAT

[amariesa]

Hey guys!

How did you find the cDAT?
I usually dont post but after doing all the Bootcamp practice tests, I never saw paper folding like today.
Also what up with the RC section? All three passages were so medical and tough.

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[nerdatwork]

RC was brutal!!! I had 1 minute left and some questions unanswered still. The passages felt longer than usual.

 

[GreatModo]

Gen Chem and the PAT seemed pretty easy compared to my practice but I do agree, the reading was a little insane.

 

[baywatch123]

Gen Chem and the PAT seemed pretty easy compared to my practice but I do agree, the reading was a little insane.

what pat practice did you use

 

[s.kh.]

It was easy overall but for the CHEM section I felt it had lots of calculations which I didnt have time to finish the last questions(

 

[amariesa]

I felt bio and gen chem was pretty easy but pat and RC were killer.
I also heard that a 90th percentile in bio for cdat is 19 or 20 while its a solid 21-22 in adat...

 

[nerdatwork]

I felt bio and gen chem was pretty easy but pat and RC were killer.
I also heard that a 90th percentile in bio for cdat is 19 or 20 while its a solid 21-22 in adat...

Yeah I heard that too. I thought the tests are supposed to be "standardized" so why are there discrepancies between cdat and adat for scoring..

 

[Dental Pony]

Holy crap, the passages, especially the first one about the spinal cord was brutal. I think I may have gotten like 10/18 for that passage.

 

[Dave95]

I felt bio and gen chem was pretty easy but pat and RC were killer.
I also heard that a 90th percentile in bio for cdat is 19 or 20 while its a solid 21-22 in adat...

Nope, that's actually incorrect. 90th percentile is around a 23 on the Canadian DAT. Here's proof: http://datcrusher.ca/statistics/feb-2016-english/

Biol/Chem - was straightforward, there were only 2-3 questions I wasn't sure on
PAT - this section was a breeze for me compared to the practice I had so i'm confident I did pretty well or did close to perfect
Reading - yea this one was tough, especially the spinal cord passage :/
Overall: Didn't think the exam was too bad, only RC was a little tough imo

 

[amariesa]

Nope, that's actually incorrect. 90th percentile is around a 23 on the Canadian DAT. Here's proof: http://datcrusher.ca/statistics/feb-2016-english/

Biol/Chem - was straightforward, there were only 2-3 questions I wasn't sure on
PAT - this section was a breeze for me compared to the practice I had so i'm confident I did pretty well or did close to perfect
Reading - yea this one was tough, especially the spinal cord passage :/
Overall: Didn't think the exam was too bad, only RC was a little tough imo

I dont know how much I trust DATCrusher with those stats. I dont think the cDAT publishes them every year so Im not sure where those figures come from. From previous threads though, people reported getting in the 90th percentile and got a 20. A 99.8 got a 23...

 

[Dave95]

I dont know how much I trust DATCrusher with those stats. I dont think the cDAT publishes them every year so Im not sure where those figures come from. From previous threads though, people reported getting in the 90th percentile and got a 20. A 99.8 got a 23...

Not sure about the other stats but the Nov 2016 one is legit, I have the official PDF.
And each cycle CDA gives out a PDF of the stats of that cycle when they release your DAT scores to you.

 

[Dave95]

Anyone know when we find out our scores?

 

[Dental Pony]

Anyone know when we find out our scores?

they said scores will be distributed 8 weeks after the test date. Its gonna be a long wait.

 

[amariesa]

a couple of years... it feels like.

 

[FeralisExtremum]

Do they make you guys wait 6-8 weeks for the scores because of the manual dexterity section?

 

[amariesa]

Do they make you guys wait 6-8 weeks for the scores because of the manual dexterity section?

They never specified the reason but I assume so. They cant release the carving and AA scores fast. They need to ship it across country to have them each graded. However, I find 2 months a little excessive.

 

[runescapelover0292]

Nope, that's actually incorrect. 90th percentile is around a 23 on the Canadian DAT. Here's proof: FEB 2016 English

Biol/Chem - was straightforward, there were only 2-3 questions I wasn't sure on
PAT - this section was a breeze for me compared to the practice I had so i'm confident I did pretty well or did close to perfect
Reading - yea this one was tough, especially the spinal cord passage :/
Overall: Didn't think the exam was too bad, only RC was a little tough imo

hey dave what did you use to study and practice for the PAT section?

 

[runescapelover0292]

Gen Chem and the PAT seemed pretty easy compared to my practice but I do agree, the reading was a little insane.

can you let us know what PAT resource you used?

 

[Faefly]

Best of luck guys!