I TOOK THE DAT 3 TIMES...HERE'S WHAT I LEARNED | Dental School 

I finally passed my DAT exam after all the stress.I thank God for the great opportunity and my tutor Thomas 🎊🎊🎉🎉 All my prayers to those struggling to pass through DAT cause it hasn't been easy.I hope y'all make it some day too Amen🙏

Took it twice and realized after the first exam that it is not based on how much content you can master but rather how well you can take a test.

Looking at this video, and then watching your recent videos where you are wearing scrubs with “Dr” stitched nice and neatly on your shirt. With hard work, and determination, anything is possible. Never give up on your dreams folks!

Love your videos! Very informative :) you are just so raw, genuine and real with your advice. Love your content, have been binging your videos in my lunch breaks 🌯 from the oldest to the newest videos. thank you for always updating every part of your journey ❤️ Hope to be there one day.

I got an 18 AA on the DAT. I didn't get into any schools on the first application cycle, but got into multiple schools on my second try. I thought about retaking the DAT, but I'm glad that I decided not to retake it. The problem is that your most recent DAT score is the only one that admissions people care about. So if you get the same score or worse on your second DAT, then you are basically forcing yourself to take it a 3rd time and you had better do pretty good on your 3rd try or you are screwed. In my opinion, an 18 AA should be good enough as long as the rest of your application is solid. I also feel that at least your gpa or DAT score needs to be good. For me, I had the 18 AA, but I had a 3.7 gpa in the sciences, so I felt confident in that when I applied. Another piece of advice.... anyone invited to an interview has a chance to get accepted, I know that the interview day for me on my second application cycle went way better than the first year. For me it took a few interviews to be comfortable... The bottom line is that you should plan on applying more than one application cycle, and apply to at least 6 schools each cycle. I know it is expensive, but you have to play the numbers. Schools normally enroll ~30% of the people that they interview, so I would want at least 3 interviews in an application cycle to have a shot at getting in. And if you apply to 10 schools, I wouldn't count on more than 3-5 of them asking you to stop by for an interview. Dental school is super competitive. If you want to get in, you need to be persistent. When you apply a 2nd or 3rd time, your application had better be improving each year is my best advice. There are multiple ways to improve your application from year to year. After I failed to get into dental school on my first try, I did research at my undergrad school, shadowed a specialist, and kept volunteering on weekends. ONe thing I want to stress is that most of us apply for our first time before we have graduated from undergrad. That means that if you do not get into a school on your first try, your grades for your last semester (usually spring) will not be viewable to schools until you are applying for the 2nd time. If your grades slipped for your last semester, it's going to show weakness on your part. When you didn't get into a school, you got lazy is what the admissions people will think. It leaves a lot of question-marks in their minds about how dedicated you are.. I'll answer anyone's questions if anyone has any, I've been there, I know the frustrations of the whole thing. It's complicated to say the least. Take care and stay strong.

Such great tips!! I really appreciated #6. Thank you for this video!

I support the idea of focus on practice and nourishment

I love your videos so much!! So inspirational!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾

You're a really helpful video; could not make it without ya!

Such a great video!! How would you take notes or break down studying and using destroyer/bootcamp?

Thank you for posting 💛

Yeah so this blessed my life... thank you!

Love your vids so far

Hey Krysten, such a helpful video!!! Can I ask you... where did you find DAT destroyer book? I'm trying to find it, but no luck :((

Thanks for sharing!

Okay, so I am currently a sophomore Bio major with a 3.3 GPA, and lower science GPA. I am NERVOUS! I just decided this is the route I want to take (I was very depressed before and wasn't focusing on school, that's the reason for the low GPA), but I'm wondering if I should change my major. I excel and am passionate about English, and I think switching would pick up my overall GPA and give me some relief from the back to back science and math classes that I feel slightly overwhelmed by. Would you recommend this? Would me switching be a red flag to dental schools?

Thank you so much for making this video. Currently studying for my second attempt. How many times did you go over the dat destroyer and how did you utilize it?

I’m taking Chem 2 rn after 9 years since taking Chem 1 so it’s challenging especially w/ so much math. Did you take a break w/ school or went straight through. I have to get my mind right because I know the time is now or never if I truly desire dentistry like I’ve been telling myself over the years

I’m studying for the DAT! My mometrix Book will be in soon! What should I do before taking the DAT and after ?

Thank you!

Very informative ! When did you incorporate the Destroyer was is before or after Bootcamp?

Such a beauty! Wow

Do u know when u went to do DAT exam 3 time like u said so my question is same question come in your dat on or different. Bec I heard about every year one ☝️ time DAT exam Stu can do it

Thanks for the video! So you used both bootcamp and destroyer? How did you divide up the studying between the 2 because both have alot of content..?

Hey girl I’m back cause anxiety is kicking in . I have 2 weeks left of studying. I only used destroyer for like 50 G.C q’s . Should I focus more on destroyer these last 2 weeks? 1st time taking I’m lowkey scared . Lol - forgot to add I used BC solely this whole time. I’m good with Bio section cause I made my own notes. But I’m honestly annoyed with GC and OC - so is destroyer my best bet for the last 12 days??

Thank you for such an inspirational video! Taking the DAT in March. What do you recommend for QR? Having such a hard time with it.

What dat bootcamp membership did you get?

What a beautiful voice. Thanks

This was so helpful thank you ❤️ what dental school do you go to?

Loving your video! I need to take a third time and was wondering how long did you take between exams? My body says I’m burned out but my mind is so upset I failed for the second time but I’m stubborn so it’s so hard to just relax and take a break

Can I do my first year of dental school online?

thank you so much for this video! does the DAT destroyer have enough Math on it for the DAT or should I get both the DAT Destroyer and MATH Destroyer?

I graduated with a BS in Biology, but I never took Microbio; how big of a deal is that when meeting school requirements?

Did you mention your 3 attempts in your personal essay?

Great video! Did you do bost bacc or masters in the meanwhile?

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are you a texas native

Hi Krysten! my boyfriend recently took the DAT and scored an AA18, 23 on the PAT and his overall gpa is 3.98. Do you think he should retake the DAT?

I’m a senior in high school and man I suck at test taking literally, this is going to be rough.

"wait I don't understand what's going on" HAAHA you're so cute this was very helpful thank you

I have a question, so if you want to go to a dental school you have to take the DAT , so can you apply for dental school after high school right away and do dental school also look at your SAT scores , GPA , and DAT or just the DAT and GPA

Hey, I enjoyed watching your video, so many good information, Im a nursing student (currently doing my bachelor) and would like to take the DAT exam, I have like 1 year of free time while I'm doing my bachelor, do you think that it's good idea to prepare for dat exam? I want to buy dat destroyer and start preparing slowly?

Can I take the dat 1 year before I apply to dental school?

I was wondering how many schools you applied to and how taking the DAT 3 times affected your application process?

What did you get your undergrad in???

Would you recommend studying with an MCAT book?

girl im studying for the DAT (first try) im SOOOO nervous idk if I can do this I haven't even started and I feel so discouraged cause ive never considered myself smart and theres so many truly smart people out there:(

Do you think it’s possible to get in to dental school with an 18 AA and avg gpa?

Was the questions in DAT exam the same even though u took it twice?

This video is very inspiring and it enables me to never give up/ keep pushing. do you have an email I can possibly reach you at ??

Hi! In regards to taking full lengths, do you think just taking Kaplan with also bootcamp is good ?

I am going into my second semester in college and I am already worrying about the DAT 😢😔

I got 19 AA, 21 TS, 21 PAT, but 14 QR... Do you think I should retake...?

how do u afford dental sxhool 😬😬😬 it’s so expensive 😭

How did you study for biology? Thank you

Im still in undergrad. Is it too early to start studying

Did you work while studying?

Do you like Texas A&M?

Are you Ethiopian?