Barron's DAT Dental Admissions Prepare

Barron's DAT: Dental Admissions Test (Barron's How to Prepare for the Dental Admissions Test (Dat))

Updated and supplemented with a brand-new CD-ROM, this manual prepares dental school applicants across the United States and Canada to pass the required admissions test. The book opens with an overview of the DAT that includes test-taking advice, followed by a description of dental education and the practice of dentistry. A review of all DAT test topics is presented. They include general surveys of biology, chemistry, and organic chemistry, as well as testing for perceptual ability, reading comprehension, and quantitative reasoning. Two full-length model DATs complete this manual and come with all questions answered and explained. The DAT is a computerized test, and this book's bonus CD-ROM presents two additional model DATs that simulate actual test-taking conditions. They come with automatic scoring.

From the Inside Flap:

1. An enlightening overview of the Dental Admissions Test
2. Extensive test-taking advice
3. Descriptions of dental education and dental practice
4. Reviews of all DAT test topics: biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, perceptual ability, reading comprehension, and quantitative reasoning
5. Two model DATs with all questions answered and explained
6. Two more model tests on the enclosed CD-ROM with automatic scoring

Product Details:

1. Paperback: 512 pages
2. Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 2 edition (July 1, 2009)
3. Language: English
4. ISBN-10: 0764193848
5. ISBN-13: 978-0764193842
6. Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 1.1 inches
7. Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds

Most Helpful Customer Reviews:
Embarrassment to the Dentists who put their names on it, March 1, 2010 By Chad Carter
It is handy to have all the information in one place but it is the wrong stuff! It is more than typos it is just plain bad writing and science. It really is an embarrassment for those who claim to be the authors.

Typos and Incorrect Answers, September 15, 2010 By Nathanael D Bannon
Barron's DAT review could be decent if it wasn't full of typos and incorrect answers.

Terrible..., August 26, 2010 By sirian
The practice exams in this book are horribly filled with errors. It seems like nobody bothered to check the answers before they went to publishing and just left them in there leaving exam prepping students scratching their heads wondering if they're wrong or if it's the book. The two exams on the CD are just as bad or even worse. In the PAT sections, my initial scored had me scoring around a 17. After double and triple checking the answers, my score jumped up to a 25 after I added wrongfully graded questions back onto my raw score.

For what it's worth though, at least the PAT strategy tips were sparingly helpful. Also, the biology science review is brief, but it does include a lot of the most important information that, if memorized, would benefit your score greatly.