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Dental Admission Test (DAT)

The Dental Admission Test is computerized and is administered by Sylvan Center. The four-part exam is multiple choice and lasts about 4 hours without a lunch break. The four exams of the DAT include Survey of Natural Sciences, Perceptual Ability, Reading Comprehension, and Quantitative Reasoning. The exam costs $165 each time you take the test and fees are not refundable.

Scoring of the DAT
The exam scores are based on the number of right answers with a range from 1 (lowest) to 30 (highest) and there is no failing or passing score.

Average DAT scores for the 2004 IU School of Dentistry entering class