All U.S. dental schools require official DAT scores for each examinee. Official scores are reported electronically to the dental schools you select on your DAT application. When you select dental schools to receive your official scores, you grant the Department of Testing Services permission to release your official scores to the dental schools you selected on your DAT application.
Additionally, when you select dental schools on your DAT application that participate in a standardized application service (ADEA AADSAS or TMDSAS), the Department of Testing Services will report your official scores to the application services. If your DAT application has no dental schools selected, then you have not granted permission to the Department of Testing Services to release your official scores and your official scores will not be forwarded to the standardized application services.
Schools selected at the time of application are included in the DAT fee regardless of the number of schools selected. You can also request that a score report be sent to your predental advisor at no charge at the time of application. The Department of Testing Services will accept updates to the schools you selected if you submit the update prior to your testing appointment. To update your selections, complete the form below under Addtional Score Reports.
At the completion of your testing appointment, you will receive an unofficial score report at the Prometric Testing Center. Your test responses are audited for accuracy before official scores are reported to the dental schools requested on your DAT application.
Beginning in 2012, the unofficial score report provided at Prometric Test Centers will include standard scores only. The percentile information will no longer be computed or reported. This change means that the score report information provided at Prometric Test Centers will be consistent with the scoring information received by dental schools, AADSAS and TMDSAS.
Please retain the unofficial report given to you at the Prometric Test Center; otherwise you must pay for an additional copy.
Additional Score Reports
When you request an additional score report for dental schools and other institutions, an official score report is sent. When you request an additional score report for yourself, you will receive an unofficial score report.There is a fee as noted in the DAT Guide for each report. Processing of additional score report requests requires approximately four weeks. Designate where to send an additional score report on the electronic form below or download and complete the PDF document below.To have your examination results audited, complete the form below and submit the appropriate fee:
