Is the DAT hard? If my GPA is a 3.2 can i get into dental school?

Any advice would be helpful. I'm thinking about going into dentistry (I am a dental hygienist now).

Is the DAT hard? If my GPA is a 3.2 can i get into dental school?
The DAT is not a hard hard test, but it does require some prep and study time for. There are test centers out there that can help you prep for the test - Kaplan and Princeton Review offer courses.





What you do have to realize is that you need to put time and effort into studying for the test- there are 3 science sections (bio, g-chem, o-chem), math, reading comp, and the PAT (perceptual ability test - ability to see two dimensional objects in 3D space). Of those subjects, your overall science score and your PAT are going to be what matters the most.





A 3.2 GPA should still enable you to get into a dental school. You may need to bolster your resume out a little more (being a hygenist definately helps!), and if you want to get into schools like Harvard, UCLA and UCSF, you may need to get some research experience to be on par with most of the applicants to those schools





Good luck!