Your DAT study schedule, week by week.

The Dental Admission Test has four parts: the Survey of the Natural Sciences (biology, general chemistry and organic chemistry), perceptual ability, reading comprehension and quantitative reasoning. Perceptual ability is a skill, not content, so the plan practises it every week.

1. Content review, about half. Science and math content by section, with questions at the end of each day and a daily perceptual ability set.
2. Practice, the rest. Full-length practice tests every other week and timed work on your weakest sections.
3. Final week. Light review, nothing new, and rest before test day.

Section hours are rough shares based on the question counts and how much content each section covers. They aren’t official. Any section you tick as shaky gets 50% more time.

Check the current test details at ada.org before you rely on it.

A plan that survives week two beats a perfect one that doesn’t.

• Study at the same time each day. Your phone goes in another room for that block.
• Keep a log of every miss and why. Re-read it before each study day.
• When you miss a day, don’t double up. Carry on from where the plan says you are.