Guest Quinn604 Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Hi everyone, With the UBC Undergraduate MD application, I know that UBC will take the highest overall MCAT score. I have taken the MCAT twice. Do I need to report both sets of scores or just the one with the overall higher score? Thanks for any help. Quinn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kupo Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 It is my understanding that you need to report all of your scores. They don't, contrary to what some have feared, ding you for having a bad MCAT in the pass (they're not that angry at you). In fact, admissions can be really nice and combine MCAT scores to give a better overall composite score! It happened to me last year (Admission for 2004) and it could very well have happened this year (although I will never know since I got in). My first MCAT was 4-11-12-R (VR, PS, BS, WR) My 2nd MCAT was 9-10-11-O The combined my scores into 9-11-12-R. Not bad at all. That being said, MCAT plays a minor role in the admissions process (at most couple of % out of the entire application score) as it is used as a last resort tie-breaker or a reason to not offer you admissions because they're having a tough time deciding between you and 5 other applicants. Kupo PS, you know, sometimes I think that the MCAT is still required at UBC just to avoid having to sift through 5000+ applications (cough, cough, MCMASTER...). I suppose this is a good or bad thing depending on your point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KatieKat Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Kupo, are you positive that UBC combined your MCAT scores? Here's a direct quote from the admissions website: "If you have written more than one MCAT from August 2000 to August 2005, the MCAT with the best overall total score will be used." I'm pretty sure UBC only used your 2nd MCAT score. If the best score of a section from each test was taken, then people could easily just take the test three times and only focus on only one section each time. And of course, that wouldn't be fair to people who studied all three sections for one exam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TKP 123 Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 They probably won't take individually section out. Instead, let's say you screw up a different section each time, they would put in the comment box in your final review sheet, saying that you have obtained a higher score in that part before. It won't be used for the overall calculation, but it can serve as a flag or unflag when they have a reason to keep you in or screen you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kupo Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 heya, yeah, to be more specific, what they exactly did was take my first mcat score and put a comment on the verbal saying it was improved considerably. i just view it as "combining scores". but to be accurate and so ppl dont get confused, i stand corrected . nevertheless, having more than one mcat score didnt seem to work against me. kupo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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