invincible110 Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 First off I will state that I know the scoring of MCAT tests is based on percentiles, meaning like the 90th percentile or whatever will get a 14 and lower percentiles will get lower marks. But I was wondering if there are any trends out there that have been made public. What I mean is since they *attempt* to make each test difficulty the same then could one predict how many questions they can get wrong in a section to get a certain score. For example in biological sciences, say for example I get 4 wrong, would one be able to predict my score as around a 13 or 14?? 10 wrong = 9?? I know ppl will say since it is based on proportions there is no way to tell for sure, but isn't there a trend of some sort. Like the max you can get wrong to get a 10. I think this would be helpful for example if going through the test I am unsure of only 1 or 2 questions than I would be willing to guess on more questions if I was aiming for a 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG22 Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 I'd like to know the answer to this too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metukah Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 yeah, i have defintly seen charts where they tell you how many questions wrong = a certain score for past tests. I am pretty sure this information came with the practise tests i did....and i think i got access to them via Princeton Review..so maybe ask a friend who is in it now. Theres also some information on the website http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/preparing/understandingscores.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamP Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 yeah it's hard to say for sure, but helpful to know while practicing. I always used the soft rule that 40+ on the sciences generally would get you a 10 as would a 30+ on the verbal. No hard and fast rule though, honestly the best thing you can do is to not aim for the cutoffs but rather the 13+s, try and get 46+s on the science and 34+s on the VR then you will be safe for sure;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldnk Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 I wouldn't get too hung up on the individual number of correct answers required because it can change by a few each time. Focus more on just doing the best that you can do, because you can't control the person sitting next to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildoc1 Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 For those of you who wrote in April, you can feel free to thank me for setting the PS bar nice and low. All thank you presents of food and flowers can be sent to me c/o Ian Wong. JK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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