MCAT scoring

[MD2019_A]

Hello,

 

I know the "raw" scores (% correct answers) are scaled to the 1-15 scale, but I wanted to know how they are scaled. Does anyone know the conversion from raw scores to scaled scores?

 

Thanks!

[Genemo]

each test is different, you'll never know the exact conversion for your exam

[bored]

Here is what I think of the process of scaling

 

TPR book has this info n page 7..

 

100 percentile = 14-15

97-99 percentile = 13

 

and so on..

[MD2019_A]

that makes sense. thanks for the help!

[Sebriz]

Here is an example of a distribution chart from aamc practice test 3. The actual values vary from test to test depending on the difficulty but they are all similar to these for the most part.

 

Score PS | VR | BS

15 52-52| 40-40 | 51-52

14 51-51| 39-39 | 49-50

13 48-50| 38-38 | 47-48

12 46-47| 35-37 | 45-46

11 43-45| 33-34 | 43-44

10 39-42| 29-32 | 40-42

9 36-38| 26-28 | 36-39

8 33-35| 24-25 | 32-35

7 29-32| 22-23 | 29-31

6 24-28| 19-21 | 25-28

5 21-23| 18-18 | 22-24

4 16-20| 16-17 | 19-21

3 13-15| 14-15 | 16-18

2 10-12| 11-13 | 14-15

1 0-9 | 0-10 | 0-13

[I.Want.In]

I didn't know this at first, but if you log into the e-MCAT (where you purchase and do practice tests through AAMC) on the left side there is a tab that says "how the MCAT is scored" and it identifies the scoring for ALL AAMC's.

 

That helped me a lot as it wasn't just for a few tests, it covered all of them.

 

Hope that helps.

[MD2019_A]

Are the practice tests same as the one Kaplan provides?

[Mithril]

Kaplan provides their own and I believe the first 10 AAMC tests. I could be wrong on the last part but I remember their online syllabus having access to the AAMC tests.

[MD2019_A]

Yeah they give AAMC tests.

 

Thanks everyone!