Compilation of 2015 MCAT Preliminary Percentiles, and Practice Exam Scores

[Xenith]

Hi everyone,

Sorry for posting this everywhere. I think it deserves its own thread considering the work we have put into it and the interest people have shown.

mcatjelly and I compiled data on final scores, preliminary percentiles, the AAMC full length, and company exams in the following google doc. Please check it out and give us feedback! Also, if your information is missing or incorrect, please edit it!

PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE! The embedded sheet will make this thread very slow if it is quoted.

Also, click this >link< to open in a new window (especially useful for mobile devices)!

PS: Can this be stickied?

PSS: For scores after July Here is a link to the form, and here is a link to the new spreadsheet. Thanks to mcatjelly!

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[a_borgia]

@EverStriving Yup already doing the reddit thing. I hope to finish all FLs about 1.5 weeks before to prevent burnout and allow a buffer zone for improving certain areas.

@javksmith93 Which/how many problems did you work with in the 3 out of 4 weeks prior?

Thanks.

I'm not javksmith, but I also worked on a tight schedule. I did probably 3000+ problems in 3 weeks - I took the last week off, so I started about a month prior Between 11 FLs, every Kaplan Biochem and PS problem from the QBank, the AAMC packs, and their half and full lengths, the questions really added up. I also had some EK books to do the chapter end problems, but I found that they were no more helpful than the Kaplan chapter end problems. I have to say, I think practice was way more worth my time compared to review.

 

[basophilic]

I'm not javksmith, but I also worked on a tight schedule. I did probably 3000+ problems in 3 weeks - I took the last week off, so I started about a month prior Between 11 FLs, every Kaplan Biochem and PS problem from the QBank, the AAMC packs, and their half and full lengths, the questions really added up. I also had some EK books to do the chapter end problems, but I found that they were no more helpful than the Kaplan chapter end problems. I have to say, I think practice was way more worth my time compared to review.

Damn, that's like 450 problems a day! How'd you have time to review all the problems? Also, did you just review weak content areas that week prior to the test?

 

[Dreamstoo]

I'm not javksmith, but I also worked on a tight schedule. I did probably 3000+ problems in 3 weeks - I took the last week off, so I started about a month prior Between 11 FLs, every Kaplan Biochem and PS problem from the QBank, the AAMC packs, and their half and full lengths, the questions really added up. I also had some EK books to do the chapter end problems, but I found that they were no more helpful than the Kaplan chapter end problems. I have to say, I think practice was way more worth my time compared to review.

Must be Superman because I'm not sure if I can even do that in a 2 month time.

 

[a_borgia]

Damn, that's like 450 problems a day! How'd you have time to review all the problems? Also, did you just review weak content areas that week prior to the test?

Sorry, the 3000(3500?) is including FLs - so on avg 150 a day. I only did FLs every other day, so I had time to review. I did an in depth content review for about 10 days preceding, but as I mentioned before for every problem I missed, I spent 10-15 min reviewing that topic on my non-test days.

Prior to the test, I reviewed 1 topic a day, last day off completely. For each topic I had 3-6 pages of very condensed notes that has literally "fact" that might come up, and I used my last review days to cram the nitpicky details, like for biochem the exact order of glucose enzymes, or for physics the ten big fundamental constants - I didn't review concepts.

@Dreamstoo: it wasn't easy. 9 hours on FL days, 6-7 in non-FL days, 10 on content review days, and 4-5 week before the test.

 

[Boggle2019]

should we still post our scores here or is there not a point anymore?

 

[Cotterpin]

I think there's still a point. For those of us who are waiting for scores or taking the test over the next few months, all of this data is a really good resource to see how we're doing. Please keep posting your scores!

 

[EverStriving]

should we still post our scores here or is there not a point anymore?

It will still be useful for aamc fl score correlation with final score, which will help future testers.

Also, I'm kind of interested how well the prelim range predictions turned out for people.

 

[Okazaki Frag Grenade]

515, 93%ile

CP = 129
Cars = 129
Bio = 127
Psy = 130

 

[soccergurl1987]

522, 99th %
CP=131
Cars = 130
Bio = 130
Psy = 131

 

[Dr. Eggbeard]

I'm curious as to anyone who scored 131/132 on a section positively knows that they had at least 1-2 questions wrong?

I know that I got at least one wrong in C/P and I got a 131.

 

[Dr. Eggbeard]

Updating my results:
519, 98th %
CP=131
Cars=129
Bio=130
Psy=129

 

[Boggle2019]

okay thanks!
524, 100th
CP=132
CARS=132
Bio=130
Psy=130

 

[jd989898]

i KNOW I got 3 questions wrong in CP and got a 131. Weird

 

[bearintraining]

I know that I got at least one wrong in C/P and I got a 131.

i KNOW I got 3 questions wrong in CP and got a 131. Weird

Thanks for responding.. this gives me at least *some* hope that I didn't totally bomb. Most of the exam is a total blank in my mind, except a couple questions here and there that I know I had wrong (looked it up after).

 

[a_borgia]

Congrats on the scores, everyone! It looks like this round's stats look pretty similar to the May/april releases, but we'll know when the spreadsheet is filled in I suppose.

 

[bearintraining]

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WOW, that's amazing man. congrats! How did you feel after the exam??

 

[a_borgia]

WOW, that's amazing man. congrats! How did you feel after the exam??

I felt mediocre after the exam honestly, I ironically thought my best section was my worst. I know for sure I missed 2-3 questions in B/B, and I guessed through at least 7 in P/S. Luck maybe?

 

[bearintraining]

Sorry, took that down because I realized it's too identifying. I felt mediocre after the exam honestly, I ironically thought my best section was my worst. I know for sure I missed 2-3 questions in B/B, and I guessed through at least 7 in P/S. Luck maybe?

Understood -- well congrats anyway! World is your oyster.

 

[piii]

@Xenith and @mcatjelly I'm gonna dump some hardcore data on ya.

Actual (6/19)
Total 514 91%
CP 131 99%
CARS 126 70%
BIO 130 97%
PS 127 75%

Prelim
Total 88-98
CP 85-100
CARS 65-80
BIO 85-100
PS 70-85

AAMC Sample
Total 83.5%
CP 78%
CARS 85%
BIO 90%
PS 81%

TPR 1
Total 509
CP 127
CARS 126
BIO 129
PS 127

TPR 2
Total 507
CP 127
CARS 124
BIO 129
PS 127

EK1
Total 70%
CP 66%
CARS 66%
BIO 80%
PS 69.5%

EK2
Total 76%
CP 70%
CARS 68%
BIO 83%
PS 83%

EK3
Total 68%
CP 56%
CARS 66%
BIO 83%
PS 68%

AAMC BIO 1 87%
AAMC BIO 2 90%
AAMC CHEM 84%
AAMC PHYSICS 84%
AAMC CARS 1 88%
AAMC CARS 2 80%


Okay. Now that this is done, I will hopefully NEVER think about the MCAT again!

 

[jd989898]

prelims:

cp: 85-100
cars: 82-97
bio: 82-97
psyc: 85-100

actual:

cp: 131 (99%)
cars: 128 (87%)
bio: 128 (87%)
psyc: 129 (93%)

overall 516 (95%)

 

[championcc]

85-100 prelim on all sections
90-100 overall

C/P 129
CARS 130
B/B 132
P/S 129
520 overall

 

[Jody+Tinkles]

Update: just found out my score today! So here is everything...

TPR:
FL 1: 504 (pre-studying)
FL 2: 508 (after classes, before review)
FL 4: 513 (after some review)
FL 3 and FL 5 got cut off due to technical issues

AAMC Practice:
C/P: 81%
CARS: 91%
Bio: 92%
Psych: 86%

Preliminary Percentiles:
C/P: 85-100%
CARS: 85-100%
Bio: 85-100%
Psych: 85-100%
Overall: 90-100%

Actual Scores:
C/P: 131 (99%)
CARS: 129 (93%)
Bio: 130 (97%)
Psych: 132 (100%)
Overall: 522 (99%)

I still have no idea how I accomplished this when I only had 5 weeks to study while I was doing lab training and having my apartment fumigated. I had so many mental breakdowns that I was going to bomb the MCAT. Confused but happy

 

[Gandyy]

Almost everyone in this thread has made a 33 equivalent MCAT or higher.

This compilation is going to be highly skewed haha

 

[intenseFACES]

C/P: 132, 100% (85-100 prelim)
CARS: 127, 81% (76-91)
B/BC: 132, 100% (85-100)
P/S: 129, 93% (85-100)
Total: 520, 98% (90-100)

 

[Ochemphd]

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[kitty994]

first official practice test
Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems 73% (43/59)
Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills 89% (47/53)
Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems 71% (42/59)
Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior 81% (48/59)
Prelims
Chem 74-89%
Cars 82-97%
Bio 82-97%
Psych 81-96%

Total 82-92%
Official test scores
C/P 127 (79)
CARS 128 (87)
B/B 128 (87)
P/S 128 (86)
Total 511 (85)

 

[mikil100]

Finally posting my scores. I was a "borderline" score test taker, so I hope this gives motivation to those who study and get discouraged from their practice scores!

NS 1/2 Diag: 497
AAMC Official: PS: 64. CARS: 85%.Bio 73%. Psych: 64% (beginning of prep)
AAMC 120Q PACK: Bio:73% PS: 86%. Psych:83% CARS: ~80%
TPR1: 502
TPR2: 502
TPR3: 502 (I really got sick of that number)
EK1:70%
EK2: 71%
EK3: 70%
AAMC BioQ packs: 93%
AAMC Physics Q Pack: 80%
AAMC Chem QPack: 85%
AAMC CARS QPacks: 80%

I took the AAMC official exam twice, scoring >90% in each section. This was 3 days before the real deal

ACTUAL SCORES:
Prelim: all sections 85-100 percentile
Actual Score: PS129 CARS129 Bio130 Psych129 total score 517

 

[oryoloblast]

Kaplan Practice Tests
Diag: 496
#1: 498
#2: 498
#3: 500
#4: 498
#5: 496
#6: 500
AAMC Practice
C/P: 59%
Cars: 83%
B/B: 64%
P/S: 78%
Actual Test Score
C/P: 127
CARS: 126 (really shocked this was my lowest)
B/B: 129
P/S: 128
Total: 510

Not as great as most on here but an improvement from my 24.

 

[Gandyy]

Kaplan Practice Tests
Diag: 496
#1: 498
#2: 498
#3: 500
#4: 498
#5: 496
#6: 500
AAMC Practice
C/P: 59%
Cars: 83%
B/B: 64%
P/S: 78%
Actual Test Score
C/P: 127
CARS: 126 (really shocked this was my lowest)
B/B: 129
P/S: 128
Total: 510

Not as great as most on here but an improvement from my 24.

a 510 is still pretty good, and will get you into many MD schools if your app is good otherwise.

This thread is extremely skewed. Like I said before everyone here has made a 33 or higher lol.

 

[Mikewise]

Thanks for doing this @Xenith and @mcatjelly.

Actual (6/20)
Chem/Phys: 127, 79%
CARS: 127, 81%
Bio: 131, 99%
Psyc/soc: 131, 98%
Total: 516, 95%

Prelims:
Chem/Phys: 74-89
CARS: 76-91
Bio: 85-100
Psyc/soc: 85-100
Total: 90-100

Practice tests (% correct)
Test | CP | CARS | Bio | Psyc | Total
TPR Course test 1: 54% 75% 64% 68% 65%
TPR Course test 2: 64% 74% 64% 80% 71%
TPR Course test 3: 61% 85% 71% 73% 73%
TPR Course test 4: 75% 81% 81% 83% 80%
TPR Course test 5: 75% 89% 75% 78% 79%
TPR Complete test 1: 73% [skipped] 83% 93% 83%
EK 1: 63% 75% 69% 78% 71%
EK 2: 63% 70% 85% 88% 77%
EK 3: 63% [skipped] 75% 81% 73%
AAMC FL 68% 91% 75% 92% 82%
AAMC Official Guide 90% 87% 80% 77% 83%

AAMC Question packs (% correct)
CARS I, #1-60: 75%
CARS I, #61-120: 93%
Chem, #1-59: 83%

 

[Xenith]

Anyone want to help us upload these scores? Send me a pm with your gmail address and I will add you as an editor.

 

[ChrisMack390]

Every time I take another Kaplan practice test and score in the low 500s I look back at this chart so as to not kill myself. Thanks for that everyone

 

[mcatjelly]

Anyone want to help us upload these scores? Send me a pm with your gmail address and I will add you as an editor.

Seconded. I'm working full-time and writing secondaries and uploading these scores is like last of my list of priorities haha.

 

[Faii]

AAMC Practice test scores: (Taken with about 3-4 chapters of each subject's content review left, a month before the real test)
CP: 83
CARS: 95
BB: 80
PS: 81

Kaplan FL scores:
#1 502
#2 503
Taken a week apart, second one was one week before the test. I work full time so I could only fit in practice tests on weekends and didn't have a chance to take more unfortunately.

MCAT Scores (Prelim range):
CP: 132 (85-100)
CARS: 128 (82-97)
BB: 130 (85-100)
PS: 130 (85-100)
Total: 520 (90-100)

Thanks @mcatjelly and @Xenith, lots of future test takers will appreciate what you're doing here!

 

[Ad2b]

Thanks @mcatjelly and @Xenith, lots of future test takers will appreciate what you're doing here!

And how many "lives" they've saved by it as well. How many of us with 498 FL 2 or FL 3 scores, or 500 panicked and about without all of you posting FL v actual. There IS hope!!

 

[Boggle2019]

hey everyone, all the data should be updated now. let me know if I put something in incorrectly!

 

[drrao88]

Official scores:

CPS: 128, prelim - 82-97 percentile
CARS: 126, prelim - 65-80 percentile
BIO/BC: 129, prelim - 85-100 percentile
PSY/SOC: 129, prelim - 85-100 percentile.

Overall: 512, 87th percentile.

My practice exam scores are already in the spreadsheet.

*Anyone who hasn't taken the exam yet*

Use Examkrackers closer to your exam date! They are hands down the best practice. Kaplan is very unrepresentative overall, so take their scores with a grain of salt, but use them in order to highlight your content gaps.

 

[a_borgia]

Hey guys, I've put in most of the reddit scores. Remainder will be updated time allowing, since you have to dig through post history on reddit to find prelim and AAMC/practice info.

 

[jordan222]

I'm a week late now, but I so enjoyed having this spreadsheet to (over)analyze my percentiles that I want to add my data for future people.

C/P: 127 (79%), prelim 74-89%
CARS: 132 (100%), prelim 85-100%
Bio: 129 (93%), prelim 85-100%
Psych: 131 (98%), prelim 85-100%
Overall: 519 (98%), prelim 90-100%

I took one practice test every weekend between February and June (I work full time as well). Below are my practice test scores. Note: I tried to convert percentiles into scores based on Kaplan/TPR's conversion formulas which I estimated. To anyone studying for the new MCAT, I highly recommend taking a plethora of practice tests and focusing on making the long test less tiring. I took 16 practice tests and found the real MCAT not so bad after all that foreplay. I scored a 30 last August, so if you are a retaker there is hope!

1. Kaplan 1: 504
2. NextStep 1 Diagnostic: 505 126/125/126/128
3. Kaplan 2: 501 124/126/126/125
4. TPR Demo: 505 124/126/126/129 58%/74%/68%/85%
5. TPR Test 1: 506 125/128/127/126 66%/83%/73%/70%
6. TPR Test 2: 509 125/125/128/131 68%/70%/83%/93%
7. TPR Test 3: 508 125/125/128/130 68%/58%/75%/90%
8. AAMC MCAT Online Practice Questions 90%/87%/70%/87%
9. Kaplan 3: 508 125/128/126/129 63%/85%/70%/85%
10. Gold Standard Diagnostic 511 125/130/130/126 60%/89%/90%/75%
11. AAMC Question Packs Part 1:Chem,Physics,CARS1,Bio 1 90%/93%/63%/92%
12. AAMC Question Packs Part 2:Chem,Physics,CARS1,Bio1 88%/82%/88%/93%
13. EK Test 1: 506 125/126/128/127 61%/76%/75%/76%
14. AAMC Question Packs Part 3:Bio2,CARS2,CARS2,Bio2 83%/88%/87%/92%
15. AAMC Sample Test: 514 128/128/128/130 76%/87%/85%/90%
16. EK Test 2: 510 126/126/127/131 71%/76%/73%/92%

 

[Timmy248]

Hey guys, just been observing these threads so far and was hoping if yall could help me out with something.

So, Nextstep changed their scoring scales on June 20th. I was just wondering if anyone who took these nextstep practice exams before June 20th could offer up their scores along with the percent questions answered correctly. I know this will really help me, as well as a lot of other people out. It would be nice to be able to see how the NS scoring scale has changed.

Thanks!

 

[AndyHopkins]

I don't trust whoever that HopkinsTea(R) person is on the sheet...I feel like he's trying to steal my identity.

Hey... that's me but I definitely didn't post that on there.

 

[Ad2b]

oh man - need to crack 500 on Kaplan this weekend ... give me some hope!

 

[Xenith]

Don't think about the score for Kaplan. It frankly won't simulate the actual test in any way other than length.

 

[Ad2b]

I am sucking on them. If you hear a wind outside, that's me. Sucking

 

[NeuResurgens]

Kaplan has been good for me just for timing practice and raw content knowledge evaluation. Many of the AAMC questions are significantly easier than Kaplan questions. Only AAMC's scientific journal-based passages are harder and your reading of those improves if you just go read some actual journals.

 

[DesitnationMD]

Kaplan has been good for me just for timing practice and raw content knowledge evaluation. Many of the AAMC questions are significantly easier than Kaplan questions. Only AAMC's scientific journal-based passages are harder and your reading of those improves if you just go read some actual journals.

Is the google .doc locked? How do I add my scores?

 

[a_borgia]

Is the google .doc locked? How do I add my scores?

Post them here, and myself or someone else with access will update them on the google doc.

 

[_Fawkes_]

Kaplan has just recently updated their score scale to reflect the actual test more accurately

 

[dushash]

I took Kaplan FL 2 and scored 497 Lowest were Psych 123 and B/B 123. Psych was last section (as you all know) and I was really tired. What would you guys recommend for Psych to watch? Also what do you recommend for building endurance?
P.S. this was my first timed test (except Diagnostic one with 483).

 

[NeuResurgens]

I took Kaplan FL 2 and scored 497 Lowest were Psych 123 and B/B 123. Psych was last section (as you all know) and I was really tired. What would you guys recommend for Psych to watch? Also what do you recommend for building endurance?
P.S. this was my first timed test (except Diagnostic one with 483).

Don't be discouraged - Kaplan has some of the hardest FLs out there. If you can consistently score above a 500 on one of those (after maybe two or three tests) you should be good for the MCAT. 497 isn't bad for your first FL Kaplan test.

To everyone else - I just took the test today and it was pretty hard! Did any of you get out of your test thinking you did poorly, only to discover you did better than you expected?