Official MCAT Percentile vs AAMC Sample Test Thread

[Heisenberg 41]

Hey SDN! This is a thread to post your AAMC sample test scores (& other FL scores) along with preliminary percentile scores, so that all of this info could be in one easy to find place. For example (not my real scores):

AAMC Sample:
Chem/Phys: X%
CARS: X%
Bio: X%
Psych/Soc: X%

April Preliminary Percentiles:
Chem/Phys: X-X%
CARS: X-X%
Bio: X-X%
Psych/Soc: X-X%
Total: X-X%

Kaplan FL
FL1: X
FL2: X


**Disclaimer** I understand that there isn't necessarily a great correlation between these scores, that there are many other factors at play, and that this shouldn't be used as a perfect predictor for future outcomes. I just know there are a lot of people who would like this information. Thanks!

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[usvickpremed]

Hey! Thanks for starting the thread. I tried to start a similar one last week. I took the May MCAT, so don't have my percentiles yet, but I have taken plenty of practice tests so I can't wait to see how predictive they are.

AAMC Sample taken a few days before May 22:
Chem/Phys: 71%
CARS: 89%
Bio: 80%
Psych: 97%

Kaplan FL
1: 497
2: 499
3: 501
4: 497
5: 501
6: 501

 

[carpediem22]

Another May test-taker, I'll post my percentiles when I have them.

AAMC FL: Taken about 1.5 months before the exam with content review ~75% finished (guess which 25% I hadn't finished yet?)
Chem/Phys: 76%
CARS: 92%
Bio: 85%
Psych: 90%

NextStep 1/2 Length Diagnostic: Taken within month leading up to exam
516

Examkrackers FLs: Taken within the month leading up to the exam
EK1: 77%
EK2: 83%
EK3: 77%

Update:

Actual thing:
Chem/Phys: 85-100%
CARS: 85-100%
Bio: 85-100%
Psych: 85-100%
Overall: 90-100%

 

[Heisenberg 41]

Any April test takers? I might just start finding the data and posting it myself!

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User A:

April Percentiles
Chem/Phys: 85-100 percentile
CARS: 85-100 percentile
Bio/Biochem: 85-100 percentile
Psych/Soc: 85-100 percentile
Total: 90-100 percentile

AAMC Sample
Chem/Phys: 76%
CARS: 92%
Bio/Biochem: 78%
Psych: Soc: 88%

Physics Question Pack: 76%
Biology Question Pack: 76%

Kaplan
Kaplan Diagnostic: 498
Kaplan Full-Length 1: 500
Kaplan Full-Length 2: 502
Kaplan Full-Length 3: 505
Kaplan Full-Length 4: 506

 

[mikil100]

Any April test takers? I might just start finding the data and posting it myself!

Do eeeeet

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User B
April Percentiles
Total: 75-85 percentile

AAMC Sample
Chem/Phys: 73%
CARS: 77%
Bio/Biochem: 80%
Psych: Soc: 80%

Kaplan
Cracked 500 once on 11 Kaplan FLs

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User C
April Percentiles
Chem/Phys 84% - 99%
CARS 67% - 82%
Bio/BC 75% - 90%
Psych Socio 74% - 89%
Total: 81-91

AAMC Sample
Chem/Phys = 61%
CARS = 85%
Bio/BC = 85%
Psych = 78%

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User D
April Percentiles
Chem/Phys: 74-89%
CARS: 85-100%
Bio: 85-100%
Psych: 85-100%
Total: 90-100

AAMC Sample
Chem/Phys = 83%
CARS = 87%
Bio/BC = 88%
Psych = 88%

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User E:

April Percentiles
Chem/Phys: 85-100 percentile
CARS: 85-100 percentile
Bio/Biochem: 85-100 percentile
Psych/Soc: 85-100 percentile
Total: 90-100 percentile

AAMC Sample
Chem/Phys: 85%
CARS: 98%
Bio/Biochem: 89%
Psych/Soc: 90%

TPR Average
PS: 62%
CARS: 85%
BS: 78%
PSYCH: 85%

 

[platanus]

SDN User E:

April Percentiles
Chem/Phys: 85-100 percentile
CARS: 85-100 percentile
Bio/Biochem: 85-100 percentile
Psych/Soc: 85-100 percentile
Total: 90-100 percentile

AAMC Sample
Chem/Phys: 85%
CARS: 98%
Bio/Biochem: 89%
Psych/Soc: 90%

TPR Average
PS: 62%
CARS: 85%
BS: 78%
PSYCH: 85%

Just curious...
52/59 = 88.1%
53/59 = 89.8%
I guess either both bio and psych are 90% or 88%.

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User F:

May Percentiles
PS: 74-89%
CARS: 53-68%
Bio: 62-77%
Psych: 70-85%
Total: 65-75%

AAMC Sample: 3 days before exam
PS: 41%
CARS: 85%
Bio: 59%
Psych: 76%

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User G:

May Percentiles
Chem/Phys: 85%-100%
CARS: 65%-80%
Bio/Biochem: 85%-100%
Psych/Soc: 81%-96%
Total: 88-98%

AAMC practice test:
Chem/Phys: 73%
CARS: 91%
Bio/Biochem: 90%
Psych/Soc: 83%

Kaplan FLs:
FL#1: 494
FL #2: 497
FL #3: 503
FL #4: 500
FL #5: 499
FL #6: 503
FL #7: 505

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User H:

May Percentiles
Chem: 82-97
CARS: 76-91
Bio: 49-64
Psych: 85-100
Overall: 80-90

AAMC practice test:
Chem: 71%
CARS: 83%
Bio: 63%
Psych: 68%

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User I:

May Percentiles
PS: 85-100
CARS: 85-100
Bio: 85-100
Psych: 81-96
Overall: 90-100

AAMC Practice Test
PS: 78%
CARS: 91%
BS: 88%
Psych: 83%

AAMC Official Guide:
PS: 80%
CARS: 90%
BS: 76%
Psych: 90%

Kaplan Full Lengths (not completed in this order)
FL 3: PS:125 CARS:128 BS:125 Psych:127 Total: 505
FL 4: PS:125 CARS:127 BS:125 Psych:127 Total: 504
FL 5: PS:124 CARS:126 BS:125 Psych:127 Total: 502
FL 8: PS:125 CARS:128 BS:126 Psych:124 Total: 503
FL 9: PS:125 CARS:128 BS:126 Psych:124 Total: 503

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User J:

May Percentiles:
Chem and phys: 85-100%
CARS: 85-100%
Bio: 85-100% (always was my weakest)
Psych: 85-100%
Overall: 90-100%

AAMC Sample Test:
PS: 81%
CR: 85%
Bio: 78%
Psych: 81%

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User K:

May Percentiles:
PS: 40-55%
CARS: 85-100%
Bio: 49-64%
Psych: 50-65%
Overall: 61-71%

AAMC Sample Test:
PS: 66
CARS: 85
BIO: 78
PSYCH: 76

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User L:

May Percentiles:
Chem/Phys: 85-100%
CARS: 65-80%
Bio: 85-100%
Psych: 81-96%
Overall: 90-100%

AAMC Sample Test:
PS: 90%
CARS: 89%
BIO: 88%
PSYCH: 86%

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User M:

May Percentiles:
C/P: 50% - 65%
CARS: 85% - 100%
B/B: 49% - 64%
Psych/Soc: 81% - 96%
Total Score: 74% - 84%

AAMC Sample Test:
Chem/Phys: 63%
CARS: 89%
Bio/Biochem: 71%
Psych/Socio: 86%

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User N:

May Percentiles:
Chem/phys: 74-89
CARS: 85-100
Bio: 39-54
Psych: 85-100
Composite: 82-92

AAMC FL
C/P : 51%
CARS: 75%
Bio: 56%
Psych: 76%

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User O:

May Percentiles:
CP: 82-97
CARS: 76-91
Bio: 72-87
PSY: 81-96
Overall: 80-90

AAMC FL
CP : 69%
CARS: 89%
Bio: 80%
Psych: 83%

 

[Heisenberg 41]

SDN User P:

May Percentiles:
PS 50-65
BS 85-100
VR 85-100
SS 85-100
Total 88-98

AAMC FL
PS 59%
CARS 89%
BIO 76%
PSY 75%

 

[dreamer659]

Hey everyone, posting to help future test takers out. I know when I was studying these comparisons were what I was really really looking for.

May 22nd MCAT:
PS: 85-100
CARS: 85-100
BIO: 85-100
Psych: 85-100
Overall: 90-100

AAMC FL taken 1 month before exam:
83%/92%/95%/86%

EK FL1 (last FL to take before exam):
Overall 80%, all sections were around that

Kaplan diagnostic: 502 taken before any studying in January

Kaplan FL (these suck by the way I really wouldn't be too disappointed if you're not scoring well I don't think they're very representative of the real thing)
1: 504
2: 505
3: 506
4: 509
5: 507
6: 507

Yeah I took a lot of full lengths but I think that's the best way to study IMO as long as you don't let the scores get you down. Also I would recommend AAMC>EK>Kaplan. Never took TPR

Oh also I took the Kaplan online course. Didn't think it was necessarily worth the money and I wasn't happy with the class but I did end up doing well so I guess maybe it was. I also use Khan Academy a lot and did the AAMC question packs

 

[Pusheen]

It looks like people in the low 500s on TPR are consistently getting 90-100 percentiles on the real thing.
I'm really anticipating the score release, even though I have yet to take the test.

 

[bee17]

I'll post mine:

May percentiles:
C/P: 74-89%
CARS: 85-100%
BIO: 85-100%
PSY: 85-100%
Total: 90-100%

AAMC FL: taken 2 months before exam
C/P: 69%
CARS: 98%
BIO: 71%
PSY: 88%
Total: 81%

NextStep 1/2 length diagnostic: 503 (beginning of studying)

Kaplan 1: 499 (beginning of studying)
Kaplan 2: 498 (2 months before exam)
Kaplan 3: 503 (1 month before exam)

EK1: 73% (1 week before exam)
EK2: 70% (days before exam)

 

[libertyyne]

Any April test takers? I might just start finding the data and posting it myself!

You are doing God's work

 

[libertyyne]

@hisenberg 41 if i could get this in an excel file I would love to run some tests to see how well it correlates . The more data points the better.

 

[umgoblue2008]

April percentiles:
C/P: 81-96%
CARS: 36-51% <- WTF
BIO: 79-94%
PSY: 85-100%
Total: 80-90%

AAMC FL: taken 1 week before exam
C/P: 69%
CARS: 89%
BIO: 76%
PSY: 85%
Total: 79%

Didn't take any other FLs

 

[Mr. Beefy Lion]

@hisenberg 41 if i could get this in an excel file I would love to run some tests to see how well it correlates . The more data points the better.

You and your excel files. It would be cool though

 

[Lannister]

May percentiles:
PS: 50-65
CARS: 85-100
Bio: 82-97
Psych: 85-100
Composite: 88-98

AAMC FL:
PS: 75%
CARS: 96%
Bio: 66%
Psych: 88%

NS 1: 500
NS 2: 500

 

[piii]

I'll post mine:

May percentiles:
C/P: 74-89%
CARS: 85-100%
BIO: 85-100%
PSY: 85-100%
Total: 90-100%

AAMC FL: taken 2 months before exam
C/P: 69%
CARS: 98%
BIO: 71%
PSY: 88%
Total: 81%

NextStep 1/2 length diagnostic: 503 (beginning of studying)

Kaplan 1: 499 (beginning of studying)
Kaplan 2: 498 (2 months before exam)
Kaplan 3: 503 (1 month before exam)

EK1: 73% (1 week before exam)
EK2: 70% (days before exam)

Refreshing to see your score comparisons versus EK exams. I dominated AAMC sample, and averaged 508 on TPR exams but EK just murders me, with 70%.

 

[Heisenberg 41]

@hisenberg 41 if i could get this in an excel file I would love to run some tests to see how well it correlates . The more data points the better.

Unfortunately, I don't have the data in one place... You'll just have to copy it by hand!

 

[carpediem22]

@hisenberg 41 if i could get this in an excel file I would love to run some tests to see how well it correlates . The more data points the better.

This would tell very little considering people took the practice AAMC FL at different points in their studying; any correlation you found would lack internal validity. Some took the FL before content review, some took it in the middle, and some took it in the days leading up to the exam. Only the latter would have any predictive value.

 

[libertyyne]

This would tell very little considering people took the practice AAMC FL at different points in their studying; any correlation you found would lack internal validity. Some took the FL before content review, some took it in the middle, and some took it in the days leading up to the exam. Only the latter would have any predictive value.

You are right on that question. The time that elapsed between would also be an important variable.


I will drop this here. It is all conjecture. But based on previous AAMC scales for cbt 3-11.
This is a proposed scale fore AAMC FL 2015

 

[Glazedonutlove]

May Percentiles
Chem/Phys: 85-100 %
CARS: 85-100 %
Bio/Biochem: 85-100 %
Psych/Soc: 85-100 %
Total: 90-100 %

AAMC Sample
Chem/Phys: 75%
CARS: 85%
Bio/Biochem: 85%
Psych: Soc: 93%

EK 1: 61% (lol..never finished it)

Did a kaplan FL as a diagnostic..think I got a 502?

 

[Alkaidius]

May 22 Percentiles:
Chem/Phys: 85-100%
CARS: 82-97%
Bio/Biochem: 72-87%
Psych/Soc: 50-65%
Total: 77-87%
(You can FEEL how my desire to be there decreased over time based on my scores lol)

AAMC Sample:
Chem/Phys: 64%
CARS: 77%
Bio/Biochem: 73%
Psych/Soc: 76%

EK#1
Chem/Phys: 61%
CARS: 66%
Bio/Biochem: 59%
Psych/Soc: 69%

EK#3
Chem/Phys: 49%
CARS: 72%
Bio/Biochem: 69%
Psych/Soc: 69%

 

[BluejayMD]

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[libertyyne]

Could we edit the template to include the date of exam and date of practice?

 

[joebob19872]

Taking the MCAT this upcoming Saturday and this thread is making me feel a little better. Thank you so much for doing this.

I'll post mine:

May percentiles:
C/P: 74-89%
CARS: 85-100%
BIO: 85-100%
PSY: 85-100%
Total: 90-100%

AAMC FL: taken 2 months before exam
C/P: 69%
CARS: 98%
BIO: 71%
PSY: 88%
Total: 81%

NextStep 1/2 length diagnostic: 503 (beginning of studying)

Kaplan 1: 499 (beginning of studying)
Kaplan 2: 498 (2 months before exam)
Kaplan 3: 503 (1 month before exam)

EK1: 73% (1 week before exam)
EK2: 70% (days before exam)

I took EK1 today and got the same score (Chem:62.7%, CARS: 75.5%, Bio:72.9%, and Psych: 79.7%)! If you don't mind me asking, what were your section scores? I will be extremely happy if I can pull off the same percentile scores on the real thing, but I'm worried about Chem/Phys

 

[bee17]

Taking the MCAT this upcoming Saturday and this thread is making me feel a little better. Thank you so much for doing this.



I took EK1 today and got the same score (Chem:62.7%, CARS: 75.5%, Bio:72.9%, and Psych: 79.7%)! If you don't mind me asking, what were your section scores? I will be extremely happy if I can pull off the same percentile scores on the real thing, but I'm worried about Chem/Phys

EK1: 73%
Chem: 67.8%
CARS: 79.2%
Bio: 74.6%
Psych: 72.9%

EK2: 70%
Chem: 57.6%
CARS: 67.9%
Bio: 78%
Psych: 78%

I thought EK2 was weird, as I scored my lowest CARS score ever (by far). That was not encouraging three days before my exam!

 

[Sir.SavaLottaLife]

Yeah, it would be nice to know how close to the test date these were taken as well as post-test thoughts

 

[Dreamstoo]

It looks like people in the low 500s on TPR are consistently getting 90-100 percentiles on the real thing.
I'm really anticipating the score release, even though I have yet to take the test.

To be honest from what I have seen while talking to people in real life, most people are scoring ~124-125 on the sciences, ~122-123 on CARS, and ~125 on Psych/Soc on the TPR exams. Some of them are retaking the new MCAT and had high 20s on the old one. So about 496-497 is what I'm hearing in general from test takers. I heard of two individuals with 496-497 range on about 2-4 Kaplan tests. One of them did get a 501 once. Both got between 68%-91% so about a 28-33 on the old scale. Both were averaging 123-124 on sciences, 123 on psych, and 126 on CARs.

 

[Heisenberg 41]

Yeah, it would be nice to know how close to the test date these were taken as well as post-test thoughts

You're right, that would have been helpful to include! I found almost all of the AAMC Sample scores in the May thread about 1-2 weeks before their actual test date, so my posts should hopefully be pretty accurate.

 

[Xenith]

May 22 Mcat Percentiles

Total Score: 90-100
Chem/Phys: 85-100
CARS: 85-100
Bio/Biochem: 85-100
Psych/Soc: 85-100

Here are my practice scores in chronological order. I honestly wished for a lot more practice, but I just couldn’t get myself to work through Kaplan and TPR exams. They just didn’t feel right and I was pretty demoralized. But, I knew I am a strong student. So, I stuck with my instincts and stopped practicing with Kaplan and TPR. Nothing matches the AAMC materials!

Background:

-Biology and Humanities double major
-Self studied Jan, nothing in Feb, then March-Exam (all during school, but took 2 months off lab job)
-cGPA: 3.93
-bcpmGPA: 3.89

Kaplan Diagnostic Practice Test (3/7/15)

Total Score: 500
Chem/Phys: 122 (45%)
CARS: 127 (78%)
Bio/Biochem: 126 (71%)
Psych/Soc: 125 (65%)

Kaplan FL2 (3/18/15)

Total Score: 499
Chem/Phys: 124 (56%)
CARS: 126 (75%)
Bio/Biochem: 126 (71%)
Psych/Soc: 123 (54%)

Kaplan FL3 (Only did 2 sections on 4/6/15)

Total Score: NA
Chem/Phys: 125 (63%)
Bio/Biochem: 130 (91%)

TPR FL 1 (4/24/15)

Total Score: 505
Chem/Phys: 126
CARS: 128
Bio/Biochem: 124
Psych/Soc: 127

AAMC FL (5/9/15)

Total Score: 86%
Chem/Phys: 85%
CARS: 87%
Bio/Biochem: 83%
Psych/Soc: 90%

AAMC Guide Questions (5/18/15)
Chem/Phys: 97%
CARS: 90%
Bio/Biochem: not useable because I saw these when I originally got the guide
Psych/Soc: 90%

AAMC Bio 1 Question Pack: 88%

 

[ladysmanfelpz]

So I just took the eMCAT sample test, the one that does not give percentile rankings, and I would like to see where I stand. I scored right around 70% answered correctly in each section. Breakdown is 66%, 70%, 71%, 68%. About what percentile and what score would I receive for each section now that there is some true exam information out there. Also where should I spend my time studying these next 6 weeks for a January 22nd retake?

 

[jswim]

I thought I would add mine in.

KAP1: 502 (127,124,126,125)
KAP2: 508 (128,125,129,126) (2 weeks after KAP1)
AAMC practice: 81%, 83%, 77%, 86% (About 2 weeks after KAP2)

Actual: (About 1 week after AAMC practice)
513: 130,126,128,129

Needless to say I was surprised as well.