I just got my score back and I got a 33 S. The 33 is pretty good, but getting an S on the verbal is really high, 94 to 99th percentile. I've heard that most schools don't care about the verbal score at all, is that true? And even if it is true as a general rule, would a super high verbal score stand out and help me?
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Do schools care about your verbal score?
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The S is your Writing Score (WS), which US medical schools don't care about too much. Sure, the S will look nice, but it's a small factor and will in no way compensate for a poor score in the other sections. On the other hand, a bad WS can sink an otherwise good candidate that is applying to Canadian medical schools. Your Verbal score (VR), is very important to medical schools. Anything below an 8 in this section is bad news unless you have an easy to get into in-state school. Last year, only a few US medical schools (the ones that cater exclusively to their in-state residents, ex. Arizona's sole medical school) accepted people with a verbal score of 7. The majority of schools did not accept anyone below an 8 or 9 in VR.
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Thanks, that's what I thought. I got a verbal 10, physical 11, and bio 12.
That's a solid score that shouldn't hold you back at most schools. Good job.
i would imagine ~70% of MCAT test takers.
I know someone who got a 15, but since I'm not a genius when it comes to VR, I'll be happy with a 9 or 10, which is not stellar, but if it's enough to get me into med school, then hey, I'll take it.
I'll trade you two letters from my writing sample if you'll gimmie just one extra point for my verbal! 😉 But speaking seriously, from all the books and online articles that I read, they all said that almost all med schools really don't care about your writing score at all unless it's super duper low, which an N probably isn't. The only places I saw who said the writing score was important came from companies that were selling books to help you improve your writing score. So this is good news for you if you expect a low writing score, but bad for me since I scored so high on my writing.
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Two Canadian medical schools have hard cut-offs for the MCAT and GPA-above them, it is an automatic interview.
And their WS section cut off is a Q.
Know one guy with a 36 P who was automatically eliminated from both those schools. Imagine a re take just to improve the WS score!
And their WS section cut off is a Q.
Know one guy with a 36 P who was automatically eliminated from both those schools. Imagine a re take just to improve the WS score!
lol, those tricky companies...
And it is excellent news for me. I have mediocre writing skills at best, and I've been slightly unsure of exactly how to prepare for it. I'm banking on average or slightly below average score.
However, having to retake a 36 mcat because of writing is one of the saddest (and also funniest) things I've heard in a while.
