2 MCAT scores, which do they take

[arsenal14]

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So I took the Aug 21 MCAT and got a 29 Q. But coming out of the Aug 21 test I felt soo bad, so I decided to retake it again before the last date (please do not post about the horrible decision I made). I took it again Sept 4 and got a 25O. YIKES!
So my question, do medical schools take the best MCAT score or the most recent. And yes, I am kicking myself so hard right now!

 

[J ROD]

They will look at both of them. But, you just committed the cardinal sin of the MCAT. You went down on the MCAT on the second try.

 

[SN2ed]

Depends on the school. A large number of schools use the most recent. However, medical schools will see ALL scores before 2003 and will take that into account.

 

[POWP]

just more evidence the MCAT is a crappy standardized exam...

 

[tigerfan2014]

same exact story. felt horrible about 21st MCAT and wound up with 29 which was on the low end of my AAMC scores. Sept 4 wound up being 28 and I felt awesome about it.

 

[arsenal14]

yea i felt awesome coming out of the Sept 4 exam too! I was actually hoping to wake up today and realize it was a bad dream or they accidentally switched my score with someone with my name. I mean the good news is that I received all the secondaries from all of my schools that I applied to (20 different ones) within the past two weeks. So its good I passed the preliminary screening. I am just worried they will only look at the 25 not the 29 when making their decisions.

Oh and by the way. I took all AAMCs and averaged between 29-31. Only got one 27 and that was my first one! I guess I had a bad day on Sept. 4...