Prophecies said:
to everyone waiting to hear.
Q, You got a 40? Or did I misunderstand?QofQuimica said:No, that isn't right. According to the AAMC, the highest score last year was 43, not 39. Since fewer than 0.5% of test-takers earned scores above 40, it rounds down to 0% on the statistics.
OP, there are several people on SDN who scored 40+. I felt that I had done well, but I was surprised to find out how well. I did not think I had "aced" the exam; I was hoping for a 40. Yes, I did have to guess on some questions, but I was generally able to narrow down the choices to two.
Prophecies said:
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gujuDoc said:Actually, you can do a search on this on SDN, but the highest score in August 2004 was a 43. There were only 2 people whom did this high in August 2004 of which one is on this board. No names mentioned.
There are also others on this board, whom you will see if you look up mdapplicant profiles of these people whom scored 43 in other semesters.
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Not since 2003. I don't know whether or not anyone got a perfect score before that. It's possible.Righty123 said:
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Nutmeg said:I got a 40T in April 2003, but when I saw my score, I was actually a bit disappointed, because I wanted at least one 15 and I didn't get one. The problem is I had no idea how it was scored or what a 15 or a 40 even meant, since they didn't release percentiles for several weeks after the scores came out. I discovered SDN when I tried to find out what my score meant by googling "40T". When I found out what it meant, I was stoked.
You misunderstand. At the time the person you were quoting was talking about (before 2003), it was impossible to score higher than 13 on the verbal reasoning section: top scores, in that section only, were reported as 13-15. As we know, this is no longer true, and 45 is now possible, though no one has done it.gujuDoc said:
I have to disagree. I agree that it's unlikely that any given testtaker will get a 45, but that's because the test is really difficult, not because of some subtlety of design. However, I believe it is merely a matter of time before someone gets a perfect score. We know it's been done in each section, and performance on each section is strongly positively correlated with performance on the others, so I'm actually willing to bet it isn't too long. Within five years, max.gujuDoc said:
"genius?" please, ladies, you're embarrassing me. i predict i'll get a 43.topdogg82 said:
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Is this confirmed? Can anyone personally attest to having done this?topdogg82 said:
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There are people who actually know that organic chemistry stuff? Why?QofQuimica said:If you'd study some organic, you could probably do it. I know someone who could teach you....
i'll bet it'd be someone who tends to get the diagnosis right more often than not. and certainly more often than their colleagues who scored <30. i wish their mcat score was listed next to their degree, 'cause then i'd know who to pick from my ppo list.KingTutATL said:
housecleaning said:
ooops! sorry, banjo! I fergot about y'all in east virginny. my apolergeezs.callendm said:
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Who cares about that fuddy-duddy physics and biology??? Shrike said:
I've got first dibs on Shrike!!! I called it!!! 
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QofQuimica said:You know, I have an idea. There should be optional team MCAT testing. I mean that you get two or three people to complete one test together. Of course, it wouldn't mean s*** for medical school admissions, but I bet we could get a few 45s for each test administration that way, because each team member could specialize. Care to join my team, Shrike?
shantster said:Because when I'm a doctor I'm going to write out all the mechanisms of the pills that I'm prescribing to my patients so they understand how they are made and how they work.
kalix said:haha,
And about your avatar, those lines from Frost's poem always bother me. Read back over the poem, it's not clear whether he or she actually takes the less traveled road. This drives me nuts.
I actually used to ask my doctors that sort of thing, in the days when I had health insurance. I think there was a conspiracy to take my coverage away, to prevent my asking that sort of question any more.shantster said:Because when I'm a doctor I'm going to write out all the mechanisms of the pills that I'm prescribing to my patients so they understand how they are made and how they work.
Honored to be chosen to your playground MCAT squad. Thank you. We're gonna kick some AAMC booty.QofQuimica said:Care to join my team, Shrike?
Actually, that just makes the curve harder. It doesn't matter how well you did in terms of right/wrong answers, it only matters how well you did WRT everyone else. But in any category, the percentage of people getting a 15 is ~0.1%, so the odds are equal across the board for the 15. In 2004, the numbers getting 14 were VR: 0.3%, BS: 1.0%, and PS: 1.7%. Clearly, the spread is broadest in PS, likely because most premeds suck at PS, while virtually all have a reasonable grasp on bio and VR--the few with really strong understanding of PS are more rare than those with really strong understanding of bio or reading comp. That's why the PS was the section where i got my 14, I presume.gujuDoc said:
All sensible, but at odds with what we believe to be true. It is generally believed among TPR people that, while each section is curved as you explain, the rules for 15s (only) are not as the statistical approach would dictate -- to get a 15 requires, in practice, a perfect score, regardless of test form or section. This belief is the reason I questioned an earlier post, which stated a different view, so intently.Nutmeg said:
