Does scoring a 125 on all 4 sections =500 mean that I will definitely score 50th Percentile..Also lets say if I score a 497 can that be in the 50th Percentile?
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My 500 was the 48th percentile on my test.
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My 502 was 60th percentile in September but has now decreased to 57th percentile.
Are you sure? The MCAT percentiles are set each year prior to exam administrations and a 500 has never been lower than a 50th percentile since the exam began in 2015. For 2015-2016, it was 51st percentile. For 2016-2017, it was 53rd percentile. And for 2017-2018, it is 50th percentile.
https://aamc-orange.global.ssl.fast...-4aa0-90cb-70184be8c8b8/percentilenewmcat.pdf
https://aamc-orange.global.ssl.fast...tion_score_percentile_ranks-update_with_n.pdf
https://aamc-orange.global.ssl.fast...ction_score_percentile_ranks_2017_for_web.pdf
Percentiles are set each year before the exams are administered. So the answer for this year (until April 30, 2018 anyway) is no - a 500 is the 50th percentile. That number might change again but as the AAMC collects more and more data with more test-takers (increasing n), the percentile ranges will settle down and each successive year will change less and less. See above comment for data.
