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1230 SAT (On third try)
34 MCAT (1st and only)
It is terribly difficult for me to see any correlation, but I did take the MCAT much more seriously than I ever took the SAT.
34 MCAT (1st and only)
It is terribly difficult for me to see any correlation, but I did take the MCAT much more seriously than I ever took the SAT.
On this topic, I've come to several conclusions.
1. There is a weak correlation between SAT & MCAT scores.
2. The tests are very different in their approaches (e.g., SAT Verbal = heavy emphasis on vocabulary, MCAT Verbal = heavy emphasis on reading comprehension).
3. A particular person's circumstances (e.g., how motivated s/he was to study at the time) trump any predictive power of the correlation.
In English, if you scored well on the SAT, you stand a fair shot at scoring well on the MCAT. Or, if you did poorly on the SAT, you can still do very well on the MCAT.
1. There is a weak correlation between SAT & MCAT scores.
2. The tests are very different in their approaches (e.g., SAT Verbal = heavy emphasis on vocabulary, MCAT Verbal = heavy emphasis on reading comprehension).
3. A particular person's circumstances (e.g., how motivated s/he was to study at the time) trump any predictive power of the correlation.
In English, if you scored well on the SAT, you stand a fair shot at scoring well on the MCAT. Or, if you did poorly on the SAT, you can still do very well on the MCAT.
