So I know that everyone says that a balanced score looks best, but at what point do differences between sections constitute an "unbalanced" score? For example, everyone would agree that a 37 is a great score. However, what if it is made up like this 14P 10V 13B? Would this be considered unbalanced?
Balanced Score?
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No. This would not be unbalanced.
The idea of balanced score would mean to have all strong scores. In other words, no weaknesses. If I had a 15, 7, 15 then that is an unbalanced 37 because my VR would be in the bottom 10th percentile at every MD school in America. The whole point is to not have a portion of your individual scores to dip into a 10th percentile range. If all 3 scores are at or above the median, then this can't be unbalanced.
10+ in anything isn't unbalanced. A 37 is a very good score. Remember this is SDN where people think a 31 is not good. A 31 is the average for accepted medical students I believe.
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I would say that this score is balanced. As long as all the sections are above 10 ~ you have nothing to worry about. On the other hand if your sections were 15P/7V/15B ~ this is clearly unbalanced. In order to be competitive in this environment that we have nowadays, you need pretty much 10s/11s across the board.
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