Correlation between MCAT and LSAT/SAT/ACT?

[Berkeleygrad]

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[yankswin2011]

Just wondering if there's a correlation between the MCAT and LSAT, in particular, or the MCAT and the SAT/ACT. I have taken the LSAT, SAT I, II, and ACT.

My scores:
LSAT: 170 (98th percentile) after studying
SAT I: 1420 (690 V, 730 M) cold
SAT II: 800 W, 730 M, 690 Bio cold
ACT: 32 cold

An equation for the LSAT-SAT that generally applies:
Old SAT score (out of 1600) / 20.7 + 100.7 = LSAT score. This equation pretty much predicted what I would get on the LSAT from my cold SAT I score.

Any equations for the MCAT w/r/t to the other exams? Have any of you taken all of these exams? If so, care to share your results?

I think the big difference is that MCAT requires some actual knowledge whereas the exam you mentioned (except SAT Bio), you can wing it. With that said, it appears that you have very strong test taking skills, which means you'll likely do well on the MCAT, particularly the verbal section. After all, even though you need to have some basic science knowledge for the MCATS, at the core of it is logic and reasoning.

 

[yankswin2011]

I think the big difference is that MCAT requires some actual knowledge whereas the exam you mentioned (except SAT Bio), you can wing it. With that said, it appears that you have very strong test taking skills, which means you'll likely do well on the MCAT, particularly the verbal section. After all, even though you need to have some basic science knowledge for the MCATS, at the core of it is logic and reasoning.

Plus, with a 170 on the LSATs, you will probably get full scholarships to many schools.

 

[apumic]

I think the big difference is that MCAT requires some actual knowledge whereas the exam you mentioned (except SAT Bio), you can wing it. With that said, it appears that you have very strong test taking skills, which means you'll likely do well on the MCAT, particularly the verbal section. After all, even though you need to have some basic science knowledge for the MCATS, at the core of it is logic and reasoning.

From my background (similar past test performance to what the OP cited) and what it's taken to do well on the MCAT VR, I can attest that prior test results are not nearly as good of a prediction as they might first appear. Often, the VR is really more dumbed down on the MCAT. As a result, very strong test takers OVER think and OVER analyze and could end up out-thinking the test writer. The problem with that is that no matter how well you may understand the passage and the question, it isn't your interpretation that matters. I've had a few times in my studies where I've vehemently opposed what the test writer believes the author meant and taken it to an expert in that field and had them agree w/ me b/c it was a "WTF! I know this!" moment. The fact remains that you have to figure out how the MCAT test writer thinks, not how a rational human being would think!

 

[ridethecliche]

Why would you take all these tests cold? Are you too stupid to even take a sweatshirt with you to the exam site? Jeez.













PS: This has nothing to do with anything, hence the answer.

 

[HatWobble]

Just wondering if there's a correlation between the MCAT and LSAT, in particular, or the MCAT and the SAT/ACT. I have taken the LSAT, SAT I, II, and ACT.

My scores:
LSAT: 170 (98th percentile) after studying
SAT I: 1420 (690 V, 730 M) cold
SAT II: 800 W, 730 M, 690 Bio cold
ACT: 32 cold

An equation for the LSAT-SAT that generally applies:
Old SAT score (out of 1600) / 20.7 + 100.7 = LSAT score. This equation pretty much predicted what I would get on the LSAT from my cold SAT I score.

Any equations for the MCAT w/r/t to the other exams? Have any of you taken all of these exams? If so, care to share your results?

Those are pretty good scores... you probably wouldn't need to study at all for the MCAT to get a 40.

 

[Berkeleygrad]

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