general MCAT scaling

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Where can I find the scaling chart thing for general aamc sections. I just took a kaplan biological scienes section thing and i'm like wtf what's my scaled score. it doesn't say. those basterd.s..
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The AAMC scaled scores are on their website under "how is the mcat scored" link... But I would be cautious about using scales from a different test as they vary depending on the test... even if they are only off by point per section a 27 is a lot different then a 30 or a 30 is a lot different then a 33... 😱
 
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Isnt that amazing, really you can be 3 questions away from a 30 if you got a 27 on the mcat...

thats going to be my line come May 16th (around when I will get the scores back) ha
 
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In general how many questions can you miss on the B,P and V sections and still receive a 10? I'm guessing:

V: 7
B: 10
P: 10

But im not sure
 
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GZA said:
In general how many questions can you miss on the B,P and V sections and still receive a 10? I'm guessing:

V: 7
B: 10
P: 10

But im not sure
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Went through and computed the averages from the 7 CBT AAMC exams... Here is the lowest AVERAGE number you can miss and get tens in every section:

PS:12.85
VR: 9.71
BS: 13.57
 
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The kaplan scaled score is on your online syllabus thing. You need to look under "getting started" tab. The score conversions are there. Good luck!
 
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ILPsychDoc said:
Went through and computed the averages from the 7 CBT AAMC exams... Here is the lowest AVERAGE number you can miss and get tens in every section:

PS:12.85
VR: 9.71
BS: 13.57
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That's cool that you calculated that. I always thought you could miss more on physics and get a higher score since Bio is supposed to be pre-med's strong point. Looks like we can miss more in Bio and still get the same score as Physics. Well, it seems doable, but we'll see. I am praying good things will come on my score release date!!
 
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ILPsychDoc said:
Went through and computed the averages from the 7 CBT AAMC exams... Here is the lowest AVERAGE number you can miss and get tens in every section:

PS:12.85
VR: 9.71
BS: 13.57
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Thanks, that's very helpful.
 
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So it's easier to get a high score in Biological? Hm.. Dude, chemistry and physics is a freakin BITCH!!! There are so many freakin freaking m-effing formulas!!! WHEN DOES A REAL DOCTOR EVER HAVE TO REFER TO A FREAKIN FORMULA?!?!?!

God seriously. I'd rather memorize 58 useless facts like Nails are derived from ectoderm, than ONE MOAR FORUMALE!!! I'm going to cry.
 
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BeatrixKiddo said:
So it's easier to get a high score in Biological? Hm.. Dude, chemistry and physics is a freakin BITCH!!! There are so many freakin freaking m-effing formulas!!! WHEN DOES A REAL DOCTOR EVER HAVE TO REFER TO A FREAKIN FORMULA?!?!?!

God seriously. I'd rather memorize 58 useless facts like Nails are derived from ectoderm, than ONE MOAR FORUMALE!!! I'm going to cry.
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What did you memorize? Most memorization I found involved Harmonics and gas laws which are very interesting laws of nature, more interesting than knowing what arbitrary name is assigned to each tissue....and im a Bio major ha, i should of majored in physics :/
 
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ILPsychDoc said:
Went through and computed the averages from the 7 CBT AAMC exams... Here is the lowest AVERAGE number you can miss and get tens in every section:

PS:12.85
VR: 9.71
BS: 13.57
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So, if I get 31-32 correct, I should theoretically be able to hit a 10 in Verbal. For some reason, GS tests scale this down to like 8. It scares me.
 
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What are the minimum number of questions to get right for a set of 12s across the board add up to for the CBT? Anyone?
 
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BeatrixKiddo said:
no idea. depends on the test and curve blah blah blah?
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they curve the MCAT? I didn't know that. Based on the old written exam scale, I tried to figure out the minimum number of wrong for a 10 on the VR and you need to have at least 73% correctly answered. This adds up to no more than 10 errors on the VR section (30/40). For the PS and BS sections, a 10 would be around 75% which comes out to around 39/52 correct questions.
 
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sehnsucht said:
they curve the MCAT? I didn't know that. Based on the old written exam scale, I tried to figure out the minimum number of wrong for a 10 on the VR and you need to have at least 73% correctly answered. This adds up to no more than 10 errors on the VR section (30/40). For the PS and BS sections, a 10 would be around 75% which comes out to around 39/52 correct questions.
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Yeah, they like see how everyone did that day and then curve it based on everyone else's scores.
 
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Oh haha.

I just thought that you have been all crazy going over MCAT material since last august because thats when it says you signed up for this forum.
 
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sehnsucht said:
they curve the MCAT? I didn't know that. Based on the old written exam scale, I tried to figure out the minimum number of wrong for a 10 on the VR and you need to have at least 73% correctly answered. This adds up to no more than 10 errors on the VR section (30/40). For the PS and BS sections, a 10 would be around 75% which comes out to around 39/52 correct questions.
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The curve TOTALLY depends on the form and your test peers... the old written exams might look similar but the actual MCAT could give tens out if you get 60% of the questions right... it all depends on the other people taking the test and the difficulty of the form. They probably chose very similar tests to be the "examples".
 
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