How does a regrade work for CBT?

[jess84]

Advertisement - Members don't see this ad

I'm getting my MCAT scores in exactly 20 days and I have a feeling I didn't do well. If I choose to have it regraded, how does this work for CBT? Is it even worth it? Please help! Thanks.🙂

 

[David Rigert]

My understanding is that the PS, VR, and the BS are computer graded. The WS is scored by two readers per writing prompt (4 readers with 4 scores total that is somehow used to calculated a scaled score). I feel that a regrade will only help your cause if you are unsatisfied with your writing section and you know you did much better. Otherwise, IMHO you shouldn't have your test regraded.

I just feel that the regrade is an easy 50-100 dollars (50 for PS, VR, and BS combined; 50 for writing section alone; 100 for full exam) that the AAMC makes off us.

Anyways, hang in there. I hope you did well.

 

[jess84]

My understanding is that the PS, VR, and the BS are computer graded. The WS is scored by two readers per writing prompt (4 readers with 4 scores total that is somehow used to calculated a scaled score). I feel that a regrade will only help your cause if you are unsatisfied with your writing section and you know you did much better. Otherwise, IMHO you shouldn't have your test regraded.

I just feel that the regrade is an easy 50-100 dollars (50 for PS, VR, and BS combined; 50 for writing section alone; 100 for full exam) that the AAMC makes off us.

Anyways, hang in there. I hope you did well.

Thanks. But I think I remember reading somewhere that someone got a 1 pt increase due to a regrade(not the Writing section, either). I tried to doing a search for this, but to no avail.

But I have to wonder why the AAMC would offer a regrade for PS and BS if it's useless...?

 

[MCATsMyMistress]

Thanks. But I think I remember reading somewhere that someone got a 1 pt increase due to a regrade(not the Writing section, either). I tried to doing a search for this, but to no avail.

But I have to wonder why the AAMC would offer a regrade for PS and BS if it's useless...?

My $0.02: It could just be to satisfy some people that feel there may have been an error. There is always a possiblilty of something going wrong with the grading, but if the test is electronically graded (minus the writing section) then there is probably a lower chance of errors. However if you were getting a 35 on all of your practice tests and then you get your official score back and it is a 14, then there was probably a computer error and that would be an obvious time where you may need it to be regraded. Just a guess, I really don't have any idea.

 

[jess84]

My $0.02: It could just be to satisfy some people that feel there may have been an error. There is always a possiblilty of something going wrong with the grading, but if the test is electronically graded (minus the writing section) then there is probably a lower chance of errors. However if you were getting a 35 on all of your practice tests and then you get your official score back and it is a 14, then there was probably a computer error and that would be an obvious time where you may need it to be regraded. Just a guess, I really don't have any idea.

Yeah, but I could have SWORN I read somewhere about the 1 pt increase due to the regrade! Maybe I dreamt it up.

 

[kweekes80]

you are right, i remember reading a post like this but if i remember right it was hearsay and not a 1st hand account.

i think its a big waste of time though, another chance for them to make extra $$

 

[MCATsMyMistress]

Yeah, but I could have SWORN I read somewhere about the 1 pt increase due to the regrade! Maybe I dreamt it up.

I guess that's possible. I wasn't trying to say it isn't, I just wouldn't plan ahead of time to have it regraded for no reason at all (but to try to get an extra point). I think if it was truely common, we would hear about it more often. Also, I think that if they were screwing up people's scores all the time, they would probably fix that right away. Maybe the person you read about had their grade go up a point due to a change in the curve or something.

 

[David Rigert]

But I have to wonder why the AAMC would offer a regrade for PS and BS if it's useless...?

They offer a regrade for PS, BS, and VR because it is only fair. I could not imagine the fits that people would throw if AAMC did not offer the chance for a regrade on those sections. And yes, computer errors do happen. However if there's really an egregious discrepancy between your actual scores and practice scores , then I guess the regrade will help you confirm that you did/didn't score that way.

 

[MCATsMyMistress]

They offer a regrade for PS, BS, and VR because it is only fair. I could not imagine the fits that people would throw if AAMC did not offer the chance for a regrade on those sections.

Yea, that's what I was thinking as well. It's probably to just make people happy.

 

[requeim]

i guess its for those drastic grade changes that you would want to consider a regrade.