If you had to pay back the money from your future physician salary, how much would you drop for a 42?
If you had to pay back the money from your future physician salary, how much would you drop for a 42?
why would i pay to decrease my score
why would i pay to decrease my score
Get a 36 and no school will turn you away for having a "not good enough" MCAT. 42 is completely unnecessary. Each point adds less and less benefit above a 36.
why would i pay to decrease my score
strong logic itt
I'd pay a pretty penny OP, take my 42 and go to med school for free after having spent all that extra non-MCAT-studying time keeping a 4.0, doing extra EC's etc.
why would i pay to decrease my score
If you had to pay back the money from your future physician salary, how much would you drop for a 42?
None. Beyond a 36, the score doesn't mean anything (i.e. it's based on luck from that point on).
Eh, I wouldn't go that far. I wouldn't pay for the score either, but I suppose most of us say that because we don't have to. If we struggled to break 30 I'm sure many of us would be singing a different tune.
Agreed we can (and should) strive for the highest score possible, but by doing all the rigorous prep work, a 35/36 is essentially the "maximum limit" from studying and scores above that are attributed to favorable scaling.
Agreed we can (and should) strive for the highest score possible, but by doing all the rigorous prep work, a 35/36 is essentially the "maximum limit" from studying and scores above that are attributed to favorable scaling.
I dunno, 10 bucks? you sellin'?
Not true. I know many people who scored above a 36 (myself included) and several people who scored above a 40. No one got these high scores completely by luck - they were averaging around there on practice tests. For example, my practice tests ranged from 37 to 40, and I ended up with a 38. I bet Narmerguy was consistently hitting above a 40.
Now, I'd imagine a 40 and a 38 are viewed pretty similarly, but I doubt a 43 and a 38 are lumped together.
But if you're consistently scoring above that on full lengths, it can't just be due to favorable scaling since they all have different scales.
I'm cynical (that or lack of self-confidence and/or anxiety ) about the AAMC so my concerns are probably irrational... although I agree with you that scoring consistently in that range is basically a guarantee to have the actual score within that range. Yet there is always that chance of scoring in that 34-36 range even though the practice average is a 37-45 or so.
Agreed we can (and should) strive for the highest score possible, but by doing all the rigorous prep work, a 35/36 is essentially the "maximum limit" from studying and scores above that are attributed to favorable scaling.
For people out there, this is absolutely not true...consistent 37+ scoring is possible
Even though I did not get anywhere near a 42 on the MCAT, I am proud of the score I earned through my own hard work.
So in short, I would not pay any amount of money just to get a higher score.
lol, i doubt it.
And how do you know this? Did you retake it after getting a 38?
why would i pay to decrease my score
Well... I got a 40 by buying the AAMC practice tests and studying my ass off... so...
I wouldn't buy. Ever. It would cheapen what I have accomplished by my own hard work and dedication.
Gotta get in that score drop.
I would pay $40,000 out of my future earnings without a second thought. All the people ragging on about the wonders of self-reliance are obnoxious gasbags. This coming from someone who didn't see a need for a retake after getting a 33 the first time around.
I would pay $40,000 out of my future earnings without a second thought. All the people ragging on about the wonders of self-reliance are obnoxious gasbags. This coming from someone who didn't see a need for a retake after getting a 33 the first time around.
It would reach perfection if mention of a top-tier school was also included. Then again, that's the difference between a 40 and 43