How much points is each question worth in each section?

[deleted421268]

For MCAT like how much can you afford to miss to get a certain score say like 500? 509? Each question worth a certain amount of points?

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[wareagle107]

No, the exams are scaled on an individual basis, so you can't assign a point value to questions. Sure would be convenient for scoring practice exams though!

 

[deleted421268]

No, the exams are scaled on an individual basis, so you can't assign a point value to questions. Sure would be convenient for scoring practice exams though!

So how much can one afford to miss to get a really good score?

 

[wareagle107]

Well, say you are averaging 90% correct on a practice exam. That's really high, probably top 5% for sure.
Going off a predictor made for the AAMC FL comparing practice percent with actual exam score - 80% right was about a 509, 60% was about 501. But like I said, there's no hard and fast correlation, because one exam could be harder than another.

 

[deleted421268]

Well, say you are averaging 90% correct on a practice exam. That's really high, probably top 5% for sure.
Going off a predictor made for the AAMC FL comparing practice percent with actual exam score - 80% right was about a 509, 60% was about 501. But like I said, there's no hard and fast correlation, because one exam could be harder than another.

So of total questions on MCAT you need to get 80% right which leads to score of 509? 60% of all correct about 501?

 

[wareagle107]

I wouldn't phrase it that way, but on average, people who scored overall 60% on their practice got an average score of 501 on the MCAT, yes.
Just use the percentages as a rough way to gauge how you're doing preparedness-wise.

 

[BluMist]

According to the last version of the FL predictor, 80% across all 4 sections = 514 +/- 2, 60% = 501 +/- 2. Again, those are rough estimates.

You'd probably get a better idea with the latest practice test from AAMC which is actually scored.

 

[Doctor Dream]

Edit: double post

 

[Doctor Dream]

Bottom line is there's no way to tell for sure. Each MCAT exam has its own bell curve, and your score depends on how you do vs. everyone else who has taken that same exam. You score depends entirely on the % of people you score better than. Say you get a really tough C/P section and only get 50% of the questions right. You may end up being 75th%ile (which is a 127 or something) because that section was really tough for everyone. On the other hand, say you get 75% of questions right on a relatively easy C/P section. You might end up being 50th%ile (scoring 125) because everyone found that section easy, and 50% of the exam takers got more questions right than you.

Ultimately, the MCAT is curved and depending how well you do relative to others, you will fall somewhere in that curve. People can make conjectures and look at trends, but its impossible to accurately know how many questions you need to get right to get a certain score.