IQ and MCAT

[Gandyy]

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didn't read this but just popped this into google. http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/occupations.aspx Seems about right. Bottom 25% of doctors are slightly above average and top 25% are genius range. I think MCAT physical sciences and verbal reasoning are strongly correlated with IQ. Biological sciences moderately correlated. Judging by the 20 or so people in my class for whom I know their MCAT scores I think it relates very well to IQ but IQ beyond the top 20-25% or so does not relate very well to success in medical school classes.

Edit to add other interesting fact: The bottom 5% of doctors have a lower IQ than the top 5% of Janitors. Life isn't really an IQ test.

Why is a janitor always used as the example of the bottom end of everything? lol

 

[Gandyy]

There surely is some positive correlation between IQ and MCAT score.

If you really believe that there is no correlation, that means that if your life depended on someone scoring high on the MCAT, you would be completely indifferent as to whether you choose to have someone with an IQ of 200 vs. someone with an IQ of 60.

All the factors many of you bring up (e.g., preparation, upbringing, disabilities, ESL, etc.) certainly matter in terms of the actual score . But think of it this way:

IQ generally affects your potential/ceiling. Whether you reach that ceiling depends on the factors like preparation, upbringing, ESL, etc. This is especially true for the verbal section. If you are a native English speaker and prepare for the MCAT and plateau at 10-11, then it's unlikely you will be able to average 14-15, even if you prepared for the next 3 years. Why? Because you are being limited by your critical thinking ability and hitting your ceiling.

Now I'm not saying that someone with an IQ of 100 couldn't outscore someone with an IQ of 200. But if you control for other factors (like level of preparation), it's more likely that the person with an IQ of 200 will end up doing better.

Eh I dont know if you can say that. If my LIFE depended on it, I wouldnt want a person with an IQ of 60 doing ANYTHING for me let alone taking the MCAT if I could choose the 200 IQ guy.

 

[FutureBenCarson]

I got a 525 on the new mcat, 100th percentiles, basically a 40+ on the old mcat. and I am here to tell you that my IQ is like... not high. so there's my 2 cents