Is it true that no one ever gets above a 42 on the MCAT?

[NotSur]

Also, if I've already submitted my AMCAS, will my MCAT scores be sent automatically to my schools? Do I have to do anything? Thanks all!

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[Pinkertinkle]

People get above 42, but once you're beyond 38 or so its very much diminishing marginal returns.

 

[Mattabet]

Right. I've heard of as high as 43, but I think 45 is a rarity, I know that entire administrations can go by without a single perfect score due to the nature of the curve. On older applications, you would just mark (43-45) as your score; they didn't even draw a distinction.

If you released those future scores to AMCAS, I think you're golden. They'll send the results out when they're done cooking.

 

[neuro1986]

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[sj1337]

My friend got a 40.

I know someone who got a 42. I dont know of any higher.

 

[pseudoMCAT45]

well, I didn't get a 45

 

[QofQuimica]

Also, if I've already submitted my AMCAS, will my MCAT scores be sent automatically to my schools? Do I have to do anything?

No, they go automatically, assuming you released them.

I think a member here (QofQimca or something?) scored a 43.

Yes, I did get a 43.

 

[olemissbabydoc]

Q is pretty much amazing.

 

[Seraph 84]

There was a person who claimed getting a 44 on it recently. It's in the 30+ MCAT studying habits thread near the end.

 

[BlueElmo]

There was a person who claimed getting a 44 on it recently. It's in the 30+ MCAT studying habits thread near the end.

I saw. Holy crap.

 

[NotSur]

Thanks Q!

 

[146233]

Since 2003, all scored MCAT examinations are automatically released to AMCAS and cannot be withheld. The only way to keep a score off of your AMCAS is to opt not to have it scored once you've completed it.

 

[Kong Bu]

Yeah, a person in the 30+ MCAT thread got a 44S.

Can you tell us more about the neurologist?

 

[ironicallyunsur]

my best friend's uncle graduated harvard as valedictorian, got a 45 on the mcat, and now makes millions of dollars a year.

 

[BennieBlanco]

my best friend's uncle graduated harvard as valedictorian, got a 45 on the mcat, and now makes millions of dollars a year.

My next door neighbor got a 46, married a supermodel, and I sometime see him on his balcony tossing off paper airplanes made of $100 bills. Don't quote me on this, but one time I thought I saw him walking across his pool. It was late and I was drunk so I can't be sure.

He is so dreamy.

 

[Van Chowder]

The janitor my school got a 43P but decided he didnt want a carrier in medicine. Nice guy he is.

 

[fusionx22]

My next door neighbor got a 46, married a supermodel, and I sometime see him on his balcony tossing off paper airplanes made of $100 bills. Don't quote me on this, but one time I thought I saw him walking across his pool. It was late and I was drunk so I can't be sure.

He is so dreamy.

HAHAHA

 

[fusionx22]

My next door neighbor got a 46, married a supermodel, and I sometime see him on his balcony tossing off paper airplanes made of $100 bills. Don't quote me on this, but one time I thought I saw him walking across his pool. It was late and I was drunk so I can't be sure.

He is so dreamy.

HAHAHA

 

[neuro1986]

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[NickNaylor]

Straight As! Say it ain't so!

 

[neuro1986]

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[mmmcdowe]

I personally would say that once you hit 35 you start getting diminishing returns. That puts you in the top 5% of scorers and approximately the top 10% of applicants by numbers, assuming your GPA is reasonable.

 

[nabeel76]

Didn't that guy from MIT that was breaking vegas, forgot the name of the movie, I think it was called 21, but I think he got a 45 on the MCAT and got into Harvard Med.

 

[richse]

Right. I've heard of as high as 43, but I think 45 is a rarity, I know that entire administrations can go by without a single perfect score due to the nature of the curve. On older applications, you would just mark (43-45) as your score; they didn't even draw a distinction.

If you released those future scores to AMCAS, I think you're golden. They'll send the results out when they're done cooking.

That's because there was no distinction on older scores. The verbal score of 13+ was given as "13-15" so you couldn't really know if you had a 13, 14 or 15. Therefore, if your other scores were high enough the 43-45 box was as close to perfect as you could get.

 

[austinap]

Didn't that guy from MIT that was breaking vegas, forgot the name of the movie, I think it was called 21, but I think he got a 45 on the MCAT and got into Harvard Med.

It's been a while since I read the original book, but I actually don't remember any of them planning on going to med school. They were all math and engineering majors. I know that one of of the original 2-3 makes a living giving blackjack seminars. I think the med school part was just added in to make the movie a bit more compelling.