June 2005 vs October 2005

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how many people took in June and how many people took in October, do you guys know? any estimate?
 
Around twice as many in October compared to June. Here's some interesting stats:

PCAT REGISTRATION TRENDS (1993-2003)

Feb-93 4076
Apr-93 1700
Oct-93 3657
TOTAL 9433

Feb-94 4403
Apr-94 1578
Oct-94 4370
TOTAL 10351

Feb-95 4667
Apr-95 1699
Oct-95 4749
TOTAL 11115

Feb-96 5274
Apr-96 1798
Oct-96 5199
TOTAL 12271

Feb-97 5180
Apr-97 1805
Oct-97 4591
TOTAL 11576

Feb-98 3926
Apr-98 1383
Oct-98 4193
TOTAL 9502

Jan-99 3820
Apr-99 1189
Oct-99 3695
TOTAL 8704

Jan-00 4066
Apr-00 1613
Oct-00 4315
TOTAL 9994

Jan-01 4914
Apr-01 1880
Oct-01 5451
TOTAL 12245

Jan-02 5988
Apr-02 2437
Oct-02 6617
TOTAL 15042

Jan-03 9993
Mar-03 3493
Oct-03 12060
TOTAL 25546

Jan-04 9275
Mar-04 3701
Oct-04 9350
Nov-04 7598
TOTAL 29924

Jan-05 8392
Jun-05 4232

http://www.aacp.org/site/tertiary.asp?TRACKID=&VID=2&CID=991&DID=5959
 
crossjb said:
Around twice as many in October compared to June. Here's some interesting stats:

PCAT REGISTRATION TRENDS (1993-2003)

Feb-93 4076
Apr-93 1700
Oct-93 3657
TOTAL 9433

Feb-94 4403
Apr-94 1578
Oct-94 4370
TOTAL 10351

Feb-95 4667
Apr-95 1699
Oct-95 4749
TOTAL 11115

Feb-96 5274
Apr-96 1798
Oct-96 5199
TOTAL 12271

Feb-97 5180
Apr-97 1805
Oct-97 4591
TOTAL 11576

Feb-98 3926
Apr-98 1383
Oct-98 4193
TOTAL 9502

Jan-99 3820
Apr-99 1189
Oct-99 3695
TOTAL 8704

Jan-00 4066
Apr-00 1613
Oct-00 4315
TOTAL 9994

Jan-01 4914
Apr-01 1880
Oct-01 5451
TOTAL 12245

Jan-02 5988
Apr-02 2437
Oct-02 6617
TOTAL 15042

Jan-03 9993
Mar-03 3493
Oct-03 12060
TOTAL 25546

Jan-04 9275
Mar-04 3701
Oct-04 9350
Nov-04 7598
TOTAL 29924

Jan-05 8392
Jun-05 4232

http://www.aacp.org/site/tertiary.asp?TRACKID=&VID=2&CID=991&DID=5959

the more the better, our chance will be high in percertile 🙂
 
Is it really true that the more people who take the PCAT the better? My brother is in pharmacy school at UF, and he said that his friends did best on the October/November exams that the June or January. Just wondering :idea:
 
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What I don't get is how Harcourt can compare us to the "norms" from 1998 through 2003 when their test was significantly easier than ours! Seems a little wrong. But I've seem some 99 percentiles around so it must work out in the wash as they say.
 
GATOR Girl said:
Is it really true that the more people who take the PCAT the better? My brother is in pharmacy school at UF, and he said that his friends did best on the October/November exams that the June or January. Just wondering :idea:

No, because your score is not based upon how many people took the test with you. It is based upon a 'control' group that took the test over several years.
 
ndearwater said:
What I don't get is how Harcourt can compare us to the "norms" from 1998 through 2003 when their test was significantly easier than ours! Seems a little wrong. But I've seem some 99 percentiles around so it must work out in the wash as they say.

I think harcourt might take that into account to make it fair.
They are probably going to be just looking at the previous two - three tests where there have been actual essay examinations
.. I'm guessing