Kaplan Conversion Chart: Get it while its hot

[SensesFail]

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So I've been getting sick of seeing these "Where's the conversion chart for Kaplan Test X?" threads, so I decided to just post the damn thing from Kaplan FL6. I'm too lazy to copy and paste each of them but this should be accurate enough. Each Kaplan test has a slightly different curve, but this should give you a pretty good estimate on how Kaplan scales are. In particular, notice the generous curve for Physical Sci.


KAPLAN FULL-LENGTH MCAT #6
SCORE CONVERSION CHART



PS VR BS
0 1 0-2 1 0-5 1
1-4 2 3-6 2 6-12 2
5-9 3 7-13 3 13-18 3
10-16 4 14-19 4 19-25 4
17-21 5 20-23 5 26-29 5
22-27 6 24-26 6 30-33 6
28-32 7 27-29 7 34-38 7
33-36 8 30-34 8 39-43 8
37-41 9 35-37 9 44-48 9
42-47 10 38-42 10 49-53 10
48-54 11 43-45 11 54-58 11
55-59 12 46-49 12 59-64 12
60-67 13 50-54 13 65-70 13
68-73 14 55-58 14 71-74 14
74-77 15 59-60 15 75-77 15


Edit: I aligned the columns, but they came out like this when I finally submitted it. Sorry

 

[frankrizzo18]

Could you post the FL 7 conversion chart? The one posted on this site is off by a lot. Greatly appreciated,

Frank

sorry guys but i just picked up my score report and the conversion chart that was posted for fl 3 is WRONG! (i wish it wasn't though)

Kaplan FL 3

PS VR BS
1 0-6
2 0-3 0-4 7-14
3 4-9 5-10 15-19
4 10-14 11-16 20-24
5 15-20 17-22 25-30
6 21-26 23-27 31-36
7 27-31 28-32 37-41
8 32-37 33-37 42-47
9 38-43 38-41 48-52
10 44-48 42-45 53-56
11 49-54 46-49 57-61
12 55-59 50-52 62-64
13 60-65 53-55 65-69
14 66-71 56-58 70-74
15 72+ 59-60 75-77

 

[morganlefay]

I KNOW! arghhh, my score just took a nosedive cause I was using the other chart. Well that sucks. Is it just me, or was FL 3 really difficult?! I am still scoring pretty high on the AAMC tests. 😕

sorry guys but i just picked up my score report and the conversion chart that was posted for fl 3 is WRONG! (i wish it wasn't though)

Kaplan FL 3

PS VR BS
1 0-6
2 0-3 0-4 7-14
3 4-9 5-10 15-19
4 10-14 11-16 20-24
5 15-20 17-22 25-30
6 21-26 23-27 31-36
7 27-31 28-32 37-41
8 32-37 33-37 42-47
9 38-43 38-41 48-52
10 44-48 42-45 53-56
11 49-54 46-49 57-61
12 55-59 50-52 62-64
13 60-65 53-55 65-69
14 66-71 56-58 70-74
15 72+ 59-60 75-77

 

[MDhopeful023]

Man, I'm sexy.

Thanks to SensesFail, her34, jintonic5, Nekbat, ihdihd, and Khanal007


Caboose

Caboose thanks!

BTW you crack me up!

 

[timur]

Dows anyone know where I can get some more Mcat practice tests?
(I forgot my bag with all the stuff in it on the subway train...what a looser)

 

[jintonic5]

sorry guys but i just picked up my score report and the conversion chart that was posted for fl 3 is WRONG! (i wish it wasn't though)

Kaplan FL 3

PS VR BS
1 0-6
2 0-3 0-4 7-14
3 4-9 5-10 15-19
4 10-14 11-16 20-24
5 15-20 17-22 25-30
6 21-26 23-27 31-36
7 27-31 28-32 37-41
8 32-37 33-37 42-47
9 38-43 38-41 48-52
10 44-48 42-45 53-56
11 49-54 46-49 57-61
12 55-59 50-52 62-64
13 60-65 53-55 65-69
14 66-71 56-58 70-74
15 72+ 59-60 75-77

hey all,

i was the OP of the above conversion scale-- i copied it directly from my own score report from when i took kaplan.
HOWEVER, i took kaplan in 2003, which may explain the discrepancy. having said this, i'm not sure if the test itself has changed any, or if they have updated only the conversion chart itself to reflect the performance of recent students. i also posted the kaplan conversion chart for FL#1, so that may be outdated as well.
sorry if i broke some hearts out there guys 🙁

 

[szrokkhmer]

what is the conversion for kaplan full length 10 and 11?

 

[szrokkhmer]

I'd greatly appreciate a conversion thread for test number 11...Thanks in advance.

Did anyone manage to get you the conversion charts for kaplan 10r and 11r? Cause I need the same thing.

 

[jmnykrkts]

Did anyone manage to get you the conversion charts for kaplan 10r and 11r? Cause I need the same thing.

I think I remember someone saying that conversion charts for kaplan FL's 9, 10 and 11 (maybe just 10 and 11) don't exist yet because these exams are too new.

 

[frany584]

Im confused because i took kaplan fl2, one conversion chart says i got a 9 and the other says i got an 8. I got a 54/77???

 

[hlchess]

Which section?

Actually it doesnt matter, 54 is a 9 in either section.

 

[frany584]

oh sorry it was the biology section

 

[frany584]

oh sorry it was the biology section

 

[drseuss]

hey guys--

so are the Kap FL conversion charts for 6, 8 & 9 that caboose posted correct?

i understand that FL #7 chart is wrong--could someone post here or email me (pleeease) the correct conversion for FL7?

i'm trying to boost my PS section scores, so the more opportunities to try different strategies (finish whole section, get x # correct, or maybe skip a few q's, get higher accuracy..you know the deal) the better. therefore, the more PS sections i do, the better. and accurate score conversion charts would help me measure my progress. (BTW, if you guys have any tips, such as "always finish, better to do one POE guess per psg and finish than do 9-10psgs and blind guess at the end on a few" lemme know~!!)

thanks guys! and don't lose steam, you guys can lick those weaknesses yet!

 

[drseuss]

[babumpabump

 

[frany584]

Originally posted by frankrizzo18
This is what Nekbat posted for FL7 (See below). Unfortunately, Nekbat posted a scale in accordance with AAMC tests, not Kaplan FL7!! How do I know for sure you ask? I used to have the real score conversion chart for FL7 and it resembled the conversion charts for FL 8 + 9. The real score conversion chart for Kaplan FL 7 looks nothing like this one. After you take this exam you will see exactly what I mean.

i was wondering about fl 7, i was doing the biology and it was pretty tough! i got a 50/77. between the conversion between fl8 and fl9 that equates to about a 10. does that sound about right?

 

[Iceageheatwave]

I just took the bio section and i feel pretty dirty giving myself a 7 for only 37 right. Does anyone else ever feel this way for kaplan tests?

 

[cher25]

i was wondering about fl 7, i was doing the biology and it was pretty tough! i got a 50/77. between the conversion between fl8 and fl9 that equates to about a 10. does that sound about right?

According to the real chart, you got a 9.

45-50 = 9
51-56 = 10

 

[frany584]

aww thanks! I'm always so close to a 10 on these kaplan tests! 😛

 

[silverpaw54]

So I've been getting sick of seeing these "Where's the conversion chart for Kaplan Test X?" threads, so I decided to just post the damn thing from Kaplan FL6. I'm too lazy to copy and paste each of them but this should be accurate enough. Each Kaplan test has a slightly different curve, but this should give you a pretty good estimate on how Kaplan scales are. In particular, notice the generous curve for Physical Sci.


KAPLAN FULL-LENGTH MCAT #6
SCORE CONVERSION CHART



PS VR BS
0 1 0-2 1 0-5 1
1-4 2 3-6 2 6-12 2
5-9 3 7-13 3 13-18 3
10-16 4 14-19 4 19-25 4
17-21 5 20-23 5 26-29 5
22-27 6 24-26 6 30-33 6
28-32 7 27-29 7 34-38 7
33-36 8 30-34 8 39-43 8
37-41 9 35-37 9 44-48 9
42-47 10 38-42 10 49-53 10
48-54 11 43-45 11 54-58 11
55-59 12 46-49 12 59-64 12
60-67 13 50-54 13 65-70 13
68-73 14 55-58 14 71-74 14
74-77 15 59-60 15 75-77 15


Edit: I aligned the columns, but they came out like this when I finally submitted it. Sorry

Am I reading this right? I just took the PS section of this with a cold and pounding headache, not caring how I did and not knowing how to do a good 40% of the problems, I got a 9, missing 40 questions. Seems awfully generous...

 

[Mr. Tee]

Seems awfully generous...

You are reading it right; Kaplan's PS sections are way too hard and are thus scaled accordingly.

 

[RB69]

You are reading it right; Kaplan's PS sections are way too hard and are thus scaled accordingly.

Man, those Kaplan PS sections are like freakin' hard. And the VR was like one humanities passage after another!

I did FL 6 today and tallied my raw scores and it was darn brutal! I felt like $h!t this whole evening, before I found out that I did ok after looking at the scaled scores. I feel better now, but really it doesn't mean anything 'cause how I do on April 22 is what really counts!

thanks for posting the scaled charts!

rb

 

[silverpaw54]

Man, those Kaplan PS sections are like freakin' hard. And the VR was like one humanities passage after another!

I did FL 6 today and tallied my raw scores and it was darn brutal! I felt like $h!t this whole evening, before I found out that I did ok after looking at the scaled scores. I feel better now, but really it doesn't mean anything 'cause how I do on April 22 is what really counts!

thanks for posting the scaled charts!

rb

Haha same here man...I took FL#6 and I thought I bombed PS and VR, but I turned out to do okay.

 

[SensesFail]

Am I reading this right? I just took the PS section of this with a cold and pounding headache, not caring how I did and not knowing how to do a good 40% of the problems, I got a 9, missing 40 questions. Seems awfully generous...

Yup, as others have said, the Kaplan PS sections are brutally difficult. Because of this, they have a generous curve.

And wooohoooo for this thread being revived! Sigh, brings back memories from this past summer... 🙄

 

[suckermc]

from what i understand, the scales are created according to the kaplan's student body and how well they do, so they likely update the scales to reflect this... maybe everyone got dumber/smarter, or perhaps they are starting to find and correct mistakes in their exams, which might change the distribution of points if previous years' scores were not adjusted to account for changes.

so which one do you use? you have to use the exact score conversion for the exact test?

 

[pico61]

does anyone have the conversions for kaplan 10 and 11?

 

[silverpaw54]

does anyone have the conversions for kaplan 10 and 11?

BUMP

 

[pri101]

So i today i took the kaplan fl #1, my first full length and seem to have an unusual score. what i mean is, i got 10-12 more questions correct in verbal and same for bio. As for PS i ran out of time and did horrible, which btw happens to be my strenght, and used to finish on time.

anyways here are my raw scores and wanted to double check if the conversion is right, especially for the verbal.

PS: 33- 8
VR: 45- 7
BS: 61- 11
Total - 26

im kind of satisfied with the total as for now. but disapointed about the low score for VR. someone please double check the numbers. thanks

 

[osjx-82]

one question guys,

where do these conversion charts come from??

I took Kaplan last year and they didn't seem to give it to us..

 

[osjx-82]

B U M P

 

[ctgxant]

hey does anyone know how accurate the score conversion chart is for fl 9? i didnt see any posts about in this thread so far... if anyone knows please tell, thanks alot!

 

[osjx-82]

I would also like to know how accurate these conversion charts are. It wouldn't be fun to find out my real score is 3 points lower than what I thought it'd be. 🙁

 

[olemissbabydoc]

does anyone have the conversion for kap 10-11? thanks!

 

[alparkeruab]

So, as far as everyone knows, are the score conversion charts for the kaplan tests 6-9 accurate?? Thanks!

 

[alparkeruab]

????

 

[Creightonite]

hey, guys, the only thing is that most of those scales are for old FL length tests which were longer Someone got to scale them down.

 

[chalo]

Does anyone have the old conversion scores (when the test were 77,60,77 questions long) for kaplan FL test 10 and 11?

 

[angli524]

Kaplan's conversion scores are carefully designed to give you, the valued customer, a feeling of self improvement over the length of its course. Read on to learn about Kaplan's unique marketing strategies.

I'm in a Kaplan class and have taken 3 FL tests since my diagnostic (3 weeks ago). Honestly I cannot say I have too much exp, but here's my cynical view of the program... I've read way too many Kaplan teachers claim their 1st FL test score went down from their diagnostic but then their score got so much better. There's apparently a lot of fluctuation in scores and I think its due to Kaplan's desire to make you feel like you're getting a lot out of the class. I think they intentionally skew their conversion charts in sequential order to make students think their scores are getting better.
Here's proof:

FL #1's verbal section will allow 2 mistakes for a 13,
FL #2's verbal section will allow 8 mistakes for a 13.
FL #8's verbal section will allow 13 mistakes for a 13.

There's definitely a general trend that the conversion charts allow for more mistakes in sequential order (especially harsh is FL test #1, which has the toughest conversion of all 11 FL tests for both Verbal section and the BS section). As an aside, Kaplan folks will argue against this trend by stating that FL #10, and 11 are just as unforgiving (true if you look at their chart), but who really gets around to taking 11 FL tests??? Tests #1, 10, and 11 stand out from the rest of the FL as ridiculously hard, not content wise, but conversion wise. In the 3 FL exams that I took (#8, 9, 10), my percentage correct was consistent for each test, being around 65% for every section, for every test, yet my scores fluctuated wildly: (36, 34, 26) respectively. I have yet to take FL#1, but if 65% correct were converted to raw score for FL#1, I would fare a pathetic 26, a 30 for FL#2, and a modest 32 for FL#3.

Being as it is that I took FL #8 today, my score was an impressive 36. And only after 3 weeks of class?!? But don't get overexcited, I am supposed to take FL #1 in 2 weeks for my Kaplan class. Surely, I am expecting my score to plummet below a 30, if it does not, I will regain some respect for Kaplan.

 

[greg1184]

Do you really have to put the same post in multiple threads?

 

[survive5]

Thanks a lot!