Lowest possible MCAT score
Started by Nuel
indo said:
It's kind of an accomplishment, really. It seems likely you would have to have significantly worse than simple guessing to achieve this. In fact, I'm betting the person did it on purpose, just because.
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i'm sure they meant to type "9" and hit "0" by mistake. come on, do you really think someone with a 0 in BS got two interviews? puh-leeez.
I think there are a few people who score very low.....
For example, when analyzing VR scores of retakers, they looked at 70 people (probaby taken from test takers since 1992) who had a 1 on VR .
http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/examineedata/tables.htm
For example, when analyzing VR scores of retakers, they looked at 70 people (probaby taken from test takers since 1992) who had a 1 on VR .
http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/examineedata/tables.htm
WOW.... 😱 😱 😱
that data is CRAZY! for instance, 36 percent of retesters had an initial BS score of 14 (!) and went DOWN 4+ points!?!?! that's like going from a 14 to an 8 or 9. damn!
check those charts out, everybody...amazing.
I bet the guy (or girl) who got the 6 was a TPR or Kaplan spy who was there to get test quetsions...Princeton actually was in legal trouble with the AAMC last year for having practice tests that were so close to the previous actual test that it was grounds for a lawsuit....at least that's what TPR said when they spoke to a student org on my campus advertising their course
There might have been someone who scored worse than 6 on last August's test. It is definitely possible to score a 3. If you look at the verbal section on that aamc link, you will notice that 0.2% had a 1 on verbal so 1 must be the lowest possible score. Even though it says 0.0 for 3-5, the numbers are rounded so that if less than 0.05% scored that low it would not show up on that chart. According to that chart 0.0% scored higher than 41, but 41 was likely not the highest score either. If you get about 19-20 questions right on the sciences and 15 right on verbal, about what would your score be?
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can someone explain this site a little more? The average scores for those accepted are much higher than those listed in, say, US News & World Report, or even what I hear from friends/advisors/etc. A 37.7 for WashU? That's about a point and a half higher than what I'd last heard.mbess481 said:
Prowler-
MDApplicants is set to allow folks that are applying to compare stats and experiences. A possible flaw is that the data and experiences are entered on the honor system...you could set up an account saying you got a 45T, and no one would know different. I suspect that a majority of what's there is valid, but there are certainly some liars. Take it with a grain of salt.
dc
MDApplicants is set to allow folks that are applying to compare stats and experiences. A possible flaw is that the data and experiences are entered on the honor system...you could set up an account saying you got a 45T, and no one would know different. I suspect that a majority of what's there is valid, but there are certainly some liars. Take it with a grain of salt.
dc
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LUBDUBB said:
How is that a positive spin? It just sounds like a (probably) accurate description. I don't see it as positive. Arguably negative.
Re the original thread, as JDAD said, the lowest possible is 3J. Every adminstration we (TPR) seem to have a student who starts at a 3. Now, as has been discussed elsewhere, our first test is harder than a real MCAT, but still, 3 takes some doing. And no, that person does not typically improve enough to get any interviews. You don't manage a 3 just by being a poor test-taker or by not being familiar with the techniques or by needing a refresher in the sciences.
