MCAT 2015: New Scoring Scale

[A7X]

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The answer to the question everybody's been wondering for the 2015 MCAT:

https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/admins/scores/


Quite a drastic change.

 

[Fabio Lanzoni]

The answer to the question everybody's been wondering for the 2015 MCAT:

https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/admins/scores/


Quite a drastic change.

Well since we are the United States, we might as well keep using random ass scales. 1-100 is too mainstream

 

[Lucca]

Well since we are the United States, we might as well keep using random ass scales. 1-100 is too mainstream

Actually it is precisely because we are the US and have so many fricking standardized tests that we must use "random ass" numbers to prevent any confusion between the exams lol. However, this scale isn't totally random, it is designed to do something

 

[Fabio Lanzoni]

Actually it is precisely because we are the US and have so many fricking standardized tests that we must use "random ass" numbers to prevent any confusion between the exams lol. However, this scale isn't totally random, it is designed to do something

True lol. But if we judge how good these random scores are by percentile, why can't we just report and use percentiles? I am pretty sure 90th percentile (insert test name) is much more streamlined and meaningful than "32 MCAT" or "169 LSAT" or "2000 SAT" and it means the same thing

(I didnt actually pick the 90th percentile for those tests, they are just random guesses)

 

[Selladore235]

different, yes, but it's essentially four sections with scores ranging from 1-15

 

[Ismet]

moving to MCAT discussions

 

[Lucca]

True lol. But if we judge how good these random scores are by percentile, why can't we just report and use percentiles? I am pretty sure 90th percentile (insert test name) is much more streamlined and meaningful than "32 MCAT" or "169 LSAT" or "2000 SAT" and it means the same thing

(I didnt actually pick the 90th percentile for those tests, they are just random guesses)

Yah that would make sense to me as well.....but it wouldn't be as fun.