MCAT and SAT = How do YOU compare?

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I am interested to see how the MCAT scores from this round compared to SAT scores people acheived in the past, as people have debated what 80% on SAT vs MCAT means.

I'll start:

SAT = 1250
MCAT = 34R

(GRE = 1220)
 
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i think my mcat is worse than my SAT(1470) versus 32. i think maybe a 35 would correlate with a 1470.
 
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SAT: 1370
ACT: 31
MCAT: 33Q

I guess they are all pretty similar. I think percentile-wise MCAT is the lowest, but that makes sense (~90%ile vs. ~95%ile).
 
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SAT: 1560
MCAT: 35Q

I think I'm just good at standardized tests [and not orgo tests].
 
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xcgirl said:
SAT: 1560
MCAT: 35Q

I think I'm just good at standardized tests [and not orgo tests].
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Yeah, I can relate; the orgo tests sucked. We took the ACS exam for our Orgo II final, which saved me.

Incidentally, your avatar is great - I just picked up Season 4 on DVD and have fallen in love with Heather Graham (again).
 
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Quix said:
Yeah, I can relate; the orgo tests sucked. We took the ACS exam for our Orgo II final, which saved me.

Incidentally, your avatar is great - I just picked up Season 4 on DVD and have fallen in love with Heather Graham (again).
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<3 Scrubs... Yeah, I want to go into psychiatry, so I [semi-jokingly] tell people I want to be Heather Graham. One of a few good media portrayals of the specialty 🙂.
 
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xcgirl said:
<3 Scrubs... Yeah, I want to go into psychiatry, so I [semi-jokingly] tell people I want to be Heather Graham. One of a few good media portrayals of the specialty 🙂.
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My background is in psych - I went to graduate school for philosophy, gravitated into medical ethics, and found a niche in psychiatry (I was on the faculty of a local hospital's psych department when it closed). I went back to school for a formal education (BS), since everything I had done to date had been ad hoc and secondary to philosophy and ethics. That got me a job in the behavioral health units of another hospital here, which got me onto the code team, which got me bitten by the medicine bug.

IIRC, there were some good portrayals of psych on ER, too.
 
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Quix said:
My background is in psych - I went to graduate school for philosophy, gravitated into medical ethics, and found a niche in psychiatry (I was on the faculty of a local hospital's psych department when it closed). I went back to school for a formal education (BS), since everything I had done to date had been ad hoc and secondary to philosophy and ethics. That got me a job in the behavioral health units of another hospital here, which got me onto the code team, which got me bitten by the medicine bug.

IIRC, there were some good portrayals of psych on ER, too.
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Haha that's quite a background...
I don't watch ER, but more good publicity is always good.

I was [from childhood] interested in psychology, then sort of drifted into psychiatry. I've done some shadowing, I'm getting my undergrad degree in neuroscience, doing research in psychiatry + some in cog neuro and I completely love it. Through my research, I've met most of the dept here, and almost everyone in psychiatry is amazing [drs, residents, med students, nurses, etc].
 
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I always got into the neuroscience/psychology crossover classes (e.g,. biopsychology). Looking at the biological bases of behavior is fascinating, and I discuss the physiological bases of emotion and cognition when I teach my introduction to philosophy courses (especially when we explore the monism/dualism and indeterminism/determinism questions).
 
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Quix said:
Yeah, I can relate; the orgo tests sucked. We took the ACS exam for our Orgo II final, which saved me.

Incidentally, your avatar is great - I just picked up Season 4 on DVD and have fallen in love with Heather Graham (again).
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That test sucked bad. It was awful compared to the orgo that is on the MCAT.
 
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if the SAT has no correlation to the MCAT, how can the MCAT (verbal?) have correlation to the USMLE I, as they claim?

id like to see the statistics that show MCAT correlates to USMLE before i believe it. does anyone have them?
 
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I think there's a correlation for SAT/ACT math and MCAT PS. Probably really strong, at least for me. I'm not sure how much vocab words and analogies correlate to passages on video art.

SAT I math: 710
SAT II math: 800
ACT math: 35
MCAT PS: 13

I can't even remember the ACT science section and verbal. They were in the mid 20s I think? 😕 Is ACT related to the MCAT by the people who make each? I've seen ACT thrown around this forum regarding AAMC and both have 3 similiar sections...
 
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SAT: 1580
ACT: 34
MCAT: 30Q (Aug. 2006)
However, the last time I took physics was in high school and biology and chemistry was in 1999, so I was obviously a little rusty for the MCAT.
 
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SAT: 1510
SAT writing: 800
MCAT: 38S

I think I'm just a good test-taker mostly.
 
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DCDAWG said:
You took the SAT writing section? Are you 17 years old?
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I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at. Some undergraduate schools required applicants to take certain SAT II exams. Most of the time it was higher level math and writing. If I remember correctly, UPenn and Yale asked for this from my experiences.
 
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WilliamsF1 said:
I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at. Some undergraduate schools required applicants to take certain SAT II exams. Most of the time it was higher level math and writing. If I remember correctly, UPenn and Yale asked for this from my experiences.
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He thought you had taken the new SAT I (with the writing section) which I don't think anyone on this forum has done. But apparently, you simply took SAT II Writing like the rest of us.
 
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BigRedPremed said:
He thought you had taken the new SAT I (with the writing section) which I don't think anyone on this forum has done. But apparently, you simply took SAT II Writing like the rest of us.
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Ah, yes. I forgot about the SAT II. Its been a while, all I know about now are the kids I work with who take the new SAT out of 2400 which includes a writing section.
Carry on....
 
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BigRedPremed said:
He thought you had taken the new SAT I (with the writing section) which I don't think anyone on this forum has done. But apparently, you simply took SAT II Writing like the rest of us.
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Ah...makes sense. Don't know/care much about the new SAT. 😀 Just glad I'm done with it.
 
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Anastasis said:
Holy crapola! Look at that SAT score! :wow:


SAT: 1430 (I think)
MCAT: 41Q


*cues UMP calling me an attention ******
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i think i've lost speaking privileges for a while 😳
 
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SAT: 1470
SAT II Writing: 720
MCAT: 31Q

Too bad they don't have a Math section for the MCAT.
I woulda rocked that.
 
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SAT 1560, no studying, 4 hours of sleep
MCAT 39R, Princeton course, 6 hours of sleep
I can't sleep before big tests and never do as well. It is chronic underperformance.
 
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What happens if you take the MCAT without studying. I don't feel like studying.
I got a 1380 SAT with studying. Predict my score.
 
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SAT 1090 roughly 61st %tile
Math: 580
Verbal: 510

MCAT 35Q ~92-95th %ile
PS 12
VR 10
BS 13

Man alive, someone should have told me that you were supposed to study before standardized tests, what a world of difference it makes:idea:
 
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I am applying to medschool for 2008 and am currently finishing my masters in I/O psych (statistics). I couldnt resist plugging the numbers in SPSS... heres what they say:

Significant Correlation of .419 , so the scores are positively related.

R squared of .176 or 17%, may not seem large but it says that 17% of the variability of your MCAT score is accounted for by the Variability of your SAT. When you consider all the other sources of variability (classes taken, study time, general intelligence, grades) this is a big chunk!! 17% of a 45 is 7.65 points.

To predict your score from our sample: .013*(your SAT score) + 15.651

So I got a 1250 on the SAT, I could expect around a 31.901 😀
 
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ILPsychDoc said:
I am applying to medschool for 2008 and am currently finishing my masters in I/O psych (statistics). I couldnt resist plugging the numbers in SPSS... heres what they say:

Significant Correlation of .419 , so the scores are positively related.

R squared of .176 or 17%, may not seem large but it says that 17% of the variability of your MCAT score is accounted for by the Variability of your SAT. When you consider all the other sources of variability (classes taken, study time, general intelligence, grades) this is a big chunk!! 17% of a 45 is 7.65 points.

To predict your score from our sample: .013*(your SAT score) + 15.651

So I got a 1250 on the SAT, I could expect around a 31.901 😀
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hahah pretty good.

SAT: 1380
Predicted MCAT: 33-34
Actual: 33
 
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