MCAT scores and statistic

[notapremed]

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From AAMC Statistics
Average for 2003 matriculants is: VR 9.5 PS 9.9 BS 10.2 GPA AVERAGE 3.62
With Stand deviation 1.7 1.9 1.6
The total of matriculants is 16538

So the TOTAL?s mean is 29.7 with STD of 3.01(standard deviation )
STD is calculated as follow
STD = SQRT(1.7**2 + 1.9**2 + 1.6**2) = 3.01

According to Gaussian Distribution
68.3 % of matriculants have scores between 26.7 and 32.7
95.5 % --------------------------------------------23.7 and 36.7

18.67 % HAVE SCORES LESS THAN or EQUAL to 27

This is the breakdown for MCAT scores between 24 and 36

MCAT Score Percentage Number of Matriculants
24 2.94 574
25 6.06 1184
26 11.20 1852
27 18.67 3088
28 29.12 4816
29 41.29 6829
30 53.98 8927
31 66.64 11020
32 77.34 12790
33 86.21 14257
34 92.22 15251
35 95.99 15874
36 98.17 16235

Only 303 matriculants have MCAT scores >= 37.

 

[leechy]

Hmm.... these stats are interesting... thanks for sharing them with us.

 

[stoic]

MCAT Score Percentage Number of Matriculants
24 2.94 574
25 6.06 1184
26 11.20 1852
27 18.67 3088
28 29.12 4816
29 41.29 6829
30 53.98 8927
31 66.64 11020
32 77.34 12790
33 86.21 14257
34 92.22 15251
35 95.99 15874
36 98.17 16235

Does the middle column represent the % of applicants with a particular MCAT score you matriculated or something else?

S

 

[Can U Feel It?]

does anyone have a similar brakdown for matriculant GPA percentiles?

 

[samurai_lincoln]

Does the middle column represent the % of applicants with a particular MCAT score you matriculated or something else?

S

If I understand your question correctly, the answer is no, the percentage figure does not respresent a % of matriculants with a particular score. For example, the percentage for 36 MCAT is 98.17... obviously 98.17% of accepted applicants did not have a score of exactly 36. Rather, the figure reprsents a cumulative percentile. In other words, 98.17% of matriculants had a 36 or lower MCAT. Hopefully I explained that well enough to help.

 

[notapremed]

From AAMC Statistics
Average for 2003 matriculants is: VR 9.5 PS 9.9 BS 10.2 GPA AVERAGE 3.62
With Stand deviation 1.7 1.9 1.6
The total of matriculants is 16538


So the TOTAL?s mean is 29.7 with STD of 3.01(standard deviation )
STD is calculated as follow
STD = SQRT(1.7**2 + 1.9**2 + 1.6**2) = 3.01

According to Gaussian Distribution
68.3 % of matriculants have scores between 26.7 and 32.7
95.5 % --------------------------------------------23.7 and 36.7

18.67 % HAVE SCORES LESS THAN or EQUAL to 27

This is the breakdown for MCAT scores between 24 and 36

Score----Percentage------Number of Matriculants
24 ----------2.94-----------574
25----------6.06-----------1184
26----------11.20----------1852
27----------18.67----------3088
28----------29.12----------4816
29----------41.29----------6829
30----------53.98----------8927
31----------66.64----------11020
32----------77.34----------12790
33----------86.21----------14257
34----------92.22----------15251
35----------95.99----------15874
35----------98.17----------16235

Only 303 matriculants have MCAT scores >= 37.

 

[Premedtomed]

My 30 N looks nothing now! 😡

 

[exmike]

Unfortunatly you can only added the squares of standard deviations if the events are completely independent. I would venture to guess that scores in the sections are somewhat correlated, i.e. if you score well on one section you TEND to score well on the others.

Anyway, my point is adding the standard dev's isnt totally accurate.

 

[Premedtomed]

BTW my April'04 30N is 75-79.8 percentile

'03 is not representative of this year's scores

 

[leechy]

BTW my April'04 30N is 75-79.8 percentile

'03 is not representative of this year's scores

The percentiles listed by the OP are for med school matriculants, not all MCAT takers... that's why the OP's percentiles are a lot lower.

 

[gobblety_gook]

"Unfortunatly you can only added the squares of standard deviations if the events are completely independent. I would venture to guess that scores in the sections are somewhat correlated, i.e. if you score well on one section you TEND to score well on the others.

Anyway, my point is adding the standard dev's isnt totally accurate."

I agree...A 36 on the MCAT is ranked between the 96-97 percentile for all MCAT test takers, but your data shows among matriculatant data, a 36 is in the 98 percentile. I think adding the SDs for each of the sections stretches out the normalization to both ends of the extremes.