MCAT Scores- Could you go on without knowing them?

[msamp]

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Could you go without checking your scores? Does you knowing your own score really matter or serve you any advantage since schools will automatically get your scores?

Let's say you have submitted to AMCAS, are verified, even received some secondaries without your MCAT scores. You then take your MCAT exam. On the day of the score release could you go without checking your scores? Your knowledge of your own scores doesn't really matter. Could any of you out there sit back back and wait for secondaries or interview invites or rejections without knowing your scores? The only reason I can think of as an advantage would be to retake, but other than that does our own immediate knowledge of the scores matter?

.... Would love to hear your thoughts

 

[Josh7]

Your MCAT score could potentially save you money I suppose. You're not going to apply to Duke with a 29 MCAT

 

[DAPI]

Could you go without checking your scores? Does you knowing your own score really matter or serve you any advantage since schools will automatically get your scores?

Let's say you have submitted to AMCAS, are verified, even received some secondaries without your MCAT scores. You then take your MCAT exam. On the day of the score release could you go without checking your scores? Your knowledge of your own scores doesn't really matter. Could any of you out there sit back back and wait for secondaries or interview invites or rejections without knowing your scores? The only reason I can think of as an advantage would be to retake, but other than that does our own immediate knowledge of the scores matter?

.... Would love to hear your thoughts

This is ridiculous. If you did not know your score you would not know which schools you were competitive for and would just be throwing money down a drain. I mean think about if you got a 28, but went ahead and applied like you got a 32. You would literally throw $2000 down the toilet. Also, think if you got a 36, but applied like you got a 32. You again could have applied to better schools, but instead wasted money on schools you thought you would get into.

Clearly you can see how ridiculous that idea is.

 

[Fivo]

Your MCAT score could potentially save you money I suppose. You're not going to apply to Duke with a 29 MCAT

You do know Duke's 10th-90th percentile MCAT range is 30 to 40...right? If everyone used your logic, that range would be 39 to 40

 

[msamp]

Okay... what if you have 4.0 GPA, were averaging 36+ on all practice exams from every testing company Kaplan, AAMC, TPR etc.... if the assumption is that your real MCAT score should be +/- 2 pts your average you would still be competitive. Would it really matter if you checked or not?

 

[Giggles88]

No, my ego would have to know, so that I can brag about it if I got a high score. Life would suck for me if I couldn't make people feel that one vital emotion...

... JEALOUSY 😛

j/k j/k... i kid.. i kid... Sorta 😎

 

[DAPI]

Okay... what if you have 4.0 GPA, were averaging 36+ on all practice exams from every testing company Kaplan, AAMC, TPR etc.... if the assumption is that your real MCAT score should be +/- 2 pts your average you would still be competitive. Would it really matter if you checked or not?

I would still need to know and anyone that says they wouldn't is lying 😎

 

[pkwraith]

Interviewer: Your grades look pretty good, but can you please explain this 25 MCAT score?

msamp: ...25?

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msamp: ...uh...

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[BABSstudent]

Interviewer: Your grades look pretty good, but can you please explain this 25 MCAT score?

msamp: ...25?

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msamp: ...uh...

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msamp: Could you break down the section scores?

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msamp: Like what was my lowest section?

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msamp: I will just be going now.

 

[red doctober]

You do know Duke's 10th-90th percentile MCAT range is 30 to 40...right? If everyone used your logic, that range would be 39 to 40

Let's break this down. About 5000 people apply to Duke School of Medicine every year for a class of 100 students. Using the percentiles you just gave, that means that only about 10 people who matriculate at Duke every year have an MCAT score of 30 or less. 10/5000=0.2%. I personally wouldn't like those odds unless I had something really special about my application.

 

[msamp]

Interviewer: Your grades look pretty good, but can you please explain this 25 MCAT score?

msamp: ...25?

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First of all, if I am granted an interview with that score other parts of my application would have to be great.... but just for the hell of it......

I took the exam with a migraine and chose not to void my score because I was consistently making 36+ on my practice exams. I never checked my score and am devastated to learn my score. However, it does not demonstrate my academic ability as much as my publications, lors, ec, and 4.0 GPA.

PS..... not real

 

[DAPI]

msamp: Could you break down the section scores?

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msamp: Like what was my lowest section?

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msamp: ...

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msamp: I will just be going now.

Clearly got a 1 in VR cause that's where all the common sense is used

 

[Josh7]

You do know Duke's 10th-90th percentile MCAT range is 30 to 40...right? If everyone used your logic, that range would be 39 to 40

What logic? Not applying when you're <10th percentile? Your post doesn't make a bit of sense 😕

 

[UnclePhil]

I submitted my AMCAS without MCAT scores. Yeah, I sweated for a little while when I was waiting and thanked my lucky stars that I actually ended up doing well and didn't just throw away a few hundred bucks.

 

[Fivo]

Let's break this down. About 5000 people apply to Duke School of Medicine every year for a class of 100 students. Using the percentiles you just gave, that means that only about 10 people who matriculate at Duke every year have an MCAT score of 30 or less. 10/5000=0.2%. I personally wouldn't like those odds unless I had something really special about my application.

I know where you're coming from. But at the same time, using your method, a class of 100/5000 gives you a 2% chance. Is a 2% chance really worth applying to Duke at all? If I had the money though and it was my dream school, I'd most definitely apply.

What logic? Not applying when you're <10th percentile? Your post doesn't make a bit of sense 😕

I guess the only schools you're going to apply to are schools where you're in the 90th percentile right? Not everything is about numbers big guy. It's called a reach school and if you have a school that you want to go to and have $135 to spare, why wouldn't you apply to it?

How many schools are you applying to this cycle?

 

[Josh7]

I guess the only schools you're going to apply to are schools where you're in the 90th percentile right? It's called a reach school and if you have a school that you want to go to and have $135 to spare, why wouldn't you apply to it? How many schools are you applying to this cycle?

No I never to only apply to schools you're the 90th percentile at. I just said that applying to a school where you're <10th percentile was throwing money away. As stated above it's less than a 0.2% chance of getting in, what sort of odds is that?

 

[Fivo]

No I never to only apply to schools you're the 90th percentile at. I just said that applying to a school where you're <10th percentile was throwing money away. As stated above it's less than a 0.2% chance of getting in, what sort of odds is that?

As opposed to a 2% chance? See what I did there?

 

[red doctober]

I mean this whole argument fails when you talk about applying to one school and getting into that school because I think we can all agree that it would be a terrible idea (i.e. 300 people accepted to a school that 5000 people apply to still gives only a 6% acceptance rate.) I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Josh7 just threw out Duke as an example, when he meant that you wouldn't want to only apply to the most competitive schools when in fact your MCAT is a sub-30.

Say for the sake of argument that this game is only about numbers, which obviously isn't the case but bear with me. The 25 most competitive schools have 10th percentile MCAT scores ranging from 30-32. These schools get about 6,000 applications each every year for an average of 140 spots in each class. That would equal a 140/6000=2.3% chance for any random applicant and a 14/6000=0.23% chance for a person with a 30 MCAT to matriculate at one of these schools. The probability for the random applicant to get into at least one of these schools would be 44% whereas the probability for the 10th percentile MCAT applicant to get into at least one of these schools would be about 6%. Ask yourself, "Would I be willing to spend $2500 on applications alone if I had only a 6% chance of success?" Obviously the picture is way more complicated, but this was just to demonstrate where I'm coming from.

 

[BigBlueBear]

Wtf is Fivo smoking? Does he think 2 and 0.2 are the same or something??? lol

 

[La Presse]

Wtf is Fivo smoking? Does he think 2 and 0.2 are the same or something??? lol

lol.

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I think I am going to apply without knowing my GPA. So that means after every test, course, term, I will know nothing. Essentially that means no marked test, assignment, or transcript will cross my hands. Boy, that'll be interesting!

 

[Josh7]

lol.

Edit-----

I think I am going to apply without knowing my GPA. So that means after every test, course, term, I will know nothing. Essentially that means no marked test, assignment, or transcript will cross my hands. Boy, that'll be interesting!

You're going to be mad when you receive that Dean's List email 😉

 

[Fivo]

sigh

 

[RogueUnicorn]

If you knew how to add and see the post he quoted, then you'd understand.

10/5000 = 0.02% chance
100/5000 (as in the number of students selected to be in the class out of 5000 applicants) = 2% chance

What part of that didn't you understand?

neither you nor the other guy is doing the math correctly but you're being ridiculous. no one is saying you can't apply to a few reaches with a lower mcat score but if you didn't know it's low you'd probably apply to a lot more schools where you're not competitive.

 

[Fivo]

neither you nor the other guy is doing the math correctly but you're being ridiculous. no one is saying you can't apply to a few reaches with a lower mcat score but if you didn't know it's low you'd probably apply to a lot more schools where you're not competitive.

I agree with that.

 

[BigBlueBear]

If you knew how to add and see the post he quoted, then you'd understand.

10/5000 = 0.02% chance
100/5000 (as in the number of students selected to be in the class out of 5000 applicants) = 2% chance

What part of that didn't you understand?

What do these weird % symbols mean?

 

[Girly X]

Interviewer: Your grades look pretty good, but can you please explain this 25 MCAT score?

msamp: ...25?

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msamp: ...uh...

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Lol!